As a redditer commented; I have never played minecraft for fear of never being able to put it down. It's fantastic it's been such a success, I think games like this will always appeal to a certain niche but no one count have predicted it would have been so successful to such a large audience. With that said, I just contend myself with watching the odd youtube video. I dare not get closer.
The typical path that many people (myself included) have experienced is: total obsession for 1-2 weeks, followed by rapidly waning interest. It's a fantastic game, but you can quickly experience everything it has to offer, and thereafter you can set your own boundaries quite easily. It's really just a great big sandbox with no explicit motivating factors. But if Markus decides to include RPG-like elements some day, w…
Re: The developer of the indie-game Minecraft is doing an AMA on reddit
#31I think the interest stays longer once you start playing with mine cart boosting and killing mobs with logic-gate contraptions. Then it turns the game into you against the game instead of the enemies in the game - an extremely open-ended, creativity-driven style of play.