Ahh, mindcrack. I read about this game somewhere online, a mere blip on the radar when only a few thousand people had started playing and purchasing it. I told my sons about it and they tried it out for grins... They liked... no LOVED it, so I bought my other son a copy. Then its in Game Informer as an Indy game special (before the one a few months back when it went out of Beta) and is now this huge unstoppable thing. I never got into it myself. The game bores me to tears for some reason I can't figure.
My only real gripe with the game is, with all the time the creators spent working on the game, and with countless thousands of players finding all the kinks in the beta, you'd think a proper 1.0 release would of had high-def graphics and better sound at the very, very least. The producers of Minecraft made an Xbox 360 Arcade version with high-def graphics, and I thought that was just a test to see if they could port it first of all, and second to test upcoming graphics. So suddenly the game reaches 1.0 and virtually zero to write home about. Such a lackluster update. I think the developer just took the money he got and is getting fat on a island surrounded by beautiful women somewhere. That game could be so much more. My sons are playing Adventurecraft, and what that mod/game can do is amazing with scripting. Additionally, why hasn't Notch sued the creators of Adventurecraft anyhow? They essentially stole his platform and made their own game and distribute it freely. The most clear cut form of blatant piracy I've ever seen.
Anyways, hope you have fun with your game. I'm done ranting now. If I could only get my kids into D2 or Path of Exile... no, all they want to do is play Mindcraft! I even bought some games they had been asking for for Xmas (Call of Duty 3, Elder Scrolls) on the PS3 and 360, but they still would rather play Mindcraft. Sigh.
My only real gripe with the game is, with all the time the creators spent working on the game, and with countless thousands of players finding all the kinks in the beta, you'd think a proper 1.0 release would of had high-def graphics and better sound at the very, very least. The producers of Minecraft made an Xbox 360 Arcade version with high-def graphics, and I thought that was just a test to see if they could port it first of all, and second to test upcoming graphics. So suddenly the game reaches 1.0 and virtually zero to write home about. Such a lackluster update. I think the developer just took the money he got and is getting fat on a island surrounded by beautiful women somewhere. That game could be so much more. My sons are playing Adventurecraft, and what that mod/game can do is amazing with scripting. Additionally, why hasn't Notch sued the creators of Adventurecraft anyhow? They essentially stole his platform and made their own game and distribute it freely. The most clear cut form of blatant piracy I've ever seen.
Anyways, hope you have fun with your game. I'm done ranting now. If I could only get my kids into D2 or Path of Exile... no, all they want to do is play Mindcraft! I even bought some games they had been asking for for Xmas (Call of Duty 3, Elder Scrolls) on the PS3 and 360, but they still would rather play Mindcraft. Sigh.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin