3 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 140.4 hrs on record (23.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: 10 Jul, 2016 @ 8:34am
Updated: 10 Jul, 2016 @ 8:36am

I've been playing Terraria since its inception and one of the things I love most about it is that the developers are constantly adding content. When I say that, I don't mean the usual patch and an extra gun, no, they add hundreds, sometimes thousads of amazing items for you to discover. Pair that with excellent visuals, endless gameplay, fun combat mechanics and a few extras as I will point out below, you end up with a masterpiece that you can play for months.

Likes

Items: There is a seemingly infinite amount of items in the game. Whether it be ancient swords or modern assult rifles. As well as tons of armor, wearables, cosmetics, building blocks and so it goes. This is one of the things that adds to the replay value. Chances are, you will need to play a thousand hours to legitimately discover everything.

Combat: Unlike its similar friend, Minecraft, this game is a lot more combat focused. There are tons of enemies, from eskimo zombies to giant green flying pigs. Each with their own unique stats, attacks, traits and drops. On your side, there are tons of weapons, literally every single type, each with a million variations. There is one for every playstyle. Whether you like a traditional combat axe or a powerful rocket launcher. Or perhaps a sword that shoots swords?

Blocks: You think Minecraft has blocks? Terraria has thousands. There are so many build materials that this game has gone from a 2D platformer to an architectural masterpiece creator. Provided you have the skill, you can really make some beautiful and functional builds, the community hub proves this on a daily basis.

Steam integration: Althogh some consider this trivial, I love it when a game integrates and takes full advantage of the platform it calls home. You get a lot of achievements, trading cards, emoticons and profile backgrounds, which is a nice way of rewarding your playtime. You can see when your friends are playing and you can join them in seconds. There is multiplayer and servers by the way.

Performance: Now I have a MacBook Air. I wouldn't call it a potato, but it sure ain't great. But this game runs like a dream on it and you may be thinking "so what? It's only a 2D pixel game after all?" And althogh that is somewhat right. There is a pretty high level of complexity within the inner workings of this game. But what I'm getting at here, is that anything can run it and anything can store it. Its a quick 200MB download, so you can get it anytime, anywhere, on anything.

Dislikes

idk, its pretty hard if you suck?
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