Sounds like just another immature person raging just to be raging. I didn't have to watch the video -- your summary list was enough to tell me that you don't know anything about how to create a proper review, and that you just seem to be pissed off about something.
This review has many good points. But it still sucks.
You should never, ever, EVER take outside content related to the game as a review factor. Ever. Stealing from mods? WTH? That's nothing more then an excuse to dismiss anything that's good about the game. The fact that he even brings them up removes a lot of credibility. And the Yogscast part? Seriously?
To top it off, he states that you can;t enjoy this game unless you have some form of autism, then proceeds to spit on every reviewer who gave it anything above a 5 and every other youtuber who plays Minecraft (One of the things that pop up say that they're only popular because they LP this game, which one would infer means that they suck).
Really, if he didn't do all those things, I could accept that score, but those are just intolerable.
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- Minecraft's retro graphics are lazily done, kept programmer art rather than hiring a good artist and giving minecraft it's own style. Provides various examples of games with retro graphics like minecraft that look better.
Graphics do not make a game, unlike most big game companies think.
- Combat is extremely simple, easy, and boring. No attack animations from enemies, weak pathfinding (example trying to walk through walls to get to you) Only thing you can do is crit, sprint, or regularly attack.
- NPC villagers are completely useless. Do not respond to attacks, do not respond to you taking down their house, do not respond to nearby mobs, do not respond to anything. He asks why are they even in the game if we can't do anything with them?
Mojang is hiring an AI specialist around December.
- Put of adding a modding API so Notch could make more money, updates in the last few months were just stolen mods. Wolves, pistons, etc.
Now Jeb is working on a modding API. As for including mods, isn't that what so many mod makers want? Some major mods' (ex allocators) makers try hard to get their mod included. And its what the players want too. Also, look at pistons then look at the piston mod. Mojang did not include the piston mod, they included pistons, which are completely different even if they are based off of the original piston idea.
- Strongholds are boring and barren, treasure chests contain items that are much more easily obtained on your own or useless items. He provides an example with cocoa beans, which make cookies but there useless because you can just use other food items.
Cocoa beans are not useless if you want brown wool. Two cocoa beans + two sheep = infinite brown wool. Plus, they can be collected as a "trophy" to show how many dungeons have been found. Also, have you tried coding a randomly generated structure more complex than strongholds?
- Poison foods don't make sense, you can still heal even if they are "poisonous". No reason to have poisonous foods if they heal you anyway.
Wrong. Poison foods do not heal. They increase the hunger bar, but since they decrease a little after it's full, the bar is never high enough to heal hearts.
- Notch makes poll asking if people would come to minecon if it was $90, everyone says no and he ups the price to $140. Wat?
Whether or not this is true, many still came. the price regulates the number of people that try to get a ticket, if it is higher than less people will be disappointed in not being able to get a ticket for lack of space.
- Mojang team are hypocrites, also curse in front of children vs yogscast.
How are they hypocrites, and when did they curse in front of children? Unless you have video evidence or enough trustworthy witnesses to back up that claim, it's probably a rumor.
- All notch's games based on previously existing games, did very little to innovate games. Yet he won an award for it.
Isn't every game nowadays at least somewhat based off of other games? Every genra of game has already been taken. Minecraft is more original than most games created at that time and after. The game it was based off of was discontinued, but if you want to play it instead of Minecraft, go ahead. Nobody is going to stop you, we'll all just have fun in Minecraft without you.
Okay , i watched like half of it, so know people wont say " Omgz , yu dydnt washed teh video , thu knt say its teh bat revyw " ( yes " a blind moron " im talking about you ).
He literally just said : Ok , guys , this game sucks , because of this and this and this , this is all , best game review ever.
Where are the positive points? , his review is not neutral ( like every game review has to be ).
a real game review : Welcome guys to this game called minecraft , it has only 16bit graphics , that is alittle boring , but it is very popular with an amazing gameplay, the AI of the creatures is bad , but this game has made to the top , some people say this game is way too simple and boring , which i kinda agree , but the gameplay and the unique features of this game make it unique.
That is how you review games , you say some positive stuff , then you go with the negative stuff... then everything adds up to a NEUTRAL review.
