As you may know, Minecraft Legends is a spin-off strategy game that looks and feels like the original blocky game we all know and love. However, despite its incredible beauty and distinct gameplay, the game did not perform very well, and saw a sharp decline in player base. Because of this, Mojang has now decided to shut down Minecraft Legends just nine months after its launch. But what went wrong? Why did the game that was supposed to make you feel like a hero saving the Overworld from piglins get such a cold reception? That is exactly what we will discuss today. With that being said, let's jump in and check out the six reasons why Minecraft Legends failed.

The first and most important reason why Minecraft Legends (review) failed to gain an audience is the lackluster, repetitive gameplay. The game starts fun and exciting. Your goal is to defend a village from piglin attackers. Once you've done that, you'll need to take down a simple piglin outpost. Then comes a tougher fight that most players seem to really enjoy. But after that, it all just repeats itself. You just need to travel to new lands to take these fights.

However, the goal you want to achieve is exactly the same all the time. Enter an outpost and destroy the portal. The end. This repetition is simply tiring, as players do not get the same adrenaline rush that they do during the first battles.

Also, the fact that players only have one attack, which is the slashing sword attack, is pretty uninteresting as well. Yes, it is appealing and satisfying to take down piglins quickly but not enough to make players want to stick around.