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For the 12 years that I’ve been playing Minecraft, I’ve only ever been really interested in the ‘mine’ part. Every new world would go about the same: explore around a bit, carve a simple one-bedroom apartment into a mountain, mine a bunch of ore, make the best stuff, then get bored. I like to build things that serve a real purpose, so once I’ve fiddled with pistons a bit, enchanted my sword, and brewed some potions, my Minecraft is basically over.
This is why I wasn’t jazzed when my friends started talking about firing up another multiplayer server. I’d gone through the motions as recently as last year, but this one would supposedly be different. This one would have mods—129 to be exact.
There is so much more going on in Minecraft now that we might as well be playing its sequel. Among those 129 mods, some of my favourites are tiny adjustments to Minecraft’s existing loot and systems. We have backpacks that expand our inventory! A hunger system that doesn’t suck! Inventory hotbar swapping! It’s really been a dream.
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