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.

Looking back, I can understand why Minecraft became so famous and successful, and it's funny because it isn't the game design. There were three reasons, all of them on YouTube:

The first was that noob burning down his house, getting punished by his stupidity, making us think that this game would deal with noobs very harshly.

The second was SeaNanners, and his plain charm. It sounds really gay, I know. The ugly truth is that psychopaths have the exact same charm about them, but as long as SeaNanners and I are worlds apart, I don't worry.

The third reason was X. X doesn't play Minecraft in a normal way. He explores and he experiments like a little kid, while still being mature about it. When Minecraft stopped throwing him interesting things, he quickly grew bored and stopped, and he told us straight that no amount of useless cookies would bring him back. (He's back NOW, but he told us it won't be for long, and I believe him.)

Two Let's Players managed to make a stupid game (that became exponentially more stupid later on) seem really interesting all by themselves. That's a creepy realization.