Honestly, I really liked this game. Perhaps it’s just nostalgia but I do have fond memories of it. And, of course, the wither storm was an awesome monster and a really cool idea for the main antagonist of the first four episodes. That all being said, I also really enjoyed your review and I do agree that the writing is often flat and the characters somewhat boring but the game does have its own bit of unique charm. All in all, great video with great points. Keep it up!
@@itsgheb I hope so too. Even if it’s not the best game out there, it still deserves to be preserved. I guess I’m lucky enough to still have an original copy of the game for the Xbox 360.
Always consider the game like a movie, but a little bit more interactive. Whenever I think of it, like a Minecraft movie that I get to choose a few things in, I really enjoyed it!
Yeah I was fortunate enough to play both of them and genuinely enjoyed all the episodes of both of them unfortunately I don’t have my disks anymore but I genuinely wish I did so I could relive those memories
People say that if the youtuber murder mystery came out today, they would've had Dream, are, in my humble opinion, entirely incorrect. Look at the youtubers they had then: it was all the safe ones, the ones who don't swear and keep things family friendly, no Yogscast or anything. Knowing that, it's far more likely that they would've gotten the likes of Grian, Mumbo, or any others from the Hermitcraft server.
That could be the case but they were all also some petty big TH-camrs so you can’t really say for sure if it was popularity, kid friendlyness, or a combo of both
You know I think if Minecraft story mode came out now they would have still had the majority of the cameos the same because they are like the OGs but that's just what I think
Unfortunately, you’re absolutely wrong. A company like Minecraft would not hesitate to use their most popular creators in a game like this. As much as I hate dream, him and the rest of the DSMP would def have been given their own storyline if it was made today. Not to say they wouldn’t use the other creators you mentioned. But saying that they wouldn’t platform “non family friendly” creators is disingenuous.
if you even watch a playthrough of s2, it’s actually a lot better than s1 in every retrospect. the writing is better, the choices have more gravity, the characters are more interesting and even the gameplay is better. if you have a chance, please watch a playthrough of s2
Season 1 is way better, like most of the major characters were not in season 2 that much the new characters in season 2 were annoying they changed one of the characters' voice actor and they were less episodes in season 2 than in season one
Personally I loved Story Mode and I think it's definitely quite the shame the company fell through. No matter if the writing was good or not, it was fun, a unique experience, and a fond memorie.
1:25 Fun fact, i actually played story mode before vanilla minecraft. When i was like 7 years old i used to play on an ipad so it wasn’t that easy to get the game for free, so when i saw a game with the title “minecraft” for free on the appstore, i impediatelly instaled it 😅
@@VicenzzitoPlays i mean is it really rude to correct someone i mean it may seem rude because people dont like being wrong but it isnt sometimes it maybe an accident like this one could have been autocorrect but doesnt hurt to just say because there are people out there who in general dont know how to spell immediately or installed. it doesnt hurt to help all im saying is it really rude to correct someone in spelling?
I think most people love it (including me) because it is a childhood classic. Its one of those games you play as a kid, forget it existed, and once you remember, you're probably obsessed with it for a while. The story and everything appealed very well to the younger age groups.
That’s my issue with people who analyze old games they haven’t played. They analyze the game like it was made in 2024 and forget that the game was made for kids almost a decade ago
The thing I love about this game is how much it reminds me of how me and my friends just roleplaying different stories we can come up with in Minecraft back in the day. Sure roleplaying and shit like that sounds cringe, but now that all my friends back in the day are either busy with their life now, or I just have no contact with them anymore, I just cant help but be fond of those happy memories even if its cringe.
@@mr.keleton9710exactly. i feel like when people think of roleplaying, furry roleplays just pop in their mind even though roleplays are not limited to furries and other garbage. you can pretty much do what you want with roleplays, and like you said, actors acting is considered a roleplay.
ngl I like how they're animated to fit the minecrafty style for silly moments, and overall, how their faces are animated like a stop-motion rather than stretching their faces like most minecraft fan animations. They have never been able to keep the blocky pixel style and animate them properly, so I appreciate what telltale was able to come up with, even if the mouth movements seemed off at times. (I think they improved on this in season 2)
I disagree. Minecraft characters shouldn't bend their limbs whatsoever and their faces hasn't really aged that well and looks kinda uncanny. I think the official animation style from Mojang's trailers would've worked better...
I've never actually played the game but loved it through watching people's gameplay. I loved it so much, my 10-year-old self made Petra my nickname because she was my favourite character. I kinda forgot about it for a couple years and rediscovered it semi-recently and looking back, the story isn't all that good. I don't have a reason to like it as much as I did. The fan content was funny, with the endless debate between people shipping Jesse with Petra or Lukas (or Romeo, for some reason). The game had good ideas with mediocre execution.
When i played this game i already was very familiar with minecraft and it was sure a peculiar experience, in the start i didnt really like it, but as the story progressed i started kinda liking it, it wasnt something like regular minecraft but it had its own weird charm, the wither storm was something so cool tho, and as the story progressed the adventure was kinda engaging, in the end it was pretty weird and i definetly cant say it was incredible, sometimes it was kinda good, and other times it was so bad its good, and often it was just bad, and i can completly understand that u dont like it, i didnt like it at first, and i dont know exactly my opinion now. Really good video, when i found this channel i was surprised at how small it was, the editing and scripts are incredible.
I never played the OG game, but do have nostalgic memories due to the Netflix version.I DO really like the story, but the music is immaculate (even though they didn't use the Minecraft OST). In particular, the Wither Storm's theme SLAPS SO HARD, and still gives me chills to this day.
