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OK, several of you guys have sung the praises of Minecraft - can someone tell me what's so great about that game? Is it just the joy of creating your own world? Or is there more to it?...xolotl wrote:I'd feel like I was cheating if I didn't post a response here, so - if I were forced to rate my favorite indie games, right now I'd have to put Minecraft at the top, the Eschalon games next, and World of Goo after that. Kind of a cop-out answer, given both the forum and the prizes here, but there it is. Time will tell if Minecraft will hold onto that top spot, of course; I've had that one the least amount of time so far.
Yep, that's pretty much all there is too it. Of course, there is an element of survival to it, and even a touch of role-playing. Overall though, it's kind of like having a giant endless LEGO set to make anything you want.IJBall wrote: Is it just the joy of creating your own world? Or is there more to it?...
Yeah, as BW mentioned, it is mostly the open-ended LEGOness of it which has kept me going with it for so long now, though I do also enjoy the survivalish elements in singleplayer. The game's even more "sandboxy" than most because at the moment there's literally no explicit goal (apart from survival, if you've got monsters turned on). Eventually there's plans to add in an Adventure mode of sorts. So if you don't like sandbox type games then right now it's probably not for you, but if you do it may be worth a look. :)IJBall wrote:OK, several of you guys have sung the praises of Minecraft - can someone tell me what's so great about that game? Is it just the joy of creating your own world? Or is there more to it?...
Well, I have those games but I can gift them to our other beta testers. So yeah, count me in.CrazyBernie wrote:And on that note, it looks like Round 3 is wrapping up with only 2 contestants... or should your posts be counted as entries IJBall and BW?
CB, I'd prefer that somebody needier than me get those games from you.CrazyBernie wrote:I'll figure out the winners tomorrow after IJBall finishes deliberating...
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I'd say it's not so much old-style game mania as it is just game mania in general. And having game mania is enough for two or three of any other manias. I speak from experience when I say it interfere's with my literary mania, my anime mania, my car mania... all of 'em. 0_oEvnissyen wrote:You know... even though there's that part of me that feels left out... I suppose it's a good thing I don't share this mania for old-style indie games. It'd interfere with my literary mania.
Better to have just one mania and stick with it. Two manias, and you go crazy.
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