Why some games, even with extremely simple graphics are laggy?

Question

I get the concept of why graphically intensive games cause lag and overheat, but I don’t get why some games (such as Minecraft) or minimalist graphic style games still cause lag on average computers?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Games like Minecraft are graphically undemanding, but tend to have a large number of digital assets (ie textures, colors, templates, “worlds”, weapons, etc.) and those have to be loaded in as well.

I’ve been in minecraft worlds so dense that it brought my 1080ti to its knees along with large RAM usage.

Another explanation could be poor optimization for the platform you’re playing on. This is especially prevalent on console to PC ports (eg RDR 2).