Cube World - The Original "Minecraft Killer"?
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Cube World was a 2013 open world RPG. Featuring a blocky style and an infinite, randomly generated land, it was often compared to Minecraft, but looked even cooler, with bosses and leveling and magic spells and all that junk. In this video I go through a bit of the history of Cube World, why I liked the game so much, and its rocky, weird road to becoming kinda forgotten.
00:00 The Hype
03:11 Alpha Version (2013)
13:41 Aftermath and New Release
16:45 Steam Version (2019)
23:52 Final Thoughts (and the future of Cube World?)
Music used:
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara:
-Mission
-Time of Determination
-That Which Sleeps in the Rotting Sea
-Timbre of Rejuvenation
Runescape:
-Vision
-Scape Main
-Long Way Home
Final Fantasy VI - Searching for Friends
Final Fantasy II - Main Theme
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I remember playing this game when it was in alpha too bad that we ended up with a game that >Punishes exploration >Rewards mindless farming which in turn makes gameplay repetitive >It doesn't contain most of the features planned/teased >and the worst, a lot of good alpha features were even simply removed.
@alias4216
26 күн бұрын
How does the steam release reward mindless farming more than the alpha? I agree with every other point but the alpha progression was largely: kill any enemy -> gain xp.
@ShauMapping
22 күн бұрын
@@alias4216 xp didn't exist in alpha
@ShauMapping
21 күн бұрын
@@ejeejje1808 Yeah, but as a score you get upon death
@ShauMapping
21 күн бұрын
@@ejeejje1808 Oh wait, sorry, I was talking about Minecraft 🤦♂️
@ShauMapping
21 күн бұрын
@@ejeejje1808 An idiot indeed
Cubeworld Alpha gave you the MMO feel without the subscription and that was just super fun. We played this game for hours on end.
Never say never, but it’s hard to imagine any game ever dethroning Minecraft.
@yogurtkaiser9139
26 күн бұрын
you said it twice doofus !vborp
@operationjester3348
26 күн бұрын
In terms of sales, I've read speculation that GTA6 will become the top-selling game of all time, though I think that would be a shame.
@timewarpdrive77
26 күн бұрын
Nothing is forever; myspace was king until it was killed by facebook. Their current arrogance will be their downfall
@Key-Knight87
26 күн бұрын
@@operationjester3348 Why would it be a shame? If it does manage to sell that good then it would be well deserved IMO.
@operationjester3348
26 күн бұрын
@@Key-Knight87 Because GTA is a bad influence on kids, whereas Minecraft is relatively wholesome. (yes, I know kids shouldn't be playing GTA, but they do & will.) (yes, I know games don't contribute to violent crime.)
It’s just frustrating to see someone be at the right place, at the right time, with the right product and just throw it all away
Was oddly obsessed with this game as a kid, always loved watching people play it. Never got the chance to myself but i remember looking up cube world for free and it never worked haha
@Shendapy
23 күн бұрын
Exactly this^
@lukesewell8294
10 күн бұрын
Yup I loved Paulsoaresjr’s play through of the alpha.
@VinnyUnion
5 күн бұрын
I remember the moment we could singlehandedly defeat a skullbull which was our non plus ultra char.
@teaser6089
4 күн бұрын
@@lukesewell8294 Paulsoaresjr ahh my childhood, I loved his Kingdom mod letsplay for Minecraft haha
@Nori-Planetheus
2 күн бұрын
Actually if you still want to and you have a pc there is a vid on KZread somebody give a link to a Google drive and you have the alpha version right there really easy to find
Vintage story remains the only minecraft-like game that actually delivers on its promises and remains different/fresh enough to be its own fun experience.
