Welcome to family gamer TV now as you may know we’re rather keen on Minecraft in my family and not just the game but also the books and some of the toys and paraphernalia that goes with it now we really enjoyed those old Minecraft essential handbook and the Annual as you can see here we’ve got them on my bookcase but just recently we’ve just had through in the post a couple of new Minecraft books to look at I’m not sure if you’ve seen these coming up in stores should be in stores early April so they go minecraft Construction book and also minecraft combat guide and what we will do with both of these is have a really close look work through them and just sort of see what have they got to offer not only for people who are new to Minecraft but also people who maybe her have played it A lot maybe feel like they know it all already we’re gonna look at the combat guide first so we’re going to get that open have I flipped through the pages and just see what it has to offer so here we are minecraft combat handbook it’s an official version from Mojang published By Egmont in the UK and as it says on the back it’s the official combat handbook that aims to teach you everything you need to know how to defend yourself from hostile monsters and enemy players learn how to build forts craft armor weapons and everything else but let’s get it open And sort of see what it has to offer so as we flick through the pages and see it’s nice quality paper it feels like a really sort of plush publication and we’ll proceed here and you can get a sense of what’s in it in some detail by The contents here you can see after the introduction we look at some weapons armor spider slime creeper going through different enemies and how to deal with them then as we go on later it shows us how to build things which are going to help us defend ourselves and progress in The game throughout that you see a lot of this artwork and that comes from the game it comes from create creators of of Minecraft both it’s all YouTube community and the online creation community now it does start quite basic I think this is quite important particularly for families because in in A family you have all sorts of different abilities and oh my kids different ages have come to the game at different stages as well as parents this is a good book potentially too handsome Oh dad and say look you want to understand why I love Minecraft so much well here in Printed form is a really interesting account laid out sort of systematically in a way you can understand to help you so to share my hobby so as we go through you can see weapons different swords moving on to bows dispensers leave a recipes and these are the recipe cards Here which show you how to craft things in the game which i think is an important part of what we’re doing TNT my youngest son has gone absolutely crazy for TNT recently and it spends all his time stacking up blocks of TNT and then putting a trickle on and blowing Them up as we get on to armor you can see the different sort armor types again we’ve got different recipes here and will protect you from the following sorts of damage more attacks other players arrows burrow and lava explosions cactus cacti and carrion then it goes through those different attacks Looking at combat looking at the spider so they got slime creepers or see one of the more famous one of the more famous enemies in Minecraft different set of creepers skeletons zombies and with each of these you get a little stats for them that gives you a little bit more Information about how you might deal with them what sort of enemy out they are how much health they have with some good nice little do’s and dont’s about how you should or you shouldn’t deal with this particular enemy which is Enderman my kids are scared of the Enderman They really don’t like it when he appears I mean he’s pretty creepy a lot of people think the graphics in Minecraft aren’t that advanced so it doesn’t really need you need to worry about whether it’s going to scare your children when they play it but some Elements of the game I think are quite scary carrying on through in terms of combat in the nether so we have the ghast the magnet you blaze and again each of these it carries on with the same sort of format or with a skeleton zombie pigmen wither And some of these enemies then get a double page where you have a nice picture behind as well as the the advice then it talks about getting to the end of the game again we’ve got by the end to recipe it’s going to be a key thing And one of these double page tip pages so they really are sort of not only giving you sort of hints and tips about the game they’re also describing the experience of playing through it and I think in a family setting this is a really useful thing because parents Often as we said sort of say well why am i children spending so long playing this game watching youtube videos of this game and looking through this book you get a sense of why that is so here we are we’re looking at enchanting carrion enchanting objects potions here we are Got some potion recipes and again that whole side of the game is covered helpful potions again maybe there’s some here which you have used or maybe there’s some which you’d suggests they’ve been missed out obviously drop a drop of pop in the comments and to see what is there here we are harmful Potions let’s see those to be used to get the enemies then we get into player versus