I feel the same way. I really didn't put much thought into it, but when I read what you said it clicked. That's excatly how I feel. I just want a big sanbox to build stuff. If I want to fight shit I'll find a game that does it 1000 times better than minecraft.
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Only because you've become accustomed to a very narrow definition of "game" and aren't thinking clearly.
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gamenoun1 an amusement or pastime. 2 the equipment used for this
If you treat it as such, Blender can be a game - just like balancing a broom on your toes or pulling faces at a child or throwing a frisbee for the dog - they're all games.
Ah, but the combination of building stuff and fighting shit is something Minecraft does so, so well. I'm mostly bored of vanilla peaceful right now (although I'm currently playing with the Technic/Tekkit mod pack on peaceful) but survival multiplayer is very appealing, which is why I want Teh server updated. :x
I'm bitter because a) none of the enemies are a particularly potent threat and after you have armour, weapons and torches (i.e. 30 minutes into a game if you know what you're doing) they become no threat whatsoever and b) the combat is so painfully fucking clunky.
If there was more variety in the toughness of the enemies - if there were sort of boss monsters you had to kinda team up to take down (employing some actual tactics and shit) then that would be fine.
Or if the combat felt fun and fluid and visceral and tactile and responsive then that would be fun too (even if the enemies remained easy, it'd be fun to just hack your way through them out in the wilds).
The problem is that the combat is neither challenging nor (in and of itself) enjoyable. It's not really a pressure (after those first 30 mins or so), it's just a constant fucking annoyance. There's no sense of threat to the enemies, they do not feel like a challenge to overcome, they just serve to irritate.
The building side is very well realised and the combat doesn't come anywhere near matching it and feels entirely out of place.
What it was was people like you making a game to build shit and then asking your friends if they'd like to help. And then our friends (Peter) add a bunch of stupid shit in.
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