This is perfect bro, welcome back to the Minecraft scene, do what you got to do! good luck, friend! EDIT: Incredible quality, relaxing, perfect music, audio on point, I mean bro this is great! 😄

i think minecraft works as a good medium to bring messages across in a calming and almost metaphoric way

adding reverb to your voice when you’re inside or in a cave is a nice touch

This is everything a Let's Play should be - soothing gameplay accompanied by a funny & chill player. This video reminds me why I fell in love with Minecraft in the first place, and watching you rediscover it yourself is a welcome surprise! Great to see ya back flow!

When you stopped with Minecraft you kinda disappeared from my YT start page. A few days ago I was like "hm i wonder where that Minecraft dude went that always had those nice messages that go with incredible footage. When I went back to your channel I wondered if you were the same person for a moment, but I still enjoyed the new style. You being "back" is cool and all, but YOUR mental health matters more than that number below the videos. Do whatever makes you happy

Sometimes you stumble across a new channel you've never seen before and fall in love, those moments are rare now on youtube, but I've just felt it coming on here

I absolutely adored the Minecraft videos, so I'm glad you're going back.

Your Minecraft is just so aesthetic, watching you play a long with some commentary is mesmerising. In my opinion, people are just used to those videos with flat straight forward commentary, but, on the other hand, your minecraft videos have something in it, and we all can't tell exactly what. Just like watching some guy on youtube with a background of cs surf, who is talking about random stuff. So, for me, it kinda makes sense that your minecraft content will hit bigger audience. But still, making videos is an art, and you just cannot do the same thing over and over again, I hope you can find your balance in it. Take care and be yourself

We all know the saying: “Don’t fix what’s not broken.” Your Minecraft content and beautiful mellow voice are in perfect harmony.

Y'know what, dude? You gotta try stuff out first to know whether it works. It's great to see you avoid burnout and try something, and it's an even bigger stride to look back on that with positivity and take feedback. I'm glad you are back on the minecraft content, keep doing what feels right!

Almost an hour of content, I could never man what the heck. awesome stuff im glad your going back to your roots!

Weirdly this is the first video I’ve seen and I’ve ever got recommended from you. Seems like you got some cool stuff coming!

Man finally! I was waiting for this exact video the whole time

Everyone does love your talks bro its just that talking about stuff with minecraft is such a calming and endearing way to put your point across. Me personally, found you thru mc vids and stayed for it, cuz it soothes me in a very peculiar way. and i dont think im alone in that, many people watching this channel think the same. Much love, welcome back

I always had the wish to see minecraft like this, and now that it is a thing it has made speechless, but seeing you do it, with your touches like reverb in a cave in the pyramid part, jesus it is heartwarming, thank you for this man

Bro posted one Minecraft video after months of not doing so and it got more views in 1 hour than any of your most recent videos have gotten in weeks. I think this is the path you were meant to follow brother.

love your channel man, its really helped me alot mentally and i appreciate you. also like what you said in the beginning. ive been trying new things too and more real life stuff. I feel like i wasted alot of my life on video games and now im 18 years old with nothing going for me

I gotta say, I haven’t been watching TOO much Minecraft but you really peaked my interest with this one. Ive had a small minecraft server with my friends for a while now but it hasn’t seen much use. I’m gonna propose this idea to them, hopefully feel the charm of Minecraft again. Great video, as always.

I love the old school letsplay pacing mixed with the cinematic relaxing feel. So happy to have the MC content back!

I think it's really cool that when you're just talking in a cave, your voice echos. Also when the camera POV goes into water, the noise cancellation sounds as though we're in the water.

Yea! I've been trying to watch your irl content but it just disapeared from my home paged after a will and I truly love your cinematic!

flow's favorite sentences during this video were "this lighting isn't as good as rethinking voxels" and "i just can't get over the mountainss" loved the video, introduced me to some cool mods! it's good to see your minecraft content again :)

Beautiful subject and fantastic delivery. Thank you for making this.

wow that desert reveal at 7:39 was awesome. Great video man

love your content bro, keep up the amazing work

I was really enjoying your minecraft videos. I respected your decision about changing to irl vids but deep inside I really hoped for the return of those videos. This just made my day❤

Been following since 500 subs, LOVED the cinematic minecraft scenes and lived for the live content. The stuff you put out, helped alot during a dark part of my life and i am so very happy that the content that i subscribed for is coming back !

