A mysterious man in a hat and a beard, known as Marcus Persson (Markus Persson), even better known as notch, apparently, can safely be called the most successful independent developer. His creation Minecraft More recently, I stepped over the bar of four million copies sold and absolutely does not intend to stop. Not every blockbuster can boast of such numbers, and even before the official release. But what is it, what’s the matter? Really this game is able to zombie and force people to buy themselves, regardless of religion, political beliefs and the warehouse of the mind? Well, let’s study this phenomenon in more detail.
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I want to immediately warn all friends with the phenomenon that this material is mainly intended for those with Minecraft Almost unfamiliar. Those who played have probably already put their own opinion, and the experience of observing blogs tells me that such people are divided into two camps: some would put the game “amazingly” and everything that is possible, and others – “garbage” or inthe best case is “.
Such a scatter of opinions is fully justified, because before us is a pure water project. And such things are characterized by being ambiguous.
So, let’s start the autopsy. The first thing to get used to in local decorations is their cubicity. Everything is angular – animals seemed to be glued from cardboard, and pixelly tools to the extreme. The picture generally looks like a dashing hello from the nineties-at first you wait for Mario or Pakman from around the corner.
The second key feature is freedom. Complete, undivided power over what your ward will do inside this generated unique world. Different classes – a million: dig, break, system, kill, steal, create, burn, study, contemplate and so on. Restrictions arise only for purely technical reasons.
Then the absolutely unpredictable flight of fantasies begins – railways, metro, medieval castles, statues, ships, complex mechanisms, entire villages and even cities arise. The latter, however, is found mainly in the multiceper, because it is a whole city to build one for yourself … well, it is necessary Very A lot of time and enthusiasm.
Today We’re Gonna Mine … in Hell!
And it is here that the problems begin. In fact, Minecraft – This is a clean sheet. If desired, you can take and write a story, poem on it or draw a landscape. Or put some origami. However, this sheet itself is just paper;She does not entertain, but makes it possible to entertain herself.
Therefore, before starting, it is strongly recommended to familiarize yourself with at least some material from the category “How to become a cool miner”. Otherwise, you risk the first few hours to rack your head over questions like “how to cut a tree here?”Or” Why is the stone not mined, but simply disappears?”. The easiest way to master the basics with the help of the so -called flyers, which live in the expanses of YouTube in the imperceptible quantities. An alternative path – to go and smoke an appropriate article on Wikipedia, where almost all aspects of the gameplay are clear and simply disclosed.
The third option is to see the notes of the streams held by the team of “Spawn blades”, where in an interactive-entertaining form, we tried to reveal the essence of the game as accessible as possible. On the first air, there was simply an acquaintance from projects, and in the second we talked about a local attraction called Redstone.
And then you can safely go on a trip to the endless cubic world. More precisely, three worlds. In addition to the usual, familiar to the eye of the environment, divided into biomas for blessing beauty (swamps, deciduous and coniferous forests, deserts, hills and other interesting places), there is a couple of parallel measurements. One of them is hell, mainly flooded with lava, as befits any self -respecting underworld. Local inhabitants are characterized by increased unfriendliness, and the scenery – gloomy grandeur. The second alternative reality is called the Ender world and is an abode of enders, dragons and strange phallic pieces from obsidian. It feels like a sort of the first layer of dusk from the works Lukyanenko.
If I got into the mine with a friend, work is more fun ..
However, to disassemble and paste the world composed of cubes to one quickly enough boring. Sooner or later, even in the most inventive and resourceful head, there is a desire to do this with someone. And here the second bottom opens Minecraft – Multiplayer. Yes, friends, here you can engage in the group construction of epic buildings, cities, villages, dungeons and all that one used to do so before.
We add here the fact that miner’s craft thanks to fans has been overgrown with an incredible number of a wide variety of modifications. From banal new blocks to introducing the most natural portal gun into the local game process! There are modifications for the network game – to protect your own home, distribute work and numerous console improvements.
Minecraft has no beginning, no end ..
Let’s get back to the conversation about a clean sheet started above. The storyline is limited by yellow inscriptions in the main menu, that is, there is no. Minecraft – This is a sandbox for the sake of a sandbox, no more and no less. The existing conditional credits, although they give some right to the person who saw them to declare: “I went through the game,” but this is akin to statements about the passage The Sims. The game is endless, endless and aimless.
And also guys, you should know that it’s scary here. Especially at night and in great depths. Most often, monsters appear at night. Zombies, spiders and skeletons-rambers do not need a description, but I will tell a little about the two most unusual villains. The legendary green beast faning from hugs is Cryper. He will spoil you many nerves until you learn to either avoid them, or fight them. Such monsters act simply – seeing the hero, they begin to sneak up quietly to him, and when they find themselves nearby, they whip and explode briefly.
The second unusual beast is called the enderman and scares it rather with its appearance. An entertaining fact about these black giants with thin handles – they know how to teleport and will not attack you until you look into the eyes.
It so happened that in the summer I wrote a review of Terraria. And there the idea that Terraria was not Minecraft, And a sort of Diablo. Now it’s time to recall this, because now, after the release of both killers of time, the difference between them has been reduced to a minimum. Both there and there you can engage in the extraction of resources, the fight against monsters, take a walk to hell, alchemy and enchant weapons, but the approach to the process is different. “Terraria” is constantly heating the ordinary Manticine, a hunting to
new things, while in Minecraft This Manckin is creative and regularly eats not thoughts about the new armor, but with questions like “I can design such a thing of such a thing?”. After all, as you know, it is not enough just to chop a hundred trees to build a really impressive fortress. You need to be able to dispose of resources, lay out cubes in their places.
Doctor, it seems to me that everything around is as if glued from cardboard. This is fine? Doctor, you are all right with your head? Why is the forehead so high?
To bring the line, no matter how strange it may sound, so far it is too early. Minecraft Constantly grows and develops, and the release point is almost like the output of the next update at number 0.9.1, but only with the official start of sales and the long -awaited appearance of the QUIT button in the main menu. How many more different creators bother here – it is impossible to predict.
The intermediate results are as follows: Minecraft – One of the most malicious and merciless killers of time. The chance to create a world and change it beyond recognition as you want only to you. Or several people. And most importantly, what is here is freedom. Freedom of creativity and self -expression. And the one who comes here for something else does not invariably understand how you can play for days and have fun.
Pros: complete and undivided freedom of creativity;excellent card generator;unusual opponents;Pixel stylization.
Cons: Curns time without pity.
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