Don't hate on FortressCraft just on principle. Please.
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If you use windows you can play with a 360 controlerAwexsome said:
And It'll run on almost any machine new or old. Plus in the coming updates it will be optimized further so that it will run even better.
Of course MineCraft isn't on consoles, it's not even finished yet...
as Yahtzee so eloquently put it in his Darksiders review
In the case of Infiniminer and MineCraft, development on Infiniminer stopped after a month of its release, Notch began development of MineCraft shortly after.
FortressCraft, however, is releasing a competing game (essentially the same thing as its competitor no less) on a competing platform in an attempt to cash in on the MineCraft craze.
While it might not be against the law to do this, it's pretty slimy and earns no respect from me. Maybe MineCraft would have gone to consoles eventually when it came out of Beta seeing as how other developers (e.g. Valve) have had troubles delivering huge content updates over services such as XBLA
as Yahtzee so eloquently put it in his Darksiders review
It seems to be the same thing with FortressCraft here.
In the case of Infiniminer and MineCraft, development on Infiniminer stopped after a month of its release, Notch began development of MineCraft shortly after.
FortressCraft, however, is releasing a competing game (essentially the same thing as its competitor no less) on a competing platform in an attempt to cash in on the MineCraft craze.
While it might not be against the law to do this, it's pretty slimy and earns no respect from me. Maybe MineCraft would have gone to consoles eventually when it came out of Beta seeing as how other developers (e.g. Valve) have had troubles delivering huge content updates over services such as XBLA
i'm pretty sure the guy had to program everything himself and didn't just "copy, paste" minecraft's assets. AND he's adding some new features and improving upon the graphics as well as giving it a bit of a story.Sacman said:
i don't think we should be so quick to judge, i'm sure it's hard enough to copy the wheel from scratch without re-inventing it.
Free Market.
You know what that means? It means if you don't put out a superior product, then your competitors will CRUSH YOU.
FORTRESSCRAFT IS A GOOD THING. FortressCraft means that if Notch doesn't get off his ass and improve Minecraft, then he loses money. FortressCraft means that he has to keep adding content and fixing bugs and making the game better. FortressCraft means that everyone who purchased Minecraft will be getting MORE UPDATES, MORE FREQUENTLY.
Competition is what makes a good product, not monopoly.
I think they are more annoyed with the fact that so many people are copying to big idea to make money for themselves without them having to come up with something original to do.Azaraxzealot said:
isn't there any game you REALLY liked but it was missing some things in it that you wanted? well, this guy developing FortressCraft isn't content to sit and wait for all the updates to be made that he wants to see, he just makes the game all over and adds the updates himself.Assassin Xaero said:
now you have to admit, that's pretty admirable. he's not trying to compete, he's just making the game he wants to play that isn't made yet
I already own Minecraft and will probably get this as it means I can play with friends easier then with MC as is. The way I see it Notch may have popularized a new genre or hybrid genre. A new version was bound to come along, and anyone who wants Minecraft is going to get Minecraft.
They will probobly have enough differences for there to be a benefit to owning both for different reasons (FC for multiplayer MC for single for example).
They will probobly have enough differences for there to be a benefit to owning both for different reasons (FC for multiplayer MC for single for example).
By all means, tell us all about these. I would love any and all details you can provide. All you, or any FC defender needs to say to shut the detractors up is to issue a statement like this:Azaraxzealot said:
Fill in those blanks. That is the challenge.FortressCraft Defender said:
say im bitching and whining all you want but frankly i hate this game i hate the idea of this game and here is why: it is an exact copy of minecraft. just with uglier "HD" graphics. and before you start talking about all the other clones. i hate them too. if this game were a block based building game based anywhere else but on a grassy hillside i would have a much smaller issue with it but it is like calling the painterly pack for minecraft a new game I.E. STUPID!!!!
There, i said it, hate away.
There, i said it, hate away.
You sir, just lost your whole arguement towards me when you said this.Azaraxzealot said:
If Minecraft was a sort of genre, then I would care less that fortresscraft was being created. I watched a portion of the video, and lost interest when the guy became condescending. As you are with this post.
Minecraft ISN'T a genre though, it's a game that someone quit their job to create and such. Maybe, if the game wasn't a carbon copy with a few different details, and had a name that WASN'T reminiscent of Minecraft, then sure, but what they are doing is basically taking someone elses game, slapping a similar label to confuse people on it, and calling it their own. I'm not saying its a huge deal, as likely the people who will buy fortresscraft don't play games on a PC, but that doesn't make it any better, even if it only effects, lets say 100 sales.
Legally, whatever, but personally, I feel fortresscraft is more or less stealing, and is the start of a soon-to-come strip mining of the game's whole basis. This will lead to Notch's possibly million-dollar-money-maker becoming a simple game that won't be worth keeping updated. Its been done a million times in the past and is bound to happen again if people DON'T retaliate. If you want to play fortresscraft, fine, but don't complain when in a few years there's about 5, 6 different versions by different companies of the same game.
The difference between minecraft and its predecesor that it was based on, is that minecraft is NOT the same game. It uses a basic concept, and expands in a whole new direction.
Right, rage-fest is over now.
EDIT: Besides, Notch was planning to release it on consol after the complete version was made. The reason he didn't start beforehand was because of the scripting not being compatible.
I guess the guy in this video doesn't realize that Minecraft is being made for the Apple iOS and Android OS.
Whoops.
Oh, and by the way:
Infiniminer: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/1/13/Infiniminer.png
And this guy seems to believe that the only people who ever posted a stupid comment on a video are PC gamers on his video talking about "FortressCraft ripping off Minecraft."
Whoops.
Oh, and by the way:
Infiniminer: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/1/13/Infiniminer.png
And this guy seems to believe that the only people who ever posted a stupid comment on a video are PC gamers on his video talking about "FortressCraft ripping off Minecraft."
Reasonable? he makes the whole damn thing into a Console vs PC war, talk about missing the point... by a mile.Azaraxzealot said: