originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
I'm thinking of getting Minecraft, but before I do, I want to know what I can do in it. Can I realize any artistic vision I want? Are there any limits to what I can do? Could I build the Palace of Versailles or the Empire State Building? Is building tedious or efficient? Are the pieces unlimited, or will I be encountering annoying part limits like in Halo's Forge?
Tell me all about Minecraft, anything notable that comes to mind.
Edit: I've had Minecraft 360 for nearly a year now though, this thread be old
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This is Minecraft and what you will experience.
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[quote]Can I realize any artistic vision I want?[/quote] In a sense. Anything you can transfer into the blocky aesthetic of the game is possible. [quote]Are there any limits to what I can do?[/quote] Yes. The world height, from the bottom bedrock level to the highest point in the sky, is 256 blocks. If you're getting the game for the PC, the world can literally stretch on for longer than the equivalent size of the earth (using one block as one meter.)[quote] Could I build the Palace of Versailles or the Empire State Building?[/quote] Short answer? Yes. [quote]Is building tedious or efficient?[/quote] Building obscenely large structures and altering large swaths of land are not feasable without mods. With specially designed mods, it becomes much less tedious by allowing you to use all kinds of world editing tools. It's like going from kindergarten finger painting to professional Impressionist art. [quote]Are the pieces unlimited, or will I be encountering annoying part limits like in Halo's Forge?[/quote] No real piece limit besides the (very high) build height. Hope this helps
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different color blocks. /thread.
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The Minecraft experience
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Edited by KingWhovian: 4/11/2014 12:04:28 AMPretty much this.
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I don't care. I'm just running across it and building shelters when I need em.
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I saw this one guy on YouTube build Erebor from the hobbit.
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Have you ever know a train hobbyist? You ok know, those people that spend their lives collecting train sets and building complex tracks in hopes that someday somebody will appreciate it? That's basically what minecraft is.
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It's like Lego
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It's a stairway to autism.
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it has been taken over by every single 9-12 year old in existence so ur pretty much a dumbo if u play it now. just keep ur life while u have it and dont play it
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You can build anything in a specific mode which gives unlimited resources. Otherwise, it would be difficult.
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not worth it/10
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Basicly no limits , build what ever you want , red stone contraptions , and getting blown up by creepers
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One word: blocks
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I now know the pain of trying to carve a huge path through a huge mountain to expose the part of my castle that was formerly underground, and often having the TNT I used accidentally damage my throne room in the process...
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You can build basically anything.
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This kind of sums it up. Not to mention Notch's been promising things that he hasn't delivered on since forever, and anything he does deliver on, he implements it in the shittiest way possible. And the Beta 1.8 adventure update took the direction Minecraft was going in, and completely turned it around, trying to make it a pseudo-RPG-Medieval-survival go-out-and-kill-this-dragon adventure quest. It's not even about exploring an unknown and unique (especially with that new world gen), yet strangely familiar and beautiful world, with a lingering, hidden sense of loneliness and despair, along with building some cool things in it. Oh, and he also dumped his shitty game onto some other guys for them to keep working on, while Notch goes of to reap the rewards and work on some other bullshit game that nobody cares about.
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Best thing to know: It is an incredible time-sink. You can get lost for days.
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I...I think it's a game!
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The Minecraft wiki is your friend. You've got 255 blocks of height in which to build. Good, reliable Multiplayer Survival Servers are hard to come by. I was on a single, permanent world server for around two years before it shut down. (And I've got a copy of the map!) Mods can make it more fun. Texturepacks can make it more fun/interesting. BE CAREFUL OF GRIEFERS. You can basically place any block in any fashion you want, like a pixel. Removing blocks takes longer than placing them though. The most important thing is really to have some sort of objective. That is why I quit, I had no idea what to do and no one to show off my stuff to.
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Edited by Entraps: 6/4/2013 7:01:05 PMSo apparently my internet cuts out whenever I open a new tab on the Minecraft Wiki... Like, every time I open a tab, exclusively on the Minecraft Wiki, about 10 seconds later, the internet will cut out as well as the TV, and then the connection comes back after a minute or two. Can anybody help with that?
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pretty much this and [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlu2yNdjpq8&list=PL6C732E31C70607EF&index=13]did someone say building?[/url]
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I played the PC version and it sucks in my opinion. The graphics are awful and the game itself is ridiculously boring.
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The pieces are limited to what you want to mine if you play survival. It's a lot of exploration and creative building. I recommend playing with friends. With creative mode you get unlimited blocks but I find it boring and much prefer the satisfaction of building with materials I had to retrieve from the endless underground. There are plenty of things to do. There are no real objectives and building big things can be pretty time consuming. It's more of casual game so not really for the mlg pro. I love it personally, a good game to just relax and forget about the day with friends.
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