Old minecraft is very nostalgic, but for me, playing older versions allows me to be less worried about all the "stuff" and clutter that the hundreds of new blocks, items and entites being added every update. I found a sweet spot in 1.8.9, where it's new enough to have all the blocks I could need for building and creativity, but old enough to not feel convoluted. In the quest to add more and more to Minecraft, Mojang swept away what made the game so good in the first place, simplicity.
When they introduced villagers and enchanting I started spending more time taking care of stupid villagers and trying to get the perfect enchantments than I was building and exploring. Going back to versions before those features were introduced is like sweet relief. I feel like I'm playing my way again.
@@Strideo1 it feels as though the game is straying farther and farther from its original sandbox identity and going towards an exploration game. I know some people enjoy that but it’s just not for me.
Agreed, I play 1.8.1 because I enjoy the more lonely and abandoned feel the world has, with all the old mineshafts, strongholds, desert temples, etc. I enjoy creating my own head canon for the world I play on. My main world is this amplified world with these massive mountains that resemble giant creatures frozen in stone.
Great Analysis. Being in the early years of college, it's safe to say that this is all completely true. We all go back to what we once used to be. A kid. And our thirst of nostoglia isn't purely for memories, but is the desire to be a kid again, since we can't ever wind the clock backwards.
well i think we also want to keep our childhood innocence and curiosity, to keep ourselves from being turned hard, cold, and careless by the adult world.
“Old Minecraft lives on in us” is the most comforting and powerful statement about old Minecraft I’ve ever heard. I truly love and cherish this game and all of the memories I’ve made on it. Great video man, have a great ass day ❤️
The simplicity of old Minecraft and the feelings of playing it for the first time a kid is something that can never be replicated, and it is something that doesn’t need to be. It will always have that special place in all of our hearts, as one of the most influential and important experiences many of us have experienced as a milestone in our lives, and that many have experienced well after us. For me personally, there is nothing that will bring me more nostalgia then getting home from the pool, and hopping on the Xbox 360 to play Minecraft with my younger brother. Those memories are some that I cherish more than anything because of how simple it was to play in a small limited world, having to come up with stories and plot lines to keep us entertained before dinner time rolled about. It’s one of those feelings that you can’t ever really replicate, and I’m glad I got the pleasure to go through it. This game really did grow up with our generation, and since we can access the older versions, we are very lucky to be a select few that can actively relive our memories through modern technology, and that’s something I find absolutely beautiful.
the legacy console editions era was truly one of the best times in my gaming experience, it was simple and you could play in split screen (so fun). they don't make games like that anymore
The fact that dungeons were the only artificial structures generated in the old versions before Beta 1.8 used to give them a very mysterious and errie feeling. Like you know that there must have been someone who built them, but you don't know who or what because there are absolutely no other traces or hints besides dungeons left of who built them. The dungeons, along with the zombies and skeletons, which must have been humans at some point always gave Minecraft an unexplained postapocalyptic vibe. Nowadays with all the new generated structures, villagers, piglins, the end etc. Minecraft has a lot more lore. While this made it more interesting and complex, it also feels less mysterious nowadays.
Much more is explained to you in modern Minecraft. To counter this though, I think they’ve done an excellent job at keeping parts of the Deep Dark and Ancient Cities mysterious. That portal looking thing in the center still hasn’t been explained
Yeah. It's a shame this atmosphere was lost. It wouldn't have been hard to add more content, whilst retaining this 'post-apocalyptic' and abandoned vibe. I mean, Abandoned Mineshafts were added, and, imo, worked perfectly. It retained the ominous atmosphere of a civilisation lost to time. Then came villages... the worst thing to happen to Minecraft's atmosphere. And then the flood gates opened.
Love the lonely aspect of older versions, I remember when I first started playing my b1.5_01/b1.6.6 world way before I found an actual community for old minecraft which I think added to that loneliness. Made it feel like I'm playing a long abandoned version that no one else plays anymore, which is a feeling I honestly kinda miss. Also great video once again!
Old minecraft was anything BUT loneliness. At least it was for me. Back then there were always so many friends to play with. Every time I log on by a new day, there was always something newly added during the time I was gone, a silly sign placed by some friend who played while I was out, expanded structure, etc etc. The world was full of fresh traces everywhere left by friends. Now, there are only two friends who just barely playing it. Mostly just me. I used to hate "cloud tree" so much back in the days and now I even miss them very much now. Just about anything that isn't done by me. Making me very sad 😭😭😭
I didn't play Minecraft as a kid, my parents pretty much banished me and my sisters from the internet, so I only got Minecraft for the first time recently. Yet still, in a funny way, old Minecraft feels nostalgic to me too in a way. It sure feels very 2010 in a lot of ways that I can't explain, and modern Minecraft feels very present of where I am now in life - exciting, but also overwhelming at times. I have a 1.20.82 Bedrock world and also an Alpha world, and I play on both a lot for the different feelings. Great video btw!
