Why so much minecraft hype? It isn't even a game, as it has no goals, story or eyecandy, and it's unoriginal (being clone of Infiniminer). There are far better indie games, like Amnesia and Dwarf Fortress.
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Anonymous2011-07-15 19:29
as it has no goals
I have an autistic friend with absolutely no imagination who refuses to play it for this reason.
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Anonymous2011-07-15 19:29
Perhaps because he had the most experience programming in Java. He did work on Wurm after all. He's still a shitty programmer
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Anonymous2011-07-15 19:39
>>16
Tell him to try Blender, it produces high quality CGI and you can find goals on freelance sites.
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Anonymous2011-07-15 19:40
>>17
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
>>15
Dwarf Fortress doesn't have any real goals either.
You make up your own goals.
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Anonymous2011-07-15 20:33
>>20
It has a goal setting up dwarf settlement. After that it gets boring. Hope author will fix it and add some modern graphics + mouse support.
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Anonymous2011-07-15 21:16
>>21
You can say this about virtually every indie game I've tried. It has a goal setting up a little base so you can be safe and shit. After that it gets boring; you will have seen every piece of content in < 1 week. Everyone hopes the author will add some content some day.
>>21
Already has mouse support, I'd rather not have better graphics than this, would be impossible to handle the making of all the models, animations and so on.
>>22
Dwarf Fortress does so not apply to that 'rule' you're describing in your quote. The random generation of stuff and the really cool things you can do in it allows for many hours of playing.
Minecraft, dwarf settlement, basement-dwelling. Dig holes, hide your asses.
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Anonymous2011-07-15 21:38
>>23 Already has mouse support
I mean real mouse. Like in Starcraft.
I'd rather not have better graphics than this, would be impossible to handle the making of all the models, animations and so on.
He can rip it from other games.
>>22 You can say this about virtually every indie game I've tried.
Because indie game designers sucks.
Everyone hopes the author will add some content some day.
Look at Chess, it had the same content for millennia, but remains a cool game even today. Of course it suffers from one nasty bug (making it bad for competitive play), but so every other game around. At least there is a fix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_chess
>>36
Minecraft is like Lady Gaga. When see it, you have no clue why it's so popular, but then you get to know these advanced network marketing techs, which are capable of selling sacks of stale dog shit, and you prise the glory of marketing.
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Anonymous2011-07-16 20:49
>>43
Minecraft is like Lady Gaga in that both are fucking awesome.