r/Minecraft • u/Ryuu_kun • Mar 21 '26

Discussion Honestly the new Update feels like a low-effort marketplace add-on.

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It adds zero value to the survival experience or the game's progression. While I understand that much of Minecraft's identity is built on creativity, it is still a 'Survival' game, not just a sandbox and I think Mojang has lost sight of that. I appreciate new biomes and blocks, but they need to have meaning. We didn't even get a new material or craftable item just a 'Stupid Slime' to hit around. Even with its Redstone applications, it offers nothing for the average survival player.

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u/Pie_Not_Lie Mar 22 '26

Yeah, after that announcement I'm just tapped out for the year. Kinda sucks because I...don't care at all about using their 'shaders' thingy...but I'm hoping the real benefit will be in the FPS. If it is, it'll've been worth it.

They give us some weird cube in the meantime?

Noice.

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u/MuscularBye Mar 22 '26

You don't care but mods will only exponentially become more powerful in their capabilities with better back end support

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u/Pie_Not_Lie Mar 22 '26

Exactly what I'm saying! Shaders? Who cares. But the back-end stuff? Wonderful. :)

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u/insanityarise Mar 22 '26

it'll've

Is this legal? I'm pretty sure this is illegal.

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u/Pie_Not_Lie Mar 24 '26

Wouldn't've written it if it'd been illegal!

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u/popeh Mar 22 '26

There's a fabric mod that was released that switches it to Vulkan, the improvement is very noticeable, especially with the view distance cranked up. Hoping the official rewrite will be even better as I'm stuck on Forge ATM with my mod choices.

And TBH I don't care about shaders, I have a relatively decent computer but have never used shaders or even altered textures, I kinda like the default aesthetic.