It's Not Nostalgia. Old Minecraft WAS Great.

Getting this question a lot, so I’d better answer. The version I mostly play (and what you’re seeing mostly in the video) is Beta 1.7.3 (do not confuse this with release 1.7. They’re different)

Old Minecraft gave me a vibe no other game ever has

Can we just take a moment to respect how lucky we are that all of these old versions are even still available? So many games just discard the old versions once the new ones are added, but Minecraft saw the need to preserve early. I can't think of any other game that makes it so easy and accessible to play versions of the game at all, let alone old development versions. Regardless of how the design moves forward in the future, we've always got the safety net of playing our favorite iteration years from now, and that's so special in this industry.

seeing the old lava texture made me emotional for some reason

I just want to say I absolutely love how casually you’re talking. There’s no yelling, nothing super fast paced—it’s refreshing

One thing about old minecraft is you learn IMMEDIATELY how the myth of Herobrine came to be. There's so little ambience, the world is so dark and empty, and choked by fog at all times. It's only natural for your brain to fear there being another presence in the world. Couple that with old minecraft having legions of generation bugs, and you've got a solid urban legend.

Tbh old minecraft immerses me way more. when there’s so many things, i get overwhelmed and unmotivated to do everything

The thing i hate in newer versions is that new stuff doesn't work with the old one, for example new mobs have complex animations and more realistic design, so when you look at a cow for example it feels like a different game because of how different these mobs look like

the fog is a big deal. it really did make your worlds feel so much cooler when you'd get up to some high vantage and look back towards your base/town/whatever while you were out gathering things and exploring the woods nearby. looking back at your structures from a distance felt soo cool

another thing about older minecraft that i really enjoy is the fact that the darkness out there is actually dark. As soon as the night hits, it's almost impossible to get through the woods with no light source and at the same time any lighting you put up looks so much brighter and more vibrant in comparison with the newer brighter nights

In the old versions of minecraft, every block had a purpose. Now there are way too many cosmetic blocks.

The worst part about modern minecraft is that whenever I invite friends or random internet friends, they always try to rush the ender dragon and the rest of the bosses, while I'm still at base making a simple house which I would like to see in a huge village with other houses and buildings made by everyone. That never happens because they quit after beating the bosses or making stupid farms.

One of my favorite things about old Minecraft was the lighting. The game was so much darker and the torches felt so much fainter, It made buildings in the dark so much cozier and safe.

I personally think the old Minecraft was better because of how simple and few things there were in it. No Elytra so the minecart and boats were heavily needed. Enemies hit harder so it was scary to see them. Not knowing how to play the game so the curiosity was huge. no sprinting so exploring felt more brutal and earned instead of like a tiktok speed of exploring as nowadays, everything you found was so much slower so you would appreciate it so much more. you can cover 100k blocks with an elytra in like 20 mins. 100k in old minecraft would be hoursssssssssss, everything had a purpose and nothing made something else obsolete. Edit: and heavily agreed that things became really disappointing once mojang headed in the realistic direction... for whatever reason.. Minecraft was way more enjoyable when it was an actual fantasy game.

When they added The different kinds of stone it did begin to complicate the simplicity of mining. I wish there was a way to flag certain things for your character to not pick up in modern Minecraft.

this felt so natural i didn't even realize it was 21 minutes long

another thing to add to the "blocks not being as solid" point is the newer mobs too, they have detailed animations and many moving parts to them, whereas the earlier creatures have only a moving head, sometimes arms, and legs. i remember being ecstatic about wolves and how cool it was that they wagged their tails, and it indicated their health... now, there are frogs leaping around, and salamander looking cute things that slither through the water, just to name a few.. (i don't mind it, i just think its a little different than my usual picture of minecraft) sometimes i wish that i can take a few aspects from some newer updates, and put them in older ones.

There's this quote that goes like "limitation breeds creativity" and I feel like that applies to this version. Tho I don't personally play it, it definitely has a charm to it and it kinda feels like you can do more with less

bro if they added more biomes but had the same generation and texture style of the old mc it would make my childhood dream come true, exploring biomes was magical back then

Why is no one talking about the old sounds? When I opend up an old version and took my first step on grass I litterly started crying because of the memories of just that one old sound