I was going to write a list about the various reasons Minecraft could totally be classified as a survival horror game until I realized something. That feeling of dread that surfaces as soon as the sun starts to dip below the horizon and you realize you’ve strayed too far from the relative safety of your base. Anyone who’s played the game knows what I’m talking about. Just as Silent Hill becomes exponentially more dangerous once you transition into the Otherworld, Minecraft has its own terrors that come out at night. After a few hours with the one that started it all, I can say without a doubt that it is fucking terrifying.ĭon’t let that deceptively charming world of adorable blocky animals and pixilated cubes fool you–underneath those vibrant colors lies a twisted underworld just waiting to for the sun to duck under the horizon so it can break your will to live. I’ve never touched the PC version of Minecraft, but over the months I’ve played my fair share of indie games it inspired, like Total Miner and Castle Miner Z.

It isn’t the newest version PC players are currently enjoying, so there isn’t a hunger meter, weapon enchantment, or experience, but that doesn’t take much away from the overall experience. In case you’ve been living under a pixilated cobblestone with no pickaxe with which to save yourself, you might not have heard about Minecraft’s recent arrival on Xbox Live Arcade.

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