Terraria

I've been playing Terraria since update 1.1, which has been quite some time ago and I absolutely love it. I've grown quite attached to this game and at this point I'm sure I'll be loyal for life. I have just shy of 1,000 hours of gameplay on Steam and I currently run a server. The online capabilities of Terraria and the change of pace from single player to multi player is fantastic. Each server is different from the last and it adds to the playability of the game ten-fold. If you're interested in an enjoyable game with plenty of content and a community that loves to play together, then Terraria is most certainly for you. If you're interested in online play, Saybrook's Planet (sbplanet.hopto.org would be the IP) has a terrific community; another great server would be Panther's server(www.terraria.tls.id.au is their website and the IP for the server can be found on there). Hopefully I'll see some of you all on Saybrook's sometime! :D Have fun, everyone!

This is a solid game and most people will have some fun with it, making it well worth the price. But (at least in version 1.3.0) it has its limits, too. Enemies are constantly spawning. Unfortunately most are just trash that provide neither challenge nor interesting loot. Basically there are only three types of enemies (cannot pass through solid tiles, can pass through all tiles but not fly, can pass through all tiles and fly) with one or more of three types of attacks (melee, beams/projectiles that cannot pass through solid tiles, beams/projectiles that can pass through all tiles). This is mostly a missed opportunity to better integrate with the sandbox part (e.g. more special tiles and items that interact with particular enemy types). Most bosses have some special behavior, but overall enemy AI isn't varied and difficulty is low, making combat feel like a mediocre platformer. A lot of items cannot be crafted. They are either dropped by enemies or found in chests randomly distributed throughout the world. This is forcing you onto predefined pathways through the game, preventing the player from playing the game at his own pace (Tip: don't upgrade your health without careful planning; a lot of random events that can throw you off balance are tied to having higher health). There is enough content to keep the player interested for quite some time, but even in small worlds this content is spread thin over quite a large area. As a new unexperienced player expect to be grinding for several days real time to even acquire equipment that can mine all tiles present at the start of the game (Tip: look for guides showing how to defeat the eater of worlds with starting equipment). There is a large selection of items. Unfortunately most of these are copies with minimally different looks and stats. This is also true of crafting recipes, cluttering the primitive crafting interface. None of these problems prevent having fun, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.

After 50+ hours (in steam. I bought it there cause wasn`t sure will i be able to crossplay with my steam friend) I am still having troubles doing almost everything. Crafting, finding the right bench for each instument and more and more, but still. To show situation i mention that my friend refuses to teach me cause he " tired of teaching all the newbie friends with basics". It tells us that game is too big and sometimes you can spent many hours and don`t even evolve cause of enormous amount of posibilities. "Also try Minecraft" @Terraria window`s border

1. The game developed over time, so if you have played it several years ago, the experience is not the same now. I like the crafting part, I like to discover new loot, places, once you get to better weapons, you might try to do some bossfights (dungeon yay), and when you think it is over, hardmode comes into place, with new resources, better loot, new crafting options (you can actually build home in clouds, and also clouds contain loot). If you play alone, it is slow, but fun (if you do not know what you need and when you need, it is more difficult). With some friends you can have versus battles, or they can help you with the playthrough. And if you are tired of the world, generate a new one and bring the character to the other world (you can move things in your inventory to the new world, so no need to start from scratch, just make sure to backup the character, no cloud saving). Each new world comes with different combinations of natural resources, so it takes several worlds to get repetitive. And comparison to minecraft, I played minecraft, and it was too boring for me, I do not see the hype (maybe terraria just destroyed that for me). One last warning, I often catch myself time travelling, as I get lost in time playing Terraria, loosing 5-10 hours in 1 playing session.

Running on Linux Mint 17.3 64 bit very nicely. PROS: Deep customization. Huge and diverse world to explore. Easy for gaming novices to pick up. Deep enough to satisfy PC gaming vets. Fun in both single player and co-op. Replay value out the wahzoo! Modest hardware requirements. Windows, Mac, and Linux installers included. CONS: 2D graphics and accessibility may put off 'hardcore' types.