Welcome back man! Stoked to see you coming back to your minecraft videos! I always loved watching them

came up on my featured page. immediately fell in love with the style of narration. subscription earned.

This is refreshing. Some old-school gameplay, with a set of mods. Can't tell how much I love this video and your return.

yes dude this is perfect, I remember playing on your server a while back. good to see you back. I'm getting back in because of this mod too.

KZfaq reccomended me this video today and I am very glad that it did. Absolutely a new subscriber. Love everything about your playing and editing style

Love seeing you back in minecraft bro :) If you ever wanna try something new try another channel if you want

Actually gras grows below transparent blocks, you can leave the fence up

never came across your videos before, but hell of an intro. glad to see the community (and youtube recommended) is here for it and you're able to come back to the numbers you were getting man. the chill, transparent vibes were refreshing, will gladly watch more!

I really love your videos man, I've only really watched some Minecraft long cinematic and builds without a plan but they've inspired me to ENJOY things again instead of speed running and trying to make games this big highstakes competition with yourself. Minecraft especially, I'm going to boot up a new world with the same mindset of just world building on a cool pretty seed, maybe a survival island.

I've been looking for mods that recapture that feeling of newness I got when I first started playing minecraft. The bracken pack is a good one, but lately, I've also been getting into old classics I've slept on like twilight forest and the betweenlands.

its so bizzare that you come back now, last night i got the urge to play Minecraft for the first time in forever and found your old modpack videos and rewatched them to pick out my favourites. glad you also found this urge to come back to making content for the game, welcome back goat!

I’m loving it! Personally I think this style suits you, it is super calming to hear u talk and being able to see the beautiful scenery. Distant Horizons is such a great mod and I’m so glad it is starting to support shaders. Also loving the look of the game, the mods shown off are awesome, I play most of them too :)

Recently came across your channel and I gotta say your content is so unique and enjoyable, amazing work!

It’s all a journey, sometimes it takes a bit to figure out what works best for you, I’m glad you’ve found what you think is best❤️

You caught my eye on my recommended. And I do not regret watching the whole video. Well done my friend, maybe one day when my PC can survive such a heavy graphic game then I shall enjoy the wonders of Distant Horizons. Thank you for the video

This is great, thank you flow! I have been watching both your older Minecraft content and your newer irl content for a while now, and while the irl content is also great, I do think the Minecraft content had a great spark of its own. Welcome back! Btw, your happiness + mental health should come first, so if you ever don't want to keep making this content, feel free to stop :)

I’m so excited the Minecraft content is back, you were a main inspiration for me starting my own gaming (seperate) channel, and your insights and perspectives are still sticking with me. Minecraft will never die ❤ Also, your channel and journey remind me of another big KZfaqr, Tim Hansen, who revived the COD Zombies community a few years ago with mod showcases, video essays, ranking videos, solo game challenges, playing with his friends, etc. and gained a million subs, but he stopped making gaming content when he graduated high school, and said he was jaded and burnt out on COD Zombies and he focused on a podcast instead. He eventually came back after a long while, everyone missed him so bad, and his channel is thriving again. He revealed that he was stuck in a toxic relationship with his baby mama, going through severe depression and addictions that he worked hard to kick, and he’s doing much better now. I think it’s a good thing to be proud and appreciate your ability to take risks and adapt to change your whole style of content and try something new, and you can view it as you needing a long break to understand yourself and reevaluate your goals, your plans for your content and what it is you enjoy about a certain game or topic you make content about

I have never watched your videos, but I like your channel at first look from this video. I can really appreciate your emphasis on the calming aesthetics. I think since you're going back into Minecraft and also want to IRL videos, you could have some scenes where you green-screen yourself into a stationary clip in Minecraft and color correct it to match. Either way, this is great content. Nice job :)

so excited to have these kind of videos inspire me again

This is truly beautiful, I love these kinds of videos :]

I'm so happy you're back. Your hardcore let's plays were easily my favorite videos of yours and the game looks amazing with distant horizons. Really digging your apporach to this world as well, I feel like immersive worldbuilding like this is criminally underrated in Minecraft.

I have never been recommended one of your videos nor have watched any of your content, but you are one of the first KZfaqrs I have seen that has made that specific message to their viewers and have communicated with their audience as humans-- not an algorithm. We understand. I'm sure if you've seen the other comments here you know what I'm talking about. "So glad you're back" "Do what makes you happy" I am just glad to see someone who understands that they can go back, and that change to your channel is not permanent. You can upload what you want, and that's the beauty of having something to fall back to. I've been playing a lot of modded Minecraft, but always experience burnout halfway through a lot of quest-based modpacks... seeing someone enjoying the vanilla (somewhat) experience of Minecraft, one powered by your own imagination and the actual *adventure*, inspired me. Personally, I liked this video. It's my first time watching your content, and I just... watched through. This video made me want to play Minecraft with my friends again. Thank you for that.

