Minecraft Is Finished

[Deef]

So now everythings just going to be DLC. well that sucks now we'll actually have to start paying for updates (including possibly the dragon if it isnt available now [I havent kept up on my updates]). Well, guess 1.0 is the most recent my Minecraft game will be.

I think he said that any added content won't cost you anything

Only if you bought it in alpha, the agreement changed when it went to beta, so he can charge beta players for updates past 1.0

 

[Steve the Pocket]

Having seen the Yogscast review of the Aether mod, I'm glad Notch didn't work something that complicated into the game. Needing a whole new set of tools to obtain materials? What were they thinking? Granted, I would love to be able to dig "cloud" and build myself a proper Rainbow Dash Cloud Castle?, and the bouncy goo blocks sound fun as hell, but everything else is just so, so wrong.

I'm getting the feeling that the tradeoff for buying the game when it was cheaper is getting hooked on a game that's very different from the finished product and which I can never go back to now, unless someone who feels similarly and has more Java savvy than me decides to make a mod that basically adds the old "mode" back in as an option (with all the bug fixes and new block types still in place, of course).

The game is not too different from what it was, it's just better. Also, if the "old 'mode'" you mention is Creative Mode without monsters, then you can play that way.

"Better" is subjective. (Captain Obvious... AWAY!!!) And by old mode I meant food insta-heals, biomes are small enough that you don't need to trek a whole day to find another one, enemies haven't been buffed just to make the hardcore crowd happy... that sort of thing. Not to mention I don't really want to import my old worlds into an update that completely changes the way new chunks are generated. Don't get me wrong, I've been playing 1.8 on the downstairs computer and it's definitely ... something, but I wish I could have both versions on at once the same way I can play a game or its sequel depending on my mood.

Notch has probably raked in enough money that upgrades past 1.0 will be free for everyone who bought the game regardless of when anyway.

Since when is having made a lot of money an incentive to not keep gouging people for more? Granted, he doesn't seem greedy enough to do that, but considering that the vast majority of DLC in the "real" gaming world is the money-cost variety, I still wouldn't jump to any conclusions.

Besides it would probably be impossible to keep track of who purchased when anyway considering it's unprecedented success

He probably already has. You have an account with their system that you need in order to log in to the game, and I can't imagine why they wouldn't have kept the purchase dates on file.

 

[EternalFacepalm]

As long as 1.0 fixes that friggin' glitch that makes some computers (mine included) use up 2GB of RAM per minute, I'll be happy.

That's the thing about going gold. You're not in beta anymore. You no longer have an excuse if your game has a game-breaking problem like that.

Well, I wouldn't say "game-breaking", really. I mean, what percentage of players would actually build a large computer that takes an obscene amount of RAM? And besides, you can still play the game as intended, really. I do sympathise, though, that happened to my computer too.

 

[Monsterfurby]

If 'The End' is really the end of the game, and the Enderdragon really is the last boss; then this will be my greatest disappointment in gaming ever. It also shows a great deal of laziness that everything got so bland towards the end.

Minecraft sits solidly on the "Toy" side of the "Toy vs. Game" divide, which is why some (me included) prefer Terraria, which is far more of a game. I have no problem with Notch/Minecraft, I just think that it has similarities with Second Life (a toy I despised) in that it does not really offer a lot of gameplay. Even online, the mostly build- rather than game-oriented community does not really help the situation.

 

[Vausch]

To people who haven't played this before, this is a big thing. To the other 99.999999999999% of the gaming world, this stands out from a regular update like a polar bear in a snowstorm. Or two ghosts in a snowstorm eating marshmallows.

I am the .000000000001%

The worst part is I have minecraft but I just never installed it |D

 

[CrystalShadow]

I wasn't going to reply... then this came up...

I'm supposed to not see this kind of shit! I paid for a PubClub membership so let me browse in peace!

Get an adblocker. You're already paying the Escapist to not see ads, so it's justified if they can't hold up their end of the bargain.

Apparently the escapist saw my as a low content post and put me on "Probation" for it. I am NOT going to renew my pubclub membership when it is due because of this bullshit.

Spoiler: The probation details

Probation Details
Post: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/7.323401.13247685
Reason: Please do not make low-content posts. Try to stay on topic

Also: If I am not supposed to post it here there where AM I supposed to post?

To be fair, it was a little out of place in the middle of a news thread, I would've made a thread in off-topic for it. The probation is a bit extreme though, considering you were just pointing out a problem with the site.