This Game didn’t really contribute much to Telltale’s Downfall. This is ironically one of Telltale’s only profitable games if comparing the sales and distribution even if it is extremely flawed
The soundtrack issue was actually Microsoft's fault: When MC was bought back in 2014 after 1.8, C418 did not want to work with Microsoft, since it has a history of being very predatory with copyright. They basically said that any music he made for them would be owned by Microsoft, and he didn't want that, so he left. It wasn't a grand conspiracy or anything, just Corporations being shitty as normal.
To me it felt like a big issue with this game was it not knowing how closely it wanted to stick to Minecraft rules, and when it made sense to. Its like every scene was written by a different team, some of whom went "We will be sticking to actual Minecraft game logic whenever and wherever possible" and another that went "We'll do it when its a funny gag" so no moment in the game feel consistent. Like you said, it feels like the characters have short term memory loss "Oh, I forgot in this moment ANY other player would just do X". Its like they couldnt decide if they wanted to appeal to their established fans, or Minecrafts established fans, and then did neither
I bought both seasons (all episodes) after watching the Netflix ones. I always thought it was really fun. On Netflix at least, it was their best and first interactive series, and the choices always meant something. It was also pretty funny and had interesting characters, worlds, and story. I don’t care if people say it was poorly written or the characters were cringe, because that show was a good part of my childhood XD I still have the DVDs and I like to play it sometimes. MCSM is so nostalgic
I wish that we had one more game from Minecraft story mode I think that it is a good game, and sure, someone did say it is “more of a Minecraft fan story than one that takes place in the Minecraft universe” and I agree, but I think it did it quite well It definitely gets better as it goes on, maybe it’s just nostalgia, but I like most of it
I loved this game, and whenever I think about it, I get a wave of nostalgia. Also the wither storm theme slaps. Change my mind. Or, at least it is really good at building tension.
I personally agree to everything you said. The story had its highs and lows and was inconsistent and the characters had very little if any personality. The concepts of the story I felt was so cool but quite let down in terms of execution where the small scenes which complete the story were inconcsistent. The graphics and music was something I really loved though. Although nothing great I really liked it. The lack of freedom pisses me off but as you said I get that in a free game like Minecraft when condensed into a playthrough cannot be interesting if all you had to do was break a few blocks and build a bridge or something. Great potential and great game really but quite let down with some parts and scenes. Would like to see your opinion on s2 as that really fixed some of s1's critical flaws. Note that both seasons are not fully consistent with each other as s2 is happening after a long time since s1. Great vid keep it up my guy.
i got the season pass disk for my ps3 christmas one year which included episodes 1-5. 6-8 were not included, and even worse, they didn't even show the last 3 episodes on the menu until ep5 dropped. if i remember correctly the box even says it includes "all 5 episodes." and neither i nor my mom knew we could buy them digitally so i never got to play the last 3 episodes. that is why i do not feel sympathy for telltale shutting down.
You should honestly do a video about season 2, i feel telltale really tried with their writing on the plot for this one and especially the plot twists and the fight scenes that were 10x better than the first season.
i’ve been collecting games for years but minecraft story mode 2 for Switch somehow became one of my most valuable games by pure chance. this is my legacy
I remember taking my cash i received from family members and going into Gamestop to buy this game when i was younger. I should’ve known as a kid I wouldn’t like it when the gamestop employee told me not to buy it 😂
I think this is the second game I’ve ever played, when I was 5 and it is probably one of my favorite games mainly because of how ridiculously nostalgic it is for me and the music. Honestly one of my favorite soundtracks
3:13 My MC at home ears perked up at "happened within their own private server". Can you point me towards the source of that info? It could lead to footage/screenshots of it that could be tied to finding the seed that minecraft story mode took place in.
There was a Gamasutra article that I found on the Wiki page for this game. It's archived, but you can still read it. They don't go into too much detail other than that they had their own server where they experimented in and documented everything
21:42 Sure Minecraft TH-camrs can be cringe, but to my knowledge they actually managed to pick the 6 of them that wound up not having any controversy around them. Especially StampyLongHead, who recently finished their Lovely World series.
I feel like if they made a new Minecraft story mode-esc game with the artstyle they use in the animated Minecraft Live segments, it would already be a lot better since it would at least have a concrete connection and basis from the base Minecraft game.
The himbo being voiced by Octus' VA really just makes me want to recommend watching Sym Bionic Titan. He plays a much better Himbo in that... he's also a robot...
Back when Story Mode was teased, I was all in. Together with a mate I went nuts about how cool it would be to see why Steve is in this strange world, where he came from. I was excited to see an epic stranding on the coast, where you need to get up and find your way. We were imagining it to be something like an adventure map but from Mojang themselves, heavily focusing on a story. We got something else. Not that bad, but not really minecraft. I dunnow, maybe it's just me but I would love for Minecraft games to be INSIDE of Minecraft
I honestly forgot this game existed. I just now remember that I once played this game after it came out. Episode one, and two, I believe. And then I forgot about it entirely.
