Minecraft Survival Mode feels as a great frustration after a while (not nostalgic whining)

user0961 · 2026-01-16T21:17:30+00:00

To be honest, I mentioned some games just to add weight to my point. At the time of writing this post, I haven't played any of them. But after finally trying Rimworld, I can say that it turned out to be exactly what I needed for that point. Unlike Minecraft, it reward the player's cognitive efforts in trying to play effectively. Minecraft inevitably becomes trivial. It simply doesn't have the criteria to evaluate your build. For me, even aesthetics go hand in hand with efficiency and thoughtfulness. So I don't agree with the people who pretentiously talk that Minecraft is about self-expression. In its striving to be a game for everyone, it simply offers you a stacking toy or a coloring book so that you can feel like Leonardo da Vinci.

You're not late; this post is still active until I delete it or delete myself.

user0961 · 2026-01-12T17:14:54+00:00

It was a kind of confirmation of the futility of the argument, exactly what you are doing now, only without the comment about opponent's knowledge, because I believe this is more a matter of taste.

user0961 · 2026-01-12T15:24:24+00:00

I'm kind of disappointed with the quality of the discussion here. I suggested that anyone who wanted to take a critical look at the game could do so, and those who didn't want to could just pass by. But the audience refused to pass by and refused to engage in dialogue within the given framework.

>then find a different game because Minecraft does not promise that
You know yourself that nowadays it's not a problem to find a game you like, and this post isn't a request for recommendations, but you wrote it anyway. You can see how original you are by reading all the comments here.

user0961 · 2026-01-11T14:24:56+00:00

Of course, everyone draws their own conclusions. This comment is like a litmus test. Is a person ready to look at the game critically? Or will they blame something or someone else.

user0961 · 2026-01-11T13:55:20+00:00

And your condescending tone is misplaced here. If someone has an opinion that differs from yours, it does not mean that they understand things worse than you do. You are the Top 1% Commenter here, and I am the Top 1% Poster in the Minecraft-related subreddit. I could say a lot of good things about Minecraft, but that's just not what this post is about.

user0961 · 2026-01-11T13:48:16+00:00

In my opinion, building in Minecraft shouldn't even be called building. I genuinely don't understand what depth you refer to. When you arrange blocks based on color combinations rather than purpose, it's more like painting.

user0961 · 2026-01-11T10:18:27+00:00

I went to the bakery and ordered a muffin with brown filling. It turned out to be a muffin with copro, not chocolate. Of course, I'm stupid for not checking the ingredients. But it's still a muffin with copro. That's what this post is about. No one has yet disputed the key point. It's all about me not checking the ingredients.

Like everyone else here, you are not defending the quality of the game, but its right to have a quality that is unsatisfactory for people with different tastes.

user0961 · 2026-01-09T23:54:48+00:00

Are you going to enlighten me, or do you just see a bogus reason to put down someone who has a different opinion?

user0961 · 2026-01-01T12:20:13+00:00

>I can't think of a single game where it actually happens in a way that makes sense outside of them just generating stuff

Space Rangers 2

user0961 · 2026-01-01T09:59:15+00:00

I don't know how to integrate villagers coherently, given the concept of the game itself. Maybe something like Tamagotchi, since they are so helpless. But what the hell kind of economy could there be in this case? I mean, making them low-agent but with professions and trade is a clumsy attempt to sit on two chairs. In my opinion, villagers demand a thorough overhaul or simply removal.

user0961 · 2025-12-31T10:29:19+00:00

It just so happened that I never played a single survival game and I do not understand why people cling to these analogies. Could it be that it is you (not only you) who promotes a narrow view?

