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What is the next "grown up game" now that Minecraft only goes for children? (lemmy.giftedmc.com)
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When Minecraft came out, it was hard to understand, not that good looking and only really catered to nerd gamers. There was no recipe book, no cute animals, no lush caves to explore, just an unforgiving Day-Night cycle and few, very creepy caves.

But those days are behind us. Minecraft is now considered a kids game and someone who bought the game as a grown up when it still was a grown up game now face ridicule and are "second class gamers" in the eyes of the developers imo. Not to speak of bedrock edition (eww) with its microtransactions and dumbed down UIs.

I remember making a paypal account for the express purpose of buying it after reading about it in a tech magazine (on paper - can you believe it?).

What do you think are currently games that are not focused on children and have great potential?

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[–] gnomesaiyan 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I started playing Minecraft Oct. 2010, and despite what you think, it wasn't a "grown up game" and a LOT of kids played back then as they do today.

Meanwhile, if you don't like the state of affairs in gaming, make your own game or help someone make one, but don't come here with a shitty attitude that nothing meets your expectations. Be the change you want to see.