Poll: Minecraft, a sneaky plot to trap all gamers inside their houses till the end of time.

[lostzombies.com]

Excellent game/half game.

I think a bigger developer will come along and make something extremely similar soon though to capitalise on the time it is taking Notch to fix the issues in beta/finish beta.

Goooooooooo capitalism!

It's too late, everyone who's interested already has Minecraft.

Or left because of the time being taken to finish/fix the bugs that can render the game unplayable online for days at a time.

I would be genuinely suprised if a shiny, polished and finished game that is essentially the same as minecraft isnt released at the end of this year by an established company by the latest

It's in Beta. Many people bought it in Alpha. No reasonable people are expecting it to work really well right now.

Oh I totally agree but the game has had phases where it has been physically unable to play due to forced updates, ie instant crashing, memory leaks etc etc

I dont have a problem with small and medium bugs, its what testing a game is all about, but I think Notch alienated a lot of fans with the way he handled updates. eg releasing a completely untested compulsory update on a friday which instantly broke online for everyone, then going home for the weekend. Then adding cake into the game instead of fixing chunk errors and then leaving for two weeks.

I love the game but have seen so many people leave in frustration and have felt it to a large degree too.

I just can't see a big developer missing the opportunity to make essentially a polished and finished version of the game and taking the momentum from Notch.

 

[Composer]

people who dont like it usually cant get over the graphics

 

[Timbydude]

It just doesn't appeal to me. I don't want to spend my free time building things that no one else will see; I'd rather play through a narrative of some sort and get something out of it.

 

[ResonanceSD]

It just doesn't appeal to me. I don't want to spend my free time building things that no one else will see; I'd rather play through a narrative of some sort and get something out of it.

there is SMP online, which is probably going to be expanded upon.

 

[octafish]

PC PowerPlay (An Australian PC gaming mag that I quite like), just gave Minecraft GOTY for 2010. I am in complete agreement.

 

[darkfire613]

Minecraft is the only game I actually feel guilty about playing. I don't know why that would be, but for whatever reason I feel time playing it is being wasted, a feeling I never get from playing other games, or just spending hours clicking on random links on the internet. I still love the game, but playing it makes me feel incredibly guilty for apparently no reason, and even though I know this feeling is completely unreasonable, I can't shake it.

So yes, I love minecraft, but I hardly play it because I don't like the mood it puts me in.

 

[PrimoThePro]

I lost 4 diamond picks, that I had just made out of all the diamond I owned at the time. I fell in lava. I AIN'T EVEN MAD. Minecraft is awesome.

 

[Timbydude]

It just doesn't appeal to me. I don't want to spend my free time building things that no one else will see; I'd rather play through a narrative of some sort and get something out of it.

there is SMP online, which is probably going to be expanded upon.

I know that, but it's still...meh. I just feel like if I'm going to put in the effort to build something in Minecraft, I should use that effort on something else instead. I expressed that point poorly in my first post.

 

[Meestor Pickle]

I played it for a while, didnt see much point in playing so stopped. Havn't touched it since

Well it is a sandbox in the true sense of the word, so you do really have to ..craft your own fun

Oh don't get me wrong, I had plenty of fun while I played it; but every time I had a *Haha that'd be awesome, ill do that sometime* they would just pile up, then I thought about how much time I spent on minecraft compared to spending that time elsewhere; say TF2. So the Time:Fun ration was in favour of Team Fortress :3

Sandboxes are pretty bad for instant gratification. It's the building of the thing that's meant to be the most fun rather than the effect you get from the end product. :S If it was based on Time to fun ratios, the only games that people would like would be FPS's

Aww no need to be like that, I enjoy most genre's. I enjoy minecraft and yes when I finished my tower of doom I found it quite rewarding, I just think that I would prefer the 20 or so hours on Teamfortress but I do definitely see the appeal in games such as minecraft or garrysmod.

 

[SteewpidZombie]

I'm 'Meh' about the game. I built my lil underground fortress, I built my underwater base, I just finished my lighthouse, and I got my floating town done a couple days ago...now I'm just bored. It stopped being fun, and being a repetitive task of mining and crafting materials to build things that take only 20 min to build, but several hours worth of mining to get ready for.