Minecraft was so good as a kid because i didnt read patch notes and never knew what to expect, but now, i know every feature of 1.21 before its even out
If I’m honest, I never feel alone in Minecraft because when I hear C418’s music, I relax and remember that it’s okay to be alone. I’ll always love you C418.❤️ Those who still remember C418’s music. 👇
So true, when I go in old versions, theres that empty feeling, due to the version Im playing being so long ago, and the fact that most players moved on to the more recent versions
I remember in old minecraft, when I would go back down a long mine tunnel I had made, there was something just unsettling about it. Just 100s of blocks distance of just a narrow passageway. And you could almost picture something standing there off in the distance. haha
I think the "old minecraft story" was sth like steve was on a ship and got into a storm. As he waked up all his belongings and his ship was gone and he found himself on a beach in this blocky world. - I remember spawning on a beach pretty often in MC Alpha
i have minecraft on the computers at school, but its an outdated version from before horses were added. i think its 1.4... i play it every day at school and it brings so much nostalgia... to me i don't find it lonely and scary but i don't know what i think of....
Nostalgia isn't missing what used to be, but rather what could have been if things kept going the same way. It is a sadness about an alternate reality which didn't happen yet could have happened. It is a longing for the contingencies that cannot be anymore.
Its definetly obvious that the old minecraft even though its empty.. it still feels like im watched by some entity haunting my world... something new minecraft cant compare... with its smooth and modern textures..
I discovered minecraft back in 2009 and still visit it from time to time, especially the older alpha/beta versions. Although minecraft isn't the game some of us knew from years and years ago. It's a reminder of the good old days you talk about. Things you touched on in your video such as the first night is something that has stuck with me for years. I still remember exactly where I was and how scared I was lol. I think what you said at the end of your video, "somewhere out there, there's a kid experiencing a different "minecraft"" speaks volumes about the next generation of individuals who will find "their minecraft", something that a few years down the line will remind them of the good ol' days that we are reliving in the moment currently. Anyways great video!
Ngl games really lost their sense of limitlessness I felt as a kid when I started to learn how they were made, But I still love games all the same, But they just felt so much more imaginative back in the day
For me it’s why playing a game like breath of the wild was such a (no pun intended) breath of fresh air. It really felt like the first game that you could do anything in and discovering all of the mechanics was so rewarding
Older Minecraft is still the present, I still play old versions, and when I play new I use mods to make it as close to old as I can because that’s just what I prefer.
dumping the contents of games on release day very much existed back then and people absolutely dug around in minecraft's source code looking for Herobrine. it's just that if you don't really know what you're looking for, you can't find it easily in code, and it takes time to learn how to interpret someone else's. Either way, we mostly kept up with it because it was fun.
man, that part about nostalgia, fear of the future and, as a kid, wish to be an adult, almost made me cry. and idk how to say it in english, bcs its a brazilian slang, but you "falou bonito" (everything you've said was wright and beautiful to hear)
Great video! More videos need to be in this style, and it really captured my childhood memories. I probably like modern Minecraft more than old Minecraft, but I definitely agree that the old game had an atmosphere that’s now really nostalgic, despite its sometimes unsettling feeling. It makes me miss playing Minecraft Pocket Edition, because even though there was a general lack of features, sometimes the limitation made it even better, especially when they added something new. It had such a unique feeling compared to the more polished modern Minecraft. But maybe that’s just the nostalgia clouding my judgement a little bit.
I'm actually super glad that minecraft isn't complete garbage nowadays. It could've gone so, so much worse. Sure, as the updates keep on coming, it'll eventually drift away, but, yk.. currently, it's not that bad
Yeah I like modern Minecraft as much as the next guy. I think people shit on Mojang too hard. The vibe of the game has definitely changed but I don’t think that’s bad.
@@Strideo1 I disagree, if you mean that they're op Obviously minecraft would've been fun if it had more interaction but i actually think that how the game is right now makes it so that you're able to do anything, farm anything, so that u have full control of the world however you want. It's a sandbox! ofc, some legacy versions like 1.8.9 are still goated because of the pvp for instance (1.7.10 in that case) but that doesnt mean the current game is bad, it can still be enjoyed somewhat. I wish exploration was deeper though, definitely.
@@Nelex5000 I didn't start off disliking the villagers but the more I've thought about them the less I've liked them over the years. I really don't like how helpless and stupid they are. Like they can't fix anything on their own and they just start disappearing down holes or getting lost as soon as you arrive. Like, there's no balance to their ecology, they will die off if you don't intervene on their behalf despite them ostensibly having a self sufficient village when you find them. Despite them being helpless and dumb they constantly make that annoying and condescending "Hhhhhrrmmm." noise. It would be different if they had good reason to be smug but they don't. I also don't like that the player can treat villagers like livestock without consequence. The villagers can't fight back or refuse to trade with you if you put them in a massive villager concentration camp. These are supposed to be sapient beings who live in houses. The relationship between them and the player should be more complex than just allowing the player to do whatever they please with them if they're truly people according to the game's logic. Other than that I just think there's way too many villages now. You just find them everywhere and it makes the world of Minecraft feel too populated in my estimation. I actually liked the vast vast wilderness with no signs of civilization to be found and the villagers took that aspect away from us.
