Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 2: Assembly Required

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4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 67 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 67
  3. Negative: 32 out of 67

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  1. VeeGuz
    Nov 5, 2015
    1
    I'm not going to review this from a neutral perspective, simply becasue I can't. I *Abhor* this game, the story is bland and far from enjoyable, the facial animations are worse than the TellTale TWD season 1 trying to run on an NES, the graphics and visual style remind me of those terrible Minecraft songs on YouTube. and the characters are unlikable and annoying. They've said that this isI'm not going to review this from a neutral perspective, simply becasue I can't. I *Abhor* this game, the story is bland and far from enjoyable, the facial animations are worse than the TellTale TWD season 1 trying to run on an NES, the graphics and visual style remind me of those terrible Minecraft songs on YouTube. and the characters are unlikable and annoying. They've said that this is marketed towards everyone, but I can only imagine that 7 year olds that play only minecraft will be the only ones that enjoy this. I would rate this a 4, but there's one more thing that is unforgivable, I have to wait an extra month for episode 6 of Game of Thrones for THIS!? This trash? It's **** terrible, TellTale! give me Game Of Thrones already! christ sake!… Expand
  2. jswessler
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I played minecraft story mode, I thought NOTHING could be worse. NOTHING.
    I was proven wrong. Somehow.

    This one has all the same problems as the last one (Bad graphics, Terrible voice acting and music, and the choices affect nothing.) This game carries over all it's flaws, and adds new ones.
    *Sigh* I have to talk about this though, because I hope telltale sees this and stops making this game.

    This biggest problem about THIS one is IT WAS VERY RUSHED!! It took TWO WEEKS to get out. No telltale game can be made in that time.

    I beat the episode in less than 80 minutes, a good 40 minutes shorter than the first one, and the choices STILL don't have a difference.
    I picked up Ellegard instead of Soaryn. When I came back, Axle got Soaryn anyway. I bet that is true for the other way around because this game says THE PLOT is THISWAY and NOPE NO CHANGING IT MUAAHHAHAA.

    Opinions:
    +Stays true to minecraft
    +Hey, they got rid of the crafting scenes
    *The quicktime events are still here
    *I picked up Ellegard
    *I never died
    *How did Ivor get a command block?
    - Bad graphics
    - The voice actors should be fired
    - Bad and repetitive music
    - Choices have no effect to the story
    - Gabrille means Wither effect, not Wither sickness
    - YOU CANNOT CRAFT A COMMAND BLOCK (minecraft 2.0 confirmed?)
    - Ivor uses a speed 100 potion at the end, which is not obtainable in survival mode.
    - Minecarts cannot travel 150 blocks per second.
    - I stole a repeater
    - Boring af combat
    - This game exists
    - Telltale thought this was a good idea.
    - I'd rather beat sonic boom than play both episodes for a livestream.
    - Introduces more one sided characters (the two who fight a lot)
    - Petra still isn't here
    - The game is garbage.    … Expand
  3. Dunge
    Oct 30, 2015
    6
    So in this episode Telltale did what they are often criticized for: they made a choice matter. Instead of playing three mains areas as usual, you only play two, and the first one depend on the choice you made in the first episode. What is the result? An episode that is about half as long as usual, and that you don't see all content unless you play it twice.

    On a second note, the    So in this episode Telltale did what they are often criticized for: they made a choice matter. Instead of playing three mains areas as usual, you only play two, and the first one depend on the choice you made in the first episode. What is the result? An episode that is about half as long as usual, and that you don't see all content unless you play it twice.

    On a second note, the technical aspect is the worse of all product Telltale released yet. I've seen subtitles not matching the speech, the lipsync is seriously desync, and the language is now taken of the Windows locale instead of the game config.

    The story itself is okay, nothing great, nothing bad.    … Expand
  4. Loxnaka
    Nov 6, 2015
    8
    really really interesting plot but if any of the other episodes are this short I want a refund! 40 minutes is all it took me this is just stupid. I suppose the options made more of a difference this time so there is more to explore but still. at least the plot progression was good.
  5. Datamari
    Nov 25, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lackluster.
    The episode continues off where it left off, where you're trying to find the members of The Order of the Stone. If you went with Axel, you went and found Magnus the Rouge. If you went with Olivia, you met Ellegaard the Engineer. Now you venture to find Soren the Architect, and it's just.. ugh. The episode is EXTREMELY short, I beat it in less than an hour, and most Telltale game episodes need to be longer to get a better understanding as to what is going on in the game. The episode had some cool moments, like Petra/Gabriel getting infected by the Wither, a bitter rivalry between Magnus and Ellegaard, and some of the characters in Boom Town and the Redstone Kingdom are pretty cool. This episode had some pretty interesting moments, but it stumbled in terms of progress.

    Minecraft Story Mode - Episode 2: Assembly Required gets a 5/10.    … Expand
  6. Berry-O-Pokemon
    Dec 31, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh my... How do i start this?
    Episode 2 of Minecraft story mode was quite good in introducing the Order of the Stone, but other than that... There's not too much. While in my Episode 1 review I did say that the other episodes were good and this episode is good, but it's not the best...
    Firstly, you must find one of the order members. Either Ellegaard or Magnus. It all depends on who you go with (Olivia or Axel) unfortunately, you can only go to one of these places. Either Redstonia or Boom Town. (I recommend Boom Town ^^)
    And... That's it. All in all, very short and lackluster but as i said before, it introduces the order of the stone (Which are some interesting characters) and the story is just getting juicy ^^    … Expand
  7. Shadow1
    Aug 31, 2016
    8
    This Minecraft SM Episode is very good and one of the best Minecraft Story Mode Episode. M: SM is like in The Walking Dead, but The Walking Dead is much better. I think Minecraft is **** but Minecraft: Story Mode is good game, first Episode is **** but second, third and other is much better and very good and interesting and storyline in Episode 2 is very amazing. Very good
  8. Mobile
    Jul 5, 2018
    2
    ENG- RU
    This episode is better than the previous one, but it goes 50 minutes, what is it at all??? In my memory, this is the shortest episode ever, probably Teyla decided not to overwork that they have the strength to make an additional three episodes of the paid DLC.
    Этот эпизод лучше предыдущего, но он идет 50 минут, что это вообще??? На моей памяти, это самый короткий эпизод ever,    ENG- RU
    This episode is better than the previous one, but it goes 50 minutes, what is it at all??? In my memory, this is the shortest episode ever, probably Teyla decided not to overwork that they have the strength to make an additional three episodes of the paid DLC.
    Этот эпизод лучше предыдущего, но он идет 50 минут, что это вообще??? На моей памяти, это самый короткий эпизод ever, наверное тейлы решили не перетруждаться, чтобы им хватило сил сделать дополнительные три эпизода из платного DLC.    … Expand

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59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 11 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. RPG Fan
    Nov 28, 2015
    60
    Episode 2 is a short, disappointing excursion into what's shaping up to be an arduous five-episode series. I can't decide if Episode 2 is worse than Episode 1, or if the formula is wearing on me already.
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  2. Everyeye.it
    Nov 23, 2015
    55
    The second chapter almost sinks the ship. It's incredibly short and it lacks memorable moments.
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  3. Games.cz
    Nov 23, 2015
    50
    A little bit funnier and even more "minecraft-like" than the first episode, but in comparison to other Telltale productions it is still the weakest link. The second episode is also extremely short.
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