Minecraft becomes a life and death struggle

Mojang, the development team behind the indie phenomena Minecraft are among the industry bigwig s at PAX and during their time at the podium, they revealed some of the new gameplay elements that will be added to the next Minecraft update. And I have to say that the world of Minecraft is never going to be the same again! 

When it comes to weaponry, players will be able to draw arrows back even further when using their bows,  so they will now be able to hit targets that are more than a few feet away and the arrow will also dish out more damage. However, holding the bow and arrows does have one draw back, players will move slower when they have them drawn. Still it's definitely going to be worth the extra fire power.

Some new enemies will be making the world a slightly scarier place.The Endermen are monsters that will go in for the kill everytime you make direct eye contact and don't think you can simply runaway because they will teleport to your location constantly. However, they are weak against water, so make sure to dive for cover in the nearest lake. Silverfish will be hiding inside of blocks, you know, the ones you mine. So, each time you smash your way through blocksto build your civilization, you could pit yourself in a struggle of life and death. Oh. and if these two new enemies don't make your virtual life scary enough, spiders will become more powerful. They will now have the power to poison you, which will of course drain your life. Damn! Does everything want to kill you?

There will also be some new NPCs and quests added into the mix as well, although they were not revealed. What  was revealed was that players will earn Skill Points every time they kill a monster and said points will be lost if you happen to die. So, the whole survival thing is going to be pretty important.

Was anything else added? Ah yes. There is a "Hunger Meter" now, which means eating will not only regain lost health, it will also be necessary to stay a live. The "Hunger Meter" will have to...

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