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Minecraft updates are honestly kind of hard to talk about. Especially with how long ago they truly were. We're talking over or nearly 10 years old. The next updates I'm talking about, 1.7 and 1.8, released in 2014, marking these two as a decade old as of the current year I'm writing this.
1.7 was more or less the biggest update so far, and completely changed the way Minecraft was. Over eight biomes were added with many of them becoming stables of a minecraft world.
Biomes like mesas, dark forests, savannas, cold taigas, and deep oceans were a part of this update. Alongside those; two new wood types, stained glass, packed ice, podzol, and flowers were also added to the game.
While there were no new mobs or structures, this update does feel massive, if only for the fact that it added so much of what we truly consider to be classic minecraft.
If we were to create a 1.6 world and a 1.7 world, how different would those worlds be? I'd find them to be pretty different, as there would be far fewer biomes to discover and far fewer blocks to build with.
1.7 was an update that added so many features that are samples of classic minecraft that it's hard to really review it. What else can I say? This was the update that changed the world.
As for 1.8, this update was mostly focused on the ocean monuments. This was more or less the only thing oceans had for a while so they were pretty important.
Guardians, Elder Guardians, Endermites, and Rabbits were the newest mobs added to the game. Rabbit stews and armor stands were added to the game as well.
This update overall was pretty good for the time. It's more or less the same size as 1.8 honestly, just without as many obvious changes as 1.7. Ocean monuments are a bit unrewarding to fight through but I certainly do have fun with them sometimes.
This is what I consider to be the last update of classic minecraft, as it was the final update before the Microsoft acquisition. This was also the last update before 2015 and the decline of minecraft content during that year.
1.8 is known as The Bountiful Update, and it does add quite a lot to the game. But it's also the end of this era of Minecraft.
I didn't realize it until now but this was the end of the Minecraft of many people's childhood. And the beginning of the Minecraft I grew up with.
1.7 was more or less the biggest update so far, and completely changed the way Minecraft was. Over eight biomes were added with many of them becoming stables of a minecraft world.
Biomes like mesas, dark forests, savannas, cold taigas, and deep oceans were a part of this update. Alongside those; two new wood types, stained glass, packed ice, podzol, and flowers were also added to the game.
While there were no new mobs or structures, this update does feel massive, if only for the fact that it added so much of what we truly consider to be classic minecraft.
If we were to create a 1.6 world and a 1.7 world, how different would those worlds be? I'd find them to be pretty different, as there would be far fewer biomes to discover and far fewer blocks to build with.
1.7 was an update that added so many features that are samples of classic minecraft that it's hard to really review it. What else can I say? This was the update that changed the world.
As for 1.8, this update was mostly focused on the ocean monuments. This was more or less the only thing oceans had for a while so they were pretty important.
Guardians, Elder Guardians, Endermites, and Rabbits were the newest mobs added to the game. Rabbit stews and armor stands were added to the game as well.
This update overall was pretty good for the time. It's more or less the same size as 1.8 honestly, just without as many obvious changes as 1.7. Ocean monuments are a bit unrewarding to fight through but I certainly do have fun with them sometimes.
This is what I consider to be the last update of classic minecraft, as it was the final update before the Microsoft acquisition. This was also the last update before 2015 and the decline of minecraft content during that year.
1.8 is known as The Bountiful Update, and it does add quite a lot to the game. But it's also the end of this era of Minecraft.
I didn't realize it until now but this was the end of the Minecraft of many people's childhood. And the beginning of the Minecraft I grew up with.
