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Minecraft Legends is an amazing action-strategygame that only fools will overlook
Minecraft Legends是一款优秀的动作策略游戏，值得所有人的关注
2023 is both an exciting and gently terrifying year for video games. Backlogs are expanding to frightening proportions, while the calendar is bursting at the seams, struggling to contain the seemingly ceaseless release cadence of new titles. A lot of great games are bound to be buried in the avalanche, but there's one game that deserves all of the attention it's getting (and more) — Minecraft Legends is almost here.
2023年的电子游戏对我们来说无疑是惊喜与惊吓并存。积压的工作越来越多，日程表上也被新游戏塞爆，并且还在源源不断的增加着新内容。似乎有很多游戏要被埋没在这一“雪崩”中，但有一款游戏值得我们所有人关注（当然还有很多）—— 我要说的就是即将到来的 Minecraft Legends。
The latest expansion to the Minecraft universe represents a lot of firsts for the franchise and for Mojang Studios. It's an exciting blend of gameplay mechanics from multiple genres, garnering plenty of interest from gamers. I got the opportunity to preview Minecraft Legends for a few hours ahead of its release, and I'm more excited than ever for what could be one of the year's best games.
这部作品作为 Minecraft 宇宙内的全新拓展，对于整个系列和 Mojang Studios 来说，是许多全新事物的初探和拓荒。Minecraft Legends 的游戏内容融合了众多机制，这激发了大量玩家的兴趣。我有幸能在 Minecraft Legends 正式发布前试玩了数个小时，这让我感到前所未有的兴奋，感觉它有望摘得今年最好游戏的桂冠。
Disclaimer: This preview was made possible following a hands-on preview session hosted by Xbox Game Studios. Xbox provided travel to and from and accommodation during the preview event. The company did not see the contents of the preview before publishing.
免责声明：本次试玩是在 Xbox Game Studios 举办的试玩大会内进行。Xbox 在预览活动期间仅提供往返和住宿。同时该公司在此文章发布前未被透露有关试玩的内容。
Understanding Minecraft Legends
了解 Minecraft Legends
Minecraft Legends' simple, beautiful visuals disguise its absurdly deep mechanics.
Minecraft Legends 内简单而美丽的风景，以及背后惊人的游戏深度。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
I've seen a multitude of gamers online expressing their confusion about what Minecraft Legends is. Because of the game's more diminutive marketing compared to the gaming behemoths releasing in the first half of 2023, even interested players may not be seeing the latest information on Minecraft Legends as Mojang Studios trickles it out. So, I'd like to begin by putting into my own words precisely what kind of game Minecraft Legends is.
我在网上发现许多玩家对 Minecraft Legends 是什么仍有不解，因为和 2023 年上半年发布的一些游戏大作相比，这款游戏的营销规模相对没那么高，即使感兴趣的玩家也不一定能看到由 Mojang Studios 发布的有关Minecraft Legends 的最新信息。因此，我先用自己的方式来描述一下，Minecraft Legends 是一款什么样的游戏。
First, imagine a strategy game, like Age of Empires, in which you collect and manage resources, design and build defensive fortifications, train and command armies, research new upgrades and abilities, and go to war against a variety of equally capable opponents. Minecraft Legends has all of this, but with one major difference — Instead of controlling the world as an uncaring, omnipotent cursor, Minecraft Legends places you in the world. You are a part of it, and you are fighting to survive as much as you are fighting to defend.
首先，请想象一款策略游戏，比如Age of Empires（帝国时代）系列，你需要在这类游戏内收集资源，设计并建造防御工事，训练并指挥作战单位，研究开发新的升级与能力，并和旗鼓相当的对手对战。Minecraft Legends 有着上面所描述的全部，但有一个主要的不同之处 —— 在 Minecraft Legends 里，你将不再是与世界无关但指挥一切的“鼠标”；而是同样生活在世界里，作为世界的一份子，为生存而战，为守护而战。
You're not just controlling the world of Minecraft Legends, you're a part of it.
你不仅是 Minecraft Legends 世界的指挥官，更是其中的参与者。
You play as the Hero, equipped with a sword, a trusty mount, a health bar, support from the mobs of the Overworld, and various other items and abilities. You explore the Overworld, meet its diverse mobs and peoples, and unite the lands against the rising threat of the Nether's brutal Piglins. You're not just commanding units into battle; you're a part of every battle. Your actions can directly impact the world and the outcome of the war, even separated from the strategy gameplay elements on which you rely.
你扮演了英雄的角色，有一把剑，有一只可靠的坐骑，有一个生命条，有来自主世界生物们的支持，还有着其它物品与能力。你在主世界内探索，遇到多种多样的生物与居民，并且联结整片大陆来对抗来自下界的猪灵暴徒们的威胁。你不仅是战斗的指挥者，你还是战斗的一部分。你的行动可以直接影响到这个世界，
The latter places you in the action, and the former gives you command over the strategy. Thus, Minecraft Legends is a unique action-strategy game, resistant to frequent comparisons to similar titles that may not even exist. As you play through Minecraft Legends' campaign, the Overworld around you will become more familiar as much as it will change due to your actions. It's a fascinating blend, and it's the underlying reason why Minecraft Legends deserves more attention — Not only does this combination work incredibly well, but Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive did a fantastic job executing on their visions for this game.
参与战斗让你参与行动，指挥战斗需要你的策略。因此，Minecraft Legends 会是一款独特的“动作-策略游戏”，没必要拿同类游戏与它进行对照，因为这种类型的游戏作品可能还是第一次。当你游玩 Minecraft Legends 的战役模式时，你会渐渐的熟悉这里的主世界，它会受到你行动的影响而发生变化。这种参与和指挥并存的组合十分迷人，这也是 Minecraft Legends 值得被关注的潜在原因 —— 这个组合本身就非常优秀，同时 Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 也为这款游戏做出了许多努力。
Surprising depth and intuitive controls
惊人的玩法深度，直观的操作控制
Recruit friendly mobs from the forests while you collect resources.
收集资源的同时，在森林里招募友好生物。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
Minecraft Legends follows the precedence of its predecessors and is launching simultaneously on every platform imaginable. That means it has to play equally well regardless of your input of choice, a monumental task for any complicated strategy game. Age of Empires II Definitive Edition on Xbox proves that great controls are possible in a strategy game on a controller. Still, Minecraft Legends goes a step further by incorporating movement and combat controls into that formula.
Minecraft Legends延续之前作品的传统，同时在所有能想象得到的平台上推出。这意味着游戏需要在所有平台上都要保证平衡且较高的性能水平，对于任何复杂的策略游戏来说，这都是一项艰巨的任务。此前 Xbox 上的《帝国时代 II：决定版》已经证明手柄对于策略游戏的游玩上是可行的。然而，Minecraft Legends更进一步，将移动和战斗控制整合进手柄操作内。
Fortunately, Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive have put in the work to ensure that Minecraft Legends' surprising depth is met with intuitive controls. I spoke for a while with Executive Producer Dennis Ries on Minecraft Legends, and he told me that it took a lot of iteration and refinement to make the controls come together, and I'm not surprised to hear it.
幸运的是，Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 都投入了大量工作，确保Minecraft Legends的惊人的玩法深度与直观的操作控制相匹配。我曾与Minecraft Legends 的监制 Dennis Ries 聊过，他告诉我，需要大量的迭代和优化，才能将游戏的操作控制整合到一起，我对此深表赞同。
Minecraft Legends is not a simple game, but its controls still manage to feel natural and smooth.
