Minecraft

sillygoose

My DS is minecraft mad. It runs perfectly fine on our 3 year old mid range Asus laptop. It won't slow the laptop down when its not running as it doesn't really install much.

I created a new user login for DS on the laptop just for minecraft play as it was 'his' present and will be upset if his sister goes on his worlds and messes them up. I set a minecraft wallpaper to complete the effect.

Both kids also play it on basic, single core £60 android tablets with no problems at all, the main processor doesn't actually do a lot of work. The graphics chip (which all tablets have these days) does most the work and as its designed to do so easily even a cheap one runs well.

The PC version seems to get updates first, and as the game sort of downloads every time you run it its always up to date. Its better to use with a mouse plugged in or the laptop buttons take a hammering. It very easy to play on a tablet as a touchscreen is perfect.

My DS doesn't like it when I keep killing his sheep but somehow I find it amuses me!

WantToBeSE

If anyone buys Minecraft for their children, prepare for them to be addicted! My 2 boys (14 and 10) LOVE Minecraft and would happily sit playing it all day if i let them!

You've been warned!

laurel7172

There's a free version on the raspberry pi. It doesn't have the full game functionality, but kids can open up the actual code and play with that, which is supposed to be very cool indeed.

What it would cost sort of depends on what you already have. The pi costs £25, but it also needs a keyboard, mouse, power supply, wireless connector (or ethernet cable) and a monitor (or TV with hdmi cable).

mattyprice4004

sb44 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why people buy Minecraft for the PC from Game instead of directly from Minecraft if it is the same price?

My daughter says she wants it for her new laptop but says she has to buy it from Game.

I thought it was because you get the disk from Game but she says you get a code to download Minecraft, not a physical disk.

I can't see why downloading directly from the game maker is the easier option.

Why do people buy TVs from Tesco if Asda have it for the same price?
Same answer - some people go to Asda that wouldn't go to Tesco. Makes sense to sell your product in more than one place.

sb44

Thanks for your replies everyone.

My husband had to nip into town and surprised her by calling at the Game store to buy the card.

She is over the moon with it!

It looks like a great game (if you can call it that) to bring out the creativeness and imagination in little and big kids.

I wasn't sure if she would have to change the settings on her new laptop (Asus K55A) but she hasn't had to change anything and it works well so she is very happy.

montymud

Also you'll find that the extra downloadable content is really cheap. I bought my daughter the Marvel skin pack and a beast skin pack too, only cost about £3.60 (roughly) for both and she was over the moon! It is a great way to reward your children for not a lot of money!

sb44

montymud wrote: »

Also you'll find that the extra downloadable content is really cheap. I bought my daughter the Marvel skin pack and a beast skin pack too, only cost about £3.60 (roughly) for both and she was over the moon! It is a great way to reward your children for not a lot of money!

Yes, when you think how much time they get out of the game it is money well spent.

She got £10 credit with Steam and downloaded Garry's Mod which was half price the other day, maybe your daughter would enjoy that too.

Carl31

montymud wrote: »

Also you'll find that the extra downloadable content is really cheap. I bought my daughter the Marvel skin pack and a beast skin pack too, only cost about £3.60 (roughly) for both and she was over the moon! It is a great way to reward your children for not a lot of money!

Mods and skins are generally free from the developers off the net. All above board. You need a modding tool like minecraft forge to load

My son plays it, i dont think he uses it for the original game, its all about the mods. He was fighting mobzilla the other day in a robot walker thing with guns

mr-tom_2

I have minecraft on the PC and iPad. The tablet version is very limited.

For the PC, I rent space on a server which means all my friends can log onto my world, so we build stuff together.

It is brilliantly social. We typically have a group Skype call running whilst we play (free).

To prevent it taking over our lives, we say Tuesday night is community night. Obviously people can play any time, but that's the main time that we plan to be available to do stuff.

Don't be surprised if the kids want to try online play, it's where the game really comes into it's own, but do try to monitor where they play so they're not getting bullied, etc. There are some great servers for kids out there; PC Pro did a really good article this month about a server designed for autistic kids, and it sounds amazing.

Tom.

sax11

My 10 year old loves this , even the 3yr old watches with interest

although the graphics appeal to me, reminiscing the spectrum days, i haven't a clue what is going on