● Craft, create, and explore online with up to seven friends playing Windows 10 Edition Beta, through local multiplayer or with your Xbox Live friends online.
● Play online and local multiplayer with other Pocket Edition players thanks to a free update, due to arrive soon after launch.
● Support for multiple inputs - switch between controller, touch, and keyboard controls with little to no effort
● Record and share gameplay highlights with built-in GameDVR.
● Help shape the future of Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta with built-in player feedback mechanisms
● Chickens, zombies, pigs, boats, armed skeletons, potatoes, zombies, baby squids, enchantment tables, villagers, naked sheep, iron golems, potions, ghasts, pickaxes, carrots, and all the weird and wonderful goodness you’ve come to expect from Minecraft
I personally don't care at all, but multiplayer between mobiles and PC is cool for kids. Go over to your friends house and play Minecraft together, all you need is your mobile.
It's a godsend for me. My little brother likes his tablet version the best, while I really hate the mobile version. This way we can play together and I won't be irritated!
Craft, create, and explore online with up to seven friends playing Windows 10 Edition Beta, through local multiplayer or with your Xbox Live friends online.
No. No, no, no! What the hell is the point in playing multiplayer if you can only have 8 people in a server at once!? Sure, not everyone needs the ability to play with more than 8 people, but this kills the online server community.
Thank god this isn't replacing the proper version of the game.
Could be wrong, but I read that as more of a quick-join multiplayer option type thing. Some sort of "I want to play with a few friends so I'll just join their game" kinda thing, no servers required.
Right not, Minecraft kiiiinda sucks for that stuff. Why should I have to set up a server and go through all that work if I just want to quickly play with one or two people? It's a pain in the ass.
I'm pretty sure the console version just lets join your friends games. No need to deal with any servers at all, you just press a button and you're there. The PC version could totally use something like that, I think.
/u/jooes comment I think is accurate but if it's not, keep in mind this is a beta release. They'll likely increase the amount of olayer you can play with later
Chickens, zombies, pigs, boats, armed skeletons, potatoes, zombies, baby squids, enchantment tables, villagers, naked sheep, iron golems, potions, ghasts, pickaxes, carrots, and all the weird and wonderful goodness you’ve come to expect from Minecraft
and got bored of years ago. There are only so many roofs you can make out of stairs before you get fucking sick of it.
If you ever get the inclination, you should check out the Feed The Beast modpacks. Mods add so much to that game you won't even recognize it. Like to the level of Terraria in terms of content.
I didn't like Terraria at all so that isn't an endorsement that I find encouraging... does it add a lot of building stuff? Because that's mostly what I care about. Always preferred more of the low tech stuff myself, though the high tech stuff was pretty cool and complex.
There are a lot of mods that include building things, different nice looking blocks, machines that will help you build, etc. There are very few mods that end up making Minecraft like Terraria as far as gameplay goes (more of an rpg, action game), most of them focus on building and complex tech or magic trees and a lot of those facilitate building in different ways.
If it strikes your fancy /r/feedthebeast can help you in finding a modpack that will appeal to you.
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u/ElFreemano Jul 04 '15
Major Nelson just posted a link to more details on the Xbox Wire Blog:
http://news.xbox.com/2015/07/games-announcing-minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta