03-31-2013, 01:54 AM
Despite me being grossly obsessed with Minecraft, I'd have to agree that its a very overrated game. And to be honest; its not a very well designed game either.
The stupid thing can't decide what it wants to be. Is it a sandbox game? Action RPG? A combat game? A dungeon crawler? I can't tell. Speaking of which, the enemy combat is sloppy at best. It makes you feel like a child thats just whacking stuff with a stick until it falls over. There is only 1 enemy in the game that I recall that require some kind of battle strategy, it being Creepers. But Creepers are just running back and forth to make sure it doesn't explode. Redundant.
Graphics are also so lazy. I hate that it tries to pass the crap graphics as "retro" but it has no excuse. Some people say the game couldn't work at all without them but thats bull; just look at many of the Minecraft clones. They're gorgeous.
Minecraft never teaches the player the mechanics as he plays, it just plops you in a desolate world and expects you to get through the first night without a bed and not bore yourself to death.
The game feels empty. I know its a game where you're supposed to feel isolated, but with the existence of NPC's, Witch Characters, and other things, the feeling is ruined. For that matter, what is the purpose of them? Whats the story behind everything? What is The End, why does the Nether exist, why do all the NPC's look like Squidward but you don't?! WHY. I get the feeling its up for interpretation similar to Portal, but it doesn't do that particularly well.
And finally, what is Minecraft's goal exactly? In Pokemon, you have to beat all the Gym Leaders and beat the Champion. Half Life, you gotta beat the Alien Guys. In Minecraft... you gotta survive? Okay, whats my incentive to do so? Why should I care if Steve lives or not? This is the element that makes Minecraft soulless. Its just a soulless, empty void. The single player gets boring very quickly, and there isn't anything to spice it up. Multiplayer with friends it loads of fun though.
The stupid thing can't decide what it wants to be. Is it a sandbox game? Action RPG? A combat game? A dungeon crawler? I can't tell. Speaking of which, the enemy combat is sloppy at best. It makes you feel like a child thats just whacking stuff with a stick until it falls over. There is only 1 enemy in the game that I recall that require some kind of battle strategy, it being Creepers. But Creepers are just running back and forth to make sure it doesn't explode. Redundant.
Graphics are also so lazy. I hate that it tries to pass the crap graphics as "retro" but it has no excuse. Some people say the game couldn't work at all without them but thats bull; just look at many of the Minecraft clones. They're gorgeous.
Minecraft never teaches the player the mechanics as he plays, it just plops you in a desolate world and expects you to get through the first night without a bed and not bore yourself to death.
The game feels empty. I know its a game where you're supposed to feel isolated, but with the existence of NPC's, Witch Characters, and other things, the feeling is ruined. For that matter, what is the purpose of them? Whats the story behind everything? What is The End, why does the Nether exist, why do all the NPC's look like Squidward but you don't?! WHY. I get the feeling its up for interpretation similar to Portal, but it doesn't do that particularly well.
And finally, what is Minecraft's goal exactly? In Pokemon, you have to beat all the Gym Leaders and beat the Champion. Half Life, you gotta beat the Alien Guys. In Minecraft... you gotta survive? Okay, whats my incentive to do so? Why should I care if Steve lives or not? This is the element that makes Minecraft soulless. Its just a soulless, empty void. The single player gets boring very quickly, and there isn't anything to spice it up. Multiplayer with friends it loads of fun though.