Season 2s choices have far better outcomes for which ones a player chose and here are some examples. At one point in the game you character and a side character are dangling from a cliff and slipping and then some random people come by and offer to help but only if you give them your weapons and if you choose not to then you and the side character fall and get split from the rest of the group and have to regroup later. But it doesn’t stop there because in the same episode you get ambushed by some ninja character who believes your an imposter Jessie and if you fell you have your sword and could beat him in combat making him realize only Jessie could fight like that or lose and need to persuade him that you are Jessie. Or the other outcome is that you don’t fall but lose your weapons but on the bright side your still with the group and can continue on until the ninja ambush where he bests you because your unarmed where you need to convince him your Jessie. Even for the ending it can end differently at least for a character. When you defeat the big bad you’re given a choice to either leave him in a place that will kill him in a matter of minutes or take him so he can face the consequences of his actions. If you leave him, he just dies. If you take him he’ll either sacrifice himself so the player and the rest of the group can make it out or if you did certain choices in the previous episode another side character will come charging through with unintentional help and get the villain out alive. Even characters appearance can change like in the first 2 chapters or so your given a choice to save someone’s sword or help someone get up from a railing or something and if you choice the get the sword the guy will fall giving him an eyepatch for the rest of the game but if you save him the character who the sword belonged to will just have some random iron sword or something. There is also at some point your given a choice to make a promise with a character which you can either promise or not promise you’ll do something and episodes later the choice will be given again and you’ll be given the choice to either keep or break the promise(if you made it) or another option. It has been a long time since I played the game and I’ve left out some details to not go into major spoils if you want to play the game in the future. I liked season 2 more than season 1 in many different ways so I definitely recommend to play it if you get the chance to because from what I can remember it was an enjoyable game.
I dont get why people take a piss with this game. IT wa... IS AWESOME, the most sad thing is that we'll probably NEVER Have a season 3 with a good ending..... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Not being able to download MCSM isn't exactly true, if you owned the steam edition before, you can easily download and play it since it's in your library
Ok, so small known thing, if you mistreat Lukas throughout basically the ENTIRE game, he leaves for the last fight and softlocks where he would normally save you or something. It's a very SMALL but cool addition.
This game was amazing. I personally liked both seasons, but Season 1 more than Season 2. So many hard choices, sad moments, funny moments, and it was something I can relate to. I was 9 years old when I first played MCSM, and now I’m 17.
The reason that they don't have any music from Minecraft's soundtrack is that Mojang does not own the rights to it. The composer, C418, owns the songs that he wrote. They have replaced him recently and own the rights to the new songs written by different composers.
crap "choices" if it was released today it would be destroyed , but I would kill for it to come back. It felt like it had some character? or maybe that's just nostalgia talking. edit: the only reason I think I want it to come back is so I can laugh at it. also character wasn't the right word the word is passion it had a lot of passion to the players and the culture of Minecraft itself.
I feel like the existence of Minecraft TH-camrs/content creators is partially responsible for this game's mediocre sales... I know I never bought it, but I definitely remember watching plenty of TH-camrs play it (which for a mainly story-driven game with limited gameplay, there was no reason to buy it when you can watch someone else play it).
Yeah unfortunately that isn't just a Story Mode problem either. Almost all story driven dialogue games are watched by people who didn't bother purchasing the original product so sales can be underwhelming... I'm guilty of that myself but it's kinda unfortunate... ☹️😭😭
I remember playing this game, and i legit, LIVED IT SO MUCH I would pay 200 dollars to play this game again, and don't hate me. When Ruben died, i burst out crying, unlike the other people, apparently. I would die for season 3. It's, in my opinion, overhated+underated as shit. I liked the story and enjoyed the characters except for the ones you aren't meant to really like. I guess our opinions just dont match.. Happy New Year..
8:22 You can't just say that about Shadow the Edgehog, few games can compare to such a fucking experience. is it a good game? no, and it will never be. is it an awesome game? yes, absolutely, and no one can take that away
I actually thought you were somewhat generous. I luckily only watched someone play it online and didn't buy it, but there is a YT series that literally shows that you can almost beat this while game completely AFK.
To be honest as a person who has a notagic feeling for minecraft story mode I couldn't agree more. S1 was kind board espically E6, the only epsoide I felt was actually intense was probaly E7, but S2 was 10x better; there was actually good combat, choices had more of an effect, and the storyline was great, also voice acting improved. In S2 they learn from most of there mistakes. Also I suggest using pirating for S2 that what I did to play again because I'm broke. I could give you they google drive that I used to get S2?
Its a kids game, Its not gonna be graphic or gorey. I loved it as a kid, my younger family members and childhood friends also loved it. It's supposed to have child like logic and jokes for a younger audience. Its not directed towards adults.
With Soren's enderman maybe a lot of them didn't get hurt, and Soren had to know they would teleport when hurt so I think that's a good enough explanation, with Petra I got nothing, maybe it could be characterization? But yeah, it's filled with stuff like that
i love Minecraft Storymode and i agree with most of what you said... season 2 is much more fleshed out so i think you'd enjoy that game a lot more, the fights, the puzzles, and the choices are Much much better. MC SM will always hold a special place in my heart. i remember when Dantdm first played the game an i was so interested in the game an the story, man i really miss the good ol'days of jus watching youtube an playing minecraft as a kid.
I loved this game for years, despite its flaws. I was 11 when the game first came out, and was my biggest hyper fixation in middle school 😅 But here I am, 20 years old now and about half way through college. It’s insane to think this game is approaching its tenth year of its release now!
The sad thing is that the game underperformed in sales but was only their second game after Walking Dead Season 1 to make any money. All their other projects lost the company money.
When I was a kid I’d watch TH-camrs play it and I LOVED IT. Definitely wouldn’t find it interesting now but when I was younger I was really invested in the story
"When there's an OST of over 100 tracks/songs, there's bound to be some forgettable pieces." I see your point, but there's always Blue Archive that's spitting out bangers.
When I was younger, watching Stampy's play through of these games was the first time I'd ever heard the term "F-bomb" (I'm not American). Only some time later did I realise the joke when I heard it in its normal context.