Minecraft Legends 并不是一款简单的游戏，但仍然做到了自然流畅的控制。
Minecraft Legends basically has three tiers to its control scheme, with most of the buttons on the controller having three different actions depending on which tier you're using. These tiers include resource collection, building, and army commands, and you can quickly switch between all three of these control schemes using the D-Pad. I'll admit it's complicated (the tutorial is essential), but once it clicks, Minecraft Legends feels natural and smooth to play.
Minecraft Legends 将会有三套控制方案，对应手柄上的大多数按钮都会有三种不同的动作，这取决于玩家使用的是哪一套方案。一共包括资源收集、建筑建造和作战命令共三套不同的控制方案，使用 D-Pad 可以在这三种控制方案之间快速切换。我承认游戏操作上将会有一点复杂（所以说需要一份教程），而一旦掌握熟悉了，Minecraft Legends 的操作方案会让玩家感觉到自然且流畅。
This complication is necessary because Minecraft Legends is not a simple game. There are a lot of tools at your disposal, carefully balanced to ensure you have everything you need to conquer your opponents and protect the Overworld from the Nether's Piglin armies. For example, you need to use the Lute to command two kinds of helpful Allays to either collect specific resources in a general area or to construct various kinds of buildings, defensive structures, and spawners known as Flames of Creation. You need to use these Flames of Creation to spawn a vast array of different mobs and then use the Banner of Courage to command those mobs in battle.
这种复杂性是很必要的，因为 Minecraft Legends 不只是一款简单的游戏。游戏内有很多工具，玩家需要仔细权衡，确保自己万事俱备后征服敌人，将主世界从下界猪灵大军手中夺回。举个例子，玩家需要使用鲁特琴指挥两种悦灵来收集特定区域的特定资源，或是建造各式各样的建筑、防御结构，以及一种被称为“创造之焰”的刷怪点。玩家需要使用这些创造之焰来大量生成不同的生物，并在战斗中使用勇气之旗指挥它们。
The hub of Minecraft Legends' world, and where you'll unlock your potential for greatness. Minecraft Legends 的世界中心，在这里你可以解锁能力。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
At the fountain, the hub at the center of the map, you'll need to build Improvements that allow you to collect new kinds of resources, spawn new variants of mobs, unlock new offensive, defensive, and support buildings, and improve your overall abilities. You'll need to carefully manage all the resources at your disposal, as everything you do has a cost. You'll need to explore the Overworld to help villages in need (which can provide you with valuable resources over time), find hidden chests, and discover secrets and rare resources scattered throughout the world.
地图中心处有一座喷泉，玩家需要在这里建造升级塔，来解锁新资源的采集，新生物的生成，同时解锁新的攻击、防御和支援建筑，这还会提升自己的整体战力。玩家需要认真分配现有的全部资源，因为每一步操作都会有消耗。玩家还需要探索主世界，向村庄伸出援手（这些村庄可随时间而提供有价值的资源），找到隐藏的奖励箱，并探寻散布在世界各地的秘密，收集稀有资源。
I knew Minecraft Legends would be far more complicated from the offset than Minecraft Dungeons (a relatively straightforward action-RPG) and Minecraft (which has absurd depth but with simple, consistent controls). Still, I was immediately shocked by just how far the game goes. Building alone is brimming with countless options, providing players with a limitless array of potential strategies.
我知道，比起 Minecraft Dungeons（操作相对简单的 arpg 游戏）和 Minecraft （虽然拥有惊人的玩法深度，但却拥有简单且流畅的操作控制），Minecraft Legends 在操作上确实要复杂得多。尽管如此，我还是被这款游戏的完成度给震惊到了。单是建造系统就有数不清的选择，这为玩家提供了无限的潜在策略。
Using the intuitive building controls (which allow you to build whatever you want practically anywhere, including traversal buildings like ramps), you can design insurmountable fortresses buttressed by dozens of different defensive and supportive buildings. The controls aren't always perfect (you can't build gates on top of existing walls or seamlessly switch between building types while remaining in the same menu), but it overall feels great.
在直观的建造系统下（你可以在任何地方建造任何你想要的东西，包括斜坡这样的地形），你能够设计出由数十个不同的防御建筑与支援建筑支撑的坚实堡垒。部分操作细节可能不是那样完美（比如你不能在现有的墙壁上建造大门，也不能在同一个菜单内直接切换建筑类型)，但总的来说，体验很棒。
Minecraft Legends feels amazing to play, for players of all skill levels.
无论是哪种实力水平的玩家，游玩 Minecraft Legends 时都会有一种神奇的体验。
The powerful Redstone Launcher can deal devastating amounts of damage from long ranges, for example, but it can also be augmented by nearby support buildings to boost its destructive power (by turning its projectiles into TNT), increase its range and fire rate, and more. In my hands-on, I genuinely barely scratched the surface here. This depth caters to all kinds of players in the campaign and ensures that every game of Minecraft Legends' online competitive multiplayer is completely different.
举个例子，红石投石机是一种强大的防御器械，可以远程攻击并造成毁灭性的伤害，但通过附近的支援建筑可以进一步增强它的破坏力（将其投掷物修改为 TNT）、射程以及射速等等。在短暂的试玩过程中，我只能粗略的掌握这个玩法的一点皮毛。而这样玩法深度的设计可以从各个方面满足各种实力水平的玩家，并保证了 Minecraft Legends 的在线多人对战游戏内策略的多样性。
I haven't even touched on Minecraft Legends' fantastic options for commanding your armies in battle, nor have I discussed the complex synergy between player upgrades and the surrounding world. I'll leave a lot of the fine detail for my review (stay tuned); suffice to say, Minecraft Legends has amazingly found the perfect middle ground between a game that's accessible to players of all skill levels and a game that's complex enough to keep even the most hardcore gamers interested for hours upon hours of playtime.
由于篇幅原因，有关在 Minecraft Legends 的战斗过程中要如何指挥作战单位，以及世界随玩家等级变化的复杂细节，我将在下一篇试玩回顾中进一步探讨（敬请期待）。可以说，Minecraft Legends 达到了这样的平衡，让各种实力水平玩家都能体验到的精美画面，同时让每天能玩几小时的硬核玩家能体验的更深层的复杂机制。
A proper campaign and chaotic multiplayer
正经的主线，混乱的多人模式
The Piglins are no laughing matter, with overwhelming numbers
and shockingly powerful abilities at their disposal.
猪灵们可不是闹着玩的，它们有着压倒性的数量和惊人的战斗力。
(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
Minecraft Dungeons may have set the foundation for a Minecraft game with a campaign, but Minecraft Legends takes it to all-new heights. The campaign, which is approximately 18 hours in length and can be played solo or with friends, explores a forgotten legend of the Minecraft universe in which all the Overworld lives in harmony and peace (including the hostile mobs you know and hate today) until brutal tears into another dimension unleash an army of Piglins from the fiery Nether.
可以说 Minecraft Dungeons 为 Minecraft 系列的战役模式奠定了基础，而 Minecraft Legends 将其提升到了全新高度。战役模式的总流程一共大约 18 个小时，可以单人进行游玩，也可以和朋友一起游玩，你将在 Minecraft 宇宙中亲身体验一次被忘却的传奇，这里所有生物原本都和谐的生活在主世界（其中包括一些你现在熟知并讨厌着的敌对生物），直到猪灵蛮兵撕开了另一个维度的裂缝，并释放了来自蛮荒下界的猪灵大军。
Minecraft's very first fully voiced mobs, The Hosts (named Foresight, Action, and Knowledge), recognize the gravity of this newfound threat and deign to summon a great Hero from another world (that's you!). The Hosts are wonderfully written and voiced (with full localization for 15 separate languages) and provide support as you fight back the Piglin armies. Minecraft Legends' campaign takes advantage of every one of its mechanics, tasking you with uniting and fortifying villages, defeating Piglin armies, and laying siege to the Nether's frightening strongholds.
