A Serious Critique of Minecraft

Minecraft is cool again, right guys? In an attempt to shine a critical light on this gaming leviathan, I present a serious critique of Minecraft. Exactly what you expected from the channel, I'm sure.

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[Whitelight]

I've added some extra suggestions so you might want to read this after watching the video. You’re missing the point of minecraft is the most common criticism this video has received, so I thought it'd be worth discussing that now. Here's my slightly updated take.

Minecraft is a creative platform. Via multiplayer and creative modes, players are capable of creating their own fun. This is a credit to minecraft’s sandbox, but I cannot critique the game itself when the individual player has the control. That’s up to you, and your mileage may vary.
I don't want to limit Minecraft to just survival mode, but that is the base game, that's the game that the devs design.

A lot of people have commented saying that they're happy to play survival soley to build cool stuff and that to them is the point of Minecraft. Well, I actually kind of agree. Let me put it this way. The point of minecraft is to use the sandbox to unleash your creativity. So would you not agree it’s important or good for the game to present situations in which your creativity is incited? Would you not therefore agree that the game should mechanically encourage creative solutions. This is what I tried to say with a lot of the video. I think it’s where the game falls short. And if you’re capable of making survival fun and engaging for yourself entirely on your creative urges, that’s great. But wouldn't you agree it should work on its game design so more people could find survival fun and engaging?

Here's a few suggestions. We stick with Mojang's conquest progression in survival mode, and add new things, dimensions especially that bring a serious challenge. I like the aether for this. But the portal would be more challenging to build than the Nether portal. We want mechanical incentive to build BUT for that to be optional so purely creative players aren't bothered. We're also going to fix the current imbalances, add some more interesting biomes, and expand the underground.

Next, we create a new mode. Survival +. In Survival +, winter is coming. This is a suggestion I got from Lachlan in the comment section. Winter will come in a number of days, and when it does, you will face challenges. Firstly, beds do not work. Farms will die on the outside, food mobs will die. Torches on the outside will burn out. Hordes of mobs will come from the mists, and they will try to break into your house. It's up to your creativity to build something that will defend you from the winter. Again, this is a separate mode form standard survival so everyone is satisfied.

[auzabraar]

Basically "give us the cave update already"

I agree

[hakenbacker]

What updates we need:
Cave update
Nether update
Performance update (16x16x16 chunks for example)
New dimension
Proper combat update
Boss update

[getspaded]

"Punch a tree
Mine some coal
Make some tools
Mine a hole."

Ah yes, poetry at its finest.

[mr.tweaty]

"Titanium should be as strong as diamond but slow you down." Titanium is specifically known for its low density. Tungsten would make much more sense for this.

[MainCS]

I just want:

- Cave update
- Hostile mob boss update

[cherylmontebon]

"punch a tree, find some coal, make some tools, make a hole" eminem is shivering.

[mu]

Basically:
- Make survival survival again
- While improving the conquest aspect
- And make the mining more interesting

[Bonobo_JoJo]

“Diamond always has to be the rarest resource” well that aged well...

[JD]

It causes me physical pain when I see someone mine dirt with a pickaxe.

[RohanSlazar]

I think the game could also benefit from world generation update. Just look at the mod Biome Bundle, which makes biomes so visually pleasing that they immediately incites creativity, and all without the need of adding new blocks.

[SwedetasticGames]

Note about the Ocean Temple's:


The loot isn't the gold blocks. The REAL loot is the Sponge, which gives you an extremely powerfull option of water manipulation.

[cyanadofai]

“Diamons will always be the rarest resource.”
People: Netherite
Me, an intellectual: flint, but only when you need it most

[CornMan-icbb]

“Diamonds should still be the rarest”
Nether update: *no*

[peril]

One more thing:

MAKE GOLD VALUABLE FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN CLOCKS AND BOOSTER RAILS

[JustinY.]

Because of this video the cave update has been pushed back 5 more years

[plantreview]

The cave and nether updates have addressed most of this, I appreciate how they’ve listened to the community that made them so strong to begin with.

[FELONIOUSBOLUSS]

"Titanium could be as strong as diamond but slows you down".

Despite its foreboding name titanium is actually a strong _lightweight_ metal, maybe titanium armor could be up there with diamond but you would take increased knockback?

[luizbiel]

"They can't change anything"

Give the ender dragon egg an use already

[flamingpaper]

Everyone: *wants cave update*
Mojang: "How about another combat update?"