If I have one critique about this channel, it's that the experts aren't informed about many things about the games. They talk about how the lighting in the game has improved since they last saw it, clearly indicating that Gamology didn't mention at all the fact these videos are recorded with mods that enable cinematic camera paths and complex shading. They're left with the impression that it's just how the game looks or works out of the box.
the point behind it is that in this scenario, the video gets interesting because of those misunderstandings. imagine recording people reacting to what they have been informed about - "oh ok", "yeah i see"
@@TheRealPots While I agree that's the primary point, their view of what they think the game is does influence their opinions and statements. A good portion of the video revolved around them talking about how Minecraft has become much more cinematic. regardless of the main purpose of the video, these types of videos will influence people's opinions. There will be some people wo are introduced to these games via this channel (though admittedly for Minecraft that'll probably be very few because it's hard to find someone who hasn't at least heard of it before) And while they're trying to be fairly unbiased towards the game itself, it's clear the experts are judging the game and the builds showcased using it on it's graphics. So I feel it's important that the experts know what is default and what is in addition. This video in particular wasn't that bad, but other videos in the past led them to making completely incorrect statements about the games themselves because they weren't informed of third party mods or the like. I don't think it's a big deal, I just feel that mentioning "the lighting is enhanced for these videos" would temper the reactions to less relevant parts of the game.
Maybe have them experience a skyblock. That's what the first build was and how difficult it is to even get started in a skyblock where you have limited resources before growing out to what they were able to build.
@@eviljbrian im sure the least of their concerns would be survival. They're architects that want to experience building in minecraft, so just let them use creative. I see no point in making them have to do a stone farm, mob farm, plant trees etc. just so they can build stuff.
@@mith3620 Nah, it's not so much the survival aspect, but the challenge of building a platform out from next to nothing, let alone a complete castle and island. I've played skyblocks. Fun. Not easy.
@@eviljbrian Yes and still. Why do we have to make their experiences harder if they're not players but architects? I see no point in your invite. You're asking an architect who probably cares little about the game mechanics to play a skyblock when they can just enjoy some creative mode.
4:52 As someone who used to be part of a build team, The builds are planned. We usually throw ideas in there and build what we come up with. There are also people that do kind of have special roles, because some are more comfortable with big builds, small builds, interiors and certain styles.
@@falco5429 I used to be the owner of a Bedrock/mcpe team called "Energetix, building for smaller prison and pvp servers and then i did some building for the most popular bedrock server called lifeboat and after awhile i started building for some servers on pc, until i got a burnout.
@@nathanielgutierrez6648 Depending on what type of building, we would look at blocks used, Location, Size, amd then lay the foundation, bring up the walls, add the roof/any.other features and then detail it, but that's just me, other people do it differently.
It is a little frustrating that they don’t fully understand how Minecraft works, however that lack of knowledge does give a little more headway for a realistic explanation, where as it would be much more slow and the explanations could likely become simple as they could just compare the physics engine and textures of Minecraft to real life and leave it at that
The major difference between the first reaction and this one is the shades and texture pack they're using which adds the advanced lighting and more realistic pallets for the blocks
@@hg06syndicate14 ya, the last video was kind of a let down, there are plenty of good grand builds you can find that are way more interesting than a simple cottage.
I am an architecture student working on my master's degree. There is an echo of the familiar architectural ego that I experience constantly in the university and in the profession in the video that is almost unwatchable. "The real world doesn't work that way." They pretend they didn't have to do conceptual design just to develop imagination for the first two years. I understand that they are looking at things through an architect's eyes, but these buildings are not about general disciplines, but about aesthetics. It's a good thing they don't start peddling that the building is impossible to base on that little mound of dirt on the side of the hill. I used to play Minecraft when I was 14-15 years old and it was extremely fun. I had fellow students who visualized their midterm submissions and even their thesis projects in Minecraft. Most of the newly graduated architects were inspired to enter the profession by games like Minecraft, Sims.
The problem I have is that they are distracted by the things that make a game a game. They worry about things like physics or things being "Magical". I want to hear about how you could make it possible with alterations or how it's similar to real buildings or how it could be improved even. There are also much better games for building that look much more detailed like Valheim, Eco, Ark, and etc. They get so distracted by how minecraft looks blocky and details that are game specific.
Well, one could argue Minecraft has an even greater capacity for creativity and making choices as anything and everything can be harvested/demolished in the world to make room for creations, and instead of using those resources to make specific components for the whole build, one builds whatever they want cube by cube, meaning there’s no chance for terrain to screw with their design and only the sky and their dedication are the limit. Edit: also, I assume most of these are creative mode, not survival, but building large structures in survival has the added component of being able to source so many different resources from the world to use however you want. Also, I feel like these people were fundamentally uninformed on Minecraft considering the literal core of the game is that everything is either cubes or fits inside the limit of one or more cubes, without any rounded surfaces. Even the water is geometric, moving cube by cube (it always reminds me of slo-mo shots in movies that weren’t shot at high frame rates, so everything turns jerky and drops frames).
I worry about the physics when I build. I also worry about the arcane implications when I build. It's when those two fuse together that making a fantasy castle really good. It needed a wider or at least more of a tip, the chunks the keep(?) is floating on.
You really need to let them log onto a basic world, walk around a bit, make a tool or two, break a few trees and stones, and just generally let them get the idea of how some of the game world is set up. How gravity functions (and how it doesn't), and the basic idea of how water and lava function in game. That way they'd go into these videos with a much clearer idea of what's possible and why, and while I still imagine they'd note which things wouldn't be possible in reality, it would be focused more on the buildings themselves and the setup of them. The actual architecture rather than the fact that the island is floating and not them questioning how gravity, water, and clouds work in this game. I was interested in his very excellent point that, for some builds, increasing the scale of it would allow for better detailing. This is indeed a tactic many use. However he made a later comment about not knowing whether blocks are the main part of the game or not, which only showcases the fact that he doesn't really know how this game functions, nor any of the conventions that minecraft builders have developed over time to compensate for the fact that everything is made out of blocks.
Love the idea of architects reacting, and they clearly are amazing in their fields, but it will be ideal to inform them about the basics of the game. Minecraft in essence is a game of cubes, and that is the main thing they point out as Bad. The whole premise should be, how creative can you be if you were given the restriction of only using one shape form... in this case a cube/square.