作为 Minecraft 内第一个完全配音的生物，被叫作“远见”，“行动”和“知识”的 host 们预见到了刚刚产生的威胁的严重性，并从另一个世界召唤一个伟大的英雄。（也就是你！）这些 host 们的语录和配音都非常棒（支持 15 种不同语言的完整本地化），他们会在你迎战猪灵大军时提供援助。在 Minecraft Legends 内，战役模式充分利用了游戏内的每一个机制，玩家的核心任务是团结和加固村庄，击败猪灵军队，并最终破坏它们位于下界的骇人据点。
Minecraft Legends has everything I wanted to see from a story-driven Minecraft game.
Minecraft Legends 是故事驱动的一款 Minecraft 游戏，有着我想从中看到的一切。
There is a plethora of cinematic visuals and cutscenes, proper worldbuilding, hours of action, endless exploration across a multitude of biomes, and even plenty of side quests. The world of Minecraft Legends is entirely procedurally generated using the power of the Minecraft Bedrock Engine, meaning every game is completely different. It can be played entirely in online co-op (up to four players if the host is on a current-gen console or PC, and two players for older platforms) or offline in single-player.
游戏内有大量的电影视效和过场动画，有合适的世界建筑，数小时的行动，在众多生物群落中无尽的探索，甚至还有大量的支线任务。在强大的 Minecraft 基岩引擎的作用下， Minecraft Legends 的世界是完全由程序生成的，这意味着每个游戏都是完全不同的。它可以完全通过在线合作模式（如果房主是在最新版控制器或 PC 上，最多可以有四名玩家，如果是在较老的平台上，则最多可以有两名玩家）或离线单人模式进行。
This ... is the real deal.
这是 ... 值得的。
Minecraft Legends is brimming with high stakes, ridiculous variety, and all the signs of an interesting, worthwhile narrative. Minecraft Legends' story even explores how the day and night cycle of Minecraft might have come to be, suggesting that the Overworld once had eternal daylight thanks to two suns until a nefarious power from the Nether corrupted one of the suns and silenced its light. The idea of playing through the events of a legend, of deciding for yourself the truth of the Overworld's history, is precisely what I wanted to see from a story-driven Minecraft game. All of this, and I only played the first hour, or opening chapter, of Minecraft Legends.
Minecraft Legends 充满着高难度的挑战，近乎疯狂的多样性，同时，还有着各种有趣且有意义的叙事文本。在 Minecraft Legends 的某篇故事里，甚至有探讨了 Minecraft 昼夜循环可能的成因，主世界曾经有两个太阳，因而有着永恒的白昼，直到有一天，来自下界的邪恶力量腐化了其中一个太阳，让它的光芒就此黯淡了。体验各种“传奇”事件，并按自己的想法决定主世界真正的历史，这正是我想从故事驱动的 Minecraft 游戏内看到的。以上这些是我的想法，当然时间原因我只体验到了主线的第一个小时，或者说是开篇的章节。
Every multiplayer match is guaranteed to be different, both because of the world and because of the countless available strategies.
世界生成的随机性，以及玩法策略的多样性，保证了每一场多人对战都会有不同的体验。
(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
Genuinely, Minecraft Legends more than justifies its $40 price tag based on the merits of its campaign alone, but Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive didn't stop there. I also got to play a full, uninterrupted match of its competitive online multiplayer, and Mojang Studios is on to a winner. Eight players are split into two teams of four and thrown into a unique, procedurally generated world (smaller than the campaign world to help balance the game length). Each team is given a stronghold to defend. Each player retains all of the base abilities from the campaign but with shared resources, armies, and upgrades with the rest of their team. The goal: Destroy the other team's stronghold to win.
诚然，单论由 Minecraft Legends 宣传出来的优势，这部作品售价 $40 是已经物超所值了，但 Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 并没有就此止步。我完整地没有中断的体验了一把在线多人对战，Mojang Studios 的工作人员也参与了冠军争夺。8 名玩家被分成 2 支队伍，两边各有 4 人，随后进入一个特制的、由程序生成的世界（略小于战役模式，从而有助于平衡游戏时长)。每支队伍需要防守一座要塞。玩家各自保留战役模式中所有基础技能，而资源、军队和升级则是全队共享。游戏的总目标是：摧毁对方的要塞，赢得胜利。
Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive designed Minecraft Legends' competitive multiplayer to be chaotic and unpredictable. It's not supposed to be extremely balanced or fair, with ridiculous strategies and tactics fully encouraged by the game. What's important is that you use all the resources at your disposal and work closely with your team to emerge victorious. One of my team spent the entire game fortifying the stronghold and building Improvements, for example, while others focused on exploring and hunting down valuable resources.
Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 将 Minecraft Legends 的多人对战设计得混乱且不可预测。它不会追求平衡或是公平，相反的，游戏完全鼓励使用偏门的战略和战术。你需要利用所有可以利用的资源，与小队密切合作，以取得胜利。例如，我的队伍里有一人在整场游戏内的工作就是加强要塞和升级建筑，而其他人专注于探索世界与寻找资源。
Piglins are still a threat during multiplayer matches, but they also hoard resources necessary to your survival. 多人对战内，猪灵们仍然是一大威胁，但它们藏着大量生存用到的资源。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
Piglins are also still a threat in multiplayer, with their strongholds building dangerous NPC armies that attack all players and teams indiscriminately. Battling these Piglins can provide you with valuable resources necessary to build armies and powerful buildings of your own, so I took that job on myself. I raised a sizeable army comprised of weak, beginner units but was able to hold my own against the Piglins and rebut multiple attacks from the enemy team. My early victories gave us increased opportunities to build up our capabilities, eventually culminating in one of my team members unlocking the ability to build a powerful Redstone Launcher.
在多人游戏中，猪灵们仍然是一大威胁，他们的据点内会生成危险的 NPC 单位，无差别向所有玩家和团队开火。击败这些猪灵可以获得宝贵的资源，用来建立自己的军队和强大的建筑，所以我自己承担了这项工作。我组建了一支规模可观的队伍，它们由相对较弱的新手单位组成，但足以帮助我打倒猪灵，同时拦截敌队人员的攻击。我早期的胜利给了我们更多的机会去建立我们的能力，最终我方队伍率先解锁了红石投石机的科技。
Minecraft Legends' multiplayer embraces chaotic fun, and players are going to love it.
Minecraft Legends 的多人模式有着混乱的乐趣，玩家们都会喜欢上它的。
Eventually, my team managed to win because of a twofold strategy, in which I built an erratic array of defensive towers and mob spawners right on top of the enemy team's fortress as a distraction. In contrast, the rest of my team built a Redstone Launcher and protected it from enemy counterattacks while it decimated their stronghold. The enemy team didn't have time to build proper counters to the Redstone Launcher (everything in Minecraft Legends has something to counter it), so all they could do was watch helplessly while their stronghold crumbled around them.
最终我的队伍获胜了，因为采用了两面包夹的策略，即由我在敌人的要塞前搭建很多不算稳定的防御塔和刷怪笼，以此分散他们的注意力。同时，我方队友搭建了一个红石投石机，并从敌方队伍攻击中保护这台器械，最终用它摧毁了敌人的要塞。敌方队伍没有多余的时间精力能够建造足以防御红石投石机的建筑（事实上，基本 Minecraft Legends 内所有东西某种程度上都可以抵御红石投石机），所以他们只能眼睁睁地看着自己的要塞被逐渐摧毁。
I had lots of fun with Minecraft Legends' multiplayer, and I can see this being an excellent, long-term, casual strategy game for players because of it. The multiplayer mode doesn't take itself too seriously, focusing instead on embracing the wild creativity of players and all the best ways to have fun. I get the feeling a lot of players are going to love it.
