Comments on: Simply Splendid: Minecraft Multiplayer

By: Schwerpunk

Schwerpunk — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:00:18 +0000

I am absolutely obsessed with this game, and hope it’s a portent of what PC gaming will one day become.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:58:08 +0000

Also, when I tried to play (after pressin run), It said something about a pixel format. Help!!!!

By: Boomer

Boomer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:03:55 +0000

Does anyone know if the website version is safe? Every time I try it it says something about an unsafe publisher, so I say cancel, but then I can’t play, and I really want to! Help meh!!!

By: Nik Daum

Nik Daum — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:53:42 +0000

Has RPS considered running a Minecraft server? It would rock.

By: Javaguy

Javaguy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:21:27 +0000

I do love this game. It’s utterly lovely. Something about the simplicity combined with the sense of exploration and discovery.

It really, REALLY does need a private server to get the best out of it though, and lots of admins.

By: pimorte

pimorte — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:55:33 +0000

Not a single server up for Infiniminer?
Guess I’ll have to try in US hours. :(

By: Dan K

Dan K — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:36:50 +0000

I suggest a cross between the two. The build/dig distance in Minecraft is too large in my opinion, that, and I didn’t come across any lava. None.
Also, someone, anyone, should make this in the UT engine or source engine with blocks being rougher, non-cube shapes, but still confined within certain constant dimensions.

Infiniminer has the charm and the 8-Bit music though.

By: MA6200

MA6200 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:25:43 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I really had a blast last night just carving out a little underground hole. I guess I was fortunate to not really run in to many griefers/swastika building idiots.

Water is pretty obnoxious though as it’s infinite – one square will flood everything, so building down is tricky.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:04:57 +0000

For me this, more than almost anything else I’ve played, is a really neat game of discovery. I only play for little bursts, but the joy is in seeing something new. At first it was discovering that there were under ground lakes and lava pits, but then I started logging into multiplayer servers, and that is were the real joy of discovery was. Climbing up to the inevitable sky bridge, looking down over all the little constructions, half finished, half taken apart. It’s crazy. Some of the effort required to build the things that you can see is incredible. Then carving out my own little niche in the landscape.

And above all that, it looks really charming. A lot more so than Infiniminer, which is nice, but not as appealing as this. I don’t think they need to make new gameplay modes, as much as facilitate player created gameplay with new types of blocks and so on. I’m already able to play it like a simple but odd little platform game in some of the crazier servers.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:27:16 +0000

Ok, but what is up with the first sentence of this review? I may be slightly delirious from beer and dancing, but just does not sound right.

By: what

what — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:29:13 +0000

@mic 2070 I saw those on the facepunch server.
I myself had an awesome moment of discovery, I had built a legoman on the facepunch server, and I left for a while (5 minutes). When I came back I searched for 30 minutes until I found it, half buried in sand. I was all like “DAMN YOUUUU”

By: Dodomaster

Dodomaster — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:47:23 +0000

I didn’t find blockland as exciting as this game, and remember that this is only an early alpha of the game. It will get more features and gamemodes in time.