At Minecraft Live, the creators of the famous block game showcased new information about the upcoming action-strategy game Minecraft Legends. One detail of this made MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus very happy.
Everyone knows that bards are the objectively best class. They can do everything, look the best, and everyone wants them in the group because they enrich any situation without downside. We bards… I mean, bards are the best.
All the more delightful is it that in Minecraft Legends you get to play exactly such a character. Well, not literally, but the developers revealed during the Minecraft Live event that the hero will use a lute and command his minions with music – or “inspire friends,” as they call it.
Throughout the game, you will learn new songs with various effects. Through the magic of music, the little Allays, your helpers, are made to gather resources or build structures.
And that fits perfectly, because as a player, I am the hero in Minecraft Legends. The legend. The leader whom everyone follows – and who could be better than the bard?
Watch the trailer for Minecraft Legends from gamescom 2022 here:
Minecraft Legends combines strategy, action, and story
In the presentation, the developers explained more about Minecraft Legends. Legends aims to be an “action-strategy game” that places little emphasis on the actual action. At least, as far as the player is concerned.
As the hero, you command an army of golems and befriend the inhabitants of Minecraft’s “Overworld” so that they will help you. Even the otherwise dangerous creepers become friends (via GameStar). Because the nasty piglins are attacking from the Nether and want to destroy everything.
So, you gather troops of different types and destroy the bases of the pig creatures by issuing commands from the field as the commander. This is how Minecraft Legends envisions the connection between strategy and action.
I have already spoken personally with the developers about Minecraft Legends and have been excited about the game since then:
At the same time, the story will be an important aspect of the game. It is meant to tell the “legend”, the heroic bedtime story that is read to the children in the world of Minecraft.
The developers didn’t want to reveal too much about it, except that the “Hosts” play an important role there. They are somewhat like the all-knowing Norns or Moirai from mythology and are named Foresight, Action, and Knowledge. They also provide the hero with the tools he needs:
- the flame of creation to build structures
- the banner of courage to inspire friends
- and of course the magical lute – the most important instrument
Minecraft Legends can be played solo, in co-op, or even in PvP and offers procedurally generated worlds. Each run through the campaign can therefore be completely different and present other challenges.
The game will be released in 2023 for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch.
At the event, the developers also talked about the big new update for Minecraft itself. You can read more about it over at GameStar. The highlights here include new blocks, a mount for 2 people, and 7 new standard characters to choose from.
Not that this could somehow top a bard as a character, but at least they are trying!
Not only did Minecraft Live bring great revelations. A YouTuber also almost broke the internet when he revealed his face:
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