I remember when Episode 6 came out and was rather confused as to why they never included PopularMMOs or SkyDoesMinecraft. In retrospect, it was definitely for the better that they were absent lmao
As someone who never played this game and only watched it on YT, I love it. From what I remember, I love the characters and visuals. The Order of the Stone is sick, I love the Wither Storm, Petra is pretty cool. Not to mention, I love the Murder Mystery Episode
Interesting. I saw a blogpost on the official Minecraft website saying that it would not be possible. Maybe it's something that is only affecting consoles. Thanks for the info.
from what im aware, this game started a small underground community of fans of it trying to recreate it in minecraft, or at least do what communites do and use it to MAKE something fun biggest thing is the witherstorm, exactly as it is in story mode, getting modded fully into the main game, with even more ideas in the future
Tbh I loved a lot of the characters. I love the chemistry the characters have together in this band of misfits. Ivor and Petra are possibly my favorite, considering Petra is the same voice actress as Ellie from TLOU.
One thing I really hated about this was of the 150+ choices, only like 10 actually matter like someone dies or gets kidnapped or something you get. At the beginning you make choices to the minecon build event and regards of what choices you make you always win.
I dont think this guy did much research, nor the effort of using his entire brain to figure out that story mode came out years before this company went bankrupt. Nothing to do with the closure of the company. With some easy research and common sense to figure out that too many games and not enough profit.
Minecraft story mode is one of the games that I never had the chance to buy in its entirety and I wish I had tried harder too. I love the game and wish it was still available to buy.
Some of my favorite things to come out if this game is the Wither Storm, some specific pieces of the ost, and Reuben's death. Reuben's death felt pretty genuine (up until the porkchop, that part was funny). The Wither Storm inspired some crazy good mods that just make it feel so unique and enjoyable as a boss. The ost also just has the occassional really good song that fits what it's aiming for. I played this game as a little kid and man, I enjoyed it a lot back then. I wish it had a better landing and better story in hindsight, but perhaps Telltale will come back to it one day
I would strongly recommend the second game. It was FAR better on my second time playing through. I think that the second game is what the first game should have been and I would strongly recommend making a video on that one.
I'm kinda of the opinion that this game is a bit underrated. it's got a story that actually kept me watching for a while. the only real reason I didn't watch a lot of the second season was just life being hectic for me at the time. I could go back and play it now but I have a lot of other priorities
where were you when reuben die
i was at house eating porkchop when phone ring
"Reuben is kil"
"no"
Me when the
very sad
reuben missed is yes
I learned it from dantdm's video, and i genuinely shed a tear.
This is big sad so unchill 😔
Honestly, I really liked this game. Perhaps it’s just nostalgia but I do have fond memories of it. And, of course, the wither storm was an awesome monster and a really cool idea for the main antagonist of the first four episodes. That all being said, I also really enjoyed your review and I do agree that the writing is often flat and the characters somewhat boring but the game does have its own bit of unique charm. All in all, great video with great points. Keep it up!
I appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoyed the game too, I really hope that Mojang and Telltale can find a way to bring it back so more people can play it.
@@itsgheb I hope so too. Even if it’s not the best game out there, it still deserves to be preserved. I guess I’m lucky enough to still have an original copy of the game for the Xbox 360.
Always consider the game like a movie, but a little bit more interactive. Whenever I think of it, like a Minecraft movie that I get to choose a few things in, I really enjoyed it!
Yeah I was fortunate enough to play both of them and genuinely enjoyed all the episodes of both of them unfortunately I don’t have my disks anymore but I genuinely wish I did so I could relive those memories
Same fr
People say that if the youtuber murder mystery came out today, they would've had Dream, are, in my humble opinion, entirely incorrect. Look at the youtubers they had then: it was all the safe ones, the ones who don't swear and keep things family friendly, no Yogscast or anything. Knowing that, it's far more likely that they would've gotten the likes of Grian, Mumbo, or any others from the Hermitcraft server.
That could be the case but they were all also some petty big TH-camrs so you can’t really say for sure if it was popularity, kid friendlyness, or a combo of both
They had captain sparkles, who um… isn’t exactly the most PG
I feel like this comment was written entirely for you to tell the world that you like hermit craft, and i really wonder why
You know I think if Minecraft story mode came out now they would have still had the majority of the cameos the same because they are like the OGs but that's just what I think
Unfortunately, you’re absolutely wrong. A company like Minecraft would not hesitate to use their most popular creators in a game like this. As much as I hate dream, him and the rest of the DSMP would def have been given their own storyline if it was made today. Not to say they wouldn’t use the other creators you mentioned. But saying that they wouldn’t platform “non family friendly” creators is disingenuous.
Season 2 was pretty dope. Not to mention Story Mode was Telltale's most original game as they basically came up with the entire story on thei own.
Wasn't The Wolf Among Us an original story or am I remembering wrong?
It's based off a comic
@@bennettcarlson3974 I have the comic and it was based on the game
Yeah it's based on a comic called Fables by DC/Vertigo.
if you even watch a playthrough of s2, it’s actually a lot better than s1 in every retrospect. the writing is better, the choices have more gravity, the characters are more interesting and even the gameplay is better. if you have a chance, please watch a playthrough of s2
S2 and admin are great
I bought both seasons, and yeah, I preferred S2 lol
Season 1 is way better, like most of the major characters were not in season 2 that much the new characters in season 2 were annoying they changed one of the characters' voice actor and they were less episodes in season 2 than in season one
I disliked season 2 so much I coudn't even finish it.
Or get a disk of the game there a bit expensive though
When you realize Rueben was a baby pig and shouldn't have dropped a porkchop when he died (because baby mobs have no loot drops).
