The map will be more than big enough for 8 players. It'd take a long time to out grow it.

I'm starting to see it as a good thing, in that even when we're off building our masterpiece we'll never be too far from each other. Might encourage more co-op construction as well. 

I can live without getting lost miles from home, though it is a real shame. 

Look, I'm being optimistic again.

How many random generated identi-blocks do you need?

I'm more interested in the single-player campaign. I've not played it solo for over a year and i know they've added a helluva lot since then.

1600 points for that 'first night survival chills' is worth every penny if you ask me.

I can't see a 6 minute by 6 minute area being a problem for survival mode. It's still a huge area to explore thoroughly. It also means you shouldn't be able to get so stupidly lost that you have to kill yourself to get back home.

Its probably better

I completely missed out on minecraft shenanigans first time round, so will probably have a dabble with this.

Will be up for some BnB multi.

I'm interested in this, but the lack of a tutorial on the PC version (that I played) put me off. I believe this has been corrected for the 360 version?

I was reading about this yesterday and it did seem that a lot of PC users spent a lot of time reading a wiki at the same time as playing the game.

I can't see the attraction at all without a properly persistent world.  It's going to be a totally different game.  This isn't really traditional Minecraft, rather it's a version of Animal Crossing.

I can get behind the concept of everyone owning a map, and everyone has their own little dwelling/house/place/something in everyone else's town, but I don't know if I'd be able to put the effort in.  It's nice having a persistent server, but I see the problem here being that I start a project in one person's map, and then never get to finish it because they're never on, and have to keep jumping between 20-odd half-finished dwellings rather than constantly refining one.

Plus I'll need a stack of resources in every map, meaning multiple thrunges into the depths for diamond.  Add in the lack of adaptability (no chance to define a map, like a survival island, and try that out), and I think overall it's a poor cousin.

If it was 1200, I'd probably have a crack for the single player alone, but I don't think the MP'll be worth it.

Elmlea wrote:

...but I see the problem here being that I start a project in one person's map, and then never get to finish it because they're never on, and have to keep jumping between 20-odd half-finished dwellings rather than constantly refining one...

I think this is the crux of the problem with this version; isn't BF3 on consoles offering a server hire service? Why not for MC?

I suspect this could well be the way it goes once they put out a few patches and ensured a stable client?


DL is only 113meg too so swift. Got trial inbound in a few mins.

FranticPea wrote:

You never know, it might happen. It's definatly a poor cousin, but for people that have never played it there's still a ton of laughs to be had. It'll just be a more co-op orientated experience.

I don't know that it will, I thought it was more tied to the single player.  Sure, you can jump in and help someone with their existing projects, but trying to actually have a reserve of stuff in all your friends' games so you can do anything worthwhile seems too much like hard work.

There'd certainly be a profit margin on such a rental service; why not have that on top of the 1600?

Anyway, it's moot for me. I can't see it appealing if you're already PCing it; for those that aren't I'm sure it'll rock. Everyone's a winner.

Hmm.. Had a quick crack at the tutorial level to get the controls detailed and it's a bit of a mixed bag. 

It is odd to see the blocky distinctiveness of Minecraft on the plasma and me on the sofa. As I've got used to various texture packs (higher res) and mods it is quite a lurch to go back to a close viewed, vanilla Minecraft. 

More jarring is going all the way back to 1.6.6. So much has been enabled on the PC now that this is a real step backwards. No exp, no hunger, no running, no chicken or beef, mobs randomly killing you when you try to sleep…the list goes on.. 

If you're accustomed to dicking around with minecraft jars, optifineing, magic launcher, biomes, enchanting, adventure and all that then this will be quite a jolt. Not too sure I'm prepared to cough up 1600 till they get it to a more developed state. 

B+

Well that was cool. Really enjoyed it.