Minecraft Legends 的多人模式给我带来了很多乐趣，我认为这是一款优秀的重复可玩性高的休闲策略游戏。多人模式里没有必要严肃的深挖机制，完全可以专注于各种狂野的玩法，以及整活的玩法。我觉得很多玩家都会喜欢这一模式的。
The launch is only the beginning
发布只是一次开始
Riding into battle at the head of your army is the exact feeling many strategy games are missing. 亲身战斗，一骑当先的体验是很多策略游戏内感受不到的。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
When Minecraft Legends launches, it'll be equipped with a full-length, highly replayable campaign that supports single-player and online co-op, as well as an addictive competitive multiplayer mode. That's a lot of great stuff, but Mojang Studios revealed to me that Minecraft Legends won't be done when it releases. Of course, the company wouldn't reveal details (let's get the game out the door before we discuss what comes next), but players who fall in love with Minecraft Legends can expect similar post-launch support as Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons.
Minecraft Legends 在发布时，将带有一个完整的，重复可玩性强的战役模式，战役模式支持单人和在线多人合作，同时还有非常好玩的多人对战模式。游戏内已经有了很多很棒的内容，但根据 Mojang Studios 工作人员向我透露的，Minecraft Legends 在发行时仍会有可以添加的内容。当然，他们没有透露细节（在游戏还没发布时，不太方便讨论发布以后的事情），已经喜欢上 Minecraft Legends 玩家仍然可以期待像 Minecraft 和 Minecraft Dungeons 的售后服务。
One thing I couldn't preview but know is included in the game is the Lost Legends & Myths mode. Mojang Studios told me that these are essentially tailored challenges and scenarios, similar to other popular strategy games. Overcoming these challenges will require new ways of playing and unique strategies, and will reward new player skins and mounts in exchange for your efforts. It seems this may be one of the primary ways Minecraft Legends will expand after launch, with players able to test themselves in challenges that take advantage of Minecraft Legends' mechanics in new and surprising ways.
有一个内容，但我知道它包含在游戏里，那就是 Lost Legends & Myths（失落神话）模式。Mojang Studios 工作人员告诉我，这一模式将有玩家自选的挑战和场景，类似于其它策略游戏中普遍的机制。攻略这一模式需要有全新的游戏方式和独特的游戏策略，在通关后玩家将会有皮肤和坐骑的奖励。这似乎将是 Minecraft Legends 额外拓展的主要方式之一，玩家可以在各个挑战中测试自己的游戏理解，并在一种全新且特别的方式里用到 Minecraft Legends 的机制。
One of the biggest criticisms levied at Minecraft Dungeons around its launch was the lack of content, which was rectified (and then some) by very healthy post-launch support. Minecraft Legends is packed with content to occupy players, but it's still getting the post-launch treatment for which Minecraft is known. I can't wait to hear more about this, but I'll be sure to finish the campaign (once or twice) and enjoy plenty of multiplayer matches before then.
Minecraft Dungeons 在发行时受到的最多批评之一便是游戏内容太少，这一问题随着后来的补充包慢慢的被改善了。Minecraft Legends 目前充满可以吸引玩家的内容机制，但它仍然会遵循 Minecraft 系列售后服务的优良传统。我迫不及待地想要听到更多关于这方面的消息，但我一定会在此之前通关主线（一周目或二周目），然后刷上很多局多人对战。
One of the most exciting game launches of the year
今年最激动人心的游戏发布之一
Do not sleep on Minecraft Legends — This could be one of 2023's most surprising (and awesome) games.别错过了 Minecraft Legends —— 它可能会成为 2023 年最为惊人（同时最为精妙）的游戏。 (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
I already couldn't wait for Minecraft Legends after Windows Central's Jez Corden saw it in action at Gamescom, but being able to play it myself rapidly made Minecraft Legends one of my most anticipated games of the year. I love Resident Evil 4 (2023) right now, but I'm putting it aside when I gain access to Minecraft Legends. I'm excited about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Redfall in the coming weeks, but neither game will occupy my thoughts until I've rolled the credits on Minecraft Legends.
自打我的同事 Jez Corden 在科隆游戏展上发现 Minecraft Legends 之后，我就开始迫不及待地想要去玩这款游戏，能够亲自体验这款游戏，更让 Minecraft Legends 迅速成为我今年最期待的游戏之一。我之前很喜欢 Resident Evil 4（生化危机4，已于 3 月 24 日发售），但当我开始玩 Minecraft Legends 时，它马上就被搁在了一边。我原本对接下来几周的 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor（星球大战 绝地：幸存者，4 月 28 日发售）和 Redfall（红霞岛，5 月 2 日发售）感到兴奋，但在我通关 Minecraft Legends 前，这两款游戏都可以先放一放。
Minecraft Legends is going toe-to-toe with all the biggest titles as one of the best games of 2023.
Minecraft Legends 将作为2023年最好的游戏之一，可与所有其他大作一较高下。
Minecraft Legends is special, and it should be on more players' radars. Admittedly, claiming that "no one is talking about" Minecraft Legends is a bit disingenuous. After all, the game is being bolstered by the Minecraft brand and the existing Minecraft marketing team, and both its social media posts and its trailers attract plenty of attention. However, my personal experience on social media and exploring the internet for my job has seen other upcoming games consistently mentioned more by gamers than Minecraft Legends.
Minecraft Legends是一款特别的游戏，值得引起更多玩家的注意。不可否认的是，说“没有人在谈论”Minecraft Legends是不现实的。毕竟，这款游戏是在 Minecraft 旗下，并有着 Minecraft 市场营销团队的支持，在它的社交媒体账号上所发表的帖子和预告片也都吸引了大量玩家的关注。然而，凭借个人对社交媒体的经验，以及工作需要而大量探索互联网的职业经历，我认为相较于关注其他游戏的玩家，关注Minecraft Legends的玩家似乎略少一筹。
While Minecraft Legends has been one of my go-to upcoming games when asked for what I'm most excited about, most other players mention Redfall, Starfield, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Resident Evil 4 (before its launch), Diablo IV, and even Forza Motorsport (2023) long before Minecraft Legends comes up in the conversation. Every single one of these games deserves the hype they're enjoying, but Minecraft Legends is going toe-to-toe with them all as one of the best Xbox games of 2023. This is one to keep your eye on. While you're at it, keep an eye on Windows Central, as we'll have a full Minecraft Legends review with my complete thoughts in the near future.
如果问我最有兴趣的是什么时，Minecraft Legends一直是我最喜欢的即将推出的游戏之一，其他很多玩家都在关注了今年的 Redfall（红霞岛）、Starfield（星空，9 月 6 日发售）、 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor（星球大战 绝地：幸存者）、 Resident Evil 4（生化危机4，这里指发布之前的讨论）、Diablo IV （暗黑破坏神4， 6 月 6 日发售），甚至在《我的世界传奇》出现在对话之前很久就提到了《极限竞速 2023》（6 月 13 日）。当然这些大作确实值得这样的宣传，但Minecraft Legends同样能够作为 2023 年最好的 Xbox 游戏之一，与前面这些一较高下。你值得去留意这部作品。同时也别忘了关注 Windows Central，因为我们不久后还会有一篇完整的 Minecraft Legends 测评，以及我的一些完整想法。
译/排：氘氚人
本测评原文为 2023 年 4 月 6 日发布在 windowscentral 的 Minecraft Legends is an amazing action-strategy game that only fools will overlook，作者为专业游戏测评师 Zachary Boddy
Minecraft Legends is an amazing action-strategygame that only fools will overlook
Minecraft Legends是一款优秀的动作策略游戏，值得所有人的关注
2023 is both an exciting and gently terrifying year for video games. Backlogs are expanding to frightening proportions, while the calendar is bursting at the seams, struggling to contain the seemingly ceaseless release cadence of new titles. A lot of great games are bound to be buried in the avalanche, but there's one game that deserves all of the attention it's getting (and more) — Minecraft Legends is almost here.
