Minecraft Middle-Earth Will Melt Your Mind

[ShindoL Shill]

this made me sad because i suck at minecraft... then it made me happy because its fucking Lord of the Rings in Minecraft.

 

[TheAceTheOne]

I don't have minecraft, but... I want it. Badly.

Just because this video... This is the most impressive thing I've seen in a long time.

 

[BanicRhys]

$10 says they never give us a download link and this has all just been one huge willy tease.

 

[Cowabungaa]

So I'll say it's pretty huge, but nothing absolutely mind blowing.

Except, y'know, they dug freakin' everything by hand. Every building, the entire geography, everything. If that ain't amazingly impressive I don't know what is. Yeap, I'm in awe.

 

[JochemDude]

I rather see people spending such a large amount of time doing something this impressive, than spending that time dicking around which a lot of people probably have.

 

[Silva]

Well, can you think of any triple A game that's actually done something even close to this? Oblivion was just a hugely scaled down procedurally generated terrain map world with several tiny walled villages they called cities and wildernesses full of one bland cookie cutter dungeon upon another. Oh and like two or three farms that couldn't have produced enough food for their owners let alone the whole province. That's about as close as any AAA game has gotten to something like this. Daggerfall got closer in scale, but was completely randomly generated and came from an era where people were actually interested in making games with ambitions beyond selling over a million of copies in the first week at sixty dollars a piece and then selling the rest of the game later as separate downloads so I'm not sure how well that applies to the modern day idea of a triple A title.

As far as I know, nothing has come close to this scale while maintaining this level of detail. At least from what I've seen from the video.

You reduce Oblivion to its world map and "a few dungeons"?

I find that odd, considering that it's also full of instances. You can enter every building and dungeon in the game. Inside every one of those, is objects, special artworks, different architecture (which is even mentioned in lore about different towns - this spot has influence from Skyrim, this building has stairs influenced by Morrowind design, etc).

Then there's the books you find in-game, full of at least a serious book's worth of information and lore that is (so far, in all my understanding of the game) completely consistent with and constantly building upon the world you walk around in, so it feels like part of an even larger planet.

That's only the tip of the iceberg. Think of all the invisible elements going into AAA titles today. Texture design. Concept artworks. 3D modelling, inch by inch, measurement by measurement, of everything unique and different.

I don't believe that detail has to be measured in blocks in order to be notable in an artwork, or in the preparation for a design. There isn't even sound effects and music design in this Minecraft project, and the amount of skill and detail in that alone in a AAA title is often staggering.

In any case, putting the same coloured block down a hundred thousand times does not a skilled design make. The detail isn't what is notable about this version of Middle-Earth - it's the pure dedication from those designing it even IF it takes putting down that same block again and again.

However, that dedication is not unique, and shouldn't be treated as unique on a whim. I think it's important to acknowledge the amazing work done on many AAA titles, for the sake of positivity and open-mindedness.

 

[LandoCristo]

How big is that file? That save file must be huge if it takes 12 hours to walk it all.

And I have trouble believing that it's 1:4 ration in between landmarks. Like someone else said, it would take months to walk most of that distance (the entire trilogy took place over a year's time)

 

[therealsomeguy]

world download is where?

 

[Brian Hendershot]

I would make some snide comments about these guys being virgins for life, but I can only imagine all the kinky dwarf on elf role-playing sex they will be getting from people because of this grand monument to nerdiness.

 

[Fury Is Me.]

Jesus fucking christ. Just... Just... Jesus fucking Christ...

 

[Jamous]

Please tell me this Map is somewhere online. I need it like I need air to breathe. I can die happy.

 

[Ellen of Kitten]

OT: This is an AMAZING feat! I could never commit this much effort to Minecraft. I knew that one day all my creations would crumble, as the game would eventually fade into oblivion. But my god... someone get the worlds records people on the phone. o_o

Does that also discourage you from doing anything in real life as well? Just sayin'

No, because the difference is what I do with my life will last. Even if I create things digitally, they will last. But creating a world in a video game, I don't expect to last for more than 10 years. That, and when ~I~ create in minecraft, I create for just myself. When I create in "real life," I go above just myself.

 

[Seieko Pherdo]

If your going to have no life might as well do something amazing with it.

 

[Aprilgold]

"Please keep in kind you must be 16 or older to apply for the whitelist."
What a bunch of elitist ageists...