You should add automatic path mod, its a great mod for telling a storyline or actually feel like the world is alive

This is the first video of yours I'm watching. I'm incredibly excited about the future of minecraft with distant horizons, irys and tectonic. I'm on board for whatever! Easy subscribe

I’ve been playing better adventure plus for about 3 months now and I never knew you made it. Awesome and thank you!

I think the black screen when going underwater is because of the enhanced visuals mod,there is a setting in there that conflicts with shaders and can be disabled in the config ingame,at least that's what it was for me. Glad to see you doing minecraft againg bro.

though i still enjoy the irl vids, i must admit, ive also quietly preferred the old minecraft ones...so glad youre coming back to them!

I love how you talk casually and don’t cut your voice all the time. It feels so conversational in tone. Thank you.

I felt almost at peace listening to this viedo in the background while playing Minecraft myself. Your voice fits so perfectly with the gameplay

I definitely enjoyed the nature stuff, but I'm glad to see u in Minecraft again

Just came home from my first day at work, feeling incredibly tired and not up for any high paced mrbeast video. So thank you for dropping this 40 minute relaxing masterpiece

Awesome cinematic shots along with the gameplay, damn. Will be tuning in to this!

i’ve forgotten how beautiful this was, at this point your videos almost feels nostalgic! keep it up :)

KZfaq showed me this video and I instantly clicked on it after not hearing from you for like 2 months so you can't have messed up sooo bad

I'm glad you're going back to Minecraft. I don't want to be rude but I didn't watch any of your IRL videos. There's probably a ton of helpful advice and relaxing and thought provoking conversation, but honestly, that's not what I subbed for. I love your ability to show of a cinematic experience in this game and it's so enjoyable to watch. I stayed subbed in the hopes that maybe you'll come back to it. I think this is a great idea. Thanks for making this.

Been following this channel for quite a while now, since you had around 15k subs I believe. its always very calm, relaxing and peaceful when I stop by. Its actually nice to see some Minecraft in the background since I do get curious about the game in it's modern state every once in a while. If you are curious as to why I quit quite a number of years ago, you mentioned in your video that you weren't going to abuse a villager system. That's just it, the game changed into abusing villagers and afk redstone farms which just wasn't very fun lol.

I need to re-check but on the distant horizons discord someone posted a screenshot of working rethinking with voxels shader running with the mod. Loved the calm cinematic nature of the video! 👍

Yes! I can finally crawl out of my waiting hole

Imo the two channels choice is a big W, liked both eras of your channel though Maybe you can sprinkle real life/minecraft bits like you did with this video to get more people interested in the latter All while keeping the same charm that this channel has, especially with authentic content like this on the rise

First vid ive ever seen from you, your editing and commentary is top tier. Feel like it doesnt matger what random stuff youd say id still enjoy

Probably the most relaxing Minecraft video I’ve ever seen lol, love to see more of this!

Welcome back king ❤

Wynncraft with distant horizons would be absolutely insane

Awesome video so far, am watching through the entire thing and there's no boring moment! Just a joy to watch you rediscover Minecraft through the DH mod as well as talk about the projects you're passionate about, I've been smiling for the majority of my watchtime. The main reason I'm commenting however is to suggest a name for the town you and your friends are working on: how about lodestown? It's a little play on 'lodestone' and 'town', reflecting how working on the town draws all of you in just like the magnetic effect of the lodestone. Also, the word lodestone apparently stems from medieval English, in which it translates to 'course stone' or 'leading stone', with 'lode' meaning something along the lines of 'way' or 'path'. This could of course symbolize many things but perhaps it depicts how the project is a journey in and of itself. But you're of course free to give meaning to it in your own way! Also lodestones are of course an actual block in the game so you've instantly got yourself some iconography as well :)

The server you are making with your friends is soo cool, as someone who likes playing on servers seeing the collaberation between everyone towards a common end goal reminds me so much of the old days of playing with my family and friends, back when everything was a little less complicated, and a little less stressful, Thank you for this video!

