A lot of effort was put into Minecraft and there's proof of that. And Minecraft also isn't some lousy 2D hunk of frozen piss.
this is what i'm talking about, but you're applying outrageous double standards or something to a thing that is basically theory at this point.
minecraft's effort wasn't in their art because notch wasn't good at art. granted, minecraft is mediocre all-around once you get over it, there was effort there. notch really did what he could because he wanted to actually try and make the game good.
you can't be making this wild assumptions for something that doesn't exist yet. if the game even gets playable, we'll be able to tell how much the devs care.