Well I certainly won't be able to see any of this stuff, they want to reserve it for some perceived over 16 'master race'.

The age limit is to prevent trolls, most trolls ARE between any age of start gaming to about 14 to where they stop with the realization no one needs pricks in games, and that it was never that funny to begin with. Also, kids wouldn't appreciate it in the slightest, so, again, age limit so people who have played enough of games can appreciate the great work in it.

$10 says they never give us a download link and this has all just been one huge willy tease.

Thats probably not true, they even have a SITE for this thing, and followers, along with the teams names, email and ecetera, so them leaving out their ambitions when they made it this far would be a lie, also, from your picture, I'm guessing your a troll.

-snipped for space-
As far as I know, nothing has come close to this scale while maintaining this level of detail. At least from what I've seen from the video.

You reduce Oblivion to its world map and "a few dungeons"?
I find that odd, considering that it's also full of instances. You can enter every building and dungeon in the game. Inside every one of those, is objects, special artworks, different architecture (which is even mentioned in lore about different towns - this spot has influence from Skyrim, this building has stairs influenced by Morrowind design, etc).
Then there's the books you find in-game, full of at least a serious book's worth of information and lore that is (so far, in all my understanding of the game) completely consistent with and constantly building upon the world you walk around in, so it feels like part of an even larger planet.
That's only the tip of the iceberg. Think of all the invisible elements going into AAA titles today. Texture design. Concept artworks. 3D modelling, inch by inch, measurement by measurement, of everything unique and different.
I don't believe that detail has to be measured in blocks in order to be notable in an artwork, or in the preparation for a design. There isn't even sound effects and music design in this Minecraft project, and the amount of skill and detail in that alone in a AAA title is often staggering.
In any case, putting the same coloured block down a hundred thousand times does not a skilled design make. The detail isn't what is notable about this version of Middle-Earth - it's the pure dedication from those designing it even IF it takes putting down that same block again and again.
However, that dedication is not unique, and shouldn't be treated as unique on a whim. I think it's important to acknowledge the amazing work done on many AAA titles, for the sake of positivity and open-mindedness.

But your arguement falls flat once you find out Minecraft is a INDIE game, its engine is about building, but no one was quite sure of the scale, and now we KNOW the scale, and its the ability to build our OWN worlds. Most Triple AAA games don't allow you to build your own maps, LET ALONE your own worlds.

I think these guys made something amazing using Minecraft's engine to THE FULLIEST, and I really am hating people who are looking down on this, people, this was made in a INDIE game, a FUCKING INDIE game, you know, those things that take less then a million to make?

I had no interest in Minecraft, still don't, but this is just sad...

Christ knows how much time they wasted making this, but I pity each and every one of them. truly.

How much time do you think it'll be before someone makes a Death Star?

Been done, and what do you mean pity, its no different then building a house, these guys just made a internet house, so your pity ain't worth the pity.

Also, Deathstar has been done.

 

[Aprilgold]

IT HAPPENED AGAIN, sorry for double post.

 

[BanicRhys]

Watched the video all the way through and I'm not as excited for this anymore as it's an interpretation of the book and not the movies. Seeing and exploring Isengard in its full cinematic glory would be awesome, but seeing someone's interpretation of a few sentences of a book would not be.

$10 says they never give us a download link and this has all just been one huge willy tease.

Thats probably not true, they even have a SITE for this thing, and followers, along with the teams names, email and ecetera, so them leaving out their ambitions when they made it this far would be a lie, also, from your picture, I'm guessing your a troll.

You'd be wrong. (You're, not your btw.) And your definition of a troll is annoyingly wrong if you think that post was anything close to trolling just because my avatar isn't some mlp or anime crap.

 

[Odegauger]

The host sounds like Jason Murphy from Spill.

 

[Odegauger]

It almost feels offensive to call this a waste of time. Considering all the people who just live their lives and die, the simple act of creating something real and unique like this pretty much automatically makes them more meaningful to the greater scheme of humanity than 99% of everyone else. I wouldn't call that a waste of time.

 

[Reaper195]

I like LotR. I like Middle Earth. I like Tolkien. I tried thinking how cool it would be to run around here until I realised how long it would take to get anywhere. My ears are bleeding!

 

[FalloutJack]

Oh shit.

MINECRAFT PLAYERS BEWARE!!

Do not dig too deeply, too greedily. For you know what awaits you beneath the mountain's depths. Beware the Balrog...