What I hate about villagers most is their trading, the trading they do is overpowered by a lot and after so long you don’t ever need to go mining again because you have all the trades you need to thrive, from food to armor and enchantment books what reason do you have to go mining anymore? Iron farms can be created relatively simply and you will have endless iron supply. Automatic farms that collect endless amounts of items is my main problem with modern Minecraft, automation makes the game stale, and while yes it is a sandbox, survival isn’t supposed to be creative. What is the point in continuing if you just have to afk at your farms all the time? What’s the point if nothing can hurt you anymore? What’s the point if the only thing you have left to do is build? Building is good and all, but I always found the balance of mining, exploring, and building to be essential to keeping the game fresh. I always enjoy manually collecting everything I use. I just don’t see the point in turning a survival world into a creative one, some people like that, but I don’t, it just makes the game pointless to me, it makes every build I do mean more to me when I work hard to gather the resources for it by hand rather than waiting for them to be generated for me.
For me the old minecraft was better because of one this - spawn. Back when I joined minecraft in early beta (when you could play minecraft in browser), you spawned on sand blocks, usually next to ocean. Back then minecraft wikia was pretty empty and lacked lots of into so you had to try to figure it out by yourself. I believed that Steve was a shipwreck survivor that woke up at the beach of unknown, not discovered land. Was it in ancient times? Was it medieval? Was it modern? I don't know but I believe there was a storm, a ship crashed, steve lost conciousnes and memories and arrived at this mythologic land land trying to survive. Zombies, skeletons? Were those people who died? So people lived there? If yes, what happened to them? Are these tiny dungeons the last remains of their buildings? It was mysterious and every player had their own lore of this world
i like all the villages and other structures. but to keep this survival and 'i am alone' feeling, i think there should be vast stretches of unhabitated space with no such strucutres (except for enemies or desolated ones) and normal villages should be much more rare
This is very real, i remember this feeling when i first played during beta Minecraft back in 2010/2011. You feel totally isolated and alone, except for the few mobs in the game. No villagers, no villages,and no other randomly generated structures. And back then there was also the conspiracy that Herobrine was real and that he was “always watching”. Having that in mind, thats why i used to shit my pants whenever i heard random cave ambience. In an strange way, this somewhat eerie environment made it enjoyable
Great video I also think that people reminisce on these older versions, because with a limited palette people have to be more creative with their uses of blocks
old minecraft genuinely brings back the fun in the game. i had this old world intended to be an smp i hosted on aternos titled version smp, the whole gimmick meant to switch versions periodically using (hopefully) the same world throughout. the world started on 1.7.2, which i had to use a separate client from the normal one because the normal client would crash every time i tried going that low. regardless, i started the smp and nobody logged on. not once, nobody besides me. the real memories i had with it were when my school was virtual during covid for a few days and instead of paying attention in class (the work we did barely required any paying attention to do) i just grinded out that world. it was the most fun i’d had playing minecraft because it was a version i had never even played before. sadly, i couldn’t play much after that because we went back to school soon after and aternos deletes server backups after a certain amount of time passes, so the world is basically lost, but man, the things i’d do to have a backup of that world on my computer, just so i can walk around it and bask in the nostalgia i never experienced
That was hell a video! I got the biggest smile on my face because of this! Ripped out my thoughts and spoke to my inner self. Hahahah. Life is beautiful!!
Now you see how Generation X feels when we go on and on about playing NES and SNES and Atari games.. you kids are experiencing what we experience, only with minecraft.. that nostalgia.. that wanting to go back and relive being a kid again.. before life became stressful and hard to manage... i play old console games for the same reason many of todays young adults play old Minecraft... But i didn't start playing Minecraft unti around 2020.. i was already far into adulthood.. As for the lonliness..even modern MC feels lonely to me.. but that's because i've got no one hanging out in the world with to play the game and do things with.. The world is vast and lonely and feels like it should be an MMO almost..
Great work on this video, earned my sub. Like apparently so many here: I share a very similar experience or at least memory of playing Minecraft when I was 12-13. Some of my fondest memories, related to games and CZcams, are watching paulsoaresjr play the game and make his survive and thrive series's. My brain instantly recognized the clip at 5:38 as his first Minecraft video, "How to Survive your First Night". It's crazy growing up and watching your perspectives change; all nostalgia wants is those feeling you can never truly feel again.
I think it's also not just to do with the game itself, but the fact that most of the real world has moved on and left these old versions behind, further amplifying the loneliness feeling.
When i played Minecraft lite it was... depressing ish. I barely had any or whatever. However i made gigantic structures of great scale well only thing i remember was the tardis building i made. So while I was lonely i pretended people were there. Randkm anime characters or whatever to feel like I wasn't alone. To feel like people are actually there. Used to play with soem cousins before they eventually left that world while i roamed it with glee and disturbed. There was only zombies and just zombies. That's all i gotta say. now that i have the real deal is wonderful.
I loved Minecraft back then, and I love it now. It has evolved and grown, maybe it's not a simplistic game anymore but it's still a game I play single player and put 120 hours into it per-world
4:24 I don't think it's nostalgia that makes these versions scary. I'm pretty much still a kid (I'm in middle school) and I wish I would grow up in the 2000's. I'm literally trying to relive memories that I didn't have. I find it a little weird that I'm so obsessed with things that I know no one else in my age is and that I want to go back to times that I never lived through. probably no one will read this so idk why I'm typing this out so I guess thx for reading and this is a great video I'll check out more on your channel. (gosh I wrote a paragraph)
The feeling of emptiness comes from modern Minecraft for me. Everything is so full and bustling with items and things to do. Yet ironically at the same time it's just too much of a commitment to do them. Leaving it feeling empty and overburdened. Old Minecraft you had a sense of freedom and playability. You played to have fun. Nowadays Minecraft feels like you need to speedrun to play.
