Online gaming is often a cesspool of DLC, anxiety inducing artificial time constraints designed to give kids FOMO, lootboxes and other forms of gambling targeting children and a constant stream of advertising that isn't seen to anywhere near the same extent in offline/single player titles. Roblox, minecraft, and Fortnite being prime examples.
Roblox is in a class of its own compared to fortnite and minecraft in terms of toxic monetisation.
Online gaming is definitely a tough one to navigate though, regardless. I had no problems as subscription was the limit to paying when I was a kid, but now it's a generation raised with mtx.
I'm glad the the Java edition still has none of that. The last time I got the urge to download it they required an account to even get the installer and I feared the worst. It looks like that might no longer be the case... I may give it a try again and kill some time
Minecraft is definitely without a doubt, not any of those things. It is first and foremost a single player game that can be modded extensively. I have found that multiplayer always comes second at best.
Servers can be bad, but that is entirely optional. Not even close to Roblox or Fortnite.
This is coming from a person that basically grew up with it from the Alpha stage.
It's unclear to me if any of their events or DLC includes loot boxes (mere chances to acquire certain content) or not. if they haven't done that, I give them credit
It looks like there is no way to get a version of Minecraft that isn't from MS.
I'm glad the Java edition doesn't have the DLC and ads, but I can't test that because it seems even the Java edition needs a MS account/internet connection.
If you know a place to get an offline installer that doesn't require an account though I'd love to give it a try and see how the Java edition holds up!
(Probably untrue but) Neat. Doesn't really change the content or validity of my post though. It reads like a person that's never looked at or played a video game.
I guess it's unclear what you mean. The problems I mentioned are things I've seen many other gamers express concerns about, especially gamers with kids. It's not only exploitative, but these things make the games themselves worse as well.
