The Platform-Unifying Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Looks Like A Chip Off The Old Block

TBH bedrock edition is a serious downgrade. Redstone is broken, automated farms are broken, many mechanics don’t work anymore and all due to the engine not handling world updates well. Also we go from a console specific version to a mobile port :/ I have nothing against mobile ports, but we had something superiour.

Not PC, but Windows 10 edition. Java edition doesn't have the bedrock edition.

I'm just hoping that the retail release date gets announced soon.

Apparently I've been hibernating because I have not heard of this version. Is it an update, or a whole new game that needs to be purchased? Also, what's the difference? Cross-platform play?

@something17 Same. I would also like to know that.

Finally, it's available on virtually every single other platform but Sony platforms, since they don't want to agree to the mandatory Xbox account. They must have had to jump through some serious performance hoops on the Switch to delay it so much.

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After Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders is difficult to go back to Minecraft for us. The simplicity of the gameplay/graphics was ok before those games in particular but they havee added much more depth. Glad they are still updating this though. I hope one day they develop a full on Minecraft 2 or whatever, doubt it however.

@something17 @JKRiki Ditto. First I’ve ever heard of it

@redd214 I agree so much, but....isn't Minecraft technically the less simple one? Seems remarkably complicated to me to the point of being obtuse and unfun. DQB is enjoyable almost because it's simpler with it's focus and structure.

As much as I try and would absolutely love to immerse myself in this game, I simply can’t manage to enjoy it. I don’t mind games with an open world and tons of freedom, but there is little to no sense of any kind of direction in the survival mode of this game, and I get bored so very quickly. I’m also not a creative type for the most part, so building worlds isn’t all that exciting for me, either. I feel like I wasted my money on this.

@darkswabber rendering only 7 chunks in handheld is superior to this? 3800x3800 blocks or whatever it was is superior to infinite worlds? Aren't you exaggerating JUST a bit? For everything I've ever done in Minecraft this is a massive upgrade for Switch. Sounds like you need to just stick with Javacraft on PC.

@norbloot Yeah maybe I was exaggerating a bit, sorry. I will stick to the standard console edition until some mechanics are fixed. But I would rather have had those options added in the console edition than having a phone edition.
And who knows, maybe once I played it on switch instead of windows 10 my heart will melt a bit towards it. Most important thing for me is having the java additions as quick as possible without having to play java edition (I own it, just never feel like playing it)

Wow, after reading the differences I hope I can still stick with the old version. Especially the redstone and very small world updates(things don't grow/work farther than 5 chunk away from the player), so you can see 14 chunks away but if you go more than five chunks, your seeds stop growing, minecarts stop working, etc.

As long as it's not like the newer edition on Xbox One they keep trying to push. That one has 4K support on at least the One X but a confusing mobile style interface that I despise as opposed to the console specific versions. Still looking forward to this on Switch and the long awaited texture and lighting update.

According to what I've read, this is a free upgrade available to owners of the existing version on Switch. But I've also read that you'll have access to BOTH versions as long as you purchased the original release before this update hits. So if you try out Bedrock and prefer the Switch Edition for some reason, you can still play it. If you prefer Bedrock, you'll be able to move (or copy? not sure) all of your worlds/save data over to that version. This sounds like a pretty consumer-friendly update to me.

However, if you don't already own Minecraft on Switch and aren't sure which version you'll prefer in the end, then you should probably hurry up and buy it before the update arrives. Once that happens, the Switch version will disappear from the shop and you'll lose your chance.

@something17 The hud for the game is different to the version the switch has now, along with graphical differences and the ability to play cross platform multiplayer. It is a free update to all owners of the original Switch version amd is not mandatory to download, at least judging by the Xbox One version, it asks if you want to update.

"revamp that will unify the PC version, the Xbox versions and the all the Pocket Editions all into one unified platform"

Dude, will you please proofread.

Looks like they added a simulation distance slider which allows you to adjust from 4 chunks to 12 chunks for simulation distance. Which isn't bad, but the original java version (or classic edition as it is now called) updated all chunks visible. Sadly, this is likely the reason the bedrock edition can show so many chunks with this version, because it is only updating what is going on in the immediate vicinity.

On a side note a chunk is simply a 16 block by 16 block area. Will see how it is, may end up just doing creative stuff in version we have now and survival in the Bedrock version.

@Dpishere Thanks for the clarification!

@JKRiki @gaga64 @something17 The Better Together Update is a completely new version of Minecraft. If you have already purchased the XBOX or Switch versions of Minecraft, you can download the new one from the XBOX Store or eShop for free. If you haven't already purchased the game on one of the platforms, you will, obviously, need to buy the game.

The game itself is mainly identical. You will need to sign into either an XBOX Live account or Microsoft Account (which is used for Windows 10.) The major difference is that Switch, PC, XBOX One and Pocket Edition players can play together on the same world. You should know that you can't play with your PS4 friends.

If you haven't already purchased the game, I would hold out because physical is releasing at some point, but I would suggest that it will launch shortly after the update becomes available.

I'm confused. We don't even have the better together update yet, right?

I really want that infinite world, but it sounds like there are going to be a lot of drawbacks to go with it.

@gaga64 same

"Minecraft: Bedrock Edition"

...FLEENSTONES?!?

@Matthew010 cheers, appreciated

@gaga64 No problem! Happy to help!

@Hendrin Actually it's 9 chunks now but that's not as good as the 16 chunks we have now...

The Switch version currently processes a huge chunk of the world at once so you don't have to worry about crops and trees not growing.

You can't have a Bedrock edition without the Flintstones.

It is honestly pretty awesome to think we could have people playing the same game together live on the Switch, PC and an Xbone all at the same time.

But I played Minecraft to death in college. It just doesn't hold my interest unless I have friends to play regularly with.