Highlights

  • A Minecraft player creates and shares an incredibly realistic landscape.
  • The world puts a massive strain on the player's PC, thanks to its immense scale.

A talented Minecraft player online has shared their impressive creation, an incredibly realistic landscape that gamers could be forgiven for believing was a real-life image. Despite Minecraft being released back in 2011, the game continues to inspire a ton of amazing creations.

Over the years, the Minecraft community has continuously shown why it is considered to be among the most talented and creative gaming communities out there. Considering the core gameplay of Minecraft revolves around player creativity, this makes a ton of sense. Even today, almost 13 years after the game was first released, players continue to impress with new and innovative creations. Just recently, one Minecraft player even built an incredible replica of the Eiffel Tower in Survival mode, showing how the game can be used to reflect the real world, too.

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Redditor Aequotis shared the awesome Minecraft landscape, which, from a distance, looks like it could even be an image from the real world. Each hill on this Minecraft mountain looks to have been perfectly crafted to resemble a real landscape, and the effect is incredible. Some in the thread pointed out the immense strain that rendering this in-game would put on just about any PC on the market, and Aequotis responded by claiming that their PC was "glowing in multiple shades of HELP." Looking at it, it isn't difficult to see why that was the case.

Incredibly Realistic Landscape in Minecraft

Some in the thread were extremely interested in how Aequotis managed to create the landscape. A common theory suggested that WorldEdit was used to quickly bring this to life, although the user did hit back, mentioning that "this map involves way more than simple heightmaps and tree brushes." Sadly, Aequotis didn't leave a link to this particular world, so it seems gamers won't be able to experience this for themselves any time soon. Minecraft is already home to some of the biggest video game worlds ever, so players will have to make do with another seed instead of giving this one a try.

Minecraft is on something of a victory lap at the moment. Mojang is currently celebrating the game's 15th birthday, with the earliest version of Minecraft initially released in May 2009. As a result, players can claim a free Minecraft map in-game, with more items available daily until May 29. It's cool to see the game celebrate its awesome longevity, with few other games able to compete in this department. With no signs of slowing down, gamers are sure to be sharing their awesome Minecraft creations for many years to come.