First game of the blog.... Minecraft!

Okay so I'll try and sum this up first before explaining in more detail:

• Randomly generated map, with mountains, beaches, and a underground cave network beyond imagination
• A completely free-roam game, in which the player begins simply trying to create shelter from the various materials in the world, which then expands to anything you want (e.g. exploring the caves, creating a castle, mining operations, fighting the creatures hellbent on creeping you out)
• Block-based game, meaning ANYTHING (minus the bedrock block!) can be destroyed and almost any blocks can be used, all with various properties.
• Create your own tools!
• Game in alpha stage, with constant updates and development
• Prototype online servers are all up and running
• A committed developer always keeping people up to date with what is happening.

Minecraft. A game in its alpha stage, which can be considered a 'survival' or a 'sandbox' game. Fairly basic graphics are made up for with some of the most versatile and open gameplay which can be experienced. I'm talking the sky's the limit provided you can find the materials and have the patience to make it happen. Here's what the game looks like at its most basic from, a screenshot from when you start the game:

To put it simply, the world generated is huge. It can't be comprehended on the same lines as other games. Ill try a higher up point of view ( by placing a tonne of sand blocks underneath me, building a very simple 'tower' of sorts.)
Maybe this shows a little better, though it still doesn't do justice:

And even then there's double the length of land, beaches, hills. This also doesn't show the caves of Minecraft, where more of the glory is in fact held. The game is also very early on and is constantly being developed with biomes hopefully to be produced soon. Snow terrain can already be generated in fact! As nighttime hits (or you venture through caves) you also encounter creatures which you can kill for resources or simply out of bloodthirsty desire. In general the game has received brilliant response and already has a large online community (the server has in fact recently died with popularity.) Personally I'm really enjoying the experience and for those who want to see some gameplay before checking it out should follow this page as I will film some gameplay videos of the majority of things I review. I'd really recommend this game to a huge variety of different gamers as it is so broad in its capabilities. for now though I'll leave it at that and let you make up your own minds! A video viewer will be on my blog soon! Here is a link to the site for those of you who realise how much potential this game has:
MINECRAFT :D

Peace till' tomorrow,
Andy