Skip to the end paragraphs if you're too busy or lazy to read the beginning arguments of this thread.
Most of the reviews of Minetest Game on ContentDB are like this (every one of these is taken from a separate review, and I had a longer list before):
1."Minetest Game is the greatest factor pushing new players away, as it's shipped by default with Minetest, having people thinking it's Minetest itself."
2."You could say it's a modding base, but it's hard for mods to improve something that has almost no base gameplay."
3."boring. can be used only as a modding base"
4."its the classic minetest. i really like it! but without mods its a bit,boring."
5."This game is quite an intresting game. It provides a barebones experience and isn't much fun on its own. There is little to do."
6."The thing is why I'm giving this rating average is it's too simple and boring. Even Minecraft is more interesting that this. I know it's very well useful for modding and really lightweight so It's also useful for making other mini-games. If I don't want to mod for MTG, I should at least be able to uninstall it and free the disk space which I don't use. It is ridiculous when you can't uninstall something usless from your device."
Here are the responses I would write for these reviewers:
1.No, it's not, and it doesn't anymore. This is outdated.
2.This is completely wrong. Servers like Tunnelers' Abyss and yourland have done excellent jobs at making Minetest Game a fun, interesting, and well-textured game with their mods and texture edits.
3.Duh because that's what it is. This isn't a Minecraft clone like you were expecting, this is a simple modding base.
4.Duh because when a modding base doesn't have mods it's just a base. This isn't a Minecraft clone like you were expecting, this is a simple modding base.
More on next page. Please skip to the end paragraphs if you are too bored! That is where I get to the point.
5.That's because it's not a standalone game, it’s a modding base.
6.Duh because when a modding base doesn't have mods it's just a base. This isn't a Minecraft clone like you were expecting, this is a simple modding base. This isn't a problem anymore, this is outdated and you need to remove or edit this.
For anyone thinking Minetest Game is a Minecraft clone: go to Mineclonia. Minetest Game is a modding base.
Now for the actual thread part of this. Here is one of the reasons I wrote this: a majority of the negative and some of the positive reviews of Minetest Game are outdated or misinformed, and that needs to change. As one lone, "modless cat-owner" who has only written a bunch of reviews and not done much else, I doubt my ability to make these reviewers change their reviews to actually reflect what Minetest Game is. However, by whining for a long time about it to the maintainers of MTG and the mods on ContentDB, maybe I can actually accomplish something.
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Here is what I would request for the maintainers: consider or a least discuss renaming Minetest Game to Minetest Modding Base. Because MTG isn't the front and center of Luanti or the first thing you see when you install Luanti, it doesn't need to present itself as a game to get the Minecraft deserters to join. MTG is meant for the modders, not for people who don't like modding or joining servers; so it should present itself to the modders and not to the average non-modding Minecraft deserters.
My request to the mods on ContentDB: please do something about all these incorrect reviews. I have written some responses to some of these reviews, but again, I doubt my limited ability to make reviewers who last showed up in 2020 change what their review is just because one user told them their review was outdated and/or misinformed.
Thank you for your patience in reading this, whoever you are.
Ugh I forgot how terrible ContentDB formatting is. I'm going to try to fix this wall of text... Edit: Fixed now, as best as I can hack through this jungle of bad formatting code (no offense ContentDB coders I'm sure there are better things you can spend your time on).
Skip to the end paragraphs if you're too busy or lazy to read the beginning arguments of this thread.
Most of the reviews of Minetest Game on ContentDB are like this (every one of these is taken from a separate review, and I had a longer list before):
1."Minetest Game is the greatest factor pushing new players away, as it's shipped by default with Minetest, having people thinking it's Minetest itself."
2."You could say it's a modding base, but it's hard for mods to improve something that has almost no base gameplay."
3."boring. can be used only as a modding base"
4."its the classic minetest. i really like it! but without mods its a bit,boring."
5."This game is quite an intresting game. It provides a barebones experience and isn't much fun on its own. There is little to do."
6."The thing is why I'm giving this rating average is it's too simple and boring. Even Minecraft is more interesting that this. I know it's very well useful for modding and really lightweight so It's also useful for making other mini-games. If I don't want to mod for MTG, I should at least be able to uninstall it and free the disk space which I don't use. It is ridiculous when you can't uninstall something usless from your device."
Here are the responses I would write for these reviewers:
1.No, it's not, and it doesn't anymore. This is outdated.
2.This is completely wrong. Servers like Tunnelers' Abyss and yourland have done excellent jobs at making Minetest Game a fun, interesting, and well-textured game with their mods and texture edits.
3.Duh because that's what it is. This isn't a Minecraft clone like you were expecting, this is a simple modding base.
4.Duh because when a modding base doesn't have mods it's just a base. This isn't a Minecraft clone like you were expecting, this is a simple modding base.
More on next page. Please skip to the end paragraphs if you are too bored! That is where I get to the point.
5.That's because it's not a standalone game, it’s a modding base.
6.Duh because when a modding base doesn't have mods it's just a base. This isn't a Minecraft clone like you were expecting, this is a simple modding base. This isn't a problem anymore, this is outdated and you need to remove or edit this.
For anyone thinking Minetest Game is a Minecraft clone: go to Mineclonia. Minetest Game is a modding base.
Now for the actual thread part of this. Here is one of the reasons I wrote this: a majority of the negative and some of the positive reviews of Minetest Game are outdated or misinformed, and that needs to change. As one lone, "modless cat-owner" who has only written a bunch of reviews and not done much else, I doubt my ability to make these reviewers change their reviews to actually reflect what Minetest Game is. However, by whining for a long time about it to the maintainers of MTG and the mods on ContentDB, maybe I can actually accomplish something.
End paragraphs:
Here is what I would request for the maintainers: consider or a least discuss renaming Minetest Game to Minetest Modding Base. Because MTG isn't the front and center of Luanti or the first thing you see when you install Luanti, it doesn't need to present itself as a game to get the Minecraft deserters to join. MTG is meant for the modders, not for people who don't like modding or joining servers; so it should present itself to the modders and not to the average non-modding Minecraft deserters.
My request to the mods on ContentDB: please do something about all these incorrect reviews. I have written some responses to some of these reviews, but again, I doubt my limited ability to make reviewers who last showed up in 2020 change what their review is just because one user told them their review was outdated and/or misinformed.
Thank you for your patience in reading this, whoever you are.
Ugh I forgot how terrible ContentDB formatting is. I'm going to try to fix this wall of text... Edit: Fixed now, as best as I can hack through this jungle of bad formatting code (no offense ContentDB coders I'm sure there are better things you can spend your time on).