This is exactly the mind-set which prevents projects like Minetest from becoming "real" games. Mods are great, but the core game has to be good by itself to attract people. And if Minetest doesn't want to be a "real" game which is good out of the box, that's fine, being a game engine playground is perfectly fine, but that means it's not even trying to be a Minecraft alternative.
The idea in minetest is that you need to add mods for the stuff you want