@-alexanderhosch-4828
13 күн бұрын
I am glad to see that VS is getting more attention!
one thing about the game that i always thought was so cool as a kid was the Spirit Cube mechanic, which as far as i can tell was the only actual gameplay mechanic that made use of the games voxels, it was where you could add blocks to your weapons to give them special stats. the problem was that you only got spirit cubes from beating bosses, which was hard enough given how the game was balanced, and a boss would only give a single cube, meaning it would take AGES to get any meaningful upgrades to your weapons through them. i always imagined being able to craft your own awesome looking weapon block by block but that simply wouldve taken too long to ever do (and apparently they removed this whole system in the Steam release anyway lol)
@dialko2596
25 күн бұрын
There was a way to customize weapons with normal materials too. E.g. you could use iron to add to a sword and make it more powerful
@user-ju9dg6sd3s
24 күн бұрын
I was a kid and I was super bummed out why I couldn't get lots of spirit cubes and customize my armor etc. So I remember going on forums/youtube hoping to find a solution, and it was hacking/modding the game with Cheat Engine, so I found a super lengthy tutorial and applied it and was super happy lol.
@alfonshedstrom9859
22 күн бұрын
Oh man I totally forgot about that mechanic. It was actually one of the coolest things and I am once again sad it is gone. Honestly the artifact system could have just been getting spirit cubes of different sorts that have different effects on equipment. Like a fire cube on a weapon adds fire to certain skills, but if it's on a piece of armor it adds an effect when hit or something.
Cube World fell off so hard lmao I was never really into "______ killer" games because they felt too unoriginal and lackluster, but this was a game I had a real interest in. Sucks to see what happened to it.
@dialko2596
26 күн бұрын
Damn you're here early wammy. And yes it did lol
@asackboyplush6508
25 күн бұрын
Also the idea of a game's only merit is to kill another game series instead of just being a competitor almost never works. Especially when it's like Nick All Star's and the game to be killed has already sold several million copies
@asackboyplush6508
25 күн бұрын
Of course that is almost always an idea spread by the fans, but still is annoying to me
@sufficient4834
25 күн бұрын
"Overwatch will replace TF2"
@dialko2596
25 күн бұрын
@@sufficient4834 I'M TRYING TO SAVE TF2
I just discovered Veloren yesterday. It’s a fan made open source Cube World clone. It’s definitely filled the Cube World hole in my heart. It’s a shame Cube World is abandoned though. A clone will never be exactly the same.
@flamingcow5916
10 күн бұрын
It's still being developed! Wollay occasionally posts progress on twitter
Cube world was really cool, played a bit very early on in its development
@DeadCrasher
18 күн бұрын
Yea me too
One of my favorite features from the alpha was actually something hytale says they're gonna do in their game too, where you could break down and customize your weapons and tools in certain benches. I loved that as a thing.
@dialko2596
25 күн бұрын
Great feature. I remember turning a normal great sword into cloud’s buster sword
The voxel game boom spurred on by minecraft was insane. IT's not just Cube World, there are massive amounts of games from 2010-2013 which are not-minecraft. Some of which are very challenging.
I remember a relative telling me about this game back when people were talking about it. I actually re-installed it a couple months ago, and there's a lot of charm in it and how exploration-focused it is. For those interested in trying it out the internet archive fortunately still has the alpha version available.
I used to watch a little lets-play series by my favourite youtuber 10 years ago, same youtuber introduced me to minecraft. He was just walking around with his pet beetle. The game looked so fun and cute. Watching him play it was and still one of my favourite, most cozy memories from my childhood. I dreamed of playing too. This is one of those memories that make you feel warm inside, you can smell the air from back then, it can cure my headaches. Sadly, i get those feelings less and less
@abc.216
25 күн бұрын
just wanted to let u know u articulate your thoughts very well and i enjoyed reading this comment :) that 2nd paragraph perfectly encapsulates my love for feelings of nostalgia
@candyman8646
25 күн бұрын
@@abc.216 oh thank you so much! I just wanted to share some of my childhood thoughts. I did not expect someone to genuinely being able to relate to my story, this is so nice. Thank you!
