I personally thought the step towards "realism" was frustrating, the need to sate hunger, retarded villages and all are really annoying. Although the food is a lot easier to acquire now since all friendly mobs drop meat, it's still a pain having to carry it around, and if you need some fast hearts you have to wait for regeneration.
I personally liked Beta a lot more, the only welcome addition to me personally are the ravines, since once you find one, you are almost guaranteed to find a decently sized underground complex to explore + diamonds. Also Iron is ridiculously common now - I got 4 stacks in about 2 hours yesterday with a friend, who also got about 3 and a half.
Disconnect and self destruct, one bullet a time.








