I feel like all of the recent updates had this lackluster appeal to them. It might be because I’m outgrown it, but the last big update I felt excited for was the terrain generation one (I think 1.18?). Other than that I can’t really get behind any of them. I mean, archeology sounds cool and all but it doesn’t really feel like Minecraft. Also, while having more mobs is cool, it just doesn’t matter as much to me anymore. They keep pushing out these updates and it feels less and less like Minecraft.
nb4 “just play an older version” yeah no duh, I know that’s an option. That’s not what I’m complaining about.
Base Minecraft gets boring quick, it sounds like you just want to play modpacks instead of the base game. There’s nothing wrong with that but it should have been the first thought to you when you felt the game was stale. I have spent way more time on modded servers than vanilla ones, even with all the updates that have rolled out that merged good mod mechanics into the base game.