I'm very interested in the intersection of griefing and real life. But also it seems that what you build will only be temporarily accessible to others, so there will be less possibility of people...
I'm very interested in the intersection of griefing and real life.
I could, if I wanted to, also steal my friend’s blocks here to create my own mega building. That introduces an interesting social dynamic because, unlike most games, you’ll be physically next to the person you’re stealing from in the virtual world. “In order to steal, you would have to look up and go, ‘Hmm, I’m going to take your blocks,’” says Saxs Persson, creative director of Minecraft. “Shenanigans will come from when people have different opinions about what needs to happen, or they band together and do something meaningful.”
But also it seems that what you build will only be temporarily accessible to others, so there will be less possibility of people just burning down the whole world:
Once you’ve completed a build, you can then share a link to it for friends or followers to then play with your creation on a table or in giant scale in an open space. You’ll only be able to share a temporary copy of your build to friends, though. They can burn it down and massacre your animals, but it won’t get saved.
Also, there's not a clear signal about whether there's any permanence in the world:
Because every block, every animal, and every item came from somewhere, it’s a chance for Minecraft Earth players to show off how many hours they’ve put into the game.
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Adventures will start off conservatively, and players will walk up to the rough area that Microsoft has designated a place to play.
This sounds much more like an MMO with instanced adventures than the sort of open sandbox that made Minecraft great. f you just get stone from stone nodes somewhere, you're going to just be walking around in a Disneyland version of Minecraft, and I think that will lack much of the joy of the original. I don't believe that anyone (aside from the players) wants for players to have a permanent effect on the environment of the game, so we'll see how much interactivity you really have with the game world.
I'm very interested in the intersection of griefing and real life.
But also it seems that what you build will only be temporarily accessible to others, so there will be less possibility of people just burning down the whole world:
Also, there's not a clear signal about whether there's any permanence in the world:
and
This sounds much more like an MMO with instanced adventures than the sort of open sandbox that made Minecraft great. f you just get stone from stone nodes somewhere, you're going to just be walking around in a Disneyland version of Minecraft, and I think that will lack much of the joy of the original. I don't believe that anyone (aside from the players) wants for players to have a permanent effect on the environment of the game, so we'll see how much interactivity you really have with the game world.
This is fascinating. I'm really interested to see how this turns out. I signed up for the beta, looking forward to giving it a shot!