2023年的电子游戏对我们来说无疑是惊喜与惊吓并存。积压的工作越来越多，日程表上也被新游戏塞爆，并且还在源源不断的增加着新内容。似乎有很多游戏要被埋没在这一“雪崩”中，但有一款游戏值得我们所有人关注（当然还有很多）—— 我要说的就是即将到来的 Minecraft Legends。
The latest expansion to the Minecraft universe represents a lot of firsts for the franchise and for Mojang Studios. It's an exciting blend of gameplay mechanics from multiple genres, garnering plenty of interest from gamers. I got the opportunity to preview Minecraft Legends for a few hours ahead of its release, and I'm more excited than ever for what could be one of the year's best games.
这部作品作为 Minecraft 宇宙内的全新拓展，对于整个系列和 Mojang Studios 来说，是许多全新事物的初探和拓荒。Minecraft Legends 的游戏内容融合了众多机制，这激发了大量玩家的兴趣。我有幸能在 Minecraft Legends 正式发布前试玩了数个小时，这让我感到前所未有的兴奋，感觉它有望摘得今年最好游戏的桂冠。
Disclaimer: This preview was made possible following a hands-on preview session hosted by Xbox Game Studios. Xbox provided travel to and from and accommodation during the preview event. The company did not see the contents of the preview before publishing.
免责声明：本次试玩是在 Xbox Game Studios 举办的试玩大会内进行。Xbox 在预览活动期间仅提供往返和住宿。同时该公司在此文章发布前未被透露有关试玩的内容。
Understanding Minecraft Legends
了解 Minecraft Legends
Minecraft Legends' simple, beautiful visuals disguise its absurdly deep mechanics.
Minecraft Legends 内简单而美丽的风景，以及背后惊人的游戏深度。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
I've seen a multitude of gamers online expressing their confusion about what Minecraft Legends is. Because of the game's more diminutive marketing compared to the gaming behemoths releasing in the first half of 2023, even interested players may not be seeing the latest information on Minecraft Legends as Mojang Studios trickles it out. So, I'd like to begin by putting into my own words precisely what kind of game Minecraft Legends is.
我在网上发现许多玩家对 Minecraft Legends 是什么仍有不解，因为和 2023 年上半年发布的一些游戏大作相比，这款游戏的营销规模相对没那么高，即使感兴趣的玩家也不一定能看到由 Mojang Studios 发布的有关Minecraft Legends 的最新信息。因此，我先用自己的方式来描述一下，Minecraft Legends 是一款什么样的游戏。
First, imagine a strategy game, like Age of Empires, in which you collect and manage resources, design and build defensive fortifications, train and command armies, research new upgrades and abilities, and go to war against a variety of equally capable opponents. Minecraft Legends has all of this, but with one major difference — Instead of controlling the world as an uncaring, omnipotent cursor, Minecraft Legends places you in the world. You are a part of it, and you are fighting to survive as much as you are fighting to defend.
首先，请想象一款策略游戏，比如Age of Empires（帝国时代）系列，你需要在这类游戏内收集资源，设计并建造防御工事，训练并指挥作战单位，研究开发新的升级与能力，并和旗鼓相当的对手对战。Minecraft Legends 有着上面所描述的全部，但有一个主要的不同之处 —— 在 Minecraft Legends 里，你将不再是与世界无关但指挥一切的“鼠标”；而是同样生活在世界里，作为世界的一份子，为生存而战，为守护而战。
You're not just controlling the world of Minecraft Legends, you're a part of it.
你不仅是 Minecraft Legends 世界的指挥官，更是其中的参与者。
You play as the Hero, equipped with a sword, a trusty mount, a health bar, support from the mobs of the Overworld, and various other items and abilities. You explore the Overworld, meet its diverse mobs and peoples, and unite the lands against the rising threat of the Nether's brutal Piglins. You're not just commanding units into battle; you're a part of every battle. Your actions can directly impact the world and the outcome of the war, even separated from the strategy gameplay elements on which you rely.
你扮演了英雄的角色，有一把剑，有一只可靠的坐骑，有一个生命条，有来自主世界生物们的支持，还有着其它物品与能力。你在主世界内探索，遇到多种多样的生物与居民，并且联结整片大陆来对抗来自下界的猪灵暴徒们的威胁。你不仅是战斗的指挥者，你还是战斗的一部分。你的行动可以直接影响到这个世界，
The latter places you in the action, and the former gives you command over the strategy. Thus, Minecraft Legends is a unique action-strategy game, resistant to frequent comparisons to similar titles that may not even exist. As you play through Minecraft Legends' campaign, the Overworld around you will become more familiar as much as it will change due to your actions. It's a fascinating blend, and it's the underlying reason why Minecraft Legends deserves more attention — Not only does this combination work incredibly well, but Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive did a fantastic job executing on their visions for this game.
参与战斗让你参与行动，指挥战斗需要你的策略。因此，Minecraft Legends 会是一款独特的“动作-策略游戏”，没必要拿同类游戏与它进行对照，因为这种类型的游戏作品可能还是第一次。当你游玩 Minecraft Legends 的战役模式时，你会渐渐的熟悉这里的主世界，它会受到你行动的影响而发生变化。这种参与和指挥并存的组合十分迷人，这也是 Minecraft Legends 值得被关注的潜在原因 —— 这个组合本身就非常优秀，同时 Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 也为这款游戏做出了许多努力。
Surprising depth and intuitive controls
惊人的玩法深度，直观的操作控制
Recruit friendly mobs from the forests while you collect resources.收集资源的同时，在森林里招募友好生物。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）
Minecraft Legends follows the precedence of its predecessors and is launching simultaneously on every platform imaginable. That means it has to play equally well regardless of your input of choice, a monumental task for any complicated strategy game. Age of Empires II Definitive Edition on Xbox proves that great controls are possible in a strategy game on a controller. Still, Minecraft Legends goes a step further by incorporating movement and combat controls into that formula.
Minecraft Legends延续之前作品的传统，同时在所有能想象得到的平台上推出。这意味着游戏需要在所有平台上都要保证平衡且较高的性能水平，对于任何复杂的策略游戏来说，这都是一项艰巨的任务。此前 Xbox 上的《帝国时代 II：决定版》已经证明手柄对于策略游戏的游玩上是可行的。然而，Minecraft Legends更进一步，将移动和战斗控制整合进手柄操作内。
Fortunately, Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive have put in the work to ensure that Minecraft Legends' surprising depth is met with intuitive controls. I spoke for a while with Executive Producer Dennis Ries on Minecraft Legends, and he told me that it took a lot of iteration and refinement to make the controls come together, and I'm not surprised to hear it.
幸运的是，Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 都投入了大量工作，确保Minecraft Legends的惊人的玩法深度与直观的操作控制相匹配。我曾与Minecraft Legends 的监制 Dennis Ries 聊过，他告诉我，需要大量的迭代和优化，才能将游戏的操作控制整合到一起，我对此深表赞同。
Minecraft Legends is not a simple game, but its controls still manage to feel natural and smooth.
Minecraft Legends 并不是一款简单的游戏，但仍然做到了自然流畅的控制。
Minecraft Legends basically has three tiers to its control scheme, with most of the buttons on the controller having three different actions depending on which tier you're using. These tiers include resource collection, building, and army commands, and you can quickly switch between all three of these control schemes using the D-Pad. I'll admit it's complicated (the tutorial is essential), but once it clicks, Minecraft Legends feels natural and smooth to play.
Minecraft Legends 将会有三套控制方案，对应手柄上的大多数按钮都会有三种不同的动作，这取决于玩家使用的是哪一套方案。一共包括资源收集、建筑建造和作战命令共三套不同的控制方案，使用 D-Pad 可以在这三种控制方案之间快速切换。我承认游戏操作上将会有一点复杂（所以说需要一份教程），而一旦掌握熟悉了，Minecraft Legends 的操作方案会让玩家感觉到自然且流畅。
This complication is necessary because Minecraft Legends is not a simple game. There are a lot of tools at your disposal, carefully balanced to ensure you have everything you need to conquer your opponents and protect the Overworld from the Nether's Piglin armies. For example, you need to use the Lute to command two kinds of helpful Allays to either collect specific resources in a general area or to construct various kinds of buildings, defensive structures, and spawners known as Flames of Creation. You need to use these Flames of Creation to spawn a vast array of different mobs and then use the Banner of Courage to command those mobs in battle.
这种复杂性是很必要的，因为 Minecraft Legends 不只是一款简单的游戏。游戏内有很多工具，玩家需要仔细权衡，确保自己万事俱备后征服敌人，将主世界从下界猪灵大军手中夺回。举个例子，玩家需要使用鲁特琴指挥两种悦灵来收集特定区域的特定资源，或是建造各式各样的建筑、防御结构，以及一种被称为“创造之焰”的刷怪点。玩家需要使用这些创造之焰来大量生成不同的生物，并在战斗中使用勇气之旗指挥它们。
The hub of Minecraft Legends' world, and where you'll unlock your potential for greatness. Minecraft Legends 的世界中心，在这里你可以解锁能力。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）At the fountain, the hub at the center of the map, you'll need to build Improvements that allow you to collect new kinds of resources, spawn new variants of mobs, unlock new offensive, defensive, and support buildings, and improve your overall abilities. You'll need to carefully manage all the resources at your disposal, as everything you do has a cost. You'll need to explore the Overworld to help villages in need (which can provide you with valuable resources over time), find hidden chests, and discover secrets and rare resources scattered throughout the world.
地图中心处有一座喷泉，玩家需要在这里建造升级塔，来解锁新资源的采集，新生物的生成，同时解锁新的攻击、防御和支援建筑，这还会提升自己的整体战力。玩家需要认真分配现有的全部资源，因为每一步操作都会有消耗。玩家还需要探索主世界，向村庄伸出援手（这些村庄可随时间而提供有价值的资源），找到隐藏的奖励箱，并探寻散布在世界各地的秘密，收集稀有资源。
I knew Minecraft Legends would be far more complicated from the offset than Minecraft Dungeons (a relatively straightforward action-RPG) and Minecraft (which has absurd depth but with simple, consistent controls). Still, I was immediately shocked by just how far the game goes. Building alone is brimming with countless options, providing players with a limitless array of potential strategies.
我知道，比起 Minecraft Dungeons（操作相对简单的 arpg 游戏）和 Minecraft （虽然拥有惊人的玩法深度，但却拥有简单且流畅的操作控制），Minecraft Legends 在操作上确实要复杂得多。尽管如此，我还是被这款游戏的完成度给震惊到了。单是建造系统就有数不清的选择，这为玩家提供了无限的潜在策略。
Using the intuitive building controls (which allow you to build whatever you want practically anywhere, including traversal buildings like ramps), you can design insurmountable fortresses buttressed by dozens of different defensive and supportive buildings. The controls aren't always perfect (you can't build gates on top of existing walls or seamlessly switch between building types while remaining in the same menu), but it overall feels great.
在直观的建造系统下（你可以在任何地方建造任何你想要的东西，包括斜坡这样的地形），你能够设计出由数十个不同的防御建筑与支援建筑支撑的坚实堡垒。部分操作细节可能不是那样完美（比如你不能在现有的墙壁上建造大门，也不能在同一个菜单内直接切换建筑类型)，但总的来说，体验很棒。
Minecraft Legends feels amazing to play, for players of all skill levels.
无论是哪种实力水平的玩家，游玩 Minecraft Legends 时都会有一种神奇的体验。
The powerful Redstone Launcher can deal devastating amounts of damage from long ranges, for example, but it can also be augmented by nearby support buildings to boost its destructive power (by turning its projectiles into TNT), increase its range and fire rate, and more. In my hands-on, I genuinely barely scratched the surface here. This depth caters to all kinds of players in the campaign and ensures that every game of Minecraft Legends' online competitive multiplayer is completely different.
举个例子，红石投石机是一种强大的防御器械，可以远程攻击并造成毁灭性的伤害，但通过附近的支援建筑可以进一步增强它的破坏力（将其投掷物修改为 TNT）、射程以及射速等等。在短暂的试玩过程中，我只能粗略的掌握这个玩法的一点皮毛。而这样玩法深度的设计可以从各个方面满足各种实力水平的玩家，并保证了 Minecraft Legends 的在线多人对战游戏内策略的多样性。
I haven't even touched on Minecraft Legends' fantastic options for commanding your armies in battle, nor have I discussed the complex synergy between player upgrades and the surrounding world. I'll leave a lot of the fine detail for my review (stay tuned); suffice to say, Minecraft Legends has amazingly found the perfect middle ground between a game that's accessible to players of all skill levels and a game that's complex enough to keep even the most hardcore gamers interested for hours upon hours of playtime.
由于篇幅原因，有关在 Minecraft Legends 的战斗过程中要如何指挥作战单位，以及世界随玩家等级变化的复杂细节，我将在下一篇试玩回顾中进一步探讨（敬请期待）。可以说，Minecraft Legends 达到了这样的平衡，让各种实力水平玩家都能体验到的精美画面，同时让每天能玩几小时的硬核玩家能体验的更深层的复杂机制。
A proper campaign and chaotic multiplayer
正经的主线，混乱的多人模式
The Piglins are no laughing matter, with overwhelming numbersand shockingly powerful abilities at their disposal.
猪灵们可不是闹着玩的，它们有着压倒性的数量和惊人的战斗力。
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Minecraft Dungeons may have set the foundation for a Minecraft game with a campaign, but Minecraft Legends takes it to all-new heights. The campaign, which is approximately 18 hours in length and can be played solo or with friends, explores a forgotten legend of the Minecraft universe in which all the Overworld lives in harmony and peace (including the hostile mobs you know and hate today) until brutal tears into another dimension unleash an army of Piglins from the fiery Nether.
可以说 Minecraft Dungeons 为 Minecraft 系列的战役模式奠定了基础，而 Minecraft Legends 将其提升到了全新高度。战役模式的总流程一共大约 18 个小时，可以单人进行游玩，也可以和朋友一起游玩，你将在 Minecraft 宇宙中亲身体验一次被忘却的传奇，这里所有生物原本都和谐的生活在主世界（其中包括一些你现在熟知并讨厌着的敌对生物），直到猪灵蛮兵撕开了另一个维度的裂缝，并释放了来自蛮荒下界的猪灵大军。
Minecraft's very first fully voiced mobs, The Hosts (named Foresight, Action, and Knowledge), recognize the gravity of this newfound threat and deign to summon a great Hero from another world (that's you!). The Hosts are wonderfully written and voiced (with full localization for 15 separate languages) and provide support as you fight back the Piglin armies. Minecraft Legends' campaign takes advantage of every one of its mechanics, tasking you with uniting and fortifying villages, defeating Piglin armies, and laying siege to the Nether's frightening strongholds.
