IGN, Minecraft review, 24 November 2011

Cite as: IGN, Minecraft review, 24 November 2011
Original: https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/24/minecraft-review
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Credit: Anthony Gallegos's review for IGN, 24 November 2011.
Notes: Scored 9.0/10, Editors' Choice. The pinned capture is a recent one; the review text, score and byline are unchanged. Used for the crafting/learning-curve description and the score.

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IGN's review of 24 November 2011, by Anthony Gallegos, scored it 9 ("amazing") with an Editors' Choice, saying no other game had unleashed his creativity like Minecraft. Gallegos also found its many recipes and items intimidating to learn and said it had no documentation at all.	`score boxverdictreview body`	Web
Crafting became a proper feature in Indev on 29 January 2010, with recipes for sticks, pickaxes, torches, swords, and axes, and the same day's later build added the inventory's 2×2 grid and the workbench for the 3×3 grid. Shapeless recipes came in Beta 1.2, and 1.12 added a recipe tab that shows how to craft items crafted before. IGN's 2011 review said Minecraft had no documentation at all.	`review body`	Wiki