They are more than complete/polished with multiplatform support, with healthy modding communites, & better performance since they aren’t built on Java. In the past your money went to the developers—now it goes to megacorp Microsoft with little done in terms of maintenance.
Minecraft is still a really good game that still gets fairly large updates.
It’s being milked for Bedrock & there are dozens of free software alternatives with VoxeLibre being a standout
Use java than 🤷
Or use bedrock and ignore all the bullshit if you can.
Are free versions even close to Minecraft in features, polish, and all that?
I personally think that Minecraft is one of the best games you can buy for the fairly low price, community, multiplayer, etc.
They are more than complete/polished with multiplatform support, with healthy modding communites, & better performance since they aren’t built on Java. In the past your money went to the developers—now it goes to megacorp Microsoft with little done in terms of maintenance.
At that point play the free alternative and dont give your money to Microsoft. Do you love throwing your hard earned money at Microsoft?
I just doubt that the free alternatives are as good and Minecraft is really cheap anyways.
Have you tried the free alternatives? I guess to me its not the price alone its the principles of giving Microsoft money.
But why would I really care if the money is going to Microsoft and Mojang if I’m getting a very good product?