I remember when the alpha first came out it was immediately my favorite game, i think my main character was a water mage that was in the 160ish level. Beta was such a disappointment that it did not capture the same feeling of alpha
"No views 44 seconds ago" Holy This game kinda reminds me of Wynncraft, an mmorpg made in minecraft, but sad to see that it kinda went down the toilet. Nice to see a spotlight on a game I'd barely heard existed. Keep up the good work (: (also happy 50k, sad I missed the livestream)
@dialko2596
26 күн бұрын
thank you smellbo, I dub thee "first"
@Smellbo
26 күн бұрын
I have become the thing I once swore to destroy... the 'first' commenter
@LuckyGameReviews
26 күн бұрын
holy crap i remember wynncraft, i played that with some friends back when skype ruled. the world needs a new solid mmorpg that doesn't commit self-ruination.
@RealDanteS01
26 күн бұрын
@@LuckyGameReviews Wynncraft is still around and better than ever.
@Smellbo
19 күн бұрын
I worded my comment kinda poorly, Wynncraft currently has an extremely dedicated dev team and a new major update on the horizon. If you played back in the 'skeleton dungeon' days then you should definitely revisit @@LuckyGameReviews
I definitely remember Cube World being huge. All the KZreadrs I watched when that game came out played it.
I both totally remember cube world, and also remember people talking and waiting for the full version! I distinctly remember looking at the features on the website pre-launch and being blown away, as well as remember people as big as SwaggerSouls talking about it hyping it up talking about the future after the alpha. So strange to look back on :P
I remember the absolute hype of getting a glider, or a next level weapon, or one of those rare-colored pixels you could use to modify your weapons to make them stronger
Young me, who was scared of asking for my parents debit card, scoured the internet for a free version of Cube World alpha. Found it, played it for a while and setup coop through Hamachi to play with 2 friends, after a few days we got bored and just went back to cracked Minecraft. Got into it because a bunch of KZreadrs I followed were hyping the game up
@humbug2308
22 күн бұрын
Imagine pirating indie games.
@nman551
22 күн бұрын
@@humbug2308 real
@AssemblyCSharp
22 күн бұрын
@@humbug2308 some people can't afford games? also I find it acceptable to pirate a game if you're not really sure you even want to play it, especially with something way over hyped like this
@Mattis06
12 күн бұрын
@@humbug2308 bro the guy was a child back then who was scared to to ask his parents to buy it.
Oh my God I totally forgot about this I remember seeing some clips of it but never touched it myself
@yogurtkaiser9139
26 күн бұрын
i touched myself
@walnuthead4307
26 күн бұрын
@@yogurtkaiser9139this made me smile at 2am
I played some of the earliest versions of this game many years ago. It was fun, but buggy and not enough content to explore. It's very funny that your video caught my attention, I had even forgotten that Cube World existed.
Cubeworld... what a throw back. Never played it but remember my friend playing it on his laptop.
I played Cube World back in the day. Watched Etho play it a bunch, he got pretty into it. There was something about its simplicity and progression that I really loved. Devastated when the game went down
"click til you win sort of rpg" as Scape Main is playing lmao
love this content. keep it up dude :) such a chill authentic and fun vibe
I love your videos so much. They're relaxing as hell
@yogurtkaiser9139
26 күн бұрын
hell isnt relaxing but uimmmmmmm okay????
Hi Dialko, great to see you keep on uploading, seeing you succeed makes me feel good, because it’s actually noticeable,that you put effort and passion into your videos and don’t put on some persona Just wrote this up to say keep on working and congrats on 50k !!!
The alpha weapon crafting/upgrading system was so cool
goat uploaded
@yogurtkaiser9139
26 күн бұрын
greatest orphan all time!
Have you checked out Veloren? It's a game that looks a lot like Cube World, but it's completely free and open source. Still in the early stages, but it's been getting regular updates for quite a while now.
@RedSpade37
26 күн бұрын
Seconding Veloren. I haven't had a chance to play it myself, but I've watched some gameplay and it looks like everything Cube World could have been. Really interested to see Veloren's development!
@TheBloopers30
26 күн бұрын
Seen it. Like it. Might play it. What's the reason for it being free though? Surely it would be pretty popular on Steam as an early access for a couple of bucks no?