player and multiplayer modes in the multiplayer and then it’s nice that they’re talking about particular editions because with the game coming out on PC Mac the Pocket Edition obviously on iOS as well as the PlayStation free position for Xbox 360 and what as we’re planning to see expecting to see Xbox one versions it’s important to know which version of game you’re using otherwise children can get frustrated that that particular feature isn’t available in the version that they’re playing maybe also we’re looking At some actual strategies now so it’s not just equipment it’s about how you play the game and it shows you that there is a degree of skill in playing and progressing through Minecraft and part of that skill is actually using your creation your creation ability to create spaces where you’re going to be Safe so you can see that look at thoughts a long drop trap obviously to stop enemies coming in and these constructions can take some time and it really are quite inch cut players are actually doing some sort of game design here as they’re working through these different These different projects and I like that about these books that they give the game a bit of extra structure so if you go to wet weekend or some time we’re going to be at home you can sit down as a family and decide which of these Projects you’re going to try and do and then through the day you work for it and you’ve got the different steps to work out how to do it as you work through the book and that not only gives you some incentive to play the game some more but Also means that other members of the family can again understand what what you’re doing and why you’re playing it and I’d be interested to hear do you play Minecraft on your own do you look at big base that’s pretty amazing do you play with brothers and sisters my kids Play currently in split-screen mode on the 360 in the PlayStation 3 or do you play on your own do you play in a family space do you play up in your room would you play down where everyone else can see and would you like to play the game Would you like to get your parents playing Minecraft with you as well today we are getting towards the end of the book now so it’s got some achievements it’s got some useful links here for extra information also there’s so much on available online both on YouTube in Terms of official YouTube but also some of the sort of fan sites and fan youtubers there as well so there you go that’s the minecraft combat guide from Egmont now would you like to see this in your own bookshelf in your minecraft collection well firstly we want to know What you think of it do you think that these sorts of books add something to the game and add something to the gameplay experience or are those sort of YouTube videos the coverage in the game is that enough on its own if you’d like one of these books do leave a comment on This video share with your friends and let us know we put it on Facebook and on Twitter because we’re gonna be going through those comments and through those shares and selecting one at random to send out a bunch of these minecraft combat guides in due course if you Subscribe to the channel you’ll then know when we pick up our next book in the series and the construction handbook and we’ll be looking at this probably in the next couple of days we’ll have a video up for you if you subscribe then we can let you know when that’s coming Out stay tuned to the channel cuz we’ll be tracking all the publication’s from Egmont as well as other publications and also updates for Minecraft the game proper as well that’s all we’ve got time for today on family gamer TV but check back we’ll have our next minecraft book review soon Video Information
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New official Minecraft book review.
This will “teach you everything you need to know to defend yourself from hostile monsters and enemy players. You can learn how to build a fort, craft armor and weapons, set mob traps, defeat your enemies in one-to-one combat, and battle your way out of the Nether and the End. With tips from many Minecraft experts, you’ll be a formidable Minecraft warrior in no time!”
Again this offers highly technical and complex information in an easily accessible format. While my family have so far stuck largely to the creative mode of the game, reading about how to properly play within the Survival mode has whet their appetite for more.
The book offers two kinds of advice. Details on the different enemies in the game, how to deal with them (and how not to deal with them in terms of common mistakes). It also suggests building and approaches that offer the best defense against these beasties that come out at night.
As well as offering a reading incentive, these books are also a nice Minecraft themed present. They offer considerably better value than the thousands of different Minecraft paraphernalia that demands a high price because of the license rather than the product itself. The books would stand in good stead regardless of the popularity of the product, and at around $10 are excellent value.
The book includes the following sections: – Basic Weapons – Armour – Mob Combat – Spider – Slime – Creeper – Skeleton – Zombie – Witch – Enderman – Combat in Nether – Ghast – Magma Cube – Blaze – Wither Skeleton – Zombie Pigman – Wither – Ender Dragon – Enchanting – Potions – Fort Battleground – Long Drop Trap – TNT Cannon – Exploding Trap