Would be really interesting to see these two react to some of the guys and girls from hermitcraft. And also, maybe, with someone there to explain some things to them so they have a better understanding of the game.
Well they did question if any of these gamers had any background in architecture and if I remember correctly, Bdubs does, so it would be interesting to see if they might notice something distinct in his builds.
@@s8theninjawarrior916 Pearl, Scar, BDubs (all Hermitcraft), Mythical Sausage, and Joel (both Empires) are the only S+ Tier survival builders on MCYT. People like Jeracraft who use world edit for 90% of their builds are good, but it isn't the same. It's a lot easier to make a striking landscape custom tailored to your idea and fill it with structures and have it look good than it is to take an existing landscape and modify it a little to suit your structures.
i mean i know why they say oh cool, its because they have never touched tyhe game, if they did they would notice that this structures are not only amazing from an architects standpoint but they are also super creative and very time consuming i normally spend 7 ingame days making a normal house now imagine how much time this guys put only in a piece of the build that is absolutely insane
As someone who played the game lots in survival these builds kinda make me cringe. They're amazing in a flyby with a good set of shaders, but from up-close the houses don't really hold up as something you'd ever want to aspire to building, and the detailing is often patchy use of weird blocks. I get it though; "diagonal" houses just don't work well with Minecraft, but a bird's eye view of buildings that all adhere slavishly to the same compass direction makes for a boring city.
@@tomdekler9280 i mean i get It, most buildings are not practical because one normally doesnt need that much space but the thing Is, it's Time consuming and hard to come up with the process of building It in the first place, that Is what i was mostly trying to say, they may not ve the prettiest or most practical but they are art and pretty much amazingly crafted
@@diegohiramguidogarcia6003 I mean, even then I think of larger builds as places you could have villagers, or maybe bases on a server or something; this world doesn't really accommodate for that.
with the training architects have, the creative stuff they're exposed to for years, they develop an elevated threshold for what they can associate as "amazing." What might be amazing for you may just be "okay" for them.
The first build you looked at was a skyblock survival play though where spawn with limited resources unlike in creative mode where they have access to infinite blocks and can fly freely On the note of the lighting effects and non-blocky clouds and water is due to shader packs There are also resource packs that change textures on blocks, creatures, and items
Man this Channel really needs to give the Experts more Context to what's happening in the Video sometimes, so that they don't go off about the Video and how it is. It just pisses me off to see a React-Channel, not give Context to the Experts. There was a Channel called: *REACT* and in some way, they would give Additional-Context; but they also featured everyone from the _Social-Spectrum(from the Elders, to Children, to Teens, to Adults - Expert or Not)_
the react channel still exists lmao, but yeah, giving them some backround means they dont get hung up on details that are just the way minecraft works and can actually provide their expert insights in a cool way for the viewers
I'd love to see them react to the hermitcraft builds as it seems they prefer to see larger-scale more realistic builds. I'd also like to have an expert at the game explain to them how the mechanics works so that along with looking at something pretty, everyone learns things as well.
5:49 There are things called resource packs that allow for custom sets of textures to be applied to the game. In this clip they are using custom textures, as can be seen by comparing them to the other videos.
most minecraft builders use refence images, but it's normally just as a guide. they will make their own decisions as to designs and the way it comes together as a whole. you will also notice alot of builders will follow builds based on real things.. it makes things feel more real and will often mean that the architecture is fairly accurate
Benjamin saying 'In some ways it's kinda pointless to have architects look at it' at 13:35 hopefully helps in choosing what games to show them next time. Show them architecture. Like, maybe across the AC games. Or in alternate timelines like Wolfenstein. They're wonderful guests, and I hope to see more of them!
Minecraft is good for architects to review, it’s just that they have zero knowledge about this game and have no frame of reference for anything. However, some other commenters pointed out it’s also not much better if they just get everything explained. Ideally they need a game that appeals to them blind. The assassin’s creed video was a good pick to show them for example.
@@r.r.4563 I feel it’s because they’re discussing the structural and logical aspects of architecture, when people really wanted to see them discussing design choices, color pallets, use of shapes, etc.
I mean, my brother started getting into Minecraft when he was getting his English degree, and now he's studying for a master's in architecture. He even used Minecraft builds for his application. So, yeah, it does happen.
I think if these architects has hands on experience with Minecraft, especially in survival mode, their first impression of these builds would be much different. I think they also don’t know that mods are thing lol
It’s a game of blocks there’s a level of appreciation needed to love Minecraft for what it really is which is a sandbox game. It’s a game that challenges people to make beautiful worlds out of literal square blocks. Minecraft is a journey and you can only play your first time once, loony exhibits my love for the game in all of his work
They should play the game itself to get a feel for how the game works because they're so caught up on everything being made of blocks. Plus it seems like nobody told them about shaders and mods
As someone who is actually wanting to go into an architect school solely based off of this game specifically Theres a sht ton of effort and planning that goes into these builds take the game aspect and focus only on the realism its hard to get the full picture if they have never indulged.
I wish that they knew for that second one and maybe more I’m only up to the second one that they didn’t just build the houses they built the whole terrain and minecraft terrain yes has advanced a lot over time especially recently but doesn’t naturally look like that and they likely did that from scratch
8:05 lighting is not usually like this, they are using what's called shaders whick makes the games graphics and lighting and water look a little more realistic. Most of the builds your looking at also have modified the textures of all the blocks to once again look more realistic and less "cartoony". And another thing is all these builds are built using what's called "creative mode" where you are immortal and have unlimited access to all blocks and items and have the ability to fly. If you want to see some builds built by players who have to gather the resources and deal with enemy creatures, then search for "HermitCraft " and the builds are just as good if not better.
As architects, im surprised they weren't amazed by the limits minecraft can cross ti present creativity. They're more concerned about how its 'magical' more than that this game makes architectural practice easier
To Experts, Players can share their structures with other Players by giving the world file to forums and there you can download the world with the structure and put it into your game files, structures can also be used for modifications, yes there are also modifications like shaders that improve lightning of the game and texture packs made by Minecraft's community.
