Hardly Markus Persson, better known as «Notch», when creating their games could have imagined, that as a result of the popularity of it is second only to Tetris. speech, you guessed it, a blockbuster sandbox open world Minecraft. I heard about the game each, who is even close is not familiar with the games. About gamers in general are silent – Minecraft fans spend thousands of hours in the game, creating worlds, and even a kind of art objects: locks, Islands and other.
Minecraft high popularity of the PC could not find its reflection in the world of mobile gaming. And not just mobile – the game was ported to all devices, who are able to play games. Judge for yourself, Minecraft is on:
- PK and iOS;
- Android, Linux и MacOS;
- on consoles (both portable, and on modern stationary Playstation 4 и Xbox One),
- on devices running the increasingly popular operating system ChromeOS;
- on a little-known gaming console OUYA.
And that's not the entire list, can say, Minecraft – cult phenomenon in the gaming industry. In this way, The first component of success in a broad platform coverage.
Wider development of Minecraft received after, as the rights to the game, Microsoft bought. regularly go to the game updates and additions on all platforms. In the desire and willingness of developers to improve the game can see, looking, eg, the all-new version of Minecraft PE for Android. Their number has already exceeded forty. And this is only the official version. remember, there are plenty of modifications by a group of independent developers around the world.
In addition to the modifications, in Minecraft, you can insert new textures, download maps, and even use cheats. by the way, all of the above, if interested, can be found on the site modcraft.su. There's all presented in a convenient form, and in case of difficulties with the installation or something else, you can always read the comments and advice of other players. That's how we podobradis to the second component of success: the continued support of the game, as the official, and fan.
But, what is the secret of the popularity of Minecraft, and how the game managed to conquer the hearts of millions of gamers around the world? By the way, the game has more 74 million active users, who at least once launched the official version of the game for a month. The main secret lies in the freedom of action – game puts the player in front of clear objectives, as well as the game has no limits – the game world is generated procedurally, creating more and more new areas to explore. In addition, there are six kinds of worlds.
But that's not all – Minecraft has five game modes, which give even greater variety of, giving everyone the, that he wanted. It is possible to seek adventure, and to test their chances of survival in a harsh environment – the game has to be aggressive, and neutral NPCs, and you can even give freedom to his creative vein and create a large-scale objects, admirable mode “Creation” – everyone will find something in Minecraft for the soul.
In this way, Minecraft – game for all, qualitatively executed, with good support and a wide coverage of the devices, but, respectively, and the audience. In view of these components play just doomed to success.