Reuben wasn’t a baby pig he was a miniature pig. Pigs also don’t have the spot he has. So who really cares
@@pee5603 I care but whatever... 🙄
Doesn't even understand a joke.
@@lasercraft32what’s the joke, really what’s the punchline I wanna hear it
@@verbydev Reuben looks like a baby pig, and baby pigs don't drop anything. 🙄
People on the internet will just start arguments over nothing I guess.
reuben's death was truly one of the saddest moments in gaming
I still miss Reuben
Nah the Wither Storms death was the real sad death of the series but it was overshadowed by Reuben's RIP my boi. 😢
Welp time to make a reuben with Reuben
You know you got some great game devs when you cry over a pixel pig dying.
@@PILOTMECH5 Is the death sad because it was one the coolest villains of video game history?
Personally I loved Story Mode and I think it's definitely quite the shame the company fell through. No matter if the writing was good or not, it was fun, a unique experience, and a fond memorie.
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Fun fact, i actually played story mode before vanilla minecraft. When i was like 7 years old i used to play on an ipad so it wasn’t that easy to get the game for free, so when i saw a game with the title “minecraft” for free on the appstore, i impediatelly instaled it 😅
*immediately
@@BrutusTheAnimatorshut up, bro just made a typo
I also did, my mom went to buy a physical copy for my Xbox 360, the game shell was for the 360 but the game inside was story mode
@@VicenzzitoPlays i mean is it really rude to correct someone i mean it may seem rude because people dont like being wrong but it isnt sometimes it maybe an accident like this one could have been autocorrect but doesnt hurt to just say because there are people out there who in general dont know how to spell immediately or installed. it doesnt hurt to help
all im saying is it really rude to correct someone in spelling?
@@VicenzzitoPlays and I'm just correcting him
I can't go into this unbiased, too much nostalgia. This game will forever be in my heart.
I think most people love it (including me) because it is a childhood classic. Its one of those games you play as a kid, forget it existed, and once you remember, you're probably obsessed with it for a while. The story and everything appealed very well to the younger age groups.
That’s my issue with people who analyze old games they haven’t played. They analyze the game like it was made in 2024 and forget that the game was made for kids almost a decade ago
@@price9670 yeah
The thing I love about this game is how much it reminds me of how me and my friends just roleplaying different stories we can come up with in Minecraft back in the day.
Sure roleplaying and shit like that sounds cringe, but now that all my friends back in the day are either busy with their life now, or I just have no contact with them anymore, I just cant help but be fond of those happy memories even if its cringe.
Roleplaying isn't cringe, it's like saying it's cringe for an actor to play a character
@@mr.keleton9710exactly. i feel like when people think of roleplaying, furry roleplays just pop in their mind even though roleplays are not limited to furries and other garbage. you can pretty much do what you want with roleplays, and like you said, actors acting is considered a roleplay.
I like how similar the playthroughs between Technoblade as yours were
Technoblade’s commentary made the game 100x better for me
Techno bkades stage 4 madr my life easier@@flamingpaxtsc
ngl I like how they're animated to fit the minecrafty style for silly moments, and overall, how their faces are animated like a stop-motion rather than stretching their faces like most minecraft fan animations. They have never been able to keep the blocky pixel style and animate them properly, so I appreciate what telltale was able to come up with, even if the mouth movements seemed off at times. (I think they improved on this in season 2)
I disagree. Minecraft characters shouldn't bend their limbs whatsoever and their faces hasn't really aged that well and looks kinda uncanny. I think the official animation style from Mojang's trailers would've worked better...
I've never actually played the game but loved it through watching people's gameplay. I loved it so much, my 10-year-old self made Petra my nickname because she was my favourite character. I kinda forgot about it for a couple years and rediscovered it semi-recently and looking back, the story isn't all that good. I don't have a reason to like it as much as I did. The fan content was funny, with the endless debate between people shipping Jesse with Petra or Lukas (or Romeo, for some reason). The game had good ideas with mediocre execution.
When i played this game i already was very familiar with minecraft and it was sure a peculiar experience, in the start i didnt really like it, but as the story progressed i started kinda liking it, it wasnt something like regular minecraft but it had its own weird charm, the wither storm was something so cool tho, and as the story progressed the adventure was kinda engaging, in the end it was pretty weird and i definetly cant say it was incredible, sometimes it was kinda good, and other times it was so bad its good, and often it was just bad, and i can completly understand that u dont like it, i didnt like it at first, and i dont know exactly my opinion now. Really good video, when i found this channel i was surprised at how small it was, the editing and scripts are incredible.
I never played the OG game, but do have nostalgic memories due to the Netflix version.I DO really like the story, but the music is immaculate (even though they didn't use the Minecraft OST). In particular, the Wither Storm's theme SLAPS SO HARD, and still gives me chills to this day.
Netflix what.
@@Crusader316 wdym
@@remrants netflix has a minecraft story mode movie?
@@Crusader316 yeah ik
Another Theme that Slaps hard from this game is Beacontown Freewalk. One of the Best if not the best themes in season 2.
This Game didn’t really contribute much to Telltale’s Downfall. This is ironically one of Telltale’s only profitable games if comparing the sales and distribution even if it is extremely flawed
I honestly miss this game and still play it to this day, the memories i have of this for when it first came out were some of my favorites.
The soundtrack issue was actually Microsoft's fault: When MC was bought back in 2014 after 1.8, C418 did not want to work with Microsoft, since it has a history of being very predatory with copyright. They basically said that any music he made for them would be owned by Microsoft, and he didn't want that, so he left. It wasn't a grand conspiracy or anything, just Corporations being shitty as normal.