I am getting to Sad whenever I am watching such videos. The video is perfect and beautiful But my soul plays the old world blues like it is the last song of his life. I always wanted to just live. Like in Minecraft. But I never realised till now, that in order to live you have to grow up first. From a child to an adult and than relearning how to be a child again. We will see where my songs lead me to
Old Minecraft was awesome: 1) World gen was better, more interesting explore, discover cool terrain [841] 2) Fog did gave it a vibe 3) Simplicity and the feeling of beginning of a story, where anything is possible
less is more, we wanted more toys to play with like more blocks and mobs like mods, to fuel our cretivity and have an advantage over other players experiences, now we just want our old familiar ones back because the world was simpler and sentimental, and even though we still have those old versions, in our minds they tend to feel like just a burning memory... but for me they burn with a yearn to be returned to but we need to move on past our feelings I played minecraft alone for most of my time on the xbox just to show people what I built or just share the majesty I felt in it, in my very own worlds to explore every nook and cranny of throughout 2 dimensions a unique custom world you can customize randomly generated infinity nothing else like it for a kid to run around in sure other games had something to hold onto like dialouge, leveling, an end game, but minecraft let you walk around all of those a place where you arent expected to do anything other than live and breathe life into a world is boring for some people when they get older without friends willing to dedicate the same for mutual admiration its not like minecraft demands it, but you get lost in expecting it from yourself, to perfect everything in an imperfect game, to compare to the internets experience and grandiose, when you should just be yourself and find your own way to be expressive in the game, which can be infinitely hard for some people these days feeling like everything is a limited time event, getting used to 10 minute shooting matches, speedrunning, or just grinding a million dollars through level after level, but its true, and just needs to take a little patience
What do you think of the new 1.18/1.19 music? A lot of it somehow is able to tap into these melancholic lonely feelings for me. I play on a server with a 12 year old map and when I stumbled across sections of it made a decade ago with Raine playing, something struck me out of it. Fascinating feeling.
I enjoy playing older minecraft gsmes too many items in the newer one it just overstimulates me like there is so many items too much to use i like to have the simplicitly of not having so much items. I also like the older biomes so i have been sticking to older minecraft. I always played on console so i have favored the ps4 edition im not much fan of the bedrock edition
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Old minecraft is very nostalgic, but for me, playing older versions allows me to be less worried about all the "stuff" and clutter that the hundreds of new blocks, items and entites being added every update. I found a sweet spot in 1.8.9, where it's new enough to have all the blocks I could need for building and creativity, but old enough to not feel convoluted. In the quest to add more and more to Minecraft, Mojang swept away what made the game so good in the first place, simplicity.
I agree with everything you say here. It’s a commonly cited problem for Minecraft’s modern era.
When they introduced villagers and enchanting I started spending more time taking care of stupid villagers and trying to get the perfect enchantments than I was building and exploring.
Going back to versions before those features were introduced is like sweet relief. I feel like I'm playing my way again.
@@Strideo1 it feels as though the game is straying farther and farther from its original sandbox identity and going towards an exploration game. I know some people enjoy that but it’s just not for me.
yep here aswell, i like 1,11 1,12 they are simple but still have fun stuff
Agreed, I play 1.8.1 because I enjoy the more lonely and abandoned feel the world has, with all the old mineshafts, strongholds, desert temples, etc. I enjoy creating my own head canon for the world I play on. My main world is this amplified world with these massive mountains that resemble giant creatures frozen in stone.
New versions make me feel like I'm failing in the things I don't do, rather than excelling in the things I choose to do.
Omg, so true
Great Analysis. Being in the early years of college, it's safe to say that this is all completely true. We all go back to what we once used to be. A kid. And our thirst of nostoglia isn't purely for memories, but is the desire to be a kid again, since we can't ever wind the clock backwards.
well i think we also want to keep our childhood innocence and curiosity, to keep ourselves from being turned hard, cold, and careless by the adult world.
..UNTIL NOW
“Old Minecraft lives on in us” is the most comforting and powerful statement about old Minecraft I’ve ever heard. I truly love and cherish this game and all of the memories I’ve made on it. Great video man, have a great ass day ❤️
You’ve made my day. Thank you for the comment man 🫡
@@Greenlit no problem at all man, I’m always down to spread the love. Your video made my day also 🙏🏼
The simplicity of old Minecraft and the feelings of playing it for the first time a kid is something that can never be replicated, and it is something that doesn’t need to be. It will always have that special place in all of our hearts, as one of the most influential and important experiences many of us have experienced as a milestone in our lives, and that many have experienced well after us. For me personally, there is nothing that will bring me more nostalgia then getting home from the pool, and hopping on the Xbox 360 to play Minecraft with my younger brother. Those memories are some that I cherish more than anything because of how simple it was to play in a small limited world, having to come up with stories and plot lines to keep us entertained before dinner time rolled about. It’s one of those feelings that you can’t ever really replicate, and I’m glad I got the pleasure to go through it. This game really did grow up with our generation, and since we can access the older versions, we are very lucky to be a select few that can actively relive our memories through modern technology, and that’s something I find absolutely beautiful.
the legacy console editions era was truly one of the best times in my gaming experience, it was simple and you could play in split screen (so fun). they don't make games like that anymore
The fact that dungeons were the only artificial structures generated in the old versions before Beta 1.8 used to give them a very mysterious and errie feeling. Like you know that there must have been someone who built them, but you don't know who or what because there are absolutely no other traces or hints besides dungeons left of who built them. The dungeons, along with the zombies and skeletons, which must have been humans at some point always gave Minecraft an unexplained postapocalyptic vibe. Nowadays with all the new generated structures, villagers, piglins, the end etc. Minecraft has a lot more lore. While this made it more interesting and complex, it also feels less mysterious nowadays.
