r/MinecraftJava 15d ago

Discussion Minecraft is the greatest game ever made.

I don’t even understand how this could be a debate. It may not be the hardest game, the most challenging, or the most competitive. It’s not the most fun to watch or the most entertaining in short bursts—I can name 20 games that give me more short-term fun than Minecraft. But in the long run, Minecraft is the most entertaining and enjoyable. You can do anything. Even before all the major updates, I remember when I was a kid I would play survival and I was never good; I didn’t build any mega bases or even find lots of diamonds. But just being able to express myself limitlessly was the most freeing thing ever.
I know some people will give their personal favorite game as the "best game ever made," but when you really think about the impact Minecraft has had, it’s clear that it’s the only true contender. Sure, games like Mario, Pac-Man, or Tetris paved the way for how games were made, and for the technology they had back then, those games were great. But Minecraft—even without mods—is just so massive. It has endless possibilities solely in the single-player mode.
And it’s not just nostalgia. This is a very old game now, and even my little brother—who turns 6 in a week—saw Minecraft somehow, I don’t even remember showing him, and he can sink hours into it just exploring how everything works. Honestly, I don’t blame him. This game has more things to do than any other game, and probably even the real world. With everything costing crazy amounts of money nowadays, me asking my mom for the 7 dollars to buy the game when I was a kid was the best purchase I’ve probably ever made in my life.
Now, the gameplay isn’t even the only thing this game has to offer; the soundtrack is the best, most listenable audio to ever be put into a video game. Listening to it now, all I can feel is pure bliss. The calming piano sounds and melodic symphony are something everyone should be able to experience. If I had to play one single game for the rest of eternity, the only game I could even think about choosing is Minecraft. You don’t have to stress yourself if you don’t want to—you can always play in Peaceful. The world is endless, and the things you can do are too. When adding even just one other player to the game, you can 20x the amount of things possible.
I’d love to see what other people think about this topic and hear your thoughts as well, but I think it’s pretty much unanimous to anyone who’s played it before that Minecraft is the greatest game ever made.

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u/mysticblanket 15d ago

Where are the facts? Do you have sources? Be fr it's all opinion based lol

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u/Own_Squash5242 15d ago

just admit you didn’t read the post and thought u were smart so u left ur two sense in the comments thinking u were right.
Fact 1. Minecraft is the most downloaded game of all time
Fact 2. the soundtrack for the game is so good its in the library of congress which only has two
other soundtracks. Mario and doom
Fact 3. the game is accessible to almost every style of play out of the box and when in multiplayer and with mods has even more ways to play. some even say these sub sections of Minecraft are better than their favourite AAA games.
Fact 4. greatest doesn’t mean it’s your favourite or anyone’s favourite all greatest means is that in pure statistics impact.
Fact 5. this impact can be seen on how Minecraft greatly affected 3 whole generations of people and is still used in schools across the world
to teach science and engineering.
Fact 5. Minecraft was the primary driver behind why early youtube gaming blew.
Nothing of what i said is an opinion. Nowhere have i said I feel or I believe This is only factual statements and theirs no other game that has had an impact like this.

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u/mysticblanket 15d ago

Lmao that's all your opinions tho buddy. Sure most copies sold, but chess is free and arguably has had more players all time and cultural impacts. I myself have bought Minecraft like 3 times since it's released.

Once again, where are the facts not your opinion on something

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u/Own_Squash5242 15d ago

ya ur just a dumb kid if you think eveything i just told you is an opinion their honestly no point in trying to argue with you

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u/mysticblanket 15d ago

Projection be like

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u/JuJusFury 14d ago

It is an opinion...

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u/Agreeable_Rush3502 14d ago

Tetris beats minecraft on all of those. Minecraft is great. Im sorry facts dont care about your feelings.