We all know what Minecraft is it really is a game that needs no introduction I’ve been playing this game for over a decade at this point through all the ups and downs of the game’s history and I know this is not a new opinion at this point but the game is definitely Entering another down phase maybe not to any extreme extent but if you look at any online discussion there is certainly a lot of negativity towards Mojang and Minecraft this all has to do really with how the game’s updates have been handled the past few years and I feel the Easiest thing to point fingers at to get this discussion started is the dreaded mob vote for the past 5 years or so moing has been letting the players vote on something usually a mob to be added into the game letting the fans decide on something to be put into the game sign Me up is what I would say if these things weren’t so the biggest problem with these votes is that Mojang will present three candidates usually mobs that are a little more unique or special looking and when a winner is decided the other two are just left to Rot away I guess we are sitting on a large pile of Concepts and ideas that would be cool to have in the game but I guess since they didn’t win the vote Mojang thinks that they would be bad seriously I don’t understand why some of these mobs aren’t Revisited and Re-evaluated in my opinion the most egregious example is with this guy the wild wild fire or big Blaze guy he lost the vote back in 2017 to the phantom um so he didn’t make the cut from 1.13 but then a few years later we get 1.16 the nether update oh Cool remember that little mini boss Blaze mob from a few years back that would be a great addition to this nether themed update to spice up Nether fortresses or whatever I think you know where this is going also by the way quick little side note this guy has been in Minecraft Dungeons for Years anyway another thing that sucks about these votes is how misleading they seem the mob I’m going to point my finger out for this is the sniffer the sniffer was pitched as an extinct creature that we could bring back to life by digging up their buried Eggs after hatching these guys would grow up and start sniffing around with their big old schnaz and after sniffing a bit they would find some ancient and extinct plants to dig up wow G Willers so basically we get a dinosaur that will give us exclusive cool plant Just let me vote already the plants you get are a weird looking decorative orange flower and another weird looking decorative blueish flower no functionality there’s only two of them well okay what does the sniffer do I mean it just sniffs around no unique drops or interactions besides the Digging up seeds thing like it’s cool don’t get me wrong but I know everyone was expecting just a little more when we were promised an extinct creature that that would dig up extinct plants at least make the plants do something the torch flower here as pointed out by many Should actually be like a torch and I don’t know make the pitcher pod thingy here grow some kind of weird Berry or something make that Berry a weird food that maybe gives you a special effect I don’t know we already have so many decorative and quite frankly better Looking flowers in Minecraft pretty much every mob that has won the vote has led to a feeling of disappointment in a large portion of the fan base these mobs are usually pitched in a way that makes them seem really cool and unique but they’re implemented in such a shallow And undercooked way the only vote that Liv up to the hype or at least my hype was when the mountains won their little biome vote years back and that’s only because they pretty much got their own update themed around them that completely overhauled the world generation most of these mob vote Winners just don’t add a whole lot to the game or are really annoying like the Phantom they just boil down to a cute novelty 90% of the time not much more another thing I feel that mojing has been wrongfully doing is overhyping or overselling their updates let’s look at The most recent update for this 1.20 Mojang really wanted us to get excited over this massive update guys look two new wood variations holy hanging signs Game Changer the sniffer I’m being a bit overly negative here but really a lot of these features just don’t do much for the average player bamboo and Cherrywood are cool but like let’s be real they’re just variations of already existing building blocks don’t use that as a major selling point for your update but there is a lot of cool new ideas in this update armor trims archaeology Pottery oh yeah have a camel the key Word here is idea Mojang is guilty of adding so many half-baked ideas and features into the game this isn’t to say that these things are glitchy or filled with bugs no they just do not live up to their full potential Archaeology is honestly a really cool thing for Minecraft to have that fits very well in with the game but for as big as it’s made out to be it is just not that fun in game you just kind of slowly dig and brush out these blocks and get mostly junk but also some of the pottery shirts And armor trims also sniff eggs which yeah I’ve already got over that it’s a good start but I feel it just needs more more exclusive rewards what if you get dig up some ancient tool or weapon that you can’t craft or just an ancient crafting material that can make many Different things but no have some shirs or a wooden hoe or maybe some stained glass it’s just a little disappointing but hey maybe it’ll be improved in future updates 1.19 was a little disappointing too to me at least now I didn’t hate the update um it seemed like A lot of people online kind of did but um anyway ancient cities are super cool and super super fun to explore in loot the warden is such an interesting and fun force of nature to try and outs spart and aoid but the loot in ancient cities is just kind of all right yeah You get some super high-end armor and enchantments but like you can get that stuff in many other places like n cities yeah it has the exclusive uh Swift sneak enchantment that lets you move faster while sneaking but like is that really the best we can do for getting one shot by the warden Trying to get it I would just love some more unique and exclusive loot like a cool weapon or a special piece of armor I’m thinking something along the lines of the Trident or turtle shell they aren’t straight up upgrades to Diamond equipment but rather just offer something fun and different I want more Stuff like that making diamond armor and enchanted books rewards for many different structures just kind of starts to devalue it why go to an ancient city when I can just loot n cities or trade with villagers now I know I’m making tons of unique Loot and weapons and Armor and Etc would be a lot of work but what if I told you we’re already