I'm constantly reminded how great the brilliance of this games design. I've been playing for awhile on and off since 1.3.2. During that time I have of course played other games some new some old. However I can't get enough of the fact that I control "my" Minecraft. By that I mean no matter what happens I know that anytime I want to I can start a new world or play old backups. That's something that you can't say about most games. Other games require you to be online, some have subscription models, some lose popularity and servers go down. With Minecraft you never have to worry about any of that. This means you never have to lose any progress or work you put in. I don't know about you all but as someone who has put thousands of hours each into multiple different games that's a sigh of relief. It's not that it would be the end of the world if that happened anyway it's just a great feature to have.

This isn't even scratching the surface though. They released a great base sandbox game, arguably the best and still work on updates and new features given out free to anyone who owns the base. The majority of games don't do that.

Then there's modding. There are countless mods that do everything from making the game run smoother to completely changing game play while still keeping core elements that make it fun. This extends the already virtually limitless playtime even more adding innumerable options for customizing your experience.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I just felt the need to say how greatly different this game is than any other. Thank you to all of the developers at Mojang and all of the mod authors for making something I have and will continue to enjoy for years to come.