Are Minecrafts Older Textures BETTER?

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The old Nether felt more like Hell, whereas the new Nether feels like it’s own new fantasy land, especially thanks to the Warped and Crimson forests and the Piglins.

new ones are just more polished, but the old ones always give you that nostalgic feeling.

What really made the nether scarier upon it's first inception besides the textures is the lighting that was more similar to the overworld. Meaning it could actually get really dark, and you need torches to see anything. Imagine what the nether would look like today with true darkness.

Old netherrack: sharp broken sheets of shale covered in blood New netherrack: smooth river stone but red

The old Netherrack always looked like flesh, bone, and stone to me. I liked that. The new texture looks like red rocks. Nothing too special about that

I remember when the cows made different sounds. Anyone also remember when lava had a different pattern? (It changed from red to yellow rather than being mostly orange.) The old gravel textures bring me back, too. Remember when they were used as villager paths? Ahh… memories!

I use the packs “Programmer Art” and “Programmer Art Extended.” It updates all the new textures to look like the old ones.

I feel like while sure old Netherrack fits the old Nether aesthetic where it was supposed to be hell. The texture does look like an eyesore after seeing it a couple of time, and with the current Nether being more focused on exploration instead of just finding a fortress and leave, having a texture with a lot of noise like the old netherrack can get uncomfortable for the eyes after spending too much time in the nether.

I jumped back into Minecraft around 1.14 or 15 after a few years away. I didn't even notice the textures were updated until I saw other videos talking about it long after. Whenever I see the old ones my reaction is always something along the lines of, "This is what it used to look like? It didn't seem like this much of an eyesore."

Anyone else still nostalgic for the old water and rain sounds? For some reason those embody the nostalgia of Minecraft's golden age for me the most.

I miss the old crop textures a lot too. Wheat in particular. The new one just doesn’t feel right.

Sand is my biggest issue, I honestly cannot tell distance or elevation in a desert biome now but I remember that it was quite easy back before the change.

My favorite texture is the text to image where every block is white and has a name on it, really balanced, really colorful

Only thing about new textures are that some blocks that are supposed to be not flat (stone, logs etc.) are too undercontrasted. If they are a bit more contrasted, you will actually get the feel of their respective surfaces.

I always liked the old Netherrack. It looked like it was straight out of Doom.

A thing I liked about the old netherack texture was that it was kinda ambiguous as to what it really was. Was it a red rock? Red rock with blood on it? Or was it more like flesh and raw meat? The only new textures I like are glass because now you can actually see through it. As for the melon i think just making it a darker green rather than yellowish green would fix the old one. Overall the older textures are better in my opinion.

I like the retro indie feel of the old textures. Goes in line with the fact that the world is made up with cubes.

Both of the netherrack textures are fitting for their respective versions in my opinion. Pre 1.14 one fit the old nether really well. It was a desolate space with this hellish eye straining netherrack everywhere. Add in the ghasts and other mobs and you get yourself a true hell feeling. 1.14 - 1.16 felt really off. It felt way emptier than before and had less of the hell feeling - nothing but the smooth red block everywhere made it feel like it was a bland, lonely simple biome. 1.16 and forward is when the new textures actually come in really well - with 1.16, the general feeling and meaning of the nether changed a lot, and the smoother, less eye straining netherrack fits it really well. Nether is not just "hell" anymore, its another dimension where many unique creatures live and where many structures and biomes exist for the player to explore. Its way more lively and the old netherrack texture just doesnt fit it at all.

tbh, i don't understand the modern crusade against jagged, noisy or high contrast art styles. The laser focus on smoothing away all the detail is really silly IMO. I obviously prefer the older textures overall, the new ones aren't bad but they all feel bland and identical, even if some of the old textures were just recolours. I also like the cobbled together indie feel of the old textures more, the new ones just feel more corporate