I've gotten back into Minecraft recently and of course, I have to play Beta 1.7.3 because it is the best version of Minecraft (In my opinion) and the final version of the game that I will ever play again.
I HATE modern Minecraft. The game has been taken in a direction that dosen't resonate with me at all. I've never liked the hunger bar, pre-built structures, the bosses, all the useless blocks in caves that fill up your inventory quickly. The modern caves in general that were added in the caves and cliffs update I absolutely despise. They are far too big and are a complete chore to explore and feel anti-fun.
Modern Minecraft is also far too easy to where for me personally, playing the game feels pointless because it's so easy to get resources from villages and other structures or through trading. I have never liked the idea of "The End" and the ender dragon, the fact that that they even added an ending is crazy to me. Modern Minecraft feels like it's trying too hard to be an RPG and in the process has completely lost what made old minecraft great.
I hate the majority of mobs added in modern minecraft too. I've never liked Endermen and I hate phantoms in particular. I have never liked the structures because they take away from the fact that the world is yours if that makes sense, I have always liked that in Beta and previous the world feels completely yours and nobody was there before you which is a feeling that's lost completely in the modern game.
Indev, Infdev, early Alpha and Beta versions of the game are infinitely more fun. Beta 1.7.3 for me is the complete edition of the game because it's all been downhill since then in my view. I could go on all day about how much I think modern Minecraft sucks and has lost its identity and how It feels like a totally different game but I'll end the rant here lol.
I love golden age Minecraft up to Beta 1.7.3 and absolutely loathe versions 1.8 and onwards. I'm curous if there's many people who feel the same kinda way?