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switch to minetest! I'm told from long time minecraft players that it doesn't suffer the same data corruption issues as minecraft.
by bombolo 4y ago
switch to minetest!
I'm told from long time minecraft players that it doesn't suffer the same data corruption issues as minecraft.
- mort96 4y agoI've tried Minetest a few times. My issue with it is that it just feels very unpolished. Things like the lack of head bobbing, so it feels like the character is gliding across the ground, a pretty bad looking block break animation without enough particles, a very floaty-feeling jump, and on macOS, the scrolling in menus is completely broken and it's not running at the display's native resolution (no HiDPI/"Retina" support), you can't change settings in-game, hitting escape in the main menu just exits the program, etc etc etc. It feels like a game engine demo project, not a game. Everything down to the name "Minetest" feels unfinished and unpolished.
- bombolo 4y agoThere are probably mods for all those things. The idea in minetest is that you need to add mods for the stuff you want
- mort96 4y agoRight. That might make it a good game engine playground, but a pretty bad Minecraft alternative.
- bombolo 4y agoIt's like a couple of clicks to install mods…
- mort96 4y agoThis is exactly the mind-set which prevents projects like Minetest from becoming "real" games. Mods are great, but the core game has to be good by itself to attract people. And if Minetest doesn't want to be a "real" game which is good out of the box, that's fine, being a game engine playground is perfectly fine, but that means it's not even trying to be a Minecraft alternative.