@amberb9701
25 күн бұрын
@@TheBloopers30It’s a community project and open source like Linux.
@TheBloopers30
25 күн бұрын
@@amberb9701 Ahh it's a community project, makes sense. Would do wonders if it launched on Steam for very cheap or free honestly. Don't feel like people know about the project outside of semi-hardcore Cube World fans. Being open source and a community project is very cool though.
@cmakelite
14 күн бұрын
veloren is goated, super super early but plenty of gameplay to experience in its current state, arachnaphobes beware tho!!
never really found a game that felt as adventurous the same way as cube world alpha, god please let cube world omega be good
i like the relaxed atmosphere of your videos and your voice is also very nice, keep it up 👍
holy crap i remember cube world
@yogurtkaiser9139
26 күн бұрын
watch the language
@sept5864
26 күн бұрын
@@yogurtkaiser9139 nuh uh
@TheBloopers30
26 күн бұрын
@@sept5864 Your mom has been called. No more surgery snacks for you lil bro.
@sept5864
25 күн бұрын
@@TheBloopers30 NOOOOOOOOOO I TAKE IT BACK PLEASE PLEASE
I was obsessed with cube world as a kid, but was so mad because I couldn't get it on our family's mackintosh computer. I spent years watching lets plays because i wanted to play it so badly, so thank you for making this video because its so interesting to see how it played out. Amazing video as always
Thank you for always making interesting content dude, love everything you post dude
Loved Cube World. Played it to death (which was pretty easily considering it was unfinished).
Your voice is so soothing, honestly just nice to listen to and it fits so well with reviewing old basic games :)
I remember in 2014 when Watch Dogs was about to come out and all the big KZreadrs where saying, and the GTA V online community was worried that, it would be the end of GTA V online.
@Myne1001
25 күн бұрын
Ah yes, Watch Dogs, my "true next-gen experience"
@donovanschoor1473
23 күн бұрын
@@Myne1001 Funny how we were disappointed with it and it not comparing to GTA V but the sequel to its own sequel is even worse. (Legion)
Really like the atmosphere of this as well. Reminds me a loooottt of trove.
The devs would probably be so happy hearing you compliment all the tiny little atmospheric details they worked on.
I knew about the is game! I still have the beta or the alpha, one of the older versions, on my PC. Still fun to play occasionally. I watched all of Bdouble0100’s old videos on this.
The end goal of video game evolution: to become the champion of B L O C
I vividly remember the hype behind this game and how it was dubbed the "Minecraft Killer" for a while, kinda want to get back into it
I was obsessed with this game when I was younger. I remember looking for seeds in order to find an upgraded laturn in a town. It seems like they made the alpha and then vanished for years just to come back and disappoint
At the time we didn’t realize Minecraft was going to last 15+ years. Game at that time were popular for like one year max.
Very nicely summarized. Was a good overview of the cubeworld history. I hope the story ends well. Wollay has it in his hands and I hope he does something with it. Thanks for your video😊
Glad I'm not the only one who remembers Cube World. I am also cautiously optimistic about the new version
Hey friend, I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your channel and what you're doing here. Keep up the good work as stay amazing as you are! :)
This dev was given a golden goose and all they had to do was make the game and walk off into the sunset. Instead they fucked their chance and ruined the game and will continue to languish in obscurity. 'Luck' is just patience + preparation. This guy was neither patient or prepared.
i would really love to see a version with alpha core gameplay, but with all the quests, varied dungeons and structures etc from the steam release. maybe the new "omega" version will do that, but i honestly wish wollay would just rework the steam version to make it play more like alpha again and release it as a free update. sure, it might take a lot of work, maybe up to a year, but now he's working on a whole new version in a different engine, meaning i'll probably be like 30 when we get to play it, with no guarantee it will be what we want D:
Good lord this brought me back. You should play Vintage Story, if you haven't. Genuinely good block game that just has immaculate good homesteading and building vibes.
@Myne1001
25 күн бұрын
Vintage Story is basically Minecraft's TerraFirmaCraft mod as a stand-alone game. Looks so good, I need to play it.
