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[Aklyon]

A 'superior clone' of Minecraft doesn't have the brand recognition of minecraft itself, though.

[BigD145]

A 'superior clone' of Minecraft doesn't have the brand recognition of minecraft itself, though.

Clones have not done all that well. Not well enough for an international corporation. It also wouldn't have the tax write-off capacity of a US company buying a Swedish company.

[Drakale]

All the clones I have seen have been inferior to the original imo, so no wonder they never replaced it.

Interesting point about the tax evasion move. If true, that's pretty hilarious.

[miauw62]

It's not like the minecraft players would shun a better game of this style if there was one available.

they actually do shun clones.

[Drakale]

they actually do shun clones.

The vocal minority will, but do you really think the bulk of the player would stay faithful to the minecraft brand if a superior game existed? That's just madness.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

they actually do shun clones.

The vocal minority will, but do you really think the bulk of the player would stay faithful to the minecraft brand if a superior game existed? That's just madness.

Just to put in my two cents, "Superior" is a relative term, personally I believe many superior "minecraft clones" exist. The only real appeal of MC is it's mod support that younger games haven't really figured out yet or are still working on.

[Graknorke]

Actually, one thing I'm hoping is they put more (good) devs onto this with Jeb's guidance, since Jeb'll probably keep it on track.

I thought everyone hated Jeb for steering Mineraft's development in a poor direction?

[Graknorke]

I preferred the terrain before biomes were even a thing.

Interesting and memorable landforms were a thing that existed without having to be hardcoded in to exist, like ravines are.

[Baffler]

It's got a lot better about generating interesting terrain though, I'm often struck by the beauty of the taiga biomes in particular. Using a really nice texture pack helps too, I suppose.

[Vorthon]

That, and custom worldgen. It can produce some pretty insane stuff.

[miauw62]

I preferred the terrain before biomes were even a thing.

Interesting and memorable landforms were a thing that existed without having to be hardcoded in to exist, like ravines are.

Old worldgen used Perlin Noise.
R.I.P.

[Sappho]

I'm so spoiled by Biomes O'Plenty and HarvestCraft, whenever I play a vanilla world it all just looks so boring...

[Graknorke]

I preferred the terrain before biomes were even a thing.

Interesting and memorable landforms were a thing that existed without having to be hardcoded in to exist, like ravines are.

Old worldgen used Perlin Noise.
R.I.P.

Is, uh...
Is that significant?

I don't really know since I have no idea how worldgen works now, or how Perlin noise specifically would be better than other randomness for Minecraft world generating.

[Orange Wizard]

Actually, one thing I'm hoping is they put more (good) devs onto this with Jeb's guidance, since Jeb'll probably keep it on track.

I thought everyone hated Jeb for steering Mineraft's development in a poor direction?

I like the direction Jeb is/has been going, which seems to be encouraging exploration. With all the new biomes, some of which are fairly rare, you kind of have to go exploring to get all the materials and resources present therein.
I also remember Notch saying that he would never add stained glass, and Jeb added it in his first update.

I'm so spoiled by Biomes O'Plenty and HarvestCraft, whenever I play a vanilla world it all just looks so boring...

This. I know the feeling all too well. That said, I do enjoy playing with vanila terrain generation every so often, especially in 1.7. The vanilla stuff seems better... balanced, I guess, than most modded stuff? I don't really know how to express it.

I preferred the terrain before biomes were even a thing.

Interesting and memorable landforms were a thing that existed without having to be hardcoded in to exist, like ravines are.

Old worldgen used Perlin Noise.
R.I.P.

Is, uh...
Is that significant?

I don't really know since I have no idea how worldgen works now, or how Perlin noise specifically would be better than other randomness for Minecraft world generating.

Minecraft uses a combination of three-dimensional noise and... some other stuff that I don't recall. It definitely uses noise, though.

...

Also, ravines are terrible. Screw ravines, I hate 'em.

[Kadzar]

I like the direction Jeb is/has been going, which seems to be encouraging exploration. With all the new biomes, some of which are fairly rare, you kind of have to go exploring to get all the materials and resources present therein.

The thing that annoys me about vanilla is that only just gets you new decorations, for the most part. And you still have to dig most of that out block-by-block.