Minecraft - The possibilities are.. Boring after a couple obsessive days

Minecraft, a game created by [Mojang Specifications], is a game where the whole world, trees, water, dirt, stone etc, are created all of 1x1x1 cubic units. In what they're calling 'alpha', you run around on day one cutting down trees with your bare hands in an attempt to get enough materials to start crafting crude tools to mine various ores and stone to build yourself a shelter with light to live through the night. At night, the creepy crawlies come out to get you, which range from cactus looking creatures that explode like TNT when they get near you, to spiders and skeletons. The "alpha" servers barely work, however, and you cannot die or hurt enemies.





Alpha multiplayer servers have basically been reduced to turning off the baddies and making labyrinths and creating monoliths all over the map with friends. Don't get me wrong, this is a TON of fun, since there is some basic logic to how to power things using electrical... stuff? I started on a friends account, dabbling with the server and learning how to craft and build. Within minutes, I was creating deep mines and castles all over the place. He and I build a settlement, which I promptly learned what fire can do and burned it down along with every tree on the island. Lots of laughter ensued. But after that, the novelty quickly wore off.

Alpha does mean that it's in the early stages of development, and there is plenty of time for fixing the obvious bugs, and adding tons more content before an actual release is spoken of. This game has a lot of potential for being such a simple concept. I only wish someone would come up with more survival based games, where looking for food, shelter, and resources was the name of the game, similar to old Warcraft 3 custom games.

But that's okay, I've been playing Assassin's Creed 2, so I'll post about how I feel about that next time!