1. Usually on bigger building projects people have different roles 2. You can buy different texture packs in the game that might Make it look more realistic or some of them that make it look a little bit older or unfinished
Let them try build in Minecraft next time! I wonder how their approach to building would be. They’d probably start building in a way that works with real life physics even though it would be unnecessary in MC lol
“Is there an architect and then an interior designer?” She says. I look forward to when Gameology has them look at the Arron Longstaff+ Firepumpkin dynamic duo with Ark survival evolved!
I like this reaction much more than the others I've seen. The scale was much larger, the skill was on display better, and the experts talked more about design and historical architecture than just physics and blocks
they dont 100% understand how incredible these builds are. they need to play and really experience these builds... (this dude is hilarious lol. would love to see em go in and at least try one of these builds if he's so confident).
I’m not sure if they understand what a game is, or I’m easily impressed because I want to be able to build like this in my world. Cuz I think the able to turn blocks into these amazing and cool concepts and structures is a talent and you would think an architect would be amazed but they’re focused on the physics. I wanna hear their opinion as if the structure was something they saw in the real world. I would like to see then play the game and build something, not to say that it wouldn’t be amazing but so they appreciate the creativity u have to have when you’re presented with blocks, and wall, stairs, slabs of course.
Man, it would be nice if the people were given beforehand what they are looking at and why it looks the way it is... And that Minecraft is basically virtual Lego.
I'm not a good Minecraft builder... I'm a cave dweller... But I'm somehow offended by some of their comments... They clearly don't understand a few things... First, Minecraft is a block game. It will always look blocky. Second, it's a game, not a simulator. Gravity does not always work the same as real life. Third, can someone at least explain the game first before they react into it?.. Also, can we do an "Engineers React" to Minecraft as well?... Thanks.
The caste shown at 2:55 is actually not in Bavaria, its in Baden-Württemberg and is called "Burg Hohenzollern", i live in a small town net to it. Its really a beautiful castle :D
Another thing they don't seem to mention, is that most of these bills are probably done in creative mode where the player can have immediate access to all the materials they're using in the videos instead of being in survival or adventure where they actually have to go out and search for Iron, wood, wool, etc. At some point I would like to see either these guys or some other architect/construction type workers actually use Minecraft and see how the mechanics of the game work: material collection, building, etc.
Something I find interesting about their reactions is they react to the time-lapses and don't seem to recognize it's a time-lapse. And they comment about real life aspects that don't apply to the game but ultimately get shown in non fantastical builds...like anything built that can be fantasy but is seen in real life, barns, castle's, etc that aren't floating and so on often have logical foundations, supports, etc they just might not be built in the correct order of a real life building. Minecraft, when it comes to builds, is less about the process and more about the product. They also don't realize the game still looks the same, but there are texture packs (the dude briefly asked if that was a thing players could do) and shaders for lighting and so on. They really should play the game for a bit to get used to what players have to work with, then react to more builds like the team one.
The lighting isn’t even vanilla (meaning that the lighting was installed by the player to their computer to make the game a lot of bright and semi realistic but it doesn’t look like that naturally) it’s called using shaders.
One video I'd love to see: Get a few professional architects and sculptors, give them a good VR device and get them "Tilt Brush". Give them 1 week to create whatever they want and as many stuff as they can in that 1 week. Doesn't matter if it is 1 week in a single project or several creations in the same week, they have full freedom. Then get them to react to each other's creations (outside VR with pictures and then inside VR so that they can look around those creations showing their perspectives). That ought to be amazing.
Players can import their own textures into the game to change the look of it to fit whatever style they're going for. The reason some of it has very realistic water, lighting, and clouds is due to sort of specialized mods called Shaders that enhance the visuals of the game on a much more technical level than texture packs. I really hope architects become much more prevalent and their work much more prevalent in America cause she is right. America has a lot of boring, poorly designed buildings. Urban cityscapes LITERALLY contribute to depression because humans arent meant to be surrounded by concrete and glass constantly.
I wanna see these guys react to Ultrakill. In terms of retro shooters that game has probably the best/most diverse level design out of all retro shooter I've seen.
It feels like they are overly pretentious because they don’t want their colleagues to see them genuinely enjoying a game. An architect experiencing Minecraft should be a fricken dream. No real life concerns just the build you’ve always wanted to come to life.
Gen Z is basically the fighters in Fortnite, soldiers in Call of Duty, architect in Minecraft, survivors of Last of us, gangsters in GTA, protagonist in Assassin Creed, Sheriff in RDR and racers in Forza.
2:24 yes you can visit these worlds in the game and explore them yourself you can also edit them, these are just saved game worlds freely posted online to get and put into your own copy of minecraft to experiance,
I just came upon this. I would love to see them actually play the game and build something. That would be fun. So vanilla Minecraft does not look like what they are watching here in this video. There are "texture" packs which change the way the blocks and items in the game look. And the atmosphere, the way the clouds, lighting, fluffy greenery and the way water looks is achieved by using "shader" packs. That Japanese build where they were smoothing out the blocks was probably done in "World Edit". That is what map makers use to make adventure maps or CTM(Complete the Monument) maps. When people first look at Minecraft they of course see a bunch of blocks, but once you get into the game you realize there is so so so much more to it than just that. I really enjoyed the video.
I actually wanted to be an architect when I was younger so Minecraft let me live that in a way I made city villages where me and all my friends had rolls was real fun.
0:53 this type of play is sky block where you start with nothing more that floating small island in void and 1 tree,and you must survive,make base and defeat ender dragon(Minecraft final boss)
5:40 to answer your question in Minecraft your you are able to import stuff like texture packs mods shaders etc etc from what I can tell most of if not all the stuff you were reacting to today had used both different texture packs and shaders you can also use mods to add a new blocks some which are very complex
There have been a lot of interviews and indepth coverage of GoT's opening cinematic. I imagine the players working on that massive build pulled screenshots of them and the sets to work out how to build them. Ridiculously impressive.
