Minecraft sucks

I got Minecraft (Alpha) yesterday. I played for a few hours. I made a castle, a dungeon, and a house. I realized that's pretty much what the entire game was. It's like Legos, but slower and you can kill stuff. If you're thinking about getting it, the free version is almost exactly the same. The weapons/enemies don't really add anything to the game. Don't waste 9.95 Euros on it.

I agree with OP - it's TOO open ended. "Survive" is not a goal that satisfies every player; at the stage it is now, minecraft does not outperform the thunderous hordes of free games with more variety, a better premise and/or quicker gratification, not even to mention the mods already available for minecraft.

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You can die? Whoop-de doo. Go play Lineage, where a death means two weeks' worth of levelling time.

As an open-ended game with lots of room for creativity, there's bound to be a whole bunch of people who enthusiastically come up with awesome stuff. But it's too obviously in alpha - it's just not a fully fledged game. $10 may be a good 'investment', but consider this:

From minecraft.net:
543121 purchases
You're telling me that the apparent 5 MILLION dollars in purchase fees, less whatever hosting costs there may be that CANNOT put a dent in that, is being reflected in the development speed?

I'd rather invest my $10 in a developer who is actually interested in putting in effort proportional to the reward.