Well, you're in luck, good sir. The free versions aren't supposed to show off the game! They're just old versions that are still up on the site for no particular reason other than because people still play them!
The full version of Minecraft still has no point, per se, as it is a so-called sandbox game. In essence, I would describe it as a first-person fantasy action/adventure/sandbox game. You're presented with a randomly generated world of infinite size that you must explore to gather materials of various kinds. These materials let you build structures to live in and defend from the enemies which come out at night (and later, potentially other players in multiplayer), and also craft various items, weapons and tools. You can hunt animals for food and light clothing, chop down trees to make wooden tools that you can use to mine stone. A stone pickaxe will let you harvest iron if you're lucky to find any while you're spelunking in the enormous, randomly generated cave systems, usually inhabited by various monsters as well as features like underground rivers and lava waterfalls. Don't forget to find some coal near the surface first, so you can craft torches to illuminate the caverns!
aper for pages in a book, and craft yourself a bookshelf to stick in your house.
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Probably the best response to a forum question since I've been on the Internet. Good job. Unlike the trolls that followed. ;-0
I must admit the web site really doesn't sell the game. I have heard mentions on podcasts, seen my friends play, and after checking it out, going "Huh?"
I am quite interested in buying it now after reading your post.
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Probably the best response to a forum question since I've been on the Internet. Good job. Unlike the trolls that followed. ;-0
I must admit the web site really doesn't sell the game. I have heard mentions on podcasts, seen my friends play, and after checking it out, going "Huh?"
I am quite interested in buying it now after reading your post.