This guy barely knows how to make a video.
Since when does a review HAVE to have positives? He can review it anyway he wants.
Graphics do not make a game, unlike most big game companies think.
Mojang is hiring an AI specialist around December.
The game isn't finished yet.
Now Jeb is working on a modding API. As for including mods, isn't that what so many mod makers want? Some major mods' (ex allocators) makers try hard to get their mod included. And its what the players want too. Also, look at pistons then look at the piston mod. Mojang did not include the piston mod, they included pistons, which are completely different even if they are based off of the original piston idea.
There's a lot more to Minecraft than mining.
Cocoa beans are not useless if you want brown wool. Two cocoa beans + two sheep = infinite brown wool. Plus, they can be collected as a "trophy" to show how many dungeons have been found. Also, have you tried coding a randomly generated structure more complex than strongholds?
Wrong. Poison foods do not heal. They increase the hunger bar, but since they decrease a little after it's full, the bar is never high enough to heal hearts.
Provide an example of a non-tedious boss.
You don't have to play on multiplayer, but many find building with friends is easier and more fun.
So far Minecraft is the only game that hasn't lost its appeal after a few months to me. It hasn't because the amount one can do isn't limited.
I could just as easily say that anyone who gives MC 2.25/10 should not be trusted, because there are obviously good things about it.
Whether or not this is true, many still came. the price regulates the number of people that try to get a ticket, if it is higher than less people will be disappointed in not being able to get a ticket for lack of space.
Explain.
How are they hypocrites, and when did they curse in front of children? Unless you have video evidence or enough trustworthy witnesses to back up that claim, it's probably a rumor.
Isn't every game nowadays at least somewhat based off of other games? Every genra of game has already been taken. Minecraft is more original than most games created at that time and after. The game it was based off of was discontinued, but if you want to play it instead of Minecraft, go ahead. Nobody is going to stop you, we'll all just have fun in Minecraft without you.
Mojang is still working on it, unlike most game companies would do. Besides, every game has downsides and glitches.
But graphics do make a game more fun to play, say whatever you want but a more visually appealing game is obviously better. It's why so many people use texture packs.
I'm actually really glad he is, because as of now they are horrible.
But it's 1.0, technically "released".
Yes but it's a lazy move on Notch's part to use mods when he ran out of ideas. When he did run out of ideas he should have started working on the modding API, he didn't so he could make more money.
Yes, but the point is the game isn't very challenging, and that you can pretty much get the best mineral in the game in only an hour.
So what? Yeah sure, it can make brown wool, but what's the point of that? You could say it looks nice but really it has no point other than aesthetics, it adds nothing to the game.
You're actually wrong here, I've tried healing with poisonous flesh and it works just fine.
Any game with a half decent ending has a better boss fight, in minecraft the boss just flys around getting healed, while you shoot arrows at him and his towers. Tell me that's not tedious...
You could say that for ANYTHING. ANYTHING is more fun with friends.
Maybe you have a high attention span, but it became very boring for me after a month or so.
What he's trying to say is major gaming sites like IGN, have inaccurate reviews. I can bet you that many game companies PAY major game reviewing sites to give their games a high score.
Scrolls is just another card trading game turn based game, google that and see how many of those there already are. :sleep.gif:
Watch the damn video and you'll see your video 'evidence'
Yeah but mots of those games don't get awards for "innovation", like notch did.
Since when does a review HAVE to have positives? He can review it anyway he wants.
This is the stupidest thing I have read in this entire thread, which is already full of stupid comments, namely by you.
Since when a does a review have to have positives? Have you never read a game review before? The entire point of a game review is to highlight both the good and bad aspects of a game, as to get a final score. A reviewer has to be neutral to eliminate bias; do you think it would be fair if some hyped-up child reviewed Pokemon and gave it a 10/10 because he loves it? All this guy did was whine and complain about everything he hated and then slapped a ******** score on it.
Oh and this is complete nonsense:
- Any website that gives MC 10/10 should not be trusted, because there are obvious problems.
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Yes, he makes a lot of troll videos, but this one is serious.
