Minecraft Dungeons II Review – These dungeons don’t drag on

The useful part

The original Minecraft Dungeons was one of gaming's most surprising success stories. Not because it did well for Mojang – it's part of one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, after all – but because it took the world of Minecraft and turned it into a genuinely enjoyable co-op dungeon crawler. The answer in our house was an unequivocal 'yes', and for our family gaming sessions, Minecraft Dungeons was second only to Mario Kart 8.

How it works

• The arrival of Minecraft Dungeons II, then, has been a major topic of conversation.
• Now that it's in our hands, it feels as though we've got a successor that we'll be playing for another six years.
• Minecraft Dungeons II is, like its predecessor, a genuinely enjoyable co-op dungeon crawler.
• The teams at Mojang Studios and Double Eleven haven't reinvented the cubist wheel in pursuit of that, and if you've played six years of the original game, the hack-and-slash action with a side of looting...
• Fans of the block-based builder will get a lot out of Minecraft Dungeon II's early visit to the f...

Details worth keeping

Yes, it was Diablo for kids, but doesn't that sound great? Calling out enemies, telling each other to heal, roaring in triumph as massive golems fall, and cooing over a fresh batch of loot became a regular feature of weekend afternoons, and six years later, it's still a core part of our gaming.