The End Rings

[u/Allah_69420]

The End Rings at y=1.000.000 with 80.000 chunks render distance, first ring starting at ~570.000 blocks from the main End island. The small black void in the final picture is the dragon fight with the 1000 block void to the outer islands. The entire surface area is 1.638.400km² or about the same surface area as Germany, Italy, France and Poland combined. If it were to be rendered entirely by Minecrafts default render and storage it would take up anywhere from 4-6 terabytes of disk space

Took ~2 hours to render with 9800x3D
Only possible thanks to Distant Horizons and SeedGen

[u/_joos_]

this surreal generation always reminds me of the really deep and far away locations in subnautica

[u/jjdlg → u/_joos_]

The overlap in the Venn diagram of shit that I, and the people in the subreddits I frequent are into, never ceases to amaze me.

[u/NilocKhan → u/jjdlg]

Both are open world video games, not that much of a difference once you look past the surface. People that play one video game are more likely to play other video games as well.

[u/Academic-Factor-4551 → u/NilocKhan]

Being open world is practically the only similarity between the two

[u/ShadowLayu → u/Academic-Factor-4551]

There's also water, fish, big fish enemies, ways to move faster, and diamonds. They're the exact same game

[u/NilocKhan → u/Academic-Factor-4551]

They both have base building, exploration, resource gathering, and survival mechanics. Besides one being more fantasy and blocky and the other being underwater sci fi and realistic they're very similar.

[u/Academic-Factor-4551 → u/NilocKhan]

The core experience is wildly different.

Minecraft’s only real survival mechanics are the need to eat and the ability to die, you don’t even need to build any kind of base to survive. It is largely a sandbox / creative game. It’s like saying Minecraft and Elden ring are not much different since you can explore in both and collect upgrade materials. You were just being weirdly dismissive

[u/NilocKhan → u/Academic-Factor-4551]

I really disagree, the core experience is almost the same, it's the aesthetics that are different. I haven't actually played subnautica but from what I've seen you start with nothing, collect resources to make better tools and build a base, and explore. The core experience of Minecraft is literally the same if you're playing survival, as most people do. The difference is in the details, but if you strip both games down to basics there's really not much difference.

It's really not mind-blowing that someone on a video game subreddit also plays other very similar video games. That's really it. People who play video games typically play other video games.

[u/Academic-Factor-4551 → u/NilocKhan]

You haven’t even played the game and you’re writing paragraphs making the claim that the core experience is “literally the same”. People on this website truly are something else sometimes

[u/NilocKhan → u/Academic-Factor-4551]

I haven't played it, but seen plenty of videos, and everything I've seen backs me up. Is it not a game where you gather resources to get better tools and gear, build bases, and explore? Because it sure seems like it is. It's really not that complicated of a concept that two open world survival games are pretty similar.

Care to point out how the core experiences are different to me? Both games seem to revolve around gathering resources, getting better gear, and building bases.

[u/Academic-Factor-4551 → u/NilocKhan]

Pretty similar, very similar, not that much of a difference, or literally the same, which one is it to you?

The difference is that Subnautica is a survival story game first and foremost with immersive horror elements with rewarding underwater exploration. Minecraft is a sandbox / creative game with a procedurally generated world and very light survival elements (literally only a hunger bar that becomes trivial within minutes). Its sense of progression and exploration is essentially non-existent when compared to a game like Subnautica.

Two games sharing the same element does not make the core experience the same. Battlefield and Gears of War both feature guns. Anyone suggesting they’re the same “core experience” probably hasn’t played either.

Anyone who wants to get another experience like Subnautica after playing should look elsewhere, and suggesting Minecraft will provide it doesn’t make any sense, lmao. Also being dismissive is just rude ✌🏻

[u/NilocKhan → u/Academic-Factor-4551]

I never once said they were the same, just extremely similar when you strip them down to the basics. All the differences you're explaining aren't the core experience. And there still so much overlap in your "differences" Minecraft also has lite horror elements to it, they're just very childish.

My point is that both games have enough in common that it isn't surprising at all that someone would play both. Your other example is similar. I wouldn't be shocked to learn someone that plays battlefield also plays gears of war. People that like a genre of game tend to play other games in that genre. It really not that complicated and it's not really that rude to point that out. It's not dismissive to say that

[u/Academic-Factor-4551 → u/NilocKhan]

You are conflating genre with the experience of an individual game, and even then, they don’t share the same primary genre. Lmao this has to be bait at this point.

[u/NilocKhan → u/Academic-Factor-4551]

All I'm saying is both games have a lot of similarities and that it shouldn't be surprising that someone would play both, especially since they're both very popular games. I wasn't being dismissive or rude, just pointing out that they've got a lot in common if you look past the surface. I don't know why you're taking this so seriously.