Much more is explained to you in modern Minecraft. To counter this though, I think they’ve done an excellent job at keeping parts of the Deep Dark and Ancient Cities mysterious. That portal looking thing in the center still hasn’t been explained
@@GreenlitYes you are right. A lot of the new structures are still very unexplained and mysterious and give you new lore to speculate about.
Yeah. It's a shame this atmosphere was lost. It wouldn't have been hard to add more content, whilst retaining this 'post-apocalyptic' and abandoned vibe. I mean, Abandoned Mineshafts were added, and, imo, worked perfectly. It retained the ominous atmosphere of a civilisation lost to time.
Then came villages... the worst thing to happen to Minecraft's atmosphere. And then the flood gates opened.
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Love the lonely aspect of older versions, I remember when I first started playing my b1.5_01/b1.6.6 world way before I found an actual community for old minecraft which I think added to that loneliness. Made it feel like I'm playing a long abandoned version that no one else plays anymore, which is a feeling I honestly kinda miss. Also great video once again!
Thank you very much. It’s a feeling that newer versions have lost.
4:37 Hit me deep, IDK why the future holds for me either but one's thing for sure
I've give anything to go back.
I just wish notch never would’ve sold to Microsoft, why Microsoft of all companies? Why?
@@macattack9078 3 words.
COLD.
HARD.
*CASH.*
Old minecraft was anything BUT loneliness. At least it was for me.
Back then there were always so many friends to play with. Every time I log on by a new day, there was always something newly added during the time I was gone, a silly sign placed by some friend who played while I was out, expanded structure, etc etc. The world was full of fresh traces everywhere left by friends.
Now, there are only two friends who just barely playing it. Mostly just me. I used to hate "cloud tree" so much back in the days and now I even miss them very much now.
Just about anything that isn't done by me. Making me very sad 😭😭😭
4:06 YOU LEFT IT THERE BWAHAHAH
I figured you guys would find that funny
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I didn't play Minecraft as a kid, my parents pretty much banished me and my sisters from the internet, so I only got Minecraft for the first time recently. Yet still, in a funny way, old Minecraft feels nostalgic to me too in a way. It sure feels very 2010 in a lot of ways that I can't explain, and modern Minecraft feels very present of where I am now in life - exciting, but also overwhelming at times. I have a 1.20.82 Bedrock world and also an Alpha world, and I play on both a lot for the different feelings.
Great video btw!
Minecraft was so good as a kid because i didnt read patch notes and never knew what to expect, but now, i know every feature of 1.21 before its even out
If I’m honest, I never feel alone in Minecraft because when I hear C418’s music, I relax and remember that it’s okay to be alone.
I’ll always love you C418.❤️
Those who still remember C418’s music.
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1:02 Seeing my big dumb face fade into my phone screen reflection just made me laugh lol
Me with my 27" monitor:
So true, when I go in old versions, theres that empty feeling, due to the version Im playing being so long ago, and the fact that most players moved on to the more recent versions
I remember in old minecraft, when I would go back down a long mine tunnel I had made, there was something just unsettling about it. Just 100s of blocks distance of just a narrow passageway. And you could almost picture something standing there off in the distance. haha
I think the "old minecraft story" was sth like steve was on a ship and got into a storm. As he waked up all his belongings and his ship was gone and he found himself on a beach in this blocky world. - I remember spawning on a beach pretty often in MC Alpha
i really miss old terrain gen when youd get floating islands
They’re very cool. I don’t think they’d be a bad addition to the newer versions especially considering the world height is increased.
i have minecraft on the computers at school, but its an outdated version from before horses were added. i think its 1.4... i play it every day at school and it brings so much nostalgia... to me i don't find it lonely and scary but i don't know what i think of....
The worst thing about nostalgia is that you can never go back
This video was incredible, unsurfaced a bunch of older memories :)
Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed.
Nostalgia isn't missing what used to be, but rather what could have been if things kept going the same way. It is a sadness about an alternate reality which didn't happen yet could have happened. It is a longing for the contingencies that cannot be anymore.
*2009-2011 minecraft always lives on our hearts & brains and friends togethers. we never will forget these. and peoples.*
Its definetly obvious that the old minecraft even though its empty.. it still feels like im watched by some entity haunting my world... something new minecraft cant compare... with its smooth and modern textures..
I went and explored retro lands yesterday, met some dude and explored the spawn city. Was so relaxing.
When I started playing MC the only mobs in the game were zombies, skeletons, spiders, creepers, pigs, and sheep. It felt very isolating.