So you guys... Minecraft can be rendered photorealistically. And the trees are still blocks- but they have "mods" which make each block a bit rounder. And different "texture packs" and "resource" packs can completely change the look from abstract (no detail) to extremely realistic to stylistic. I recognize a well known texture pack named "conquest" which is very medieval looking. But change the pack and suddenly it can be very modern. The rendering is independent of the underlying structure. *also* there are four very different ways of playing. 1) Creatively where all the blocks are free. 2) Creatively plus world editing tools that make it easy to do a lot quicly. 3) In Survival mode. where you must personally go mine, dig, or grow every block you place (even worse when monsters can attack you) 4) In Skyblock mode. Here you literally only have stone, stone brick, and cobblestone (hence the gray pallete) and one kind of wood. The first example was Skyblock mode. In that mode, you create the blocks from an interaction of flowing lava and water that make cobblestone between them. Only later in the game would you get access to colors. The game is cheap. About $30 / $29 euros. I've seen other architects play and they seem to enjoy it.
I'm 45 I still play Minecraft. I design lots of structures but have no formal training in artitect or anything like it. Just for fun but gets my creative juices flowing playing minecraft Some of these epic builders are only kids and teenagers. I think Minecraft is an amazing way to get kids into architect
The fact that minecraft is basically a blocky cubicle grid and people are able to create a whole city with curves and depth and texture is what’s impressive, I’m not sure they get that
It really bothers me, on the first one, how they focus on the fact it’s being built in the air. They don’t understand minecraft. That is a consequence of wanting to build in a big open space, not a design feature. They don’t recognize the 1/2 and quarter blocks. The only thing they say that someone that isn’t an architect couldn’t tell me is the country style of the castle. They really do need to walk these people through it, if you’re looking at something you don’t understand you’re going to make some conjecturey opinions I really can’t stand the guy. He doesn’t make any comments other than “wow this is all squares, it is reminiscent of futurism” while looking at a literal medieval castle
They are using a filter to change the skins of the blocks and a program that changes the sky to be more realistic . They are also building the trees by hand to make them the shape they want.
In computer modeling, you can create a natural tree system, or any other natural system like rivers or coastlines by using fractals. It is amazing how maths can describe any natural phenomenon.
So the way massive team builds work are intresting. basically appears a person, who gathers people with a same idea and he sets time. After that they either divide into a groups of up to 4 people or if there is oly like 10 people they divide into pairs. Everything that comes after is an a chaotic, organic building proccess
It'd be cool to see them react to Jeracraft, Trixyblox, McMeddon, Smallishbeans, Goodtimeswithscar, pearlescentmoon, Keralis, BdoubleO100, fwhip, Grian or any of the Bakery Builders. People who build with a more vanilla game experience, but are still able to showcase the builds with cinematics later. With the youtube clipping feature the team of this channel can find videos, clip them and compile the clip links so they don't have to watch the entire build process/video but the end result just before and after the cinematic shaders are enabled. Without watching the full video they could look at many more builds from the Minecraft community. Also they don't seem to have alot to say while watching the building process. Also having builds that are less medieval focused from experienced builders like the few I listed would also give them more to say since these architects probably don't go around designing castles, but are more likely designing homes.
question..... how do u build from the inside out???? i built houses for almost 10 years and the FRAMING (the outside) ALWAYS comes FIRST then u build the inside... i would LOVE to see these 2 build a house from the inside out.
9:30, the fact that I almost took Architecture in College (many reasons but Minecraft contributed so much on why). However, I changed my course to Fine Arts during enrollment. HAHA!
If I have one critique about this channel, it's that the experts aren't informed about many things about the games. They talk about how the lighting in the game has improved since they last saw it, clearly indicating that Gamology didn't mention at all the fact these videos are recorded with mods that enable cinematic camera paths and complex shading. They're left with the impression that it's just how the game looks or works out of the box.
the point behind it is that in this scenario, the video gets interesting because of those misunderstandings.
imagine recording people reacting to what they have been informed about - "oh ok", "yeah i see"
They are like: HEY react to these clips and your job is done :D
I agree. This is an issue with almost every reaction. They are still good but it really makes me want to unsubscribe.
meh but im hear to listen about their opinion on architecture I dont really care if they know anything about the game at all tbh..
@@TheRealPots While I agree that's the primary point, their view of what they think the game is does influence their opinions and statements. A good portion of the video revolved around them talking about how Minecraft has become much more cinematic. regardless of the main purpose of the video, these types of videos will influence people's opinions. There will be some people wo are introduced to these games via this channel (though admittedly for Minecraft that'll probably be very few because it's hard to find someone who hasn't at least heard of it before) And while they're trying to be fairly unbiased towards the game itself, it's clear the experts are judging the game and the builds showcased using it on it's graphics. So I feel it's important that the experts know what is default and what is in addition.
This video in particular wasn't that bad, but other videos in the past led them to making completely incorrect statements about the games themselves because they weren't informed of third party mods or the like. I don't think it's a big deal, I just feel that mentioning "the lighting is enhanced for these videos" would temper the reactions to less relevant parts of the game.
you guys should let them play the game, try building the house, and then show them these masterpieces! maybe they'll be even more amazed lol
Maybe have them experience a skyblock. That's what the first build was and how difficult it is to even get started in a skyblock where you have limited resources before growing out to what they were able to build.
@@eviljbrian im sure the least of their concerns would be survival. They're architects that want to experience building in minecraft, so just let them use creative. I see no point in making them have to do a stone farm, mob farm, plant trees etc. just so they can build stuff.
@@mith3620 Nah, it's not so much the survival aspect, but the challenge of building a platform out from next to nothing, let alone a complete castle and island. I've played skyblocks. Fun. Not easy.
@@eviljbrian Yes and still. Why do we have to make their experiences harder if they're not players but architects? I see no point in your invite. You're asking an architect who probably cares little about the game mechanics to play a skyblock when they can just enjoy some creative mode.
Agreed, Spyroo.
4:52 As someone who used to be part of a build team, The builds are planned. We usually throw ideas in there and build what we come up with. There are also people that do kind of have special roles, because some are more comfortable with big builds, small builds, interiors and certain styles.
what building team u used to be?
@@falco5429 I used to be the owner of a Bedrock/mcpe team called "Energetix, building for smaller prison and pvp servers and then i did some building for the most popular bedrock server called lifeboat and after awhile i started building for some servers on pc, until i got a burnout.
How would you plan a building
@@nathanielgutierrez6648 Depending on what type of building, we would look at blocks used, Location, Size, amd then lay the foundation, bring up the walls, add the roof/any.other features and then detail it, but that's just me, other people do it differently.
@@monaxia2524 this is really interesting! You're like your own architect team
Having worked for years in commercial & industrial construction, "a world without physics" seems to be the world most architects live in.
as usual, the higher ups bring the ideas to you and it's up to the engineers and constructors to make it work somehow
"here, make this river flow upwards!"
_what_
I guess, maybe it could be done using pressure jets and distorting glass to make it look like water’s flowing upward?
@@DrHundTF2 or you could try to create a gravitational anomaly within that river but you do you. :)
@@shootymcshootfacekoff7972 what is the point of this?
It is a little frustrating that they don’t fully understand how Minecraft works, however that lack of knowledge does give a little more headway for a realistic explanation, where as it would be much more slow and the explanations could likely become simple as they could just compare the physics engine and textures of Minecraft to real life and leave it at that
It's what this channel does.
They are old enough for that kind of games though. I guess even your parents would react the same as them
What’s crazy about that first build is that it was done in survival.
Never heard about hermitcraft smp?
no it wasnt LMAO
@@Tumadregabriel it was the impressive thing is that it even was in skyblock so they only had wood and stone which makes it so cool
@@Tumadregabriel I am pretty sure it is, they had stone tools and were chopping down trees, why would they do that if they were in creative?
@@Tumadregabriel Just to preface, I am refering to the first built they were watching
The major difference between the first reaction and this one is the shades and texture pack they're using which adds the advanced lighting and more realistic pallets for the blocks
That and the main builds they decided to showcase are way more interesting and on a larger scope. Unless there was a video I missed or something
@@hg06syndicate14 ya, the last video was kind of a let down, there are plenty of good grand builds you can find that are way more interesting than a simple cottage.
I am an architecture student working on my master's degree. There is an echo of the familiar architectural ego that I experience constantly in the university and in the profession in the video that is almost unwatchable.
"The real world doesn't work that way." They pretend they didn't have to do conceptual design just to develop imagination for the first two years.
I understand that they are looking at things through an architect's eyes, but these buildings are not about general disciplines, but about aesthetics. It's a good thing they don't start peddling that the building is impossible to base on that little mound of dirt on the side of the hill.
I used to play Minecraft when I was 14-15 years old and it was extremely fun. I had fellow students who visualized their midterm submissions and even their thesis projects in Minecraft. Most of the newly graduated architects were inspired to enter the profession by games like Minecraft, Sims.
same bro i can feel the ego
The problem I have is that they are distracted by the things that make a game a game. They worry about things like physics or things being "Magical". I want to hear about how you could make it possible with alterations or how it's similar to real buildings or how it could be improved even. There are also much better games for building that look much more detailed like Valheim, Eco, Ark, and etc. They get so distracted by how minecraft looks blocky and details that are game specific.
Mmm I like the Ark idea
Well, one could argue Minecraft has an even greater capacity for creativity and making choices as anything and everything can be harvested/demolished in the world to make room for creations, and instead of using those resources to make specific components for the whole build, one builds whatever they want cube by cube, meaning there’s no chance for terrain to screw with their design and only the sky and their dedication are the limit.
Edit: also, I assume most of these are creative mode, not survival, but building large structures in survival has the added component of being able to source so many different resources from the world to use however you want.
Also, I feel like these people were fundamentally uninformed on Minecraft considering the literal core of the game is that everything is either cubes or fits inside the limit of one or more cubes, without any rounded surfaces. Even the water is geometric, moving cube by cube (it always reminds me of slo-mo shots in movies that weren’t shot at high frame rates, so everything turns jerky and drops frames).
I worry about the physics when I build. I also worry about the arcane implications when I build. It's when those two fuse together that making a fantasy castle really good. It needed a wider or at least more of a tip, the chunks the keep(?) is floating on.
Ark building is hard af, and pretty limited.
Next up: Minecraft survival experts look at these builds and decide how their design weighs up against practicality and what they'd build into them.
You really need to let them log onto a basic world, walk around a bit, make a tool or two, break a few trees and stones, and just generally let them get the idea of how some of the game world is set up. How gravity functions (and how it doesn't), and the basic idea of how water and lava function in game. That way they'd go into these videos with a much clearer idea of what's possible and why, and while I still imagine they'd note which things wouldn't be possible in reality, it would be focused more on the buildings themselves and the setup of them. The actual architecture rather than the fact that the island is floating and not them questioning how gravity, water, and clouds work in this game.
I was interested in his very excellent point that, for some builds, increasing the scale of it would allow for better detailing. This is indeed a tactic many use. However he made a later comment about not knowing whether blocks are the main part of the game or not, which only showcases the fact that he doesn't really know how this game functions, nor any of the conventions that minecraft builders have developed over time to compensate for the fact that everything is made out of blocks.
Love the idea of architects reacting, and they clearly are amazing in their fields, but it will be ideal to inform them about the basics of the game. Minecraft in essence is a game of cubes, and that is the main thing they point out as Bad.
The whole premise should be, how creative can you be if you were given the restriction of only using one shape form... in this case a cube/square.
Would be really interesting to see these two react to some of the guys and girls from hermitcraft. And also, maybe, with someone there to explain some things to them so they have a better understanding of the game.
just....don't pick Grian. you know how his, er, backs look like..
Well they did question if any of these gamers had any background in architecture and if I remember correctly, Bdubs does, so it would be interesting to see if they might notice something distinct in his builds.
Hermicraft people aren't all that special anymore though... Some are still top tier but some new builders out of hermicraft are MUCH better
@@s8theninjawarrior916who the hell cares. No reason to belittle them just bc you have an opinion. This wasn’t need dude.🤦🏾
@@s8theninjawarrior916 Pearl, Scar, BDubs (all Hermitcraft), Mythical Sausage, and Joel (both Empires) are the only S+ Tier survival builders on MCYT.
People like Jeracraft who use world edit for 90% of their builds are good, but it isn't the same. It's a lot easier to make a striking landscape custom tailored to your idea and fill it with structures and have it look good than it is to take an existing landscape and modify it a little to suit your structures.
i mean i know why they say oh cool, its because they have never touched tyhe game, if they did they would notice that this structures are not only amazing from an architects standpoint but they are also super creative and very time consuming i normally spend 7 ingame days making a normal house now imagine how much time this guys put only in a piece of the build that is absolutely insane
As someone who played the game lots in survival these builds kinda make me cringe.
