Why is everyone so much biased that minecraft must not be a source of inspiration. Honestly, yeah old 8-bit games may have been the main inspiration, but without the popularity of minecraft they maybe would not have come to the idea to implement it here. And do you think that the only source of minecraft is old 8-bit games. For me all that stuff reminds me more to LEGO.
Imo inspiration and influence are usually not such straight forward things that someone can claim that something is the one and only source. (Does not go for the vampire novels ofc.)
This right here is either arrogance of wanting ones generation to be the highlight and not a previous one or extreme ignorance. I am unsure which it is at this time but we’ll get back to it. (The idea people in all these threads keep putting forward as Minecraft as the source not you.)
Are you seriously trying to imply that without Minecraft that the SaB could have never existed? Really? Because I was fairly certain that Nes, Snes, Sega Masters, Neo Geo, Sega Genesis, and games that pioneered this style of 3D platforming such as Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64 were the inspiration for the SaB and the reasons behind it’s creation.
You see the creator of the SaB and his crew grew up with the above and designed it to poke fun at the above and appeal to others that had played the above. Which is now people in the age group of somewhere between 24-30 that played them all as kids with the small exception of Super Mario 64 due to it’s much later release date with the N64. They referenced what they grew up with as the source for the SaB and designed it off concepts these games created. Not Minecraft! Even the fake commercial was based off the mid 80’s through very early 90’s stuff not even reaching mid 90’s.
There has been several other games that have brought back older styles before Minecraft as well such as Megaman 9 and other updated versions of older games over the years with more modern graphics. If anything Minecraft was inspired by these older games and the resurgence of older titles along with newer sandbox games to get a slice of that pie in a new way.
Minecraft is a sandbox game that is based purely around what the user wants to do with the current set of mods applied to the game. The action platforming is more of a side thing with Minecraft an afterthought to keep you on your toes but not the focus of the game. The focus is a sandbox creative world in an 8-Bit style because that was his budget and what he wanted to do. It does not contain the same style of action platforming the SaB has or even many other titles such as Super Metroid had.
People are annoyed about the claims it is based off Minecraft because it is ignorant to say that. It is trying to take credit away from it’s designers and their childhood titles. While giving it to a title that had nothing at all to do with the SaB. Especially with the video of the team lead speaking about what inspired him to do it with his -TINY- team that was given permission to do what they wanted. There was no huge big name Ncsoft or Anet CEO in a booming voice demanding that an MMORPG with moderm graphics cater to the Minecraft audience to bring people into the game. Which is probably a nice bit smaller then those that grew up playing these other games that sold buttloads more then Minecraft could ever hope to do some alone and they eclipse it when added together.
Just give a generation credit when credit is due and stop trying to act like the current generation is the only thing to spawn pop culture because it’s not! The groundwork for much of gaming today or just pop culture in general was laid a long time ago. We are reaping the benefits of that work today.
