Terraria is the GOAT..

On 11/24/2020 at 10:56 PM by Machocruz

Or not. I don't believe there can be one best of anything, but when I start a game of Terraria, I want to play nothing but Terraria. It's like everything we imagined we wanted in a side scroller as kids.

I've played on and off for years, but I never actually cleared it. I'm aiming to do that now.I made a small world and I'm playing on the normal difficulty to expedite the process. It's going smoothly and I'm finding all sorts of good items. I have a gun that shoots bees that act like homing bullets , along with three summoned helpers, and we're burning down bosses like crazy. And I can fly short distances and run very fast. This game has possibly the greatest collection items and equipment ever put in a game. I also have a grappling hook made of rubies, a sword that calls down falling stars on enemies, web shooters, and grenades that unleash bees instead of shrapnel. My last character fought with books of spells, magic wands, and a yo-yo. For the most part I'm playing a "ranger" build though. Guns and bows, the summons are just to make things die a little faster.

Because I want to get the game cleared sooner rather than later, I'm not spending a lot of time on the creative aspect. Just building buildings with whatever I have at hand to house the NPCs, aesthetics secondary. 90% functionality here, no distractions. Last time I got too caught up in making a wizard tower and lost track of where I was in the game

When I'm done I'm either going to go straight into Expert difficulty on a larger world and build a mega base, or I'm considering gitting gud at and clearing Metal Slug 1-3, also games full of personality Or Donkey Kong Countrys, to continue the theme of riding animals.

Cary Woodham

11/25/2020 at 08:49 AM

I purposely stay away from games like Terriaria and Minecraft because I'm afraid I'll get too addicted to them! I'm already bad enough as it is with Animal Crossing!

Machocruz

11/25/2020 at 10:51 AM

The amount of content rivals anything out there. The NPC interactions and homesteading aren't nearly as involved as a game like AC, but it's everything else - combat, bosses mining, exploration, crafting- that have can have me playing a single world for 50+ hours. Some people have put in hundreds of hours in the game, if not 1000

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/25/2020 at 09:40 AM

I bought this game a while back, but I never played it. It sounds crazy. It's really a great time for games.

11/25/2020 at 11:20 AM

When you consider that we can play every game ever made (with mods or rom hacks to enhance them, essentially making a game immortal) along with the current stuff, and now indie games can rival and outdo games that cost dozens of millions to make, I have to agree. Internet changed everything.

KnightDriver

11/25/2020 at 04:12 PM

I've bounced off Terraria a few different times. Not sure why, but what I didn't get to sounds great like I would love building a Wizard Tower. I'll have to try it again sometime.

11/25/2020 at 05:41 PM

The beginning doesn't impress, I admit. You are slow, weak, don't have any good items. It takes at least an hour of underground exploration before you start , unless you get lucky with an early gold chest. I think it pays to watch a video of late game to see the potential that awaits you. All that stuff I said I had came after about the third boss, and there are two more before mid game. Then you go into Hardmide with new enemies, bosses , and a ton more items.

11/26/2020 at 08:43 PM

Man, I had no idea it was so deep a game.

PixlBit