They're amazing in a flyby with a good set of shaders, but from up-close the houses don't really hold up as something you'd ever want to aspire to building, and the detailing is often patchy use of weird blocks.
I get it though; "diagonal" houses just don't work well with Minecraft, but a bird's eye view of buildings that all adhere slavishly to the same compass direction makes for a boring city.
@@tomdekler9280 i mean i get It, most buildings are not practical because one normally doesnt need that much space but the thing Is, it's Time consuming and hard to come up with the process of building It in the first place, that Is what i was mostly trying to say, they may not ve the prettiest or most practical but they are art and pretty much amazingly crafted
@@diegohiramguidogarcia6003 I mean, even then I think of larger builds as places you could have villagers, or maybe bases on a server or something; this world doesn't really accommodate for that.
with the training architects have, the creative stuff they're exposed to for years, they develop an elevated threshold for what they can associate as "amazing." What might be amazing for you may just be "okay" for them.
the first one was a void block survival start and taking that into account shows just how truly good the creator is
The first build you looked at was a skyblock survival play though where spawn with limited resources unlike in creative mode where they have access to infinite blocks and can fly freely
On the note of the lighting effects and non-blocky clouds and water is due to shader packs
There are also resource packs that change textures on blocks, creatures, and items
Man this Channel really needs to give the Experts more Context to what's happening in the Video sometimes, so that they don't go off about the Video and how it is. It just pisses me off to see a React-Channel, not give Context to the Experts.
There was a Channel called: *REACT* and in some way, they would give Additional-Context; but they also featured everyone from the _Social-Spectrum(from the Elders, to Children, to Teens, to Adults - Expert or Not)_
the react channel still exists lmao, but yeah, giving them some backround means they dont get hung up on details that are just the way minecraft works and can actually provide their expert insights in a cool way for the viewers
They need to have a third person, who is an expert Minecrafter explaining things to them.
These builds are amazing. The imagination is wild when its not limited by gravity. Shame the architects education narrowed thier vision.
I'd love to see them react to the hermitcraft builds as it seems they prefer to see larger-scale more realistic builds. I'd also like to have an expert at the game explain to them how the mechanics works so that along with looking at something pretty, everyone learns things as well.
5:49 There are things called resource packs that allow for custom sets of textures to be applied to the game. In this clip they are using custom textures, as can be seen by comparing them to the other videos.
most minecraft builders use refence images, but it's normally just as a guide. they will make their own decisions as to designs and the way it comes together as a whole. you will also notice alot of builders will follow builds based on real things.. it makes things feel more real and will often mean that the architecture is fairly accurate
Benjamin saying 'In some ways it's kinda pointless to have architects look at it' at 13:35 hopefully helps in choosing what games to show them next time.
Show them architecture. Like, maybe across the AC games. Or in alternate timelines like Wolfenstein. They're wonderful guests, and I hope to see more of them!
i think ac would be cool, but thn again also maybe with historians, since theres loads of variation between the house types in ac
and especially with valhalla, origins and odyssey people who study mythology, im pretty sure thats a thing
I mean, unless they find builds that are made with real world physics taken into account.
Minecraft is good for architects to review, it’s just that they have zero knowledge about this game and have no frame of reference for anything.
However, some other commenters pointed out it’s also not much better if they just get everything explained. Ideally they need a game that appeals to them blind. The assassin’s creed video was a good pick to show them for example.
@@r.r.4563 I feel it’s because they’re discussing the structural and logical aspects of architecture, when people really wanted to see them discussing design choices, color pallets, use of shapes, etc.
Imagine as an architect ur first inspiration to practice is mine craft literally now u can build real house now
Yes
I mean, my brother started getting into Minecraft when he was getting his English degree, and now he's studying for a master's in architecture. He even used Minecraft builds for his application. So, yeah, it does happen.
Nails and wood glue exists.
@@TriggerzConnors would u like it to buy the stuff for it
@@TriggerzConnors that costs money. For some people, they spend like a few hundred dollars. But in a video game, it’s free
I think if these architects has hands on experience with Minecraft, especially in survival mode, their first impression of these builds would be much different. I think they also don’t know that mods are thing lol
Honestly this is hard to watch. They just seem so snobbish towards the game and the people playing it.
It’s a game of blocks there’s a level of appreciation needed to love Minecraft for what it really is which is a sandbox game. It’s a game that challenges people to make beautiful worlds out of literal square blocks. Minecraft is a journey and you can only play your first time once, loony exhibits my love for the game in all of his work
They should play the game itself to get a feel for how the game works because they're so caught up on everything being made of blocks. Plus it seems like nobody told them about shaders and mods
As a 14 year old I can attest that Minecraft is they thing that has got me into architecture. I have fallen down the architecture rabbit hole
As someone who is actually wanting to go into an architect school solely based off of this game specifically Theres a sht ton of effort and planning that goes into these builds take the game aspect and focus only on the realism its hard to get the full picture if they have never indulged.
I wish that they knew for that second one and maybe more I’m only up to the second one that they didn’t just build the houses they built the whole terrain and minecraft terrain yes has advanced a lot over time especially recently but doesn’t naturally look like that and they likely did that from scratch
8:05 lighting is not usually like this, they are using what's called shaders whick makes the games graphics and lighting and water look a little more realistic. Most of the builds your looking at also have modified the textures of all the blocks to once again look more realistic and less "cartoony". And another thing is all these builds are built using what's called "creative mode" where you are immortal and have unlimited access to all blocks and items and have the ability to fly. If you want to see some builds built by players who have to gather the resources and deal with enemy creatures, then search for "HermitCraft " and the builds are just as good if not better.
As architects, im surprised they weren't amazed by the limits minecraft can cross ti present creativity. They're more concerned about how its 'magical' more than that this game makes architectural practice easier
I would like to see them react to these with a skilled builder, like grian, so they could have more insight into the process
man these guys are so charming. and i agree about the idea of a futuristic minecraft video look through. just be neat to see
To Experts, Players can share their structures with other Players by giving the world file to forums and there you can download the world with the structure and put it into your game files, structures can also be used for modifications, yes there are also modifications like shaders that improve lightning of the game and texture packs made by Minecraft's community.
