Minecraft, Another Web Browser Blunder Or A Gem In

ok. so my friend told me about this game. he knows im a big fan of G-mod (a mod for half-life 2. basically a sandbox mode) and know i love creating type-ish games. and suggested i try it. however I'm skeptical. every other "web browser game" iv played before are ether quick lil flashy games that only hold there charm for 5 min before getting repetitive or just blah. or the java games. they have been a nightmare. ether extremely choppy no matter how nice of a computer you have. or just pure garbage. also more elements to go wrong for a crash. everyone knows web browsers crash WAY more then a stranded game engine. and they have a tendency to kill your bandwidth.(runescape = choppy, second life = nothing but an oversize advertisement) and i notice it has a thing going on. its got the "classic" for free play. and Alpha for $10. however you'll have full rights to release copy when the game comes out. hopefully will be non-web browser base by then. but i figured meh. what harm could be done trying the "free" one. so i install java. and head back to the site... and there servers are down. yet another reason to influence me NOT to buy a online dependent game from a not so well known provider. has anyone gotten into this that has also played those other online games able to give me a little text review on the game? is it worth the $10? will it have its own engine on release?

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Minecraft is fun and absolutely worth the $10. I downloaded an earlier alpha release that is single player only and when I get more time to play I'll buy the full game.

A coworker sat and played this for days.
I think it's interesting. Someone built a computer in the game that can do functions and whatnot with the gunpowder or something....don't know the specifics.

i heard good things about it from penny arcade

Minecraft is awesome and addictive.

I made a pirate cave in my first save:

And I've made a ton of other cool ***.

If you want a good tutorial set of vids, this series is ongoing and really good.

Also if anyone wants to play on a multiplayer server and build ***, let me know :D

Same as Gmod.

finally was able to get on. and played. HOLY CRAP! a web base game I LIKE! totally buying... its simple yet FUN! just a note. if you tunnel under water... and breach into the body of water. it accully floods! :D

on a side note. it runs SMOOTH! 30 FPS full time. not matter how fast i was digging away or building

Minecraft is amazing.

The alpha is a little different, you don't have the blocks automatically you actually have to mine for them etc.

Screw it, I just purchased. Its $14.22 at the current conversion rate.

that makes it all the better. add an objective or realness to it. also. sponges are a miners best friend when working under water. lol they suck up water. and if you plugged the hole. you can remove the sponges when your done lol. this game is soo much win. sorry ffxi. i might be taking another small break.

i hope this goes to steam to be honest...

Well like I said, if any of you guys want to join me on a server sometime, I can keep one up. It saves data too so you get to keep all the stuff you made etc.

We should make a village :D

Same, a lot.

BTW you don't have to play in your web browser. You can download the .jar file and run it as a normal application.

Also, why do you guys want this on steam? I don't get it.

ACHIEVEMENTS

ohshi~ in that case I hope it goes to Xbox!!1

I WILL GO IN AND DESTROY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

because of the community tools. able to see when your friends are playing. able to download if you ever lose the software. a reliable connection. also a form of consolidating all games into a single launcher.

You will never destroy my secret underground mine! I really want to try and create Moria with it lol.

i like the whole block theam an all. but i kinda want them to make slant triagluler peaces say 1 @ 45 degree and another @ ~20 degree ish 1/2 high of block *refuses to do the math*

also in the free one. if you dig down to the lava. you get stuck... at least i did. couldn't get out of the sticky stuff

I dug to the center of the earth. I fell to my death. Lesson learned. The earth is hollow and sky blue at the center!

Minecraft is a free roaming troll game for me :/

I bet this game spawned from someone playing BlockLand.

That was one of thee most fun games.

this was what i was referring to in this post:
but i couldn't remember it exactly

I know, that's why I posted!

Hell yeah!

oh i was thinking about posting a minecraft thread =D
ive been playing it all month and finally bought it last week, its ULTRA fun. my main playthrough is a snow map with floating islands (naturally generated too). im in the process of building a skycastle on the nearest floating island to my original base.

i have a pretty cool mine too, it ran into a cave thats absolutely huge, im still in the process of exploring it after a week.

i'd love to join you on a server fli, i've wanted to do the multiplayer, but i don't really know anyone on the minecraft forums.

last thing, i promise. anyone try out the broville map? i got it the other day and its pretty awesome.

edit: ok i lied. i'd definitely reccomend checking out SeaNanners's channel on youtube, he has an awesome mincraft series on there.