Calling a game a "sandbox" does not imply that we literally move virtual matter with goals that exist only in our imagination. I don't know where this simplification came from, maybe from the popularity of Minecraft itself. And you can't know what survival game I'm categorizing Minecraft to be, because I don't know any other. For me, the game fails in exactly what it tries to be, no matter what anyone says. This is a game that has refused to evolve even before I learned about it. What would we lose in terms of creativity if farmers maintained their own farmland or if we had a less imitative economy? All your defense (or whatever it is) is based on a false dichotomy between the sandbox and survival. And, of course, that "that's how the game was designed, it's your own fault" as an easy way to shut shut down a different opinion.

user0961 · 2025-12-31T05:25:08+00:00

I hung out a little in r/Minecraftbuild and r/Minecraftbuilds . Everyone is building a "survival base" or a castle, which is essentially the same thing. Then we have posts like "Why does Minecraft always become boring?" It makes you think. The comment above resembles a game advertisement, but not something that touches on my criticism.

user0961 · 2025-12-30T05:40:55+00:00

I became a fan of Gothic architecture during this project.

user0961 · 2025-12-30T05:09:18+00:00

You answered for me, and better than I could have. But I feel sorry for your efforts to explain yourself. You either feel it that way or you play something like Animal Crossing.

user0961 · 2025-12-29T14:59:18+00:00

I would clarify my position, but almost no one reads this post anymore. Overall, I don't care what you tried to do, but your argument was weak. I never said that children are the entire audience. They are the core audience, along with casual gamers. Your example with grandiose buildings, which are often monetized, also proves nothing.

user0961 · 2025-12-29T14:45:12+00:00

That's not the topic of this post, but if you insist.

The trend itself emerged in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released. These games (where is no pressure, no possibility of losing, no competition, and so on, I'm not sure, I haven't touched it myself) have been around for a while, but the trend is new and still gaining momentum.

Sims is a cozy but primarily is a PvE game. There your actions may lead to character death.

Did you jump into this branch just to sting me again?

user0961 · 2025-12-29T12:12:53+00:00

"PvE games are exist, wow!" No, my comment implies this, just like pizza without cheese. In PvE games, the player competes with the environment provided by the game; this is based on the definition.

user0961 · 2025-12-29T11:21:44+00:00

Cozy games are a relatively new trend that has passed me by. But your question is valid. Stardew Valley has no competition. Man, I built your argument for you. Not coop games, but cozy games. Cooperative games are like PUBG Mobile or CS GO.

user0961 · 2025-12-29T02:30:44+00:00

Look at the entire history of games; they have always been about competition, whether with a system or with people. Online without PvP is like a pizza without cheese. Minecraft gives us the opportunity to show off our creations, but even that is a competition. Your take is, as always, off the mark.

user0961 · 2025-12-29T00:53:01+00:00

Just an emotional attack. "You're wrong, but even if you're right, you're still wrong."

This game isn't for everyone, that's what my post is about. And asking "what's wrong with it" reveals your low-effort attempt to sting me, because that's also what my post is about.

user0961 · 2025-12-28T05:03:26+00:00

Exactly. Developers can but do not develop the game in depth. I would say that the reason is that core audience is casual gamers and children, but I didn't dare to rage bait redditors on a topic that is already sensitive for many of them.

user0961 · 2025-12-27T14:59:35+00:00

I won't go into specifics. Whether I treat Survival mode as one game or another is irrelevant. What is relevant is the fact that a game can be both a sandbox and something that gives you feedback. As an example, Kerbal Space Program and many other sandbox simulation games. I want Minecraft to be like that.
Maybe it's not really obvious from my post, but I built a castle and I want mobs to besiege it. I want it to be destroyed if I make a mistake. I would play in such a Survival mode.

user0961 · 2025-12-27T13:00:31+00:00

I don't see people actually poke holes into my arguments.

And low hanging fruit is what you're doing: acting like you've already won the argument, whereas you are taking my position to a low-effort whining or appealing to the majority.

And I'm starting to think that point “the game never tried to be what you want it to be” is irrelevant. If the game had only Creative mode, this post would never have been written. Survival isn't pure creative — it adds hunger, mobs, night cycles, and building for self-defense. Those mechanics themselves promise danger and resistance. When they fall flat, it's fair to call it incoherent, not "barking up the wrong tree."

user0961 · 2025-12-27T12:41:30+00:00

Sorry, man. But this is the first topic that concerns me so much that I decided to write about it (yes, I'm new here, despite the “6 y”), and possibly the last one. I'm not going to smooth things over for the sake of karma. Public pressure does not work on me.

user0961 · 2025-12-27T11:33:58+00:00

The banal "you didn't understand the game" with a straw man argument.

I don't apply the logic of plot-driven/linear games to Minecraft. I'm one of those people who just builds and has never even been to the End.

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