Chapter 251 - Reversal (1/2)

More and more reviews for Thousand Hells and Minecraft came up ss more and more players have had their chance at the game.

Most players that have never played Diablo rated Thousand Hells more highly than normal. Strictly speaking, Thousand Hells only borrow some ideas from Diablo. After porting the game from PC to VR and changing the western fantasy theme to an angel and demons theme, most players could never tell that Thousand Hells took heavy inspiration from Diablo.

But there were various different reviews for Minecraft.

“Is there anybody who understands the point of this game? All I do is dig up dirt and build houses. Is there nothing else to this game?”

“I think that this game is kinda boring. Sure it’s satisfying to build my own house, but the houses I build are more akin to matchboxes than houses!”

“Because the game you are playing is called ‘My World’, but the fun part is in ‘Somebody else’s world’!”

“The online mode is great, let’s dig up dirt and build houses together!”

“I don’t get the point of this game with all the guilds and building. Haven’t there been games like these before? What’s new?”

“Yeah, it’s just a building game. What can you really build?”

“Hehe, last poster, stop pretending when you haven’t even bought the game. You must spend some time on the game before you can understand it. People who don’t spend time in games like you will never understand that!”

—

However, these arguments were few and far between, and they rarely ever heat up. This was because players who didn’t care about Minecraft wouldn’t go out of their way to talk trash about the game, and the players who bought Minecraft?

They were all too busy building.

A week after the game was released, there were quite a few videos on various streaming platforms.

“Minecraft first experience: Is this a horror game?”

“The city in the sky that we built”

“Minecraft new player tutorial”

“Original build: recreating Siheyuan”

“Original build: recreating Classical Gardens of Suzhou”

—

There were three main types of videos.

First was the comedic first experience type videos, digging holes, chased by zombies, and building awful houses.

Second was the educational type where more experience players go over some tips and tricks for the game.

Last was building videos, where players record their amazing builds in creative mode or online multiplayer mode to share (pronounced brag).

Minecraft was a very topical game as the rich gameplay allowed for different streamers or video makers to use their imagination to differentiate themselves from others.

Other RPG games would more or less be going over the story or showcase high skilled gameplay, making it difficult for streamers to differentiate themselves from others.

Whereas a sandbox game allowed for talented players to show off their building skills, while others showed off some interesting gameplay, while others explored the world…

When different players played the game differently, there would naturally be more diverse gameplay.

Minecraft slowly crept up on various video streaming and live streaming sites before many noticed, and started a Minecraft wave.

Many players were really confused.

“How come there are this many Minecraft videos?”

“The gaming area is basically a Minecraft area!”

“Many streamers are off to play this game as well.”