Trove kinda became what we thought Cube World would be
Omg i just realised. Cube World invented the climbing/gliding/stamina formula, that BOTW introduced and is known and copied for... We already had it in 2013! That`s crazy.
I had so much hope for cube world was so sad after everything went down
i got hooked on this game for at least a good few weeks
Fun Fact: Cube World take a place in the Barbie animated movie about gaming. I was really supriced to see in the 2020 Cube world in the movie from 2014.
love ur vids so much
i totally forgot about this game, i thought about it time to time and thought it was trove but it was this game all along!
I remember playing cube world when it was in that early alpha stage, then we get that crazy long decade wait for nothing.
I’m ngl. I personally like how long it takes to travel in Alpha. At least for me, it gives a sense of fulfillment when I finally reach whatever destination
Cube World was such an amazing experience when I played it w my friends when it first came out, the art and world looked beautiful it really filled me with wonder. It's the best world generation I've ever seen in a game. It seemed limitless when thinking about what it would be in the future. It is sad to see what happened to it
I played it as well. Was really excited when it came out.
Absolutely LOVE this video, please keep doing more!
@dialko2596
22 күн бұрын
You are too kind :) will do
Cube World was huge, around the time of Minecraft getting big and The Yogscast getting a ton of attention, The Yogscast even played it for a few episodes
Man i remember being fucking obsessed with cube world!! Another killer video from the based Judeau enjoyer!!!
Its kinda crazy how much hype this game had during that first youtuber push, and seeing what became of it all these years later.
I was crazy hype about Cube Word. I even modded the game with custom models. Game felt great. Would still play.
I remember a couple of people i followed playing it on youtube and i was excited for future updates, then i saw no one playing it anymore and thought it was cancelled
Yeah, I heard about cube world way back then. I was really into it, I had been excited for it since alpha and been keeping up with the dev's extremely rare progress updates. I was there when the steam release was announced in 2019... I was like "wow no way, it finally happened?" and then it came out... I admit I don't have any faith in whatever rework the dev says will eventually happen. He's CLEARLY out of touch with what most people liked about it, and it seems he and his wife were the only people to playtest it. I mean it's been 11 years now, and look where the game is compared to its first public release.
I have good memories of playing Cube World, though my gaming palette was not very refined at that age.
I remeber 16 y/o me playing this game in the summer before my junior year of high school. I liked this game a lot because it had that blissful "emptiness" and "wonder" from early minecraft exploration (not building) and added combat and skill based movement that could be very personalized. At the time I hadn't experienced a Dark Souls game yet but I remeber loving playing with heavy melee weapons in CW, this joy carried over in dark souls 3 a few years later (CW did it better I think, don't hate me). I still have the launcher file for the OG game but I don't think I can recover my account since I used an old pre 2010's email address. The greatest thing about CW back then was its simplicity and unique vibe, mostly due to all the cool combat sounds.
Clicked on this and DID NOT expect the intro to be about Hytale lol
Paper Mario Sticker Star came out Nov 11 2012. This game came out in alpha in 2013 and in beta 2014-2015. How, on God's green earth, did this man think getting rid of XP and leveling would be a good direction to go in.
@dialko2596
20 күн бұрын
Honestly I think a big part of the problem was he barely got any feedback and no play testing for years
Keep making videos like this!
I wonder how long into the future Cube World will be talked about... Loved the alpha and also put more time into it than I likely should have, but I don't foresee ever getting the proper continuation we had hoped for. A shame honestly, because it truly was such a strong foundation with so much room for growth. If only Wollay had a stronger mentality and the possibility of working with a few others who shared his core vision was on the table. 🤷♂
I LOVED this game, it always breaks my heart when I remember what happened to it...
I remembered cube world, I haven't played it. But I would love to play it.
I played the old and current cube world, had give potential. It's still a game id recommend to people to play and try, just a breath of fresh air type of game.