 

[Void(null)]

I lost 4 diamond picks, that I had just made out of all the diamond I owned at the time. I fell in lava. I AIN'T EVEN MAD. Minecraft is awesome.

I made a 67x67 pyramid out of sandstone and in doing so accidentally created a dark tomb filled with undead... so I crafted a suit of Diamond Armor and a Diamond Sword and now I am off to clear it out and light it up.

 

[Timi Pungracic]

Minecraft is the only game I actually feel guilty about playing. I don't know why that would be, but for whatever reason I feel time playing it is being wasted, a feeling I never get from playing other games, or just spending hours clicking on random links on the internet. I still love the game, but playing it makes me feel incredibly guilty for apparently no reason, and even though I know this feeling is completely unreasonable, I can't shake it.

So yes, I love minecraft, but I hardly play it because I don't like the mood it puts me in.

I have the feeling too, esspecially because i have a site i should be working on(minecraft got me addicted)

 

[WOPR]

Seriously, I can't be the only person who's completely absorbed with it. I recently had an "oh crap, I've been playing this thing for four hours now". Full props to Notch for doing this by himself!!

Oh yes, feel free to share your "OMG ITS AWESOME" here.

Just wanna say, nothing against the creator, I respect him and he did good work that well works for him

but as for the game, I can't stand it and I think it's being given WAAAAAAY more credit than it deserves

"Well the graphics are cute and charming"
yeah and when Cubivore did it they were called "Lazy" by a lot of people

"Well you get to do whatever you want"
you can do that in Cube 2, which is free, and has guns, and looks better, and has not broken multiplayer

"Well, it's MINECRAFT!"
Umm, so? honestly I've known about it sense like 2003 or '04 I forget, when did the first halo come out? I played it 6 months after that (it was classic though) and you're just finding out about it?

In all honesty I'll give it 8 months after the full release before people start getting bored or become so obsessed they just get gary's mod

ugh...

I put "Meh" as my response, it's not good, not bad... why? because it's not complete, get back to me after the full version is out and I play it for a few hours...

oh

Before anyone else says I hate it because I have "no imagination" or "well you suck at it"

 

[Vohn_exel]

For some reason, even though I love the game, I don't play it anymore. It's really cool but I'm just not feeling it lately.

 

[Sandjube]

people who dont like it usually cant get over the graphics

I really like the graphics. The blocky valleys or grass, snowcovered mountains, beautiful waterfalls, beachfronts, gardens, trees. etc. etc.

 

[ResonanceSD]

I lost 4 diamond picks, that I had just made out of all the diamond I owned at the time. I fell in lava. I AIN'T EVEN MAD. Minecraft is awesome.

I made a 67x67 pyramid out of sandstone and in doing so accidentally created a dark tomb filled with undead... so I crafted a suit of Diamond Armor and a Diamond Sword and now I am off to clear it out and light it up.

That.is.SO cool!

 

[PrimoThePro]

I lost 4 diamond picks, that I had just made out of all the diamond I owned at the time. I fell in lava. I AIN'T EVEN MAD. Minecraft is awesome.

I made a 67x67 pyramid out of sandstone and in doing so accidentally created a dark tomb filled with undead... so I crafted a suit of Diamond Armor and a Diamond Sword and now I am off to clear it out and light it up.

Oh, sounds fun. Go in Leroy Jenkins style. I wish I could join you in that attack!

 

[Kris015]

For me it's like: Start playing -> Gather a lot of stuff -> Try to build what i had intended -> Give up because I can't figure out what to build anyways.

Can't wait til' we get something else to do, like the survival thing.

 

[Void(null)]

Its on a friends SMP server. Its down right now as they are upgrading their internet connection to better support the number of players but when its back up tomorrow we have about 5 of us ready to go clear out the Pyramid.

If it wasn't a private server I would totally invite you guys to come join in on the fun.

 

[jawakiller]

I have to say one thing about this evil game. Well, its evil. I bought the beta for twenty bucks sat down and said "holy shit! this actually looks like shit, i just spent twenty dollars on a game that looks like shit." twelve hours later... Girlfriend: whatcha doin? me: [mumbles] her: huh? me: i dunno? playing minecraft. her: shouldn't you eat something? me:... her: take a shower? me: uh... her: fucking shave! me: don't worry, i'm almost down with my floating obsidian tower. her: your what!!!?