Does seem a bit harsh. I wonder what's happened though. I've had pubclub for ages and never seen anything of that sort.
Have they snuck in ads of some kind anyway? Or have you got some kind of trojan/infection/toolbar or something like that lurking in your system?

Either case is bad news. (Though the second one is much worse for you personally, I'd say.)

 

[Calcium]

Hopefully this means I'll finally be able to play it for more than an hour without everything crashing. Can't remember it being stable since 1.5 on both my netbook and desktop, and have never been able to find any legit fix for the problem. Have also got a bad feeling when I next load up my world I'll be in the middle of an ocean underwater.

 

[LITE992]

Minecraft Is Finished

The end of the beta does Minecraft will now be sold for full price. If you want that 25% discount for purchasing the game during its extended beta, you've only got a couple of days left to come up with the ducats.

I'm sorry, I don't understand. Does this mean I have to pay for Minecraft 1.0, and I get a discount because I bought the beta?

 

[Ranorak]

Minecraft Is Finished

The end of the beta does Minecraft will now be sold for full price. If you want that 25% discount for purchasing the game during its extended beta, you've only got a couple of days left to come up with the ducats.

I'm sorry, I don't understand. Does this mean I have to pay for Minecraft 1.0, and I get a discount because I bought the beta?

No, it means you already got the discount back when you bought it.
If you don't have the game yet, and still want that 25% discount you have to buy it before the 18th.

 

[Spud of Doom]

I really don't see how people are confused about the purchase pricing. The 25% discount is what the Beta price was, so it will be going up to the full price at "launch." If you bought the game, you already own it... Why would they make you buy a game that you've already bought?

 

[lRookiel]

some of the best 8 quid I ever spent on a game to be honest. Its pure simplicity at its finest here and focuses on just fun game play, oh and I really wanna kill a dragon!

Grats to Notch for making a game so good I've spent about 5 days worth of game play on.

I still do prefer Terraria though.... sorry >.<

 

[Robert Ewing]

Congrats to Notch.

I hope he doesn't give up on Minecraft. Update it for all eternity.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I think having it reviewed by gaming sites will breed a lot of ill feelings , from what ive seen and heard, Minecraft is all about just making shit and exploring a vast empty world to find new places to make more shit.
Its not doubt good at what it does, but game reviewers will probably be rating it on things they expect a game to have, and that means theyll deduct points, i predict if it gets anything lower than a 8-9 then ill be able to hear the rage from the comfort of my own home

 

[FarleShadow]

I think the only real improvement that Notch could do with minecraft is to get less insane fansboys.

And maybe add abit of direction to the game, I got it in Beta and once I'd built acouple massive things, did some 'One-life' questing and such, it gets pretty pointless.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

OT: Yay! Now continually make it more awesome like TF2 XD

God damn it, do you know what this implies?

HATS!

OT: Nice to see it's finally finished. Didn't Notch say that official mod support would come out soon after it was released? If so, we could see the Aether being officially approved by Mojang, and have it hopefully not break when the newer versions of the game come out.

 

[The Wooster]

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[mew4ever23]

Good to see this thing finally gone gold.

The end of the beta does Minecraft will now be sold for full price. If you want that 25% discount for purchasing the game during its extended beta, you've only got a couple of days left to come up with the ducats.

You're missing a word. "The end of the beta does mean Minecraft will now be sold for full price."

 

[Alar]

I'm one of those dummies that didn't buy it back in alpha and early beta, and currently doesn't have enough money to buy it at the reduced price. I'll have to wait until they release it and pay full price, uguu~!

 

[Draconalis]

The end of the beta does Minecraft will now be sold for full price. If you want that 25% discount for purchasing the game during its extended beta, you've only got a couple of days left to come up with the ducats.

Correct me if I'm wrong... but I seem to recall the perk to buying it in the beta wasn't a discount. It was "You get a free copy at release."

Because I seem to recall thinking that I was paying for the game, not paying for a discount to the future release.

 

[Milo Windby]

I'm happy I got Minecraft while it was Alpha and 50% off.

Correct me if I'm wrong... but I seem to recall the perk to buying it in the beta wasn't a discount. It was "You get a free copy at release."

Because I seem to recall thinking that I was paying for the game, not paying for a discount to the future release.

If you got the game while its Beta (Or even Alpha) then you have the full game. Any updates are free as well.