Are games best when they are experenced together? Or how I learned to limit procedural generation.

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I think it depends on how you look at it.  

I would break down dreams and minecraft as being locally consistent vs universally consistent.   Dreams  is locally consistent. Every level has some set of rules but those rules don't carry over so it's not universal.   Whereas minecraft is universally consistent. Every world has the same set of rules.  

I don't think a game would make sense if it wasn't locally consistent.   So those two categories are really the only ones that make sense.  

At least if thats how you make the distinction.  

I'm not sure if this mod was every made, but there was a Minecraft concept where block types would be procedurally generated. Every world would have different building blocks and different crafting recipes. One world could have glowing green sand that makes you sick if you are near it, while another could have red grass that can be crafted into anti gravity weapons. Would such a mod push Minecraft more into a none universally consistent game? Every world still follows the same general flow of Minecraft where you mine, farm, and explore but there is a lot more variation.