In a way, it's like comparing Garry's mod to Half Life. I respect your point, and I apologize for the defensive sounding reaction, but the creative mode is a pre-alpha release that was made free to the public to demonstrate the world building and map generation.

The actual game is about survival. You can't just rip through blocks in a matter of moments, and the time investment and resource-gathering required to build things offers a sense of pride. In the creative mode you played, you are invincible and can spawn anything you like into existence.

Also, I didn't notice that the submission was marked as an article, so again, I apologize. However, I will hold fast that the survival mode is absolutely nothing like the mode you played, and immense popularity aside, is something that both hardcore and casual gamers can enjoy.

Well, like I said the game is very successful and I'm sure it does some things right.

Coming from an avid gamers first impressions the game really disappointed me. The gameplay just felt terrible, and putting over a hour in to try to understand the game was like pulling teeth.

In all honesty I held back only due to the facts that I had only seen videos of the full game and the game is so largely successful already.

For your average gamer I think they need not worry about this game, but I did encourage those intrigued to give it a go.

While I don't doubt the game has it's good aspects, my first (and last) 1-2 hours with this game were rough. That's my impression anyway... feel free to disagree.

I know I'm against 2 million already, but I felt I gave the game a fair enough shot to at least peak my interest. Honestly I was more interested by the hype and let down by the overall look/feel of the game.

Dude, it's $15. That's about the price of a COD map pack, and it's far better value than one of those. At the very least you should check out the full game, it's actually kinda addictive if you're the creative type.