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.