halfway there Minecraft dungeons I’ve recently been playing through Minecraft dungeons for the second time and it’s just a fun little Dungeon Crawler fun little game I really like it but one thing I can’t Help but think about is the amount of things in dungeons that would be so awesome to adapt or just copy and paste into vanilla Minecraft for starters there are so many cool melee weapons vanilla really only has swords and the Trident yeah I guess axes count too There isn’t much variety dungeons on the other hand has daggers glaves Claymores whips maces hammers I would love to see these melee weapons adapted into Minecraft to give more player choice and freedom with how we do combat there’s also all the unique range weapons and artifacts along with giving the player More weapon options we can also give them more things to kill dungeons features a lot of variations on classic mobs and some brand new ones ones I like these higher ranked illagers here with the cool helmets also these wraith guys that set you on fire are neat I can go On and on but I want to keep this Minecraft dungeon circle jerk down to a minimum there is a lot of stuff unique to this game that would fit very well into vanilla Minecraft and I just think it’s a shame that it hasn’t happened yet everything stated here is not a Comprehensive list of my criticisms just some things that kind of irk me about Minecraft’s update cycle all right man how would you fix these problems I hear you say well let’s get to the title of the video I feel like Minecraft’s updates do well when they have a clear and recognizable Focus 1.6 is a great example of this it completely redid the nether turning it into an interesting lived in silly hellscape seriously comparing the old nether to the new one is quite shocking although fragmented due to certain things 1.7 and 1.18 were great and breathing new life to the game I Absolutely love everything about about the new world gen and Cave genen yeah I wish copper and Amethyst did a little more but that’s what future updates are for I guess but then 1.19 just felt off mang grve swamp cool frogs Niche and neat finally getting the deep dark in The warden also cool but these all felt very disconnected and not to mention rare you could easily play through a new world and not even experience much of what 1.19 had to offer I remember searching for a world to start a real with my friends and having a of a Time getting one of the mangrove swamps or ancient cities relatively close to spawn I just wanted to experience the new content and again in 1.20 a lot of the new content feels disjointed it’s just a lot of little things spread very thin and it doesn’t help that a lot of The new things are purely for decorative purposes this is why I feel 1.19 and 1.20 caused a bit of uproar in the Minecraft Community it was very hard to feel their impact when playing through the game everyone goes to nether so 1.1 16’s impact was felt heavily 1.13 did so Much aquatic related things so that update was also felt looking back at the majority of Minecraft’s updates you can name a few things that really impacted the game and made that patch noteworthy at least the good updates for 1.21 to be a success it needs to have better Direction and be focused on something specific for a bit of fun let’s just throw out some ideas and hopes for what 1.21 could be from what I’ve seen around the town lots of players are clamoring for an end update along the veins of the nether update and honestly I’m kind of On board for this I understand the end is supposed to be this strange alien Wasteland but for the love of Teddy it is so Bland the only things to really do is fight the dragon and then travel thousands of blocks to an end City for Epic Loot and an elytra I’d suggest Making the end actually interesting to to explore and making it worthwhile for players to spend time there add in some new structures new mobs and some new biomes make it a hostile dangerous place that only the smartest and bravest of players can thrive in um honestly just Look at how dungeons handled the end in its DLC while that would be cool I have a different hope for 1.21 one that I’ve had for quite a while remember how I was whining about mojing adding Half Baked things into the game well I want an entire update themed around updating and Refreshing things that already exist in the game give some underappreciated mobs new items or mechanics give new crafting recipes to materials that really need more uses rebalance some stuff maybe add new monsters in places that could really use them add a few new features on biomes that people don’t really care About Minecraft could really benefit from a refreshment an update that could bring back old players and interest the new ones I’m thinking of an update along the lines of Terraria 1.4.4 for those of you that don’t know this Terraria update pretty much consisted of the devs doing a bunch of Play testing in order to tweak and add things to the game to just make it better and they also took a lot of community suggestions and feedback this led to nearly every aspect of the game just receiving a new new enhancement a new upgrade so whenever you play through The game you really feel that update I feel like if a bunch of mojing or Microsoft Bros really sat down and did some thorough play testing and playthroughs of Minecraft we can get some awesome stuff as a result Minecraft’s updates need to take more risks and focus on aspects of the game That are lacking not add random stuff here or there to wrap up this little discussion I feel that in order to keep the game alive and healthy Minecraft’s updates need better Direction 1.19 and 1.20 both felt like they were picking up the scraps of what came before them Mainly because of the deep dark and archaeology having been delayed for years at that point 1.21 and the updates afterward need to choose a specific part of the game to update and refine it to the max that’s when we get bangers like 1.13 14 and 16 also if we just got rid Of the stupid votes or change them drastically that would be cool too I’ve hope I’ve made my criticisms clear in this video as I’m trying not to make this one too long I could Ramble On and ond about Minecraft stuff if you’re feeling extra daring today feel free to Leave a comment to let me know if you agree or disagree with whatever I just said but I think I’m all out of things to say now so thank you for watching and go have yourself a nice glass of apple juice Video Information
This video, titled ‘Minecraft’s Updates Need Better Direction’, was uploaded by Evnen on 2023-10-06 20:00:12. It has garnered 247195 views and 10332 likes. The duration of the video is 00:13:37 or 817 seconds.
i dont mean to be so negative, i just want the game to be the best it can be! i love minecraft!
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