1. Usually on bigger building projects people have different roles
2. You can buy different texture packs in the game that might Make it look more realistic or some of them that make it look a little bit older or unfinished
(buy? you don't normally buy texture packs, if you've paid for one you've probably been scammed)
Let them try build in Minecraft next time! I wonder how their approach to building would be. They’d probably start building in a way that works with real life physics even though it would be unnecessary in MC lol
Calling it now. There's gonna be a strong resurgence of medieval architecture.
I’d be fine with that
Houses and places that stand for centuries? There's no money in it!
“Is there an architect and then an interior designer?” She says. I look forward to when Gameology has them look at the Arron Longstaff+ Firepumpkin dynamic duo with Ark survival evolved!
I like this reaction much more than the others I've seen. The scale was much larger, the skill was on display better, and the experts talked more about design and historical architecture than just physics and blocks
i was not expecting them to react to it at the same time and discuss about it between them
makes it better for a react video
Yes the blocks are a major part of the game
And the new textures are mods that players have made over the years
Kinda wish they had modern builds as well cause the way people make modern city’s and towns is so impressive
they dont 100% understand how incredible these builds are. they need to play and really experience these builds... (this dude is hilarious lol. would love to see em go in and at least try one of these builds if he's so confident).
I’m not sure if they understand what a game is, or I’m easily impressed because I want to be able to build like this in my world. Cuz I think the able to turn blocks into these amazing and cool concepts and structures is a talent and you would think an architect would be amazed but they’re focused on the physics. I wanna hear their opinion as if the structure was something they saw in the real world. I would like to see then play the game and build something, not to say that it wouldn’t be amazing but so they appreciate the creativity u have to have when you’re presented with blocks, and wall, stairs, slabs of course.
Plot twist the creator of that masterpiece is already a professional architecture
Funny how they see minecraft as a software that architects used rather than nerds having fun on a building sandbox video game.
Man, it would be nice if the people were given beforehand what they are looking at and why it looks the way it is...
And that Minecraft is basically virtual Lego.
Omg yesss I was waiting for another part of architects reacting to Minecraft builds 😼
I'm not a good Minecraft builder... I'm a cave dweller... But I'm somehow offended by some of their comments... They clearly don't understand a few things...
First, Minecraft is a block game. It will always look blocky.
Second, it's a game, not a simulator. Gravity does not always work the same as real life.
Third, can someone at least explain the game first before they react into it?..
Also, can we do an "Engineers React" to Minecraft as well?... Thanks.
They also need to be informed that every single block is a 3x3x3 foot scale for them to know more on how to judge how they are built.
These two were incredibly lovely!! I love the insight they offered :3
The caste shown at 2:55 is actually not in Bavaria, its in Baden-Württemberg and is called "Burg Hohenzollern", i live in a small town net to it. Its really a beautiful castle :D
And then they show the munich town Hall next
As someone who grew up building in Minecraft, I can confirm I work in construction now
Another thing they don't seem to mention, is that most of these bills are probably done in creative mode where the player can have immediate access to all the materials they're using in the videos instead of being in survival or adventure where they actually have to go out and search for Iron, wood, wool, etc. At some point I would like to see either these guys or some other architect/construction type workers actually use Minecraft and see how the mechanics of the game work: material collection, building, etc.
Something I find interesting about their reactions is they react to the time-lapses and don't seem to recognize it's a time-lapse. And they comment about real life aspects that don't apply to the game but ultimately get shown in non fantastical builds...like anything built that can be fantasy but is seen in real life, barns, castle's, etc that aren't floating and so on often have logical foundations, supports, etc they just might not be built in the correct order of a real life building. Minecraft, when it comes to builds, is less about the process and more about the product. They also don't realize the game still looks the same, but there are texture packs (the dude briefly asked if that was a thing players could do) and shaders for lighting and so on. They really should play the game for a bit to get used to what players have to work with, then react to more builds like the team one.
The lighting isn’t even vanilla (meaning that the lighting was installed by the player to their computer to make the game a lot of bright and semi realistic but it doesn’t look like that naturally) it’s called using shaders.
One video I'd love to see:
Get a few professional architects and sculptors, give them a good VR device and get them "Tilt Brush".
Give them 1 week to create whatever they want and as many stuff as they can in that 1 week.
Doesn't matter if it is 1 week in a single project or several creations in the same week, they have full freedom.
Then get them to react to each other's creations (outside VR with pictures and then inside VR so that they can look around those creations showing their perspectives).
That ought to be amazing.
Players can import their own textures into the game to change the look of it to fit whatever style they're going for. The reason some of it has very realistic water, lighting, and clouds is due to sort of specialized mods called Shaders that enhance the visuals of the game on a much more technical level than texture packs.
I really hope architects become much more prevalent and their work much more prevalent in America cause she is right. America has a lot of boring, poorly designed buildings. Urban cityscapes LITERALLY contribute to depression because humans arent meant to be surrounded by concrete and glass constantly.
There are people I know who are architects and they absolutely love to play Minecraft.
I wanna see these guys react to Ultrakill. In terms of retro shooters that game has probably the best/most diverse level design out of all retro shooter I've seen.
9:06 Ngl. people that can build these things in Minecraft probably make more money as Minecraft RUclipsrs then as architects.
i can't believe nobody told them what skyblock is, which is where the floating castle was made
It feels like they are overly pretentious because they don’t want their colleagues to see them genuinely enjoying a game. An architect experiencing Minecraft should be a fricken dream. No real life concerns just the build you’ve always wanted to come to life.
Even with a team of people helping me, I couldn’t build even one of the beautiful castles in this video. I’m so jealous!
Gen Z is basically the fighters in Fortnite, soldiers in Call of Duty, architect in Minecraft, survivors of Last of us, gangsters in GTA, protagonist in Assassin Creed, Sheriff in RDR and racers in Forza.
“Only 3% of building are built by architects.”
THANK GOD! Things would look amazing but yet have terrible engineering.
Architecture is a vital trade. It's mathematics, logic building, imagination (foresight), history, and has so many other relavancies.
