Terraria

Better than minecraft. 10/10

the most game

Doing my ???th playthrough

I don't really have fun playing, but my friends play it so I do. I wish I liked it tho

Terraria is, in fact, two very distinct games in one: the earlier side, which is a chill and exciting exploration crafting game, with that looming corruption (or crimson) to keep “a time limit”; and the later side, which is a hectic metroidvania bullet hell platformer. There’s a smooth transition between one to the other, and it never truly stops being an exploration crafting game, but it becomes much harder and much more streamlined.

So the enjoyment of the game high depends of which side one prefers: liking the chill vibes makes the later progression somewhat a chore, and the mechanics excessive and confusing; liking the absurd and flashy combat makes the early game too slow.

For me, what really makes the game special is the initial part: every tool has a purpose, every material has a use. It has a very interesting breadth of things to do, and different ways to do them. The later part was fun, and it does feel good to have incredible amounts of power, but it feels less engaging, inspiring. It almost feels like “creative mode” except for the combat, which is “just fine”. The really fun part for me was always about exploring, planning and terraforming/building.

It’s a specially nice game right now, since many quality of life and balance changes arrived a few months ago and make much of the chore of the game less repetitive. Some things are still missing, though: crafting a few hundred items is quite fast, but thousands? Very slow.

Finished on steam, classic mode, regular seed, with all achievements and obtained Terraprisma.

My best purchase of 2020. 10/10 for the soundtrack as well