To say thatMinecraftis a successful game would be to understate just how much of a cultural phenomenon it has become. After hundreds of millions of sales and withMojang currently working on “The Wild” update, there is seemingly no chance that this blocky juggernaut will be slowing down any time soon. Over the years, there has been so much content added to the game that the original is almost bare bones compared to how it looks and plays these days. It’s difficult to know just how much the game has changed, but one fan has been putting some of that into perspective.
A user by the name of HeeyMonster has uploaded a short video to theMinecraftSubreddit, which showcases all the mobs the studio has added to the game since it launched more than 10 years ago. Starting off in the “pre-classic” era, this digital museum moves along a timeline and displays a label for each iteration of the game and the monsters and NPCs that were implemented for that update, beginning with Steve.
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The player then moves onto the “classic” stage, which shows the skeleton, pig, sheep, andone ofMinecraft’s most notorious mobs the creeper. A little further down the line, as it moves closer to the present, there are a slew of other creatures and antagonists that have been added, such as the Enderman in the beta version, the golem in version 1.2.1, all the way up to the most recent version, 1.8, with the killer rabbit on display. There’s also a large gap left from 1.9 onwards in anticipation of what’s to come in future updates.
It really does show just how much the developer has added since the early days. Withmobs being added toMinecraftall the time, the world is simply teeming with challenging foes and villagers that can be interacted and traded with. It remains to be seen what else Mojang will come up with next.
Asone of the highest-grossing video games of all time, there’s very little chance that the fan base will see the end ofMinecraftfor many years to come. With so many people showcasing interesting builds and Redstone contraptions, not to mention artwork inspired by the game, and a studio that seems dedicated to improving on it all the time, it’s hardly surprising that it’s become one of the most popular IPs in gaming history, or at least of the last decade or so.
Minecraftis available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