It doesn't matter if he didn't go over positives (which he did, sound, controls, etc), he makes some very good points. I'm not taking it as a review, I'm taking it as a video addressing some of minecraft's major issues.
That's a pretty solid review by someone who isn't drinking the koolaid. Though I wouldn't have shown it here where most people on these forums are jumping on Notch's pole thinking he will notice them.
I appreciate it though, good work.
Just lookat the amount of notch fanboys in this thread, it's amazing.
Concerning the graphics, I pounced on this game and wanted to play it more because most games shoot for graphics. This game is a new retro graphic game in 3D, it's my heaven. The graphics need a bit more color saturation but that's it for me.
The concept of rotten flesh is that since you can't get better food, you have to eat it at the expense of movement(extreme 30 sec fatigue).
I would rather have them put the villages in the game with no AI then not have them in, I enjoy them even though they aren't complete.
If the combat system 'sucks' then why was he getting his ass kicked? That's the thing about the combat system, if you have shitty to no armor, you get your ass kicked very easily but still have chance at killing things if you're skilled to overcome. They should nerf the higher grade armor but overall this simple combat system has proven very worthy.
The fact that they can consider fan ideas is very unique. Most games don't do that. Not only is it a sandbox game, but the best ideas are being put into the game. It is a sandbox squared.
It's easy to review it bad because it is being updated so constantly that there are many loose ends. I like how this game grows and grows. When I bust out an old game, it doesn't change. It may be good but I can't send ideas about it and expect anything to come out of it.
Yes, he makes a lot of troll videos, but this one is serious.
It doesn't matter if he didn't go over positives (which he did, sound, controls, etc), he makes some very good points. I'm not taking it as a review, I'm taking it as a video addressing some of minecraft's major issues.
Just lookat the amount of notch fanboys in this thread, it's amazing.
It is also amazing how everyone that says that minecraft doesnt sucks is a notch fanboy.
Notch has 4 million fanboys , omg, we are going to take over the world.
It is incredible how you call everyon that disagrees with a single negative point of minecraft is just a fanboy.
Minecraft its bad points... and its good points , but only because i say that minecraft is one of the best game , im inmediately a fanboy.
Minecraft , there is no campaign mode , do what you want , live the way you want , build what you want. it is a very cool game , just becuase i agree with that im not a notch fanboy.
Leo, it's more when there are obviously things in minecraft that are lacking but still fanboys go "ITS NOT FINISHED YET" (note it's now RELEASED) "SO WHAT ITS MINECRAFT, GRAPHICS DONT MATTER!"
Kyo It doesn't matter, the mob AI is horrible and I'm sure if he played it carefully he could EASILY kill all those mobs without taking a single point of damage. The video was just to make a point.
Leo, it's more when there are obviously things in minecraft that are lacking but still fanboys go "ITS NOT FINISHED YET" (note it's now RELEASED) "SO WHAT ITS MINECRAFT, GRAPHICS DONT MATTER!"
Kyo It doesn't matter, the mob AI is horrible and I'm sure if he played it carefully he could EASILY kill all those mobs without taking a single point of damage. The video was just to make a point.
We all here know that it is already finished , even finished games have their problems.
In fact , we should be happy that jeb is going to keep updating the game for free , it is finished now, but notch and mojang are a very good company , small and sometimes make their mistakes , but overall they are making their job really well.
INB4 you say im a fanboy because of saying mojang is a good company : I dont care , i dont give a **** , i wont give a **** , i will never give a ****.
Leo, it's more when there are obviously things in minecraft that are lacking but still fanboys go "ITS NOT FINISHED YET" (note it's now RELEASED) "SO WHAT ITS MINECRAFT, GRAPHICS DONT MATTER!"
Kyo It doesn't matter, the mob AI is horrible and I'm sure if he played it carefully he could EASILY kill all those mobs without taking a single point of damage. The video was just to make a point.
He set a date that he shouldn't have and it's a game that progresses faster then it is polished, I still enjoy it.
If you get arrows and a diamond sword (investment in strategy) it's a lot easier, which makes sense. Go out fight naked with a shitty sword and tell me the combat system is easy.
He set a date that he shouldn't have and it's a game that progresses faster then it is polished, I still enjoy it.
