Benefits of playing Minecraft?

[Fergal]

I don't play the game myself but know people who do. Do you play MineCraft? What do you think are the benefits of playing it?

 

[LiquidServe]

I dont play that game 😛 I actually hate it!! My friend made me play it once! IT WAS AWFUL! NO objective other than creating a city 🙁 ;( I am not playing it again!

 

[Patrick S.]

The game really has no point but to show of your building skills to your friends.
Benefits I guess would be:
You can show off how creative you are.
Playing with friends in your own world.
Hmm... some people find it fun 😛

 

[The Reverend]

I don't play the game myself but know people who do. Do you play MineCraft? What do you think are the benefits of playing it?

I have played total miner: forge on the xbox and that is almost identical to minecraft. I think it is a great game for showing off your creativity 🙂

 

[Fergal]

Thanks everyone, looks like the game is not very popular amongst FP members 🙂

Glad you are enjoying it The Reverend.

 

[death180]

Uhm... because it's fun? It's the only reason I have ever played games...

ashimashi, it sounds like you are putting too much work into it. I never "design" anything in minecraft.

 

[Josh]

There isn't anything interesting about it. I tried it on Xbox before and it seems pretty useless to me. I find it more like work than a game. Instead of designing a world for myself, I could be designing something a lot more useful.

The Xbox version sucks.

The game is awesome on PC. It has endless possibilities. It's the only single game I can play forever and not get bored.

 

[Eternal]

Never noticed this thread before 😱


I love minecraft, I play it quite often and actually have my own server. If you are bored its a great game to play to pass time and its even more fun when you are playing it online with your friends. Benefits to the game, can't really say there are any real "benefits".

 

[ForumsGroup]

I play it because I like building stuff. As a kid I grew up building stuff out of lego's. The creative mode on Minecraft is like a never ending supply of lego's. You put your creativity to work and you build amazing things in the game.

I'm not sure if your aware of things that people have built in the game, but it's amazing what some people can do in the game.

The Xbox version sucks.

The game is awesome on PC. It has endless possibilities. It's the only single game I can play forever and not get bored.

The Xbox version is a later update of the PC version. Eventually the Xbox version will be at the same version of the PC version right now. Xbox 360 uses different game code to build the game, the team of developers Mojang put in place to build the game are going to be releasing updates to add new things into the game. From what I heard, many things are suppose to be in this next update coming 9/15, including creative mode.

You may think it sucks, but it was a highly requested game for the Xbox 360. For them to launch it in a newer version, we wouldn't even be able to play it right now because they'd still be building it like they are the updates.

 

[Jerbear]

One benefit is that you'll get better at it. 😛

 

[Josh]

The Xbox version sucks.

The game is awesome on PC. It has endless possibilities. It's the only single game I can play forever and not get bored.

The Xbox version is a later update of the PC version. Eventually the Xbox version will be at the same version of the PC version right now. Xbox 360 uses different game code to build the game, the team of developers Mojang put in place to build the game are going to be releasing updates to add new things into the game. From what I heard, many things are suppose to be in this next update coming 9/15, including creative mode.

You may think it sucks, but it was a highly requested game for the Xbox 360. For them to launch it in a newer version, we wouldn't even be able to play it right now because they'd still be building it like they are the updates.

I don't care what version it is. Even if the Xbox had more features, I would still play PC cause of MODs.

 

[Venom]

I stoped playing mc but my friend just showed me these amazing maps

http://www.keralis.net
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/ ... f-keralis/

http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/ ... pirepolis/
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/ ... party-100/


0_o

 

[koz]

The title of this topic should be, "What are the benefits of playing Video Games?"

Well back on topic. Some of the benefits I've found with minecraft is it's a game that I can actually get some of my family members into and we can play together. It's also a form of entertainment which causes us to have fun!

 

[thedudeman]

I used to own a Minecraft server. It ran Bukkit with some minor mods, like WorldEdit and WorldGuard. Unfortunately, it was a huge resource hog even on a dedicated server, and the connection just wasn't good enough. So it never took off.

That being said, I still do really enjoy the game.

 

[Fergal]

Thanks everyone.

The title of this topic should be, "What are the benefits of playing Video Games?"

Thanks Koz, I was specifically interested in Minecraft. However, anyone who wants to discuss the more general topic of "the benefits of playing Video Games?" is obviously very welcome to post a topic about that.