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• I like that water reflection : guido anchovy
• 100% original too! : Fenring42
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  Not like Minecraft was original either. There was Infiniminer, for one thing... But at a price of... : Zips
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    come on now, minecraft is just a game about breaking crates when you get down to it. ive been doing that ... : spaceless
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      That's essentially what I'm saying. The idea and premise have been around for years now, it just so happened that Notch found a formula that made a particular game type popular to the masses.
      
      Now everyone is all over his nuts like he's a God and absolutely SLAM anything that has the same basic premise. They firmly believe that he invented the style of gameplay in Minecraft which just isn't the case.
      
      Just in a glance of the YT comments earlier today, and comments on the FC site earlier, I read about people threatening lawsuits, how Notch should sue them, how they're every expletive under the sun basically.
      
      It's all just completely absurd all because of the Minecraft superfans.

      Feb 22, 2011 10:15pm PST
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      That's essentially what I'm saying. The idea and premise have been around for years now, it just so happ... : Zips
      • I don't think he invented it at all, I just think he did it right. After checking out the other three "ga... : VictoriouSecret
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        you must be reading the wrong forum if you think people are all over Notch's nuts like he's a god : electroly
        • No, not here at the Shack and on Notch's own site they aren't (at least when update day rolls around and... : Zips
      • a formula that made it popular, but not a formula to make it last. I'd be happy if someone does it one b... : MamiyaOtaru
      • There are a lot of angry minecrafters on posting on this guys site. : purekillforce
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    Not like Bulge invented the FPS but people are still shitting on that Halo-clone for the iPhone or whatev... : Hemtroll
    • GG Android, Bungie, not bulge. : Hemtroll
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  Dwarf Fortress in a 3d engine with some sort of rosary setup instead of wading through menus would quite ... : AgentPothead
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    I don't think it's possible, it's the complexity that makes it good. If it went mainstream it would turn ... : Pandilex
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      I didn't see a suggestion about reducing the complexity of the gameplay, just the way you perceive and in... : Sapiens
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        I don't get what's wrong with it as it is, there are literally thousands of options, I can't think of a b... : Pandilex
        • It's a great game but it's about as user friendly as an ass raping. : AgentPothead
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          I don't get what you're trying to defend. Nobody said there was something wrong with it or that it had t... : Sapiens
          • You can't have a better navigated menu system with the number of options it has currently. A merging of m... : Pandilex
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  Nice(r) graphics. It shouldn't be too hard to make a better version of Minecraft. I love Minecraft but ... : Jobos
  • The raw fidelity is higher, but the art and that lighting looks like ass; way worse than Minecraft. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    When you put normal maps and spec on a cube you don't have nicer graphics. You have a faggot art director... : Snipergen
    • bump mapping a cube ftw! : purekillforce
    • Almost too real to read. : guigr
    • ^^ Agree absolutely with the above. Muchly prefer the pixel style than all the garish rendering / lightin... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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      This is why I didn't like GLQuake :( : geedeck
      • GLQuake was a lot more tastefully done than this garish piece of shit, though. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • Not even an art director, most of these indie teams don't even understand what an art director does or is... : VegasX
• Sweet! how do the chapters work though? are the going to be standalone games? or do you need chapter ... : purekillforce