作为 Minecraft 内第一个完全配音的生物，被叫作“远见”，“行动”和“知识”的 host 们预见到了刚刚产生的威胁的严重性，并从另一个世界召唤一个伟大的英雄。（也就是你！）这些 host 们的语录和配音都非常棒（支持 15 种不同语言的完整本地化），他们会在你迎战猪灵大军时提供援助。在 Minecraft Legends 内，战役模式充分利用了游戏内的每一个机制，玩家的核心任务是团结和加固村庄，击败猪灵军队，并最终破坏它们位于下界的骇人据点。
Minecraft Legends has everything I wanted to see from a story-driven Minecraft game.
Minecraft Legends 是故事驱动的一款 Minecraft 游戏，有着我想从中看到的一切。
There is a plethora of cinematic visuals and cutscenes, proper worldbuilding, hours of action, endless exploration across a multitude of biomes, and even plenty of side quests. The world of Minecraft Legends is entirely procedurally generated using the power of the Minecraft Bedrock Engine, meaning every game is completely different. It can be played entirely in online co-op (up to four players if the host is on a current-gen console or PC, and two players for older platforms) or offline in single-player.
游戏内有大量的电影视效和过场动画，有合适的世界建筑，数小时的行动，在众多生物群落中无尽的探索，甚至还有大量的支线任务。在强大的 Minecraft 基岩引擎的作用下， Minecraft Legends 的世界是完全由程序生成的，这意味着每个游戏都是完全不同的。它可以完全通过在线合作模式（如果房主是在最新版控制器或 PC 上，最多可以有四名玩家，如果是在较老的平台上，则最多可以有两名玩家）或离线单人模式进行。
This ... is the real deal.
这是 ... 值得的。
Minecraft Legends is brimming with high stakes, ridiculous variety, and all the signs of an interesting, worthwhile narrative. Minecraft Legends' story even explores how the day and night cycle of Minecraft might have come to be, suggesting that the Overworld once had eternal daylight thanks to two suns until a nefarious power from the Nether corrupted one of the suns and silenced its light. The idea of playing through the events of a legend, of deciding for yourself the truth of the Overworld's history, is precisely what I wanted to see from a story-driven Minecraft game. All of this, and I only played the first hour, or opening chapter, of Minecraft Legends.
Minecraft Legends 充满着高难度的挑战，近乎疯狂的多样性，同时，还有着各种有趣且有意义的叙事文本。在 Minecraft Legends 的某篇故事里，甚至有探讨了 Minecraft 昼夜循环可能的成因，主世界曾经有两个太阳，因而有着永恒的白昼，直到有一天，来自下界的邪恶力量腐化了其中一个太阳，让它的光芒就此黯淡了。体验各种“传奇”事件，并按自己的想法决定主世界真正的历史，这正是我想从故事驱动的 Minecraft 游戏内看到的。以上这些是我的想法，当然时间原因我只体验到了主线的第一个小时，或者说是开篇的章节。
Every multiplayer match is guaranteed to be different, both because of the world and because of the countless available strategies.世界生成的随机性，以及玩法策略的多样性，保证了每一场多人对战都会有不同的体验。
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Genuinely, Minecraft Legends more than justifies its $40 price tag based on the merits of its campaign alone, but Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive didn't stop there. I also got to play a full, uninterrupted match of its competitive online multiplayer, and Mojang Studios is on to a winner. Eight players are split into two teams of four and thrown into a unique, procedurally generated world (smaller than the campaign world to help balance the game length). Each team is given a stronghold to defend. Each player retains all of the base abilities from the campaign but with shared resources, armies, and upgrades with the rest of their team. The goal: Destroy the other team's stronghold to win.
诚然，单论由 Minecraft Legends 宣传出来的优势，这部作品售价 $40 是已经物超所值了，但 Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 并没有就此止步。我完整地没有中断的体验了一把在线多人对战，Mojang Studios 的工作人员也参与了冠军争夺。8 名玩家被分成 2 支队伍，两边各有 4 人，随后进入一个特制的、由程序生成的世界（略小于战役模式，从而有助于平衡游戏时长)。每支队伍需要防守一座要塞。玩家各自保留战役模式中所有基础技能，而资源、军队和升级则是全队共享。游戏的总目标是：摧毁对方的要塞，赢得胜利。
Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive designed Minecraft Legends' competitive multiplayer to be chaotic and unpredictable. It's not supposed to be extremely balanced or fair, with ridiculous strategies and tactics fully encouraged by the game. What's important is that you use all the resources at your disposal and work closely with your team to emerge victorious. One of my team spent the entire game fortifying the stronghold and building Improvements, for example, while others focused on exploring and hunting down valuable resources.
Mojang Studios 和 Blackbird Interactive 将 Minecraft Legends 的多人对战设计得混乱且不可预测。它不会追求平衡或是公平，相反的，游戏完全鼓励使用偏门的战略和战术。你需要利用所有可以利用的资源，与小队密切合作，以取得胜利。例如，我的队伍里有一人在整场游戏内的工作就是加强要塞和升级建筑，而其他人专注于探索世界与寻找资源。
Piglins are still a threat during multiplayer matches, but they also hoard resources necessary to your survival. 多人对战内，猪灵们仍然是一大威胁，但它们藏着大量生存用到的资源。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）Piglins are also still a threat in multiplayer, with their strongholds building dangerous NPC armies that attack all players and teams indiscriminately. Battling these Piglins can provide you with valuable resources necessary to build armies and powerful buildings of your own, so I took that job on myself. I raised a sizeable army comprised of weak, beginner units but was able to hold my own against the Piglins and rebut multiple attacks from the enemy team. My early victories gave us increased opportunities to build up our capabilities, eventually culminating in one of my team members unlocking the ability to build a powerful Redstone Launcher.
在多人游戏中，猪灵们仍然是一大威胁，他们的据点内会生成危险的 NPC 单位，无差别向所有玩家和团队开火。击败这些猪灵可以获得宝贵的资源，用来建立自己的军队和强大的建筑，所以我自己承担了这项工作。我组建了一支规模可观的队伍，它们由相对较弱的新手单位组成，但足以帮助我打倒猪灵，同时拦截敌队人员的攻击。我早期的胜利给了我们更多的机会去建立我们的能力，最终我方队伍率先解锁了红石投石机的科技。
Minecraft Legends' multiplayer embraces chaotic fun, and players are going to love it.
Minecraft Legends 的多人模式有着混乱的乐趣，玩家们都会喜欢上它的。
Eventually, my team managed to win because of a twofold strategy, in which I built an erratic array of defensive towers and mob spawners right on top of the enemy team's fortress as a distraction. In contrast, the rest of my team built a Redstone Launcher and protected it from enemy counterattacks while it decimated their stronghold. The enemy team didn't have time to build proper counters to the Redstone Launcher (everything in Minecraft Legends has something to counter it), so all they could do was watch helplessly while their stronghold crumbled around them.
最终我的队伍获胜了，因为采用了两面包夹的策略，即由我在敌人的要塞前搭建很多不算稳定的防御塔和刷怪笼，以此分散他们的注意力。同时，我方队友搭建了一个红石投石机，并从敌方队伍攻击中保护这台器械，最终用它摧毁了敌人的要塞。敌方队伍没有多余的时间精力能够建造足以防御红石投石机的建筑（事实上，基本 Minecraft Legends 内所有东西某种程度上都可以抵御红石投石机），所以他们只能眼睁睁地看着自己的要塞被逐渐摧毁。
I had lots of fun with Minecraft Legends' multiplayer, and I can see this being an excellent, long-term, casual strategy game for players because of it. The multiplayer mode doesn't take itself too seriously, focusing instead on embracing the wild creativity of players and all the best ways to have fun. I get the feeling a lot of players are going to love it.