If you get arrows and a diamond sword (investment in strategy) it's a lot easier, which makes sense. Go out fight naked with a shitty sword and tell me the combat system is easy.
Well no **** that'll be hard, go fight an endgame boss with no equipment on any other game and it's going to be difficult. Horrible example.
Are you expecting to see a GTA-Graphic game with an infinite world, and you can build whatever you want and combat more like SKYRIM, and NPCs like OBLIVION?
Well, then you are nuts.
I expect a better mob AI, slightly better graphics (not talking GTA but notch hiring an artist and working a bit on it), better combat system, NPCs you can communicate with, all the features notch promised, unique updates rather than updates stolen from mods, less glitches, more challenge, better biome transitions, etc.
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You should never, ever, EVER take outside content related to the game as a review factor. Ever. Stealing from mods? WTH? That's nothing more then an excuse to dismiss anything that's good about the game. The fact that he even brings them up removes a lot of credibility. And the Yogscast part? Seriously?
To top it off, he states that you can;t enjoy this game unless you have some form of autism, then proceeds to spit on every reviewer who gave it anything above a 5 and every other youtuber who plays Minecraft (One of the things that pop up say that they're only popular because they LP this game, which one would infer means that they suck).
Really, if he didn't do all those things, I could accept that score, but those are just intolerable.
Graphics do not make a game, unlike most big game companies think.
Mojang is hiring an AI specialist around December.
The game isn't finished yet.
Now Jeb is working on a modding API. As for including mods, isn't that what so many mod makers want? Some major mods' (ex allocators) makers try hard to get their mod included. And its what the players want too. Also, look at pistons then look at the piston mod. Mojang did not include the piston mod, they included pistons, which are completely different even if they are based off of the original piston idea.
There's a lot more to Minecraft than mining.
Cocoa beans are not useless if you want brown wool. Two cocoa beans + two sheep = infinite brown wool. Plus, they can be collected as a "trophy" to show how many dungeons have been found. Also, have you tried coding a randomly generated structure more complex than strongholds?
Wrong. Poison foods do not heal. They increase the hunger bar, but since they decrease a little after it's full, the bar is never high enough to heal hearts.
Provide an example of a non-tedious boss.
You don't have to play on multiplayer, but many find building with friends is easier and more fun.
So far Minecraft is the only game that hasn't lost its appeal after a few months to me. It hasn't because the amount one can do isn't limited.
I could just as easily say that anyone who gives MC 2.25/10 should not be trusted, because there are obviously good things about it.
Whether or not this is true, many still came. the price regulates the number of people that try to get a ticket, if it is higher than less people will be disappointed in not being able to get a ticket for lack of space.
Explain.
How are they hypocrites, and when did they curse in front of children? Unless you have video evidence or enough trustworthy witnesses to back up that claim, it's probably a rumor.
Isn't every game nowadays at least somewhat based off of other games? Every genra of game has already been taken. Minecraft is more original than most games created at that time and after. The game it was based off of was discontinued, but if you want to play it instead of Minecraft, go ahead. Nobody is going to stop you, we'll all just have fun in Minecraft without you.
Mojang is still working on it, unlike most game companies would do. Besides, every game has downsides and glitches.
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Since when does a review HAVE to have positives? He can review it anyway he wants.
I clearly said that a review should be neutral
a review shouldnt be 100% negative , a review shouldnt be 100% positive.
It should mention both good and bad things of the game.
I said neutral multiple times on the post , i cant believe you actually thought that i meant positive.
Here's his one on Terraria:
I agree with this 100%. It takes a lot more than just having an opinion to create a properly-written review.
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That. Is. Hilarious. Not the video, but the fact that Skar actually thought he was serious.
That or he's a troll.
Really bad memory for these things....
But graphics do make a game more fun to play, say whatever you want but a more visually appealing game is obviously better. It's why so many people use texture packs.
I'm actually really glad he is, because as of now they are horrible.
But it's 1.0, technically "released".
Yes but it's a lazy move on Notch's part to use mods when he ran out of ideas. When he did run out of ideas he should have started working on the modding API, he didn't so he could make more money.
