HELP I don't get it (mine craft)
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It's a resource management game. In order to build things, you need to acquire materials and acquiring those materials is not always easy. Any ninny can mine the earth to uncover every block to find all the ore possible, but real men spelunk in cave systems where you have to use problem-solving skills to figure out how to get down a steep drop-off or reach a bit of diamond suspended over lava.rod_hynes said:
Also, you must manage a limited inventory, the materials you have acquired and most of all, time. You could spend the rest of your life digging up iron ore and never build that mine cart system. Or you could half build it until you run out of iron and then the monsters come out.
that's like saying you don't like legos on steroids, because that is pretty much what minecraft is when you get down to it.
The sense of joy when you complete a project you have worked hard at is pretty good. Also finding things is awesome.
If you're really having trouble finding out what to do, try survival. If you don't understand what to do (crafting, controls, or otherwise) try going to the minecraft wiki. If you can't get through more then thirty minutes of actual play time, then this game probably isn't for you.rod_hynes said:
That's pretty awesome.LaughingAtlas said:
OT: Anyways you have to make your own fun, give yourself a goal and then try to achieve that goal.
I understand what you are getting at. I don't particuarly like Minecraft either. Here's my forray into Minecraft condensed into 5 stages.
1 Explored basics, what materials I can use and how
2 Got killed by mobs, decided I needed at least a house to stay at night.
3 Bored at night I decided to build a mine to get materials.
4 Built mob tower to gather more materials.
5 Built a giant castle in the sky, and a tower from the bottom to top of game.
Now at 5 I did feel a sense of elation and pride at finishing the project. But I was disappointed at how little satisfaction it was.
All in all I didn't feel Minecraft was an efficient path for proportional satisfaction. All the annoyances I suffered from burning in lava pits, drowning, falling to death etc. just weren't justified by the end satisfaction.
I only needed a week to get bored of Minecraft.
It's not that I'm increative (see I just made up a new word), I just prefer to expend such creative energies in other mediums, such as music, writing and philosophy.
Maybe Minecraft's main selling/hype point is that it gives someone the tools to be creative, which sparks their creativity.
But I was creative before Minecraft came along and I think i'll stick to those outlets rather than arranging ones and zeros on a computer screen.
1 Explored basics, what materials I can use and how
2 Got killed by mobs, decided I needed at least a house to stay at night.
3 Bored at night I decided to build a mine to get materials.
4 Built mob tower to gather more materials.
5 Built a giant castle in the sky, and a tower from the bottom to top of game.
Now at 5 I did feel a sense of elation and pride at finishing the project. But I was disappointed at how little satisfaction it was.
All in all I didn't feel Minecraft was an efficient path for proportional satisfaction. All the annoyances I suffered from burning in lava pits, drowning, falling to death etc. just weren't justified by the end satisfaction.
I only needed a week to get bored of Minecraft.
It's not that I'm increative (see I just made up a new word), I just prefer to expend such creative energies in other mediums, such as music, writing and philosophy.
Maybe Minecraft's main selling/hype point is that it gives someone the tools to be creative, which sparks their creativity.
But I was creative before Minecraft came along and I think i'll stick to those outlets rather than arranging ones and zeros on a computer screen.
It's a world builder. The same people who play it play farmville and all the other non games. It's a sign of the times where the new gaming crowd is coming in. Look at angry birds, it's a game that has been around for years but someone repackages it and the least common denominator of gaming eats it up. Look who plays it, look what other games they have played in the past, and then you will know why it's so popular. Same with Minecraft, it's a poorly designed level editor, the same type of thing that's been around for years, repackage it and sell it to the same people who are playing browser games and phone apps. It's a fad and will fade in time. It's not novel, it's not a new idea, it's just accessible. So is Happy Fun Time Barbie Island Dream Maker.
So what if they're making us do the work? Believe it or not, satisfying work is one of the most rewarding fun thing a person can participate in, and it's hard to think of anything more immediately rewarding than Minecraft. Every single thing you do has immediate results, tangible changes to the world which you can see and which are the results of your own actions.
One of the many reasons for which Minecraft is fun is that it makes the gamer do the work.
One of the many reasons for which Minecraft is fun is that it makes the gamer do the work.
I don't get it either but people are gonna do what they enjoy, and people seem to like building random junk and posting videos of their junk on youtube. It can get a bit overwhelming when you don't get why something is so popular (Justin Bieber, Twilight and Jersey Shores popularity continues to baffle and disgust me to the point that makes me fearful for the future of the human race) but I digress, Minecraft is just a popular game, it's fans are civil and never behave like halo and cod fanboys on internet forums and to Minecrafts credit its got nothing to do with shite teenage love songs, creepy necrophilliac books or the dumbification of humanity.