>>717490184 (OP)
Both are actually pretty sovlful if I'm being honest, but the older building styles where you had less than a dozen blocks readily available in large quantities just felt so much more deliberate.
Minecraft is already a massive abstraction on reality being made of blocks, so your imagination needs to be ready to fill in some blanks.
Having seven different types of wood in one build, all with planks, logs, slabs, stairs, and signs all to more perfectly portray what you're going for turns it from a game set piece into a pseudo art form.
No one builds stuff like the bottom because it's practical. you build it because it's fun, and will look nice when it's finished.
That's one thing I liked about old building techniques. First and foremost, it's made to serve a purpose. We'd build on a hill and include balconies to better survey the area before leaving for the day. we'd have a greenhouse to help grow our crops in safety. They would often take advantage of nearby cave systems to have quick access to resources without risking getting lost in the wilds.
Once you have the practical considered, then is time for aesthetics, which was often so limited that it wouldn't go much farther than using wood or logs instead of stone in certain places.