Exactly. That's why we got new music ever since 1.13 and why Steve didn't bring any of the classic music with him when he joined Smash Bros...
To me it felt like a big issue with this game was it not knowing how closely it wanted to stick to Minecraft rules, and when it made sense to. Its like every scene was written by a different team, some of whom went "We will be sticking to actual Minecraft game logic whenever and wherever possible" and another that went "We'll do it when its a funny gag" so no moment in the game feel consistent. Like you said, it feels like the characters have short term memory loss "Oh, I forgot in this moment ANY other player would just do X". Its like they couldnt decide if they wanted to appeal to their established fans, or Minecrafts established fans, and then did neither
I bought both seasons (all episodes) after watching the Netflix ones. I always thought it was really fun. On Netflix at least, it was their best and first interactive series, and the choices always meant something. It was also pretty funny and had interesting characters, worlds, and story. I don’t care if people say it was poorly written or the characters were cringe, because that show was a good part of my childhood XD
I still have the DVDs and I like to play it sometimes. MCSM is so nostalgic
To this day any time someone mentions a beacon I say "A freaking beacon?!?!"
I wish that we had one more game from Minecraft story mode
I think that it is a good game, and sure, someone did say it is “more of a Minecraft fan story than one that takes place in the Minecraft universe” and I agree, but I think it did it quite well
It definitely gets better as it goes on, maybe it’s just nostalgia, but I like most of it
I think the only time i felt tense was trying to escape a giant enderman from voring me
I loved this game, and whenever I think about it, I get a wave of nostalgia. Also the wither storm theme slaps. Change my mind. Or, at least it is really good at building tension.
Honestly, I think the Wither Storm was actually a pretty genius idea for a Minecraft movie style villain.
Even with the flaws, this game will remain part of my childhood
The history that you study to present to us is so fun and cool.
I personally agree to everything you said. The story had its highs and lows and was inconsistent and the characters had very little if any personality. The concepts of the story I felt was so cool but quite let down in terms of execution where the small scenes which complete the story were inconcsistent. The graphics and music was something I really loved though. Although nothing great I really liked it. The lack of freedom pisses me off but as you said I get that in a free game like Minecraft when condensed into a playthrough cannot be interesting if all you had to do was break a few blocks and build a bridge or something. Great potential and great game really but quite let down with some parts and scenes. Would like to see your opinion on s2 as that really fixed some of s1's critical flaws. Note that both seasons are not fully consistent with each other as s2 is happening after a long time since s1. Great vid keep it up my guy.
Minecraft Story mode is getting so much attention in the last months. I hope there will be a third season for the Story mode
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Yeah me too buddy but…
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@@faty679 the odds of having a season 3 are very very low. And at this point I just wished it would’ve happened.
@@WonderbrewA13X fair enough
i got the season pass disk for my ps3 christmas one year which included episodes 1-5. 6-8 were not included, and even worse, they didn't even show the last 3 episodes on the menu until ep5 dropped. if i remember correctly the box even says it includes "all 5 episodes." and neither i nor my mom knew we could buy them digitally so i never got to play the last 3 episodes. that is why i do not feel sympathy for telltale shutting down.
You should honestly do a video about season 2, i feel telltale really tried with their writing on the plot for this one and especially the plot twists and the fight scenes that were 10x better than the first season.
i’ve been collecting games for years but minecraft story mode 2 for Switch somehow became one of my most valuable games by pure chance. this is my legacy
I remember taking my cash i received from family members and going into Gamestop to buy this game when i was younger. I should’ve known as a kid I wouldn’t like it when the gamestop employee told me not to buy it 😂
I think this is the second game I’ve ever played, when I was 5 and it is probably one of my favorite games mainly because of how ridiculously nostalgic it is for me and the music. Honestly one of my favorite soundtracks
3:13 My MC at home ears perked up at "happened within their own private server". Can you point me towards the source of that info? It could lead to footage/screenshots of it that could be tied to finding the seed that minecraft story mode took place in.
There was a Gamasutra article that I found on the Wiki page for this game. It's archived, but you can still read it. They don't go into too much detail other than that they had their own server where they experimented in and documented everything
21:42 Sure Minecraft TH-camrs can be cringe, but to my knowledge they actually managed to pick the 6 of them that wound up not having any controversy around them. Especially StampyLongHead, who recently finished their Lovely World series.
I feel like if they made a new Minecraft story mode-esc game with the artstyle they use in the animated Minecraft Live segments, it would already be a lot better since it would at least have a concrete connection and basis from the base Minecraft game.
The himbo being voiced by Octus' VA really just makes me want to recommend watching Sym Bionic Titan. He plays a much better Himbo in that... he's also a robot...
Back when Story Mode was teased, I was all in. Together with a mate I went nuts about how cool it would be to see why Steve is in this strange world, where he came from. I was excited to see an epic stranding on the coast, where you need to get up and find your way. We were imagining it to be something like an adventure map but from Mojang themselves, heavily focusing on a story.
We got something else. Not that bad, but not really minecraft. I dunnow, maybe it's just me but I would love for Minecraft games to be INSIDE of Minecraft
That's what I hope the Minecraft movie will be
I honestly forgot this game existed. I just now remember that I once played this game after it came out. Episode one, and two, I believe. And then I forgot about it entirely.
Season 2s choices have far better outcomes for which ones a player chose and here are some examples.