Thanks for the video Dialko. Cube World is the game that shouldn't have failed, but it did. A game with the potential to be a classic of indie gaming. Wollay really should have taken the chance to work with Mojang on the game when they offered him help way back then. The new Cube World he is making is the last chance he will ever get from me to redeem himself and it better not be another game I need to buy since I own the Cube World Steam and Alpha versions. :)
I remember finding out about this game when SlyFoxHound stated making videos about it, and I was SO hyped! During that silence Trove came out and me and all my friends who were still waiting for Cube World started playing that, didn't hold are attention for very long. Then Cube World ACTUALLY came out on steam and we played it as soon as it dropped and were just became more and more heartbroken as we got deeper into the game. I so wanted to love this release, I really tried! But I don't even think I've opened the game more than maybe 6 times
I actually get the whole, loot not for your class thing, if you are a first time player you get to see what stuff other classes get and could intrigue one to try that class sometime. That being said it makes sense if the shops have awesome stuff for you class and you can get good money from the none applicable items to get that. It worked in earlier diablos, dungeon siege, sacred, boulders gate 1and 2 etc.
I forgot Cube World existed! I remember seeing French Minecraft youtubers playing it a lot back then. I tried it out myself, but my then shitty potato laptop could barely run it.
I never played Cube World but i did hear about it a lot when i was younger. It has a very recognizable "Indie Lighting" thing going on, which is this sort of trope where really good indie games all have the same weird kind of lighting unusual-ness that Cube World has. It's super noticable here but also in Trove, early Roblox, and my favorite example, Darwinia. God I love Darwinia.
@beytullahberk3632
25 күн бұрын
Darwinia mentioned!!
@-._Radixerus_.-
25 күн бұрын
@@beytullahberk3632you're the first person I've seen say anything about darwinia online outside of the soundtrack comments.... 🌝
@beytullahberk3632
25 күн бұрын
@@-._Radixerus_.- Same here man, in this comment section of all places lol. Not many people know about it but it's definitely an rts classic. I even have a darwinian standing in my living room! (i made it by glueing and painting wooden cubes)
You know I remeber this game being hyped but I don't remember people saying it was a "Minecraft killer". Its weird cause like you said Cube World and Minecraft are really different.
I remember playing the alpha all the way back in 2013! Personally I hope we all get the cube world we always wanted lol
It's not that surprising when people haven't ever heard of Cube World. You had to be around in the Minecraft youtube space in mid 2013. A lot of people were, and those are the majority of people who know of this game. The only other point people got introduced was the brief Beta resurgence.
There’s this game called Genesis online which is a paid to win online Minecraft knock off. It flopped so bad that the servers were shut down. Now the game is just a loading screen with music in the background.
i miss this game, didnt have opportunity to play it while it was popular
I remember seeing it, and I don't remember how I found out about it but when I did I couldn't figure out how to download it so that was basically it for me and then I forgot about it until I saw another video about it then this video reminded me again and now I feel sad that I missed out on the alpha it's a shame honestly
I'll hop on sometimes and play this game for a couple of hours. One every couple of months. I've had a lot of fun with Cube World.
I saw the original trailer while surfing KZread on our home Mac computer that I had time to use every day before getting an iPad. Wanted it so bad lol, one of the first games I found myself and was excited for. Was a Nintendo kid
Oh man, I LOVED this game when it came out!
I used to love watching my favourite youtubers playing this game, It’s sad what happened to it
I vaguely remember people talking about this way back when. Never really got around to it myself, since I didn't have a computer as a kid, but if the upcoming update is good, maybe I'll finally get around to it.
I only knew about Cube World from Etho's brief (and abruptly ended) lp series. I always wondered why he never finished it, then I found out the game was cancelled.
It has been mentioned in a few other comments but I have to say: Veloren. Although, Cube World did have its own unique charm.
im glad people still talk about this
The region system is so crippling. I could see the region system working if it was a reputation mechanic, where people in that region's towns would give you better or harder quests once they started recognizing your skill. Obviously people in different regions wouldn’t know your reputation somewhere else, so you need to work toward building that up again. But losing your gear is never fun.
I'm still obsessed with Cube World Alpha, and it's potential. 😅