Is Terraria good?

If you don't like Minecraft?

You probably wouldn't care for vanilla Terraria much if you don't like Minecraft. But modded Terraria...maybe.

It didn't work for me. It seems I'm a sucker for popular genres done weirdly: hate MOBAs, love Smite; don't like resource loopers, love No Man's Sky; over ARPGS, yet I play Wolcen every day (as you've likely noticed).

I like Terraria precisely because it is not like Minecraft. It's an actual game, not a building simulator.

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Xavderion wrote:

I like Terraria precisely because it is not like Minecraft. It's an actual game, not a building simulator.

This.

If you like Minecraft you probably wouldn't care for Terraria. They have near nothing in common. In Minecraft you mine and build to mine some more, in Terraria you mine to get gear to slay things and get better gear and battle bosses.

They're two completely different games, even more so since the "Journey's End" update. Terraria puts a MUCH greater focus on combat, especially the boss fights. Add to that a bunch of fairly meaningful NPCs and a plethora of events and alternative activities (fishing is very much a thing in Terraria. It's legit one of the strongest mechanics in the game, especially early on. Also, you can golf now).

Saying that it's just a "2D minecraft" just doesn't do it justice. Saying that also has the tendency to infuriate some of the more hardcore fans of the game.

Terraria feels different. You set your own goals but still have an overarching progression with very interesting and varied items and challenging boss fights and events. Your increase in power is very well done and feels rewarding.

I liked Minecraft a few years ago but cant get into it again. Feels too "sandbox" for me or how you want to call it. I also tend to get motion sickness in that game.

People infuriated by item and gear management probably prefer Minecraft for its relative simplicity in that area.

But I see most ARPG fans preferring Terraria for its itemization aspects alone; they are far deeper than Minecraft's.

Me personally? My friend bought me a key so I'd play MC with him. I've probably spent a total of about 3-5 hours in that game.

I've spent 521 hours in Terraria, according to Steam. Playing with that same diehard Minecraft friend at first. Who gave up on the game about 20 hours in because it has "too many items to deal with."

See what I mean? It's very much a taste thing.

My son plays both, I like Minecraft better personally.

Terraria is closer to 2D Skyrim, not 2D Minecraft.