I discovered minecraft back in 2009 and still visit it from time to time, especially the older alpha/beta versions. Although minecraft isn't the game some of us knew from years and years ago. It's a reminder of the good old days you talk about. Things you touched on in your video such as the first night is something that has stuck with me for years. I still remember exactly where I was and how scared I was lol. I think what you said at the end of your video, "somewhere out there, there's a kid experiencing a different "minecraft"" speaks volumes about the next generation of individuals who will find "their minecraft", something that a few years down the line will remind them of the good ol' days that we are reliving in the moment currently. Anyways great video!
Ngl games really lost their sense of limitlessness I felt as a kid when I started to learn how they were made, But I still love games all the same, But they just felt so much more imaginative back in the day
For me it’s why playing a game like breath of the wild was such a (no pun intended) breath of fresh air. It really felt like the first game that you could do anything in and discovering all of the mechanics was so rewarding
For some reason nostalgic stuff makes me irritated and I love present more than the past.
I think that's a very understandable mindset to have. It's important to know where you're going while also remembering what you came from.
Older Minecraft is still the present, I still play old versions, and when I play new I use mods to make it as close to old as I can because that’s just what I prefer.
Man I just came here for a minecraft video, now I'm crying
dumping the contents of games on release day very much existed back then and people absolutely dug around in minecraft's source code looking for Herobrine.
it's just that if you don't really know what you're looking for, you can't find it easily in code, and it takes time to learn how to interpret someone else's. Either way, we mostly kept up with it because it was fun.
man, that part about nostalgia, fear of the future and, as a kid, wish to be an adult, almost made me cry.
and idk how to say it in english, bcs its a brazilian slang, but you "falou bonito" (everything you've said was wright and beautiful to hear)
this is a great video
Really appreciate it man. I’ve always enjoyed your videos. Thanks for the comment!
@@Greenlit you know who I am?
@@zman1064 yeah I’ve watched a couple of your videos in the past.
Great video! More videos need to be in this style, and it really captured my childhood memories. I probably like modern Minecraft more than old Minecraft, but I definitely agree that the old game had an atmosphere that’s now really nostalgic, despite its sometimes unsettling feeling. It makes me miss playing Minecraft Pocket Edition, because even though there was a general lack of features, sometimes the limitation made it even better, especially when they added something new. It had such a unique feeling compared to the more polished modern Minecraft. But maybe that’s just the nostalgia clouding my judgement a little bit.
I appreciate your positive outlook on both old and new minecraft, especially how you put it at 6:00
well made!
i have played minecraft since the classic era. in 2009 i have been around for a while
Your videos are phenomenal. I just found this at 3 AM and you are by far One of my favorites
I really appreciate it man. Thank you for your kind comment.
I'm actually super glad that minecraft isn't complete garbage nowadays. It could've gone so, so much worse.
Sure, as the updates keep on coming, it'll eventually drift away, but, yk.. currently, it's not that bad
Yeah I like modern Minecraft as much as the next guy. I think people shit on Mojang too hard. The vibe of the game has definitely changed but I don’t think that’s bad.
I wish it had gone more in the direction of Better Than Adventure.
Villagers are one of the worst additions to the game.
@@Strideo1 I disagree, if you mean that they're op
Obviously minecraft would've been fun if it had more interaction but i actually think that how the game is right now makes it so that you're able to do anything, farm anything, so that u have full control of the world however you want. It's a sandbox!
ofc, some legacy versions like 1.8.9 are still goated because of the pvp for instance (1.7.10 in that case) but that doesnt mean the current game is bad, it can still be enjoyed somewhat.
I wish exploration was deeper though, definitely.
@@Nelex5000 I didn't start off disliking the villagers but the more I've thought about them the less I've liked them over the years.
I really don't like how helpless and stupid they are. Like they can't fix anything on their own and they just start disappearing down holes or getting lost as soon as you arrive. Like, there's no balance to their ecology, they will die off if you don't intervene on their behalf despite them ostensibly having a self sufficient village when you find them.
Despite them being helpless and dumb they constantly make that annoying and condescending "Hhhhhrrmmm." noise. It would be different if they had good reason to be smug but they don't.
I also don't like that the player can treat villagers like livestock without consequence. The villagers can't fight back or refuse to trade with you if you put them in a massive villager concentration camp. These are supposed to be sapient beings who live in houses. The relationship between them and the player should be more complex than just allowing the player to do whatever they please with them if they're truly people according to the game's logic.
Other than that I just think there's way too many villages now. You just find them everywhere and it makes the world of Minecraft feel too populated in my estimation. I actually liked the vast vast wilderness with no signs of civilization to be found and the villagers took that aspect away from us.
What I hate about villagers most is their trading, the trading they do is overpowered by a lot and after so long you don’t ever need to go mining again because you have all the trades you need to thrive, from food to armor and enchantment books what reason do you have to go mining anymore? Iron farms can be created relatively simply and you will have endless iron supply. Automatic farms that collect endless amounts of items is my main problem with modern Minecraft, automation makes the game stale, and while yes it is a sandbox, survival isn’t supposed to be creative. What is the point in continuing if you just have to afk at your farms all the time? What’s the point if nothing can hurt you anymore? What’s the point if the only thing you have left to do is build? Building is good and all, but I always found the balance of mining, exploring, and building to be essential to keeping the game fresh. I always enjoy manually collecting everything I use. I just don’t see the point in turning a survival world into a creative one, some people like that, but I don’t, it just makes the game pointless to me, it makes every build I do mean more to me when I work hard to gather the resources for it by hand rather than waiting for them to be generated for me.
