How do you create a follow-up to Minecraft when it's already seemingly limitless? According to its developer Mojang, you simply don't. While the Swedish company has listed various reasons in the past as to why it probably won't have a crack at a sequel, the same topic resurfaced during a recent interview with the team's creative director, Saxs Persson.
I cannot imagine there will ever be a Minecraft 2. We've done a lot of soul searching. Unequivocally, we're the Minecraft studio, and we've chosen to embrace that. But we have, over time, realized how flexible the envelope of Minecraft really is ... We've always been passionate about making more than a single game, but we never wanted to do a sequel.
The aim is to now explore other genres within the Minecraft universe – with the most obvious example in recent times being Minecraft Dungeons, a hack and slash dungeon crawler that draws inspiration from iconic series like Diablo.
We're much more interested in taking that spark of creativity and applying it to other genres within the universe of Minecraft.
At E3 2018, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said Minecraft would continue to evolve – further explaining how players nowadays wanted to see games improved upon rather than replaced by sequels.
Do you think a game like Minecraft needs a sequel? Share your thoughts in the comments.
[source gameinformer.com]
Comments 6
Makes sense, really. Not much more to say on that one!
It is already perfect Just add more blocks and functions.
I’d only imagine in sequel to Minecraft would be a crazy hard act to follow. Updates/upgrades to the current game would probably be best. Will be interesting to see which way they go.
I am not a Minecraft fan, but Minecraft Dungeons looks pretty cool. I think this is a good way to look at it if you are Mojang. Why just make a sequel, just for the sake of making a sequel?
I can't see the need for a Minecraft 2 - not when you can just update the original with new features - like Ray Tracing. Unless you plan to give it a 'new' look, change its aesthetics, then it makes little sense to release the same game when it can be updated.
I can't say spin-offs appeal either but I think its better to consider each individually as they could offer something to interest me at some point.
Looking at the phenomenon that is Animal Crossing, I think that a Minecraft themed life sim would work well.
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