At one point in the game you character and a side character are dangling from a cliff and slipping and then some random people come by and offer to help but only if you give them your weapons and if you choose not to then you and the side character fall and get split from the rest of the group and have to regroup later. But it doesn’t stop there because in the same episode you get ambushed by some ninja character who believes your an imposter Jessie and if you fell you have your sword and could beat him in combat making him realize only Jessie could fight like that or lose and need to persuade him that you are Jessie. Or the other outcome is that you don’t fall but lose your weapons but on the bright side your still with the group and can continue on until the ninja ambush where he bests you because your unarmed where you need to convince him your Jessie.
Even for the ending it can end differently at least for a character. When you defeat the big bad you’re given a choice to either leave him in a place that will kill him in a matter of minutes or take him so he can face the consequences of his actions. If you leave him, he just dies. If you take him he’ll either sacrifice himself so the player and the rest of the group can make it out or if you did certain choices in the previous episode another side character will come charging through with unintentional help and get the villain out alive.
Even characters appearance can change like in the first 2 chapters or so your given a choice to save someone’s sword or help someone get up from a railing or something and if you choice the get the sword the guy will fall giving him an eyepatch for the rest of the game but if you save him the character who the sword belonged to will just have some random iron sword or something.
There is also at some point your given a choice to make a promise with a character which you can either promise or not promise you’ll do something and episodes later the choice will be given again and you’ll be given the choice to either keep or break the promise(if you made it) or another option.
It has been a long time since I played the game and I’ve left out some details to not go into major spoils if you want to play the game in the future. I liked season 2 more than season 1 in many different ways so I definitely recommend to play it if you get the chance to because from what I can remember it was an enjoyable game.
I dont get why people take a piss with this game. IT wa... IS AWESOME, the most sad thing is that we'll probably NEVER Have a season 3 with a good ending..... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Not being able to download MCSM isn't exactly true, if you owned the steam edition before, you can easily download and play it since it's in your library
Ok, so small known thing, if you mistreat Lukas throughout basically the ENTIRE game, he leaves for the last fight and softlocks where he would normally save you or something. It's a very SMALL but cool addition.
Lukas is my favorite character.. But in later episodes the writers didn't use them well 😭. He had so much potential
@betasworld ikr??? Him and Petra were the only two who were interesting in a vacuum
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Most of the writing might be cringe but the word cringe wasn't a thing back then 🤓
This game was amazing. I personally liked both seasons, but Season 1 more than Season 2. So many hard choices, sad moments, funny moments, and it was something I can relate to. I was 9 years old when I first played MCSM, and now I’m 17.
Reuben’s death is so funny because baby pigs aren’t even supposed to drop pork chops, and every survival Minecraft player knows that
The reason that they don't have any music from Minecraft's soundtrack is that Mojang does not own the rights to it. The composer, C418, owns the songs that he wrote. They have replaced him recently and own the rights to the new songs written by different composers.
crap "choices" if it was released today it would be destroyed , but I would kill for it to come back. It felt like it had some character? or maybe that's just nostalgia talking.
edit: the only reason I think I want it to come back is so I can laugh at it. also character wasn't the right word the word is passion it had a lot of passion to the players and the culture of Minecraft itself.
if you wanna play it, just pirate, it is abadonware at this point so it is legal and ethical
This game was a weird idea from the start.
I don’t believe story mode underperformed. Why would they make a second one?
I feel like the existence of Minecraft TH-camrs/content creators is partially responsible for this game's mediocre sales... I know I never bought it, but I definitely remember watching plenty of TH-camrs play it (which for a mainly story-driven game with limited gameplay, there was no reason to buy it when you can watch someone else play it).
Yeah unfortunately that isn't just a Story Mode problem either. Almost all story driven dialogue games are watched by people who didn't bother purchasing the original product so sales can be underwhelming... I'm guilty of that myself but it's kinda unfortunate... ☹️😭😭
I remember playing this game, and i legit, LIVED IT SO MUCH
I would pay 200 dollars to play this game again, and don't hate me.
When Ruben died, i burst out crying, unlike the other people, apparently. I would die for season 3. It's, in my opinion, overhated+underated as shit.
I liked the story and enjoyed the characters except for the ones you aren't meant to really like. I guess our opinions just dont match.. Happy New Year..
8:22 You can't just say that about Shadow the Edgehog, few games can compare to such a fucking experience. is it a good game? no, and it will never be. is it an awesome game? yes, absolutely, and no one can take that away
I actually thought you were somewhat generous. I luckily only watched someone play it online and didn't buy it, but there is a YT series that literally shows that you can almost beat this while game completely AFK.
To be honest as a person who has a notagic feeling for minecraft story mode I couldn't agree more. S1 was kind board espically E6, the only epsoide I felt was actually intense was probaly E7, but S2 was 10x better; there was actually good combat, choices had more of an effect, and the storyline was great, also voice acting improved. In S2 they learn from most of there mistakes. Also I suggest using pirating for S2 that what I did to play again because I'm broke. I could give you they google drive that I used to get S2?
Its a kids game, Its not gonna be graphic or gorey. I loved it as a kid, my younger family members and childhood friends also loved it. It's supposed to have child like logic and jokes for a younger audience. Its not directed towards adults.
My favorite episodes were the dlc ones that came out in the end I loved the self contained story’s
With Soren's enderman maybe a lot of them didn't get hurt, and Soren had to know they would teleport when hurt so I think that's a good enough explanation, with Petra I got nothing, maybe it could be characterization? But yeah, it's filled with stuff like that
Somehow they managed to pick the only large TH-camrs that didn’t turn out to be pedos or domestic abusers
i love Minecraft Storymode and i agree with most of what you said... season 2 is much more fleshed out so i think you'd enjoy that game a lot more, the fights, the puzzles, and the choices are Much much better.
