Anybody else feel that minecraft slipped after Microsoft bought it. Before microsoft, every update felt like it added something of content, but now every update feels like its just added to make the game look better. Take the caves and cliffs update: those giant caves may look cool, but whats the fucking point? The mining experience is not really “supposed” to be this open. There was nothing wrong with the old caves, and now the new caves are not the same. I miss the pre 1.8 days of adding brand new mechanics like restone.
I don’t really feel all the updates before Microsoft always changed that much. I think the cave update is kind of cool because it adds so much more height to the world which is pretty cool, I’m just glad the game is still being updated after all this time. but personally once you have figured out most of the game it’s hard to get back that feeling of when you first started, when everything was new, I think that’s why valheim is doing so good right now, it’s kind of like playing Minecraft for the first time again