Your screen is going black like that when you go under water because of the enhanced visuals mod. It does that with other shaders too, like nostalgia shaders. Also, the end (especially better end) and thunder storms look great with Bliss shaders. Edit: Forgot to mention, complementary shaders will get distant horizons compatibility when the mod officially releases.

this is true , take a break sometimes, you need it

Videos like this just bring that different/special nostalgic feel where you forget everything and think world in positive way💗

It's kind of interesting that both your real life videos and minecraft videos both show off a beauty of the world around you.

SAVANNAH 1. No annoying rain 2. Increased sapling rate for acacia

my boi is so backkkkkk 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I want more of this. Just found you an just subscribed! Love the style of video.

bro this is amazing to watch , i usally play minecraft for its competitive pvp but this just made me realise what im missing out on , ive gotta say this is the first time ive seen your content and its truly brilliant keep up the good work man!

14k views in the first 5 hours is insane compared to the last few videos

I like the style you have right now, but i also kinda miss the minecraft gameplay videos 👍

This was a very relaxing video thanks man

Man im new here but this video was so absolutely incredible, i cant even really describe it. I really hope you create somewhat of a story to this whole world and keep on expanding it. I am really hyped for the next one❤

The reason I loved your old Minecraft videos wasn't because they were in Minecraft, it was the feeling you got from them. I was happy when I saw you posted a vid in the evening and I could wind down and watch, lissen and think about life while watching beautiful gameplay. I stopped watching after a few irl vids because they were just plain boring. I don't mean to be mean but the fact of the matter is that listening to a guy talk for 40 minutes about random things while sitting on a rock is just not very appealing to most people. I think if you first off made your IRL content a little shorter like 10/15/20 minutes, that would make it a lot more appealing to stick around for the conclusion of your story. And second and IMO most importantly, I think you shouldn't just sit on a rock, make it interesting to look at, add a few drone shots, add some crudely drawn animations to illustrate what you're talking about, add some video's of you walking around beautiful scenery like the Minecraft video's. I think if you just transfered your minecraft cinematography to real life, you'd be a lot more succesfull in those videos.

This was what Minecraft was like when you were 8…

bro i must have watched this video like 3 times now and it keeps getting better i love how its been edited and the vibe is diffrent from what im use to so ty!

I love your videos so much, you make me feel so calm and everything feels so nostalgic in such a special way, and I love the way you progress, not having diamond armour instantly. Just taking it slow, no need to rush or worry about those things, just focusing on the now. Thanks for your content, this platform wouldn’t be the same without you ❤

you could've just said i want more money so I'm going back to Minecraft content

I didn't even realise how much I enjoyed these type of videos from you, I love it!

I am so happy to hear you are returning to minecraft! I hope you don't take this the wrong way but I turned off notifications when you originally stopped uploading minecraft stuff. But you best believe they are back on now! SO excited to see where this goes

Awesome to see you back! been watching since you were under 50k subs, nice to see you grow. Also note that in the bliss shader settings there is a tab dedicated to Distant Horizons so you should maybe check that out if you think the lighting is weird. Love the vids! : )

Love to see Minecraft back on the channel, but make sure you're also not burning yourself out on the channel and switch it up when you need to! Your discussions really make me think and I aspire to be able to make your level of content quality someday.

Sometimes you do have to follow where success takes you, and put your own idea of what you want to do aside for the time being. I'm glad that you're back to Minecraft videos, but I also want to say I really enjoyed your real life videos too :) getting to know the man behind the channel face-to-face was very nice

Dude, this is so cool! I can't wait to see what you craft next for us! Please take your time though, we can wait for your beautiful videos.

These videos were absolutely great to relax to, really nice to see you return to minecraft content, and I hope your second channel or such in the future succeeds too!

New subscriber here! I never used Bliss shaders before, but I will definitely be trying that today! As someone who wants to revisit making cinematic Minecraft videos again, it seems almost fate that I stumbled across this channel. I might be going back to rerender all the shots I've done with Bliss. Thanks for the wonderful video and for exposing me to a bunch of new mods I would love to try out.

so happy these minecraft vids are back, they’re what got me hooked to you!

This was so calming. I’m glad your back

This is my first time watching your videos, and wow, this is incredible. The sound effects, cinematic shots, and your soothing voice in the background, this is the type of minecraft videos i could watch all day.. I hope you genuinely enjoy creating this content because all the creators I've watched with a similar style eventually burned out and stopped posting. Keep doing what you do best, and in time, your audience will find you.