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I just tried Beta 1.3 of Minecraft and I gotta say, it is way more brutal, and I like it. You can't shift-click which makes looting chests slower, but strangely methodical and satisfying. You also can't sprint, which means you really can't run away from enemies without building, which isn't anything special but I actually like how it changes combat. It's also much darker, torches don't light up as much and you don't have a brightness slider in your settings. It makes exploring caves and night time spookier.
But also, the terrain generation is much better in my opinion. While there are some impressive bits in modern Minecraft, Beta feels much more varied. The generated caves are so much cooler and more fun to navigate. While I love ravines in modern Minecraft, Beta's caves feel much more like caves, rather than linear tubes you just walk down, which are often what I find modern caves to be. In the couple hours I played today I also found some genuinely cool bits of cave and overworld terrain, and I haven't had that feeling of "Okay, that's pretty cool" in a long long time. In fact, I would love if cave generation shifted back toward that of Beta, while keeping all the new stuff they've added (ravines, ores, monsters).
Idk, you should try it and tell me if I'm wrong. Not saying Beta is better than modern Minecraft entirely, but I think it's interesting the direction they took Minecraft, away from brutal and difficult survival mechanics and more toward exploring biomes and finding new animals.
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Minecraft's old generation was what made the world feel unique, now it's kinda boring, but you can still have some fun... Except for some biomes. So biomes (such as snowy tundra) are a barent wasteland of nothingness, it's extremely boring.
Caving also became uninteresting, I enjoy travelling through caves to find resources, but most caves are just too small, so most time is just passed mining in straight lines.
Minecraft became far easier over the years. I, personnally, enjoyed the new pvp mechanic (no, it's not perfect, but it's not as bad as everyone keeps saying. Spamming a button as fast as possible to win a fight isn't intuitive either.), but I really dislike the new crafting mechanics added. Ok FINE the new crafting book is usefull to make some complicated recipies, but it was part of the fun! Now look at the new stone cutter for example. Where's the crafting? You just place stuff in it, click a button, take it out. It doesn't feel like Minecraft anymore, I just hate it so much. Phantoms are a nuisance stopping us from building away from your base for more than a few hours, punishing you with hard to hit ennemies. I wanted phantoms to be new exciting ennemies that would appear in the End, a dimension that lacks a variety of blocks (just like the nether) and mobs.
The game is called Minecraft, mining is uninteresting, the crafting has become an option and you cannot live dengerously for more than a few hours without getting punished by the game.
Yes, I am going to say it :
Minecraft used to be good.Mojang is trying to make the game more interesting, I love the aquatic update, I love what they did with the village and pillage update but we're loosing what makes Minecraft Minecraft.
I guess I also made a rent, sorry, wasn't my intention, I got carried away!
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@Shayzis Honestly, you are 100% correct.
It's the main reason why I'm staying on 1.12.2.
Nowadays, everything is just too convenient. Too easy. And if the upcoming 1.15 combat update will be anything like it is right now, it will obliterate what little difficulty Survival has left.
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