re: Minecraft (360)

Was that a post count boom?

These underground cave systems are fricking huge. I just got about 100 iron ores just from one cave.

Everyday at work is a bad day. Im sure you can dig your way out.

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These underground cave systems are fricking huge. I just got about 100 iron ores just from one cave.

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Just wait until they update the game to include ravines...

Out of a group that is 25 of us and 13 are out, not a fun day. I will be picking up large amounts of booze tonight.

Are there no fence gates in this version? My wolf pen looks stupid with a huge wooden door in front of it.

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It seems like a waste of time because it looks boring. Walking around for hours....digging and building shite?

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When you first start the game, you'll be required to create a new world. Each world is procedurally generated, thus resulting in a completely unique, random world. No two worlds will ever be similar.

When your character is dropped into the world, you have nothing. You acquire items by breaking blocks - trees, sand, grass, etc. This allows you to collect materials that can be combined to create various items - pick axe, axe, shovels, swords, bow, armor sets, etc.

By "mining" ceratin items (ie, breaking blocks), you can take the materials and craft various items, which allow you to acquire different sets of materials. For example, wood gathered from a tree can be coverted to wooden planks. Planks can be coverted, if you want, into sticks. Sticks, when combined with coal, can be used to create torches. There are dozens of recipes like this in the game.

Hostile mobs will spawn at night or in dark areas (like underground cave systems). When a mob attacks you, or if you take fall damage, you lose life, which is represented by a bar of hearts. When you lose all your hearts, you die, and consequently lose everything you're carrying. If you're quick, and have decent navigational skills, you can make it back to your corpse and recover your items. Killing pigs or other wild animals drops meat, which replenishes hearts. Cooking the food in a furnace (a crafted item) will result in more hearts being replenished. Farming wheat for bread and cakes is an alternative to meat.

That's essentially the core of the game. Rare, exotic minerals can be found in the deepest caves, such as diamonds. Acquiring diamonds is one of the first goals for many players, because diamond tools last for quite a long time. Additionally, they provide extra benefits - a diamond sword does far more damage than, say, a wooden sword. A diamond pick axe will mine faster than a stone pick axe.

Exploring the world is fun for many as well, although most probably enjoy building various structures. Your imagination is the only limit. If you want to build a cottage on the beach with a pier for fishing, you can. If you want to build a base 50 blocks underground with a skylight for a ceiling, you can. Playing with other people naturally enhances the experience.

Clay blocks haven't been added yet.

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Thank you. I can see the appeal.not for me. but its different

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But socialist utopias are fun!

I'm gonna have to join up with you guys on stout's server, but I feel like I'm gonna be so far behind in terms of resources.