Minecraft Legends 的多人模式给我带来了很多乐趣，我认为这是一款优秀的重复可玩性高的休闲策略游戏。多人模式里没有必要严肃的深挖机制，完全可以专注于各种狂野的玩法，以及整活的玩法。我觉得很多玩家都会喜欢这一模式的。
The launch is only the beginning
发布只是一次开始
Riding into battle at the head of your army is the exact feeling many strategy games are missing. 亲身战斗，一骑当先的体验是很多策略游戏内感受不到的。(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）When Minecraft Legends launches, it'll be equipped with a full-length, highly replayable campaign that supports single-player and online co-op, as well as an addictive competitive multiplayer mode. That's a lot of great stuff, but Mojang Studios revealed to me that Minecraft Legends won't be done when it releases. Of course, the company wouldn't reveal details (let's get the game out the door before we discuss what comes next), but players who fall in love with Minecraft Legends can expect similar post-launch support as Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons.
Minecraft Legends 在发布时，将带有一个完整的，重复可玩性强的战役模式，战役模式支持单人和在线多人合作，同时还有非常好玩的多人对战模式。游戏内已经有了很多很棒的内容，但根据 Mojang Studios 工作人员向我透露的，Minecraft Legends 在发行时仍会有可以添加的内容。当然，他们没有透露细节（在游戏还没发布时，不太方便讨论发布以后的事情），已经喜欢上 Minecraft Legends 玩家仍然可以期待像 Minecraft 和 Minecraft Dungeons 的售后服务。
One thing I couldn't preview but know is included in the game is the Lost Legends & Myths mode. Mojang Studios told me that these are essentially tailored challenges and scenarios, similar to other popular strategy games. Overcoming these challenges will require new ways of playing and unique strategies, and will reward new player skins and mounts in exchange for your efforts. It seems this may be one of the primary ways Minecraft Legends will expand after launch, with players able to test themselves in challenges that take advantage of Minecraft Legends' mechanics in new and surprising ways.
有一个内容，但我知道它包含在游戏里，那就是 Lost Legends & Myths（失落神话）模式。Mojang Studios 工作人员告诉我，这一模式将有玩家自选的挑战和场景，类似于其它策略游戏中普遍的机制。攻略这一模式需要有全新的游戏方式和独特的游戏策略，在通关后玩家将会有皮肤和坐骑的奖励。这似乎将是 Minecraft Legends 额外拓展的主要方式之一，玩家可以在各个挑战中测试自己的游戏理解，并在一种全新且特别的方式里用到 Minecraft Legends 的机制。
One of the biggest criticisms levied at Minecraft Dungeons around its launch was the lack of content, which was rectified (and then some) by very healthy post-launch support. Minecraft Legends is packed with content to occupy players, but it's still getting the post-launch treatment for which Minecraft is known. I can't wait to hear more about this, but I'll be sure to finish the campaign (once or twice) and enjoy plenty of multiplayer matches before then.
Minecraft Dungeons 在发行时受到的最多批评之一便是游戏内容太少，这一问题随着后来的补充包慢慢的被改善了。Minecraft Legends 目前充满可以吸引玩家的内容机制，但它仍然会遵循 Minecraft 系列售后服务的优良传统。我迫不及待地想要听到更多关于这方面的消息，但我一定会在此之前通关主线（一周目或二周目），然后刷上很多局多人对战。
One of the most exciting game launches of the year
今年最激动人心的游戏发布之一
Do not sleep on Minecraft Legends — This could be one of 2023's most surprising (and awesome) games.别错过了 Minecraft Legends —— 它可能会成为 2023 年最为惊人（同时最为精妙）的游戏。 (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios - 图片来源：Xbox Game Studios）I already couldn't wait for Minecraft Legends after Windows Central's Jez Corden saw it in action at Gamescom, but being able to play it myself rapidly made Minecraft Legends one of my most anticipated games of the year. I love Resident Evil 4 (2023) right now, but I'm putting it aside when I gain access to Minecraft Legends. I'm excited about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Redfall in the coming weeks, but neither game will occupy my thoughts until I've rolled the credits on Minecraft Legends.
自打我的同事 Jez Corden 在科隆游戏展上发现 Minecraft Legends 之后，我就开始迫不及待地想要去玩这款游戏，能够亲自体验这款游戏，更让 Minecraft Legends 迅速成为我今年最期待的游戏之一。我之前很喜欢 Resident Evil 4（生化危机4，已于 3 月 24 日发售），但当我开始玩 Minecraft Legends 时，它马上就被搁在了一边。我原本对接下来几周的 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor（星球大战 绝地：幸存者，4 月 28 日发售）和 Redfall（红霞岛，5 月 2 日发售）感到兴奋，但在我通关 Minecraft Legends 前，这两款游戏都可以先放一放。
Minecraft Legends is going toe-to-toe with all the biggest titles as one of the best games of 2023.
Minecraft Legends 将作为2023年最好的游戏之一，可与所有其他大作一较高下。
Minecraft Legends is special, and it should be on more players' radars. Admittedly, claiming that "no one is talking about" Minecraft Legends is a bit disingenuous. After all, the game is being bolstered by the Minecraft brand and the existing Minecraft marketing team, and both its social media posts and its trailers attract plenty of attention. However, my personal experience on social media and exploring the internet for my job has seen other upcoming games consistently mentioned more by gamers than Minecraft Legends.
Minecraft Legends是一款特别的游戏，值得引起更多玩家的注意。不可否认的是，说“没有人在谈论”Minecraft Legends是不现实的。毕竟，这款游戏是在 Minecraft 旗下，并有着 Minecraft 市场营销团队的支持，在它的社交媒体账号上所发表的帖子和预告片也都吸引了大量玩家的关注。然而，凭借个人对社交媒体的经验，以及工作需要而大量探索互联网的职业经历，我认为相较于关注其他游戏的玩家，关注Minecraft Legends的玩家似乎略少一筹。
While Minecraft Legends has been one of my go-to upcoming games when asked for what I'm most excited about, most other players mention Redfall, Starfield, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Resident Evil 4 (before its launch), Diablo IV, and even Forza Motorsport (2023) long before Minecraft Legends comes up in the conversation. Every single one of these games deserves the hype they're enjoying, but Minecraft Legends is going toe-to-toe with them all as one of the best Xbox games of 2023. This is one to keep your eye on. While you're at it, keep an eye on Windows Central, as we'll have a full Minecraft Legends review with my complete thoughts in the near future.
如果问我最有兴趣的是什么时，Minecraft Legends一直是我最喜欢的即将推出的游戏之一，其他很多玩家都在关注了今年的 Redfall（红霞岛）、Starfield（星空，9 月 6 日发售）、 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor（星球大战 绝地：幸存者）、 Resident Evil 4（生化危机4，这里指发布之前的讨论）、Diablo IV （暗黑破坏神4， 6 月 6 日发售），甚至在《我的世界传奇》出现在对话之前很久就提到了《极限竞速 2023》（6 月 13 日）。当然这些大作确实值得这样的宣传，但Minecraft Legends同样能够作为 2023 年最好的 Xbox 游戏之一，与前面这些一较高下。你值得去留意这部作品。同时也别忘了关注 Windows Central，因为我们不久后还会有一篇完整的 Minecraft Legends 测评，以及我的一些完整想法。
译/排：氘氚人
本测评原文为 2023 年 4 月 6 日发布在 windowscentral 的 Minecraft Legends is an amazing action-strategy game that only fools will overlook，作者为专业游戏测评师 Zachary Boddy