It's obvious the strength this game had on the upcoming youth and previous generation but to me, this game created not just fun moments in-between life but genuine memories I could never forget. I started playing in the "Ye Old Beta" days, when grass was as green as lime dye & food was an instantaneous, and your only, means of healing. That being said, usually I place a playtime on my logged games but this is the only title I couldn't even give a rough estimate of hours I've put into this game. The only scale of timeplayed I can provide is that I started playing back in 2010/2011 and only recently playing less & less as of 2023.

To prevent regurgitating almost everything that's been said about this game, if you haven't boughten this or even tried it alone or with friends-- please, do.

It's not just a game now aimed towards children, you'll find what keeps you coming back one block at a time.

"Once upon a time, there was a player...
The player was you."
I remember when the days were longer, the grass was greener, and life was simpler. My cousins and I would huddle around our Xbox to dream. While we were far too young to construct medieval castles or climb the highest mountains, when we played Minecraft we could achieve anything our minds could think of. Minecraft is in essence just a videogame, an amalgamation of 0s and 1s strung together by some guy named Notch. Even though this game from the start was deemed simple and at times boring, people brought it to life, the player brought it to life. There is a reason why so many people from diverse backgrounds come together to express themselves on this platform and it is for the simple reason that Minecraft lets you dream. People dreamt and dreamt. Someone dreamt of a library where censored books could be given to people living in authoritarian states: the Uncensored Library was created. Someone dreamt of a space without rules where dynasties were created and governments were destroyed: 2B2T was created. I dreamt of a second home where all my friends could come together to destroy each other's property and slay an ender dragon: our realm was created.
Minecraft is not just a game. Minecraft is life itself. Like life, Minecraft lets you dream, but dreams are only dreams, it is up to you, the player, to make them realities. And if dreams are kept as dreams they will eventually fade, like life. Minecraft is a game, and games end.
And the game was over and the player woke up from the dream. And the player began a new dream. And the player dreamed again, dreamed better. And the player was the universe. And the player was love.
You are the player.
Wake up.

This is the game I played the most in my entire life (Probably).
When I think of this game the first word that comes to my mind is, nostalgia playing the game for me is an emotional and therapeutic experience I first played it on the Xbox 360 and continue to play it nowadays, just not as often.

This game gave memories i will never forget, every time i remember the moments i had playing it i also remember how it was to be a kid, and even with i don't feel the same way playing it nowadays i still come back to play more.

The Minecraft Soundtrack brings all those memories back, tracks like Subwoofer lullaby, Moog City 2, Biome fest, are so heavy that I cry every time I listen to them and there is no other video game ost that makes me feel that way. And it's not just the ost, the sounds, the characters even the old texture, they're all really emotional.

This game is a timeless masterpiece and I'm thankful for all the moments it provided me.

i know that's probably because of its 3d sandbox nature, yadda yadda yadda, but there's still so much potential to be fulfilled...

there are a lot of ideas out there that people have already made mods for, but they should be in the game officially

for example: better inventory organization, dynamic lighting while holding a torch, a more complex second hand feature, and not that stupid combat system (and to be clear: the previous one was bad, too)

at least its current state is waaay better than it once was. i mean, we would never ever get an update like the cave & cliffs one considering how much freaking slow it is to get any """big""" updates like this