Terraria

Comparing this game to Minecraft would be an injustice to Terraria. Mine craft was a vanilla experience with no clear goal however some excuse for a goal was added in later with expansions although there is no incentive to do them.

Terraria on the other hand is a game in which there is a goal, a very well defined goal which comes with it a reward for yourself but the difference is that despite there being the promise of more xp and better equipment you don't have to. It's the narrative game without the pressure or the story as you are encouraged to make it as you go along.

So the scene is set, what about the gameplay, the graphics, the music? Well all are good. The game is played from a 2D perspective taking on a pixel art design for the world and fonts. Although not particularly fresh looking, the contrast in colours between corrupt and normal areas is interesting and watching a world slowly decay gives a sense of loneliness to the game. But then you get dynamite and it's all ok.

I will say that after you've played a few worlds you will start to get a plan going. For my chums and I we build a small house and get to work on a hole straight down to the bottom of the map ready for boss fights.

You collect resources by mining, collecting or killing, you have a nice big inventory with a quick select bar. You move with the keyboard and point at what you want to interact with. The crafting menu is a list of all the available crafting items so there's no need to look up on a wiki to see what arrangements these wooden blocks need to be placed in.

Weapons are interesting too as you can also get magical weapons, I often play magical classes and I approve of this addition.

The music is a part of this game that really shines, each track is really well produced and changes based on what is happening in the world at that time. Changing biome, rain starts, boss appears it's all there. The soundtrack can be found on bandcamp if you want to sneak a listen.

So all in all terraria is a good 2d side scrolling sandbox game with as much or as little as you want in the game. Make your own story

I thought Terraria was just 2D Minecraft. I was WRONG. Within 5 minutes, a slime jumped on my head, a zombie kicked down my wooden door, and a disembodied eye came flying out of the night sky to beat me up like it owed me lunch money.

The game said, "Survive the night." I built a dirt box. The game said, "Good luck." A giant worm tunneled up from hell and said, "Nice house, shame if something happened to it."

Tried mining? Accidentally fell into a cave the size of Texas and got mobbed by skeletons with better gear than me. Tried fighting back? My sword is basically a butter knife.

The guide NPC just stands there smiling while I'm being murdered. He's definitely in on it.

Built a village for some NPCs, finally felt safe... until a blood moon started and zombies stormed the place like it was Black Friday at Walmart.

TL;DR: Terraria gave me trust issues, made me fear the moon, and taught me the ground is a lie. 10/10 would uninstall in terror again.

Anyone saying this is less than 10 do not understand how video games should be rated. You do not compare a 2D game to skyrim ffs. This game in it's own genre and general style is 10/10. Music is 10/10. Gameplay is 10/10. Craphics are beyond beautiful for a 2D game. Comparing it to minecraft is insane because the only thing they are exactly similar in is the fact that blocks can be placed and removed. Terraria was in the works at the same time as minecraft. So you do not get to say it is a copy either. Minecraft is a basically just a 2D pixel game in 3D first person if that makes sense so maybe that is why people keep comparing them the way they do but whatever.

Terraria is a 2D game released in 2011. A lot of people who haven't even played the game call it a ripoff of minecraft, but as someone who actually experienced the game, I can officially say that it's much more than that.

For starters, Terraria has a lot of depth. There are many different ways to play the game, and lots of content in general. Hundreds of creative weapons, cute pets,. And awesome accessories keep you hooked as you try to collect them all.

You can make yourself as overpowered as you want in the endgame, but you start with almost nothing. It's fun to make progress in the game, slowly making yourself more powerful.

This game also has many, MANY pop culture references. You can fight a ninja slime with a bow that shoots flaming bats while wearing a creeper costume and riding a goat from hell!

If that doesn't sound fun, I don't know what is.

And finally, the game has a MASSIVE and very active community. Every day new videos, fanart, and mods are pumped out at alarming speeds.

Ah yes, the mods. There's tons of them!

The game already has lots of content, but the mods sometimes make terraria into an even better game than it was before. New bosses, mechanics, OP weapons, what's not to love?

Terraria is a great game with one goal in mind and a bunch of other things to do. All I can say is that everything that you do is optional and if you want to beat it quickly - you can - but if you want to savor the experience, which I recommend, there is just so much to offer from building, exploring, fighting, collecting, it's all there.

The controls are challenging at first if you have never played it before, it was all over the place (I played it on console) so what I did was adjust it which made it easier.

Also, the weapons that you get in this game are incomparable to any other weapons in any sandbox game. You start with an incompetent and in the end, end up with a weapon that's well worth your time.

Most of Terraria is generally choice. You can literally do anything you want. And that is why I recommend it for anyone who has got a chance