Is there any point in me reviewing this game? Is there anybody in the year 2023 who doesn't know what a Minecraft is? Am I going to sway anybody's opinion on this game by talking about it? Minecraft is either long-form poetry about building mud huts or the ultimate foundation for a sandbox game, and if your perception of it lands anywhere between those two points you probably have an equally ambivalent opinion on its gameplay. Either way, it's a comically obvious basis for a game and it's shocking that it took until 2009 for somebody to grab the idea and run with it (Zachtronics gets immortal cool points for technically doing it first, though). Of course, back then, it was about placing blocks and literally nothing else. You couldn't do anything with them, just place them. Didn't stop people from obsessing over it. If you build it, they will... Also build it. And build it they have, for while the formal Minecraft experience has evolved at a glacial pace since its first full release in 2011, people have made mods for it that can do basically everything else. Even add spheres to the game, you freak of nature. I spent a few good summers with it, and I still pop my head back in every now and again to kill a little bit of time. Its appeal is self-explanatory. It demands nothing of you. It can only give.

People frequently compare Minecraft to playing with LEGO. Now, every game where you place blocks will forever be compared to Minecraft. This game cannot be replaced. You cannot kill it. It's an idea. An idea that has since made billions of dollars and spun out into a massive franchise, and now people won't shut up about it. You can hate it for that if you want. Some people might hate you for it in turn. However, cubes do not have feelings and will never heed you.

Not much else I can say. Bring Java back, quit micro-monetizing the game, and for the love of the gods stop doing whatever the hell this is. And thank you again to Jens Bergensten and Hatsune Miku for keeping the dream alive.