The Next Minecraft Mob Update Introduces The Endermen
Notch has been throwing around some ideas for a new mob in Minecraft, and he’s finally settled on one he likes. The new update for the PC sensation will add a new mob, called the Endermen. These new mobs are introduced specifically to creep the players out. So we’ve got creepers AND these guys!? Oh no!
On the game’s official blog, Notch writes:
“Suddenly you could walk up to these looking beasts (they’re three meters tall) and watch them as they moved their blocks around, but as soon as you happened to look straight at them, they’d attack. And by ‘straight at them’, I mean putting the reticle on top of them. You can keep them visible on screen and actually look straight at them in real life, but as soon as your in game character looks straight at them, boom.
“Still, that was more scary than creepy…. I wanted something a bit more psychological. So to really drive home the point of looking at them being bad, I made the Endermen freeze and turn towards you when you look at them. As long as you look straight at them, they stand perfectly still and look straight at you. As soon as you look away, they will run (very fast) towards you.
“And they teleport.”
We won’t be able to run from these guys until the Adventure Update hits, and I am fine with that. I already think I’m going to have nightmares. To read more about the Endermen, head on over to Notch’s blog. So far, what do you think?