Great video, really good points and some spot on analysis about a game we've grown up with :)
This video made me smile a bit more, thank you
Love your intro, amazing video
For me the old minecraft was better because of one this - spawn.
Back when I joined minecraft in early beta (when you could play minecraft in browser), you spawned on sand blocks, usually next to ocean. Back then minecraft wikia was pretty empty and lacked lots of into so you had to try to figure it out by yourself. I believed that Steve was a shipwreck survivor that woke up at the beach of unknown, not discovered land. Was it in ancient times? Was it medieval? Was it modern? I don't know but I believe there was a storm, a ship crashed, steve lost conciousnes and memories and arrived at this mythologic land land trying to survive. Zombies, skeletons? Were those people who died? So people lived there? If yes, what happened to them? Are these tiny dungeons the last remains of their buildings?
It was mysterious and every player had their own lore of this world
I think the music is much more fitting old minecraft. The emptiness you explained is very much reflected by the music too.
The game was still very unknown anything was possible back than and that gave charm to the game
i like all the villages and other structures. but to keep this survival and 'i am alone' feeling, i think there should be vast stretches of unhabitated space with no such strucutres (except for enemies or desolated ones) and normal villages should be much more rare
This is very real, i remember this feeling when i first played during beta Minecraft back in 2010/2011. You feel totally isolated and alone, except for the few mobs in the game. No villagers, no villages,and no other randomly generated structures. And back then there was also the conspiracy that Herobrine was real and that he was “always watching”. Having that in mind, thats why i used to shit my pants whenever i heard random cave ambience. In an strange way, this somewhat eerie environment made it enjoyable
Saying Herobrine isn't real is as sad as learning Santa Claus isn't real
Great video
I also think that people reminisce on these older versions, because with a limited palette people have to be more creative with their uses of blocks
Alone isn't so bad, sometimes, Love the video reminds me of old yogscast.
Thank you for your kind comment.
Is it just me or in recent times, more and more are leaning into playing the old versions of minecraft. It's a small community, but they're thriving
old minecraft genuinely brings back the fun in the game. i had this old world intended to be an smp i hosted on aternos titled version smp, the whole gimmick meant to switch versions periodically using (hopefully) the same world throughout. the world started on 1.7.2, which i had to use a separate client from the normal one because the normal client would crash every time i tried going that low. regardless, i started the smp and nobody logged on. not once, nobody besides me.
the real memories i had with it were when my school was virtual during covid for a few days and instead of paying attention in class (the work we did barely required any paying attention to do) i just grinded out that world. it was the most fun i’d had playing minecraft because it was a version i had never even played before. sadly, i couldn’t play much after that because we went back to school soon after and aternos deletes server backups after a certain amount of time passes, so the world is basically lost, but man, the things i’d do to have a backup of that world on my computer, just so i can walk around it and bask in the nostalgia i never experienced
That was hell a video! I got the biggest smile on my face because of this! Ripped out my thoughts and spoke to my inner self. Hahahah. Life is beautiful!!
Now you see how Generation X feels when we go on and on about playing NES and SNES and Atari games.. you kids are experiencing what we experience, only with minecraft.. that nostalgia.. that wanting to go back and relive being a kid again.. before life became stressful and hard to manage... i play old console games for the same reason many of todays young adults play old Minecraft...
But i didn't start playing Minecraft unti around 2020.. i was already far into adulthood..
As for the lonliness..even modern MC feels lonely to me.. but that's because i've got no one hanging out in the world with to play the game and do things with..
The world is vast and lonely and feels like it should be an MMO almost..
This is beautiful…it actually made me cry, but in good way. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m thrilled that you enjoyed the video.
i still remember when i crafted my first crafting table
Great work on this video, earned my sub. Like apparently so many here: I share a very similar experience or at least memory of playing Minecraft when I was 12-13. Some of my fondest memories, related to games and CZcams, are watching paulsoaresjr play the game and make his survive and thrive series's. My brain instantly recognized the clip at 5:38 as his first Minecraft video, "How to Survive your First Night". It's crazy growing up and watching your perspectives change; all nostalgia wants is those feeling you can never truly feel again.
You’re the first person who’s commented that has noticed that it was Paul playing. He really was a pioneer of his time. Thank you for your comment!
I think it's also not just to do with the game itself, but the fact that most of the real world has moved on and left these old versions behind, further amplifying the loneliness feeling.
Old Minecraft gives me the same feeling as Super Mario 64 or GTA 3
When i played Minecraft lite it was... depressing ish.
I barely had any or whatever. However i made gigantic structures of great scale well only thing i remember was the tardis building i made.
So while I was lonely i pretended people were there.
Randkm anime characters or whatever to feel like I wasn't alone.
To feel like people are actually there. Used to play with soem cousins before they eventually left that world while i roamed it with glee and disturbed. There was only zombies and just zombies. That's all i gotta say. now that i have the real deal is wonderful.
Great video! You made your 700th sub right here!
Thank you very much man. I greatly appreciate it.
love this video!
I loved Minecraft back then, and I love it now.
It has evolved and grown, maybe it's not a simplistic game anymore
but it's still a game I play single player and put 120 hours into it per-world
There are great reasons to play all versions of Minecraft. It’s nice that Mojang has given us the option to pick the versions we’d like to play.
I remember when the game was about just staying alive. There were tutorials on surviving your first night.
4:24 I don't think it's nostalgia that makes these versions scary. I'm pretty much still a kid (I'm in middle school) and I wish I would grow up in the 2000's. I'm literally trying to relive memories that I didn't have. I find it a little weird that I'm so obsessed with things that I know no one else in my age is and that I want to go back to times that I never lived through. probably no one will read this so idk why I'm typing this out so I guess thx for reading and this is a great video I'll check out more on your channel. (gosh I wrote a paragraph)
i have hard nostalgia from the Tu.## worlds, oh the good days
amazing vid!
Minecraft simply has too much stuff. Too many items, mobs and things
In 2012 when the 360 edition was introduced, that feeling was amazing. Simplicity. I like Aquatic and before it.
The world felt very alive. That sort of charm is lost.
The feeling of emptiness comes from modern Minecraft for me. Everything is so full and bustling with items and things to do. Yet ironically at the same time it's just too much of a commitment to do them. Leaving it feeling empty and overburdened. Old Minecraft you had a sense of freedom and playability. You played to have fun. Nowadays Minecraft feels like you need to speedrun to play.
microsoft have probably done this intentionally so that you can start paying for there realms imo.
This doesnt check out. Plenty of people who made the game big during the old minecraft days werent children.
*you are not always be alone.*
Old Minecraft? New Minecraft is lonely too.
Good video, I still play original Xbox One Edition
I am getting to Sad whenever I am watching such videos.
The video is perfect and beautiful
But my soul plays the old world blues like it is the last song of his life.
I always wanted to just live. Like in Minecraft.
But I never realised till now, that in order to live you have to grow up first. From a child to an adult and than relearning how to be a child again. We will see where my songs lead me to
Still playing on beta 1.7.3
My house made it in 🗣️
Great video and message
This video deserves more views and you deserve more subscribers
I hope you make it big here on youtube
Thank you man. I appreciate the comment
Nah I like to LOOT, and be a fly on the wall even on servers
Old Minecraft was awesome:
1) World gen was better, more interesting explore, discover cool terrain [841]
2) Fog did gave it a vibe
3) Simplicity and the feeling of beginning of a story, where anything is possible
We should send YOU back to that MC era but in IRL, Forever.. you'll never find a way home..
less is more, we wanted more toys to play with like more blocks and mobs like mods, to fuel our cretivity and have an advantage over other players experiences, now we just want our old familiar ones back because the world was simpler and sentimental, and even though we still have those old versions, in our minds they tend to feel like just a burning memory... but for me they burn with a yearn to be returned to
but we need to move on
past our feelings
I played minecraft alone for most of my time on the xbox just to show people what I built or just share the majesty I felt in it, in my very own worlds to explore every nook and cranny of throughout 2 dimensions
a unique custom world you can customize
randomly generated infinity
nothing else like it for a kid to run around in
sure other games had something to hold onto like dialouge, leveling, an end game, but minecraft let you walk around all of those
a place where you arent expected to do anything other than live and breathe life into a world is boring for some people when they get older without friends willing to dedicate the same for mutual admiration
its not like minecraft demands it, but you get lost in expecting it from yourself, to perfect everything in an imperfect game, to compare to the internets experience and grandiose, when you should just
be yourself and find your own way to be expressive in the game, which can be infinitely hard for some people these days feeling like everything is a limited time event, getting used to 10 minute shooting matches, speedrunning, or just grinding a million dollars through level after level, but its true, and just needs to take a little patience
Very well said.
I miss the old ugly glass
It’s very charming. Thanks for the comment!
@@Greenlit Np :)
Well said
What do you think of the new 1.18/1.19 music? A lot of it somehow is able to tap into these melancholic lonely feelings for me. I play on a server with a 12 year old map and when I stumbled across sections of it made a decade ago with Raine playing, something struck me out of it. Fascinating feeling.
I think there are some very good pieces from the modern soundtracks. They do a good job at continuing the ambience.
Here before you blow up if you continue at this rate
I appreciate it my friend. We can hope for the best!
I nevr understood why people get angry at the updates. If you dont like it just dont play it, the launcher lets you play every version of minecraft.
People like to complain just to complain.
next up: exploring the loneliness of life
This one made me laugh
Im too scared to play older Minecraft its so uncanny
Don’t be scared! You won’t regret it
Cool channel.
Im 16 and i m playing on a survival server with my friend (first time i play minecraft and i like the game)
Phenomenon - singular
Phenomena - plural
Phenomenology, the study of phenomena! It's first grade, Greenlit.
4:04 hehe peepee lole
minecraft when it was good
The original Source engine
my favorite version besides beta 1.7.3 is 1.12.2
Maybe press F a couple of times lol
woah
I enjoy playing older minecraft gsmes too many items in the newer one it just overstimulates me like there is so many items too much to use i like to have the simplicitly of not having so much items. I also like the older biomes so i have been sticking to older minecraft. I always played on console so i have favored the ps4 edition im not much fan of the bedrock edition
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