I sometimes play Minecraft (rarely), but I have to say, as a bunch of developpers say, "Good graphics don't make a good game".That's just some convoluted lie they made instead of saying "We're too lazy to use current graphics".
I came here just to put this simple equation.
Life>Minecraft>Life
Kthxbai
I've played it for days by my self on my PC, and a lot on the Xbox Live version with friends.
I build the a house, and dig up a mine and find lot's of Diamond and Iron and Gold and after that it's really boring.
I don't find it hard to stay alive on any difficulty so there is no real challenge for me. I just can't get into it, and I'm not the kind of person that sticks to one genre of game, I generally play everything.
Maybe it's different for people that play online on the PC because there is so many mods, and a lot more people to play with. Other than that I can't understand why people like it so much. I feel like it's extremely overrated and there are much better indie games out that that deserve much more attention. That's my opinion though.