6 Reasons Why I Think Minecraft Is Overrated

Minecraft is a very, very popular video game. Maybe you are a player and/or die-hard fan of Minecraft; even if you're not, you've most likely heard of it as long as you have an electronic device and an internet connection. However, I just don't quite understand what exactly made it this popular. In fact, based on my own experiences of playing the game as well as watching YouTube videos of it, I think Minecraft is extremely overrated, and definitely does not deserve the #1 spot in the world of video games. In this blog I will be presenting 6 reasons why I think Minecraft is overrated. Without further ado, let's get started.

Most modern video games have modern resolutions, like 720p, 1080p, or even 4K. What about Minecraft? Well, it's PIXELATED. Every single block is composed of pixels that are large enough to be visible to (and distinguishable by) the naked eye. And what about the skybox, is it any better? Of course not! Clouds have straight edges and sharp angles, the sun is square, and the moon and its phases are so poorly recreated. Needless to say, these graphics are no match for those of most other video games of the modern times.

Crafting is an essential part of Minecraft, and it's unavoidable if you want to make progress in the game. However, the recipe system is very beginner unfriendly. To craft an object, you must put the correct ingredients on the crafting table, but exactly what's needed to craft each object is completely undocumented in the game and very hard to remember. This adds to people's ever-increasing difficulty to remember things, affecting their productivity in real life.

As you probably know, all objects near the Earth's surface have gravitational forces exerted on them, which cause them to fall towards the ground. This scientific law does not apply in Minecraft (for most blocks, at least), so it's possible to create "floating" blocks in the game. While this may come in handy from time to time, it does not accurately reflect what happens in the real world, and therefore physics are pretty much non-existent in Minecraft.

In reality, humans started developing the earliest calendars as soon as their civilization dawned. What about in Minecraft? Well, you don't have an official calendar to follow. In fact, not even the day number is shown! Therefore, if you want to know how many days (or weeks, months, years) you've spent in the game, you must keep track of it manually, which can be tiresome and prone to errors. In addition, the fact that you must stay below the ground when mining makes this process even more difficult and error-prone.

We play video games because we want to achieve something in them in order to give ourselves some bragging rights. Can you do that in Minecraft? Yes you can, but the objective may be hard to discover. To win the game, you must defeat the ender dragon. However, some players (especially beginners) are completely ignorant about this, and as a result, they just play the game on and on without a real goal. What's the point of playing a video game if you don't even have an objective to achieve in the game?

Believe it or not, I actually have thought about playing Minecraft for years and years without stopping, and I did my best to make progress towards it, but I failed. The game itself is just boring. It's the same thing over and over again: get stuff, make something out of it, then get more stuff. And like I said, there's no real objective. The map may be large (huge, in fact), but it's incredibly hard to travel across it to get the best experience and the scenery quickly gets repetitive.

This is why, in my opinion, Minecraft does not deserve to be the most popular video game in the world. However, don't let this blog keep you from playing any more Minecraft - it's just my personal opinion. If Minecraft is indeed your thing, then feel free to continue playing it! Thanks for reading!