Love lost.. – Minecraft Review

At first, my six-year-old was delighted that Minecraft was available on iPad. Everything was going well, up until he started reading Minecraft books and realizing what he COULDN'T do in Minecraft PE (versus XBox or the Microsoft versions). Redstone doesn't work properly, he can't play with his friends who have XBox, the mod support isn't there, etc. I tried and tried to find workarounds, additional apps, etc. but they're pretty weak / shady.. and nothing to take a risk on. I couldn't even get a command line open JUST TO FIGURE OUT THE COORDINATES he was at so he could use 'seeds' (random number generation seeds so he could at least play in some of the worlds he read about or saw on YouTube, etc. No joy. If the manufacturer at least adds command line support, I'd probably change my rating.. The current rating is a mix between "five-stars" when we first got it.. and "one-star" for how we feel about it now. It's just not the same Minecraft.. a little bizzare why Mojang would release such a different and depreciated product.
Review by ProtectiveDad on Minecraft.