THESE FOLKS ARE SO SMART AND THERES NO ONE THERE TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS 😭😭😭😭
2:24 yes you can visit these worlds in the game and explore them yourself you can also edit them, these are just saved game worlds freely posted online to get and put into your own copy of minecraft to experiance,
I would to see them react to some city building games and even play them.
Show them the minecraft Build The Earth project :D
I want to see medieval historians react to video games like Kingdom Come or the Witcher 3
I just came upon this. I would love to see them actually play the game and build something. That would be fun. So vanilla Minecraft does not look like what they are watching here in this video. There are "texture" packs which change the way the blocks and items in the game look. And the atmosphere, the way the clouds, lighting, fluffy greenery and the way water looks is achieved by using "shader" packs. That Japanese build where they were smoothing out the blocks was probably done in "World Edit". That is what map makers use to make adventure maps or CTM(Complete the Monument) maps. When people first look at Minecraft they of course see a bunch of blocks, but once you get into the game you realize there is so so so much more to it than just that. I really enjoyed the video.
I actually wanted to be an architect when I was younger so Minecraft let me live that in a way I made city villages where me and all my friends had rolls was real fun.
Did not have the bell on and I missed this release never again 😂
0:53 this type of play is sky block where you start with nothing more that floating small island in void and 1 tree,and you must survive,make base and defeat ender dragon(Minecraft final boss)
I would love to see these guys react to some Space Engineers builds
yo you should make them react to "How I Built the Entire Universe in Minecraft" it was insane and was built by one person, its good trust me
5:40 to answer your question in Minecraft your you are able to import stuff like texture packs mods shaders etc etc from what I can tell most of if not all the stuff you were reacting to today had used both different texture packs and shaders you can also use mods to add a new blocks some which are very complex
Whoever was in charge of editing their face cams gave me multiple spasms.
WE NEED MORE OF THEM! I love these videos!
There have been a lot of interviews and indepth coverage of GoT's opening cinematic. I imagine the players working on that massive build pulled screenshots of them and the sets to work out how to build them. Ridiculously impressive.
You know you're build's is majestic when architect's reacts to it
You should have these two react to some Planet Coaster Builds, the custom buildings and rides and theme parks people put together are mind-blowing.
If I got a dollar for every time this guy says legos and blocky, I would've hired him to make these builds in real life.....
So you guys... Minecraft can be rendered photorealistically.
And the trees are still blocks- but they have "mods" which make each block a bit rounder.
And different "texture packs" and "resource" packs can completely change the look from
abstract (no detail) to extremely realistic to stylistic.
I recognize a well known texture pack named "conquest" which is very medieval looking.
But change the pack and suddenly it can be very modern.
The rendering is independent of the underlying structure.
*also* there are four very different ways of playing.
1) Creatively where all the blocks are free.
2) Creatively plus world editing tools that make it easy to do a lot quicly.
3) In Survival mode. where you must personally go mine, dig, or grow every block you place (even worse when monsters can attack you)
4) In Skyblock mode. Here you literally only have stone, stone brick, and cobblestone (hence the gray pallete) and one kind of wood. The first example was Skyblock mode. In that mode, you create the blocks from an interaction of flowing lava and water that make cobblestone between them. Only later in the game would you get access to colors.
The game is cheap. About $30 / $29 euros. I've seen other architects play and they seem to enjoy it.
I used to build stuff similar to this but wound up quitting after severe burnout.
I'm 45 I still play Minecraft. I design lots of structures but have no formal training in artitect or anything like it.
Just for fun but gets my creative juices flowing playing minecraft
Some of these epic builders are only kids and teenagers. I think Minecraft is an amazing way to get kids into architect
The fact that minecraft is basically a blocky cubicle grid and people are able to create a whole city with curves and depth and texture is what’s impressive, I’m not sure they get that
It really bothers me, on the first one, how they focus on the fact it’s being built in the air. They don’t understand minecraft. That is a consequence of wanting to build in a big open space, not a design feature. They don’t recognize the 1/2 and quarter blocks. The only thing they say that someone that isn’t an architect couldn’t tell me is the country style of the castle. They really do need to walk these people through it, if you’re looking at something you don’t understand you’re going to make some conjecturey opinions
I really can’t stand the guy. He doesn’t make any comments other than “wow this is all squares, it is reminiscent of futurism” while looking at a literal medieval castle
They are using a filter to change the skins of the blocks and a program that changes the sky to be more realistic . They are also building the trees by hand to make them the shape they want.
In computer modeling, you can create a natural tree system, or any other natural system like rivers or coastlines by using fractals. It is amazing how maths can describe any natural phenomenon.
So the way massive team builds work are intresting. basically appears a person, who gathers people with a same idea and he sets time. After that they either divide into a groups of up to 4 people or if there is oly like 10 people they divide into pairs. Everything that comes after is an a chaotic, organic building proccess
It'd be cool to see them react to Jeracraft, Trixyblox, McMeddon, Smallishbeans, Goodtimeswithscar, pearlescentmoon, Keralis, BdoubleO100, fwhip, Grian or any of the Bakery Builders.
People who build with a more vanilla game experience, but are still able to showcase the builds with cinematics later. With the youtube clipping feature the team of this channel can find videos, clip them and compile the clip links so they don't have to watch the entire build process/video but the end result just before and after the cinematic shaders are enabled. Without watching the full video they could look at many more builds from the Minecraft community. Also they don't seem to have alot to say while watching the building process.
Also having builds that are less medieval focused from experienced builders like the few I listed would also give them more to say since these architects probably don't go around designing castles, but are more likely designing homes.
question..... how do u build from the inside out???? i built houses for almost 10 years and the FRAMING (the outside) ALWAYS comes FIRST then u build the inside... i would LOVE to see these 2 build a house from the inside out.
we need a Architects REACT to The Evolution Of Building In Minecraft PLEASE!
9:30, the fact that I almost took Architecture in College (many reasons but Minecraft contributed so much on why). However, I changed my course to Fine Arts during enrollment. HAHA!
“Are these going into the metaverse 🤓🤓” 💀💀😭💀😭💀
the first one is impressive because it was done in skyblock survival, they built it from nothing but a single tree and a cobblestone generator
Honestly one of my favourite series