Yes, but the point is the game isn't very challenging, and that you can pretty much get the best mineral in the game in only an hour.
So what? Yeah sure, it can make brown wool, but what's the point of that? You could say it looks nice but really it has no point other than aesthetics, it adds nothing to the game.
You're actually wrong here, I've tried healing with poisonous flesh and it works just fine.
Any game with a half decent ending has a better boss fight, in minecraft the boss just flys around getting healed, while you shoot arrows at him and his towers. Tell me that's not tedious...
You could say that for ANYTHING. ANYTHING is more fun with friends.
Maybe you have a high attention span, but it became very boring for me after a month or so.
What he's trying to say is major gaming sites like IGN, have inaccurate reviews. I can bet you that many game companies PAY major game reviewing sites to give their games a high score.
Scrolls is just another card trading game turn based game, google that and see how many of those there already are. :sleep.gif:
Watch the damn video and you'll see your video 'evidence'
Yeah but mots of those games don't get awards for "innovation", like notch did.
Still, it's the release version.
This is the stupidest thing I have read in this entire thread, which is already full of stupid comments, namely by you.
Since when a does a review have to have positives? Have you never read a game review before? The entire point of a game review is to highlight both the good and bad aspects of a game, as to get a final score. A reviewer has to be neutral to eliminate bias; do you think it would be fair if some hyped-up child reviewed Pokemon and gave it a 10/10 because he loves it? All this guy did was whine and complain about everything he hated and then slapped a ******** score on it.
Oh and this is complete nonsense:
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It doesn't matter if he didn't go over positives (which he did, sound, controls, etc), he makes some very good points. I'm not taking it as a review, I'm taking it as a video addressing some of minecraft's major issues.
Just lookat the amount of notch fanboys in this thread, it's amazing.
The concept of rotten flesh is that since you can't get better food, you have to eat it at the expense of movement(extreme 30 sec fatigue).
I would rather have them put the villages in the game with no AI then not have them in, I enjoy them even though they aren't complete.
If the combat system 'sucks' then why was he getting his ass kicked? That's the thing about the combat system, if you have shitty to no armor, you get your ass kicked very easily but still have chance at killing things if you're skilled to overcome. They should nerf the higher grade armor but overall this simple combat system has proven very worthy.
The fact that they can consider fan ideas is very unique. Most games don't do that. Not only is it a sandbox game, but the best ideas are being put into the game. It is a sandbox squared.
It's easy to review it bad because it is being updated so constantly that there are many loose ends. I like how this game grows and grows. When I bust out an old game, it doesn't change. It may be good but I can't send ideas about it and expect anything to come out of it.
It is also amazing how everyone that says that minecraft doesnt sucks is a notch fanboy.
Notch has 4 million fanboys , omg, we are going to take over the world.
It is incredible how you call everyon that disagrees with a single negative point of minecraft is just a fanboy.
Minecraft its bad points... and its good points , but only because i say that minecraft is one of the best game , im inmediately a fanboy.
Minecraft , there is no campaign mode , do what you want , live the way you want , build what you want. it is a very cool game , just becuase i agree with that im not a notch fanboy.
Kyo It doesn't matter, the mob AI is horrible and I'm sure if he played it carefully he could EASILY kill all those mobs without taking a single point of damage. The video was just to make a point.
We all here know that it is already finished , even finished games have their problems.
In fact , we should be happy that jeb is going to keep updating the game for free , it is finished now, but notch and mojang are a very good company , small and sometimes make their mistakes , but overall they are making their job really well.
INB4 you say im a fanboy because of saying mojang is a good company : I dont care , i dont give a **** , i wont give a **** , i will never give a ****.
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If you get arrows and a diamond sword (investment in strategy) it's a lot easier, which makes sense. Go out fight naked with a shitty sword and tell me the combat system is easy.
Well no **** that'll be hard, go fight an endgame boss with no equipment on any other game and it's going to be difficult. Horrible example.
I expect a better mob AI, slightly better graphics (not talking GTA but notch hiring an artist and working a bit on it), better combat system, NPCs you can communicate with, all the features notch promised, unique updates rather than updates stolen from mods, less glitches, more challenge, better biome transitions, etc.