MC SM will always hold a special place in my heart. i remember when Dantdm first played the game an i was so interested in the game an the story, man i really miss the good ol'days of jus watching youtube an playing minecraft as a kid.
I loved this game for years, despite its flaws. I was 11 when the game first came out, and was my biggest hyper fixation in middle school 😅
But here I am, 20 years old now and about half way through college. It’s insane to think this game is approaching its tenth year of its release now!
The sad thing is that the game underperformed in sales but was only their second game after Walking Dead Season 1 to make any money. All their other projects lost the company money.
I didn't like that they added so many things that just don't exist in Minecraft
When I was a kid I’d watch TH-camrs play it and I LOVED IT. Definitely wouldn’t find it interesting now but when I was younger I was really invested in the story
"When there's an OST of over 100 tracks/songs, there's bound to be some forgettable pieces."
I see your point, but there's always Blue Archive that's spitting out bangers.
When I was younger, watching Stampy's play through of these games was the first time I'd ever heard the term "F-bomb" (I'm not American). Only some time later did I realise the joke when I heard it in its normal context.
F-bomb is not an american term, it's a term in the entire language
@@KwikBR I know, It's just a lot less common outside of America, like darn
You can't trash on shadow the hedgehog, that game made me feel powerful with a gun at a young age and it's close to my heart.
Hey man, Lukas is the GOAT (besides Ivor)! I will not tolerate this slander and abuse against his name! 😡
Telltale really lucked out by selecting the 5 minecraft youtubers who aren't criminals
I remember when Episode 6 came out and was rather confused as to why they never included PopularMMOs or SkyDoesMinecraft. In retrospect, it was definitely for the better that they were absent lmao
As someone who never played this game and only watched it on YT, I love it. From what I remember, I love the characters and visuals. The Order of the Stone is sick, I love the Wither Storm, Petra is pretty cool. Not to mention, I love the Murder Mystery Episode
dont matter what anyone say about this game, whiter storm is the coolest monster ever to exist in a minecraft related game
06:05 That is not quite true. If you have purchased the game on steam, you can still downlaod and play it to this day.
Interesting. I saw a blogpost on the official Minecraft website saying that it would not be possible. Maybe it's something that is only affecting consoles. Thanks for the info.
from what im aware, this game started a small underground community of fans of it trying to recreate it in minecraft, or at least do what communites do and use it to MAKE something fun
biggest thing is the witherstorm, exactly as it is in story mode, getting modded fully into the main game, with even more ideas in the future
Tbh I loved a lot of the characters. I love the chemistry the characters have together in this band of misfits. Ivor and Petra are possibly my favorite, considering Petra is the same voice actress as Ellie from TLOU.
One thing I really hated about this was of the 150+ choices, only like 10 actually matter like someone dies or gets kidnapped or something you get. At the beginning you make choices to the minecon build event and regards of what choices you make you always win.
I dont think this guy did much research, nor the effort of using his entire brain to figure out that story mode came out years before this company went bankrupt. Nothing to do with the closure of the company. With some easy research and common sense to figure out that too many games and not enough profit.
I remember it being free on PS store and playing for a bit.
But it seemed boring and I didn't play any further.
Minecraft story mode is one of the games that I never had the chance to buy in its entirety and I wish I had tried harder too. I love the game and wish it was still available to buy.
I absolutely LOVE the commentary in this you don't know how much I started laughing
Amazing video
I don't know how or why I was recommended this video. This is a GREAT video! you earned a sub!
the game is ovbiusly made for kids and altho the graphics can be seen as low quality, i really liked it as a kid
bro, i hope you the best in youtube, this is really well made. I'm invested lol. good hard work....
The only thing I knew Telltale games for was the Lego games, specifically the Lego Batman series they did.
..I think you’re thinking of a completely different game studio
@@FookMi69 I'm pretty sure I'm not, I remember seeing their logo built out of lego every time I booted up the game.
I actually do appreciate how the mansion mystery doesn’t do a fake out where all the TH-camrs are innocent.
Some of my favorite things to come out if this game is the Wither Storm, some specific pieces of the ost, and Reuben's death. Reuben's death felt pretty genuine (up until the porkchop, that part was funny). The Wither Storm inspired some crazy good mods that just make it feel so unique and enjoyable as a boss. The ost also just has the occassional really good song that fits what it's aiming for. I played this game as a little kid and man, I enjoyed it a lot back then. I wish it had a better landing and better story in hindsight, but perhaps Telltale will come back to it one day
I actually have a copy of both seasons if you want season 2
I would strongly recommend the second game. It was FAR better on my second time playing through. I think that the second game is what the first game should have been and I would strongly recommend making a video on that one.
I'm kinda of the opinion that this game is a bit underrated.
it's got a story that actually kept me watching for a while.
the only real reason I didn't watch a lot of the second season was just life being hectic for me at the time.
I could go back and play it now but I have a lot of other priorities
''what kind of person would I be if i played minecraft story mode before the main game, a fucking Psycho''
Me: INTENSE SWEATING
Also the music. Especially the music that was rejected or not submitted, its really good. Antimo and Welles outdid themselves here.
I'd love to see a minecraft story mode reanimated project (I also really want a season 3 it would def make story mode relevant again u.u)
This man js took half a hour slandering my childhood 😭
here me out: story mode & walking dead crossover- the blocking dead
Wait, you're on to something.
I love how the only character you can tolerate is a character that can't talk.
this is what happens to a company when you make a pick your adventure game where your choices dont actually matter
I actually cried when rueben died.
I really do like your style of commentary and criticism that you construct really good TH-camr up on the rise