PANCZASU wrote:
And let's not forget that minecraft is mostly a sandbox building game with action elements. Terraria is an action-platformer with building and RPG elements. Fighting mobs, killing bosses and struggling to survive is what this game is about.

This - In terms of the combat system and adventure, Terraria is much more fleshed out and refined than Minecraft. Minecraft relies much more heavily on "collect, build, expand" imagination mechanics. Terraria has an actual pace.

On sale on Steam for 2.46$ and I just bought it

I've been thinking about buying it but I'm going to see if it goes on sale during winter.

Someone I knew bought me Terraria in the hopes I'd play it with him, I tried it but couldn't get over the fact that it was 2D sidescroller and I've never like 2D sidescroller games.

Tredecim wrote:
And flipstar



Terraria is on my "maybe-gonna-buy-list" now

It's actually really fun. It was available for like 2€ only on Steam with a sale last week, but yeah, it's a bit too late now!

fchenaj wrote:
but glad to see you still around Fenrakk.

And flipstar



Terraria is on my "maybe-gonna-buy-list" now

Terraria fed my 'open-world, voxel (even though it wasn't voxel) fascination with minecraft. Terraria and Cubeworld are now my go-tos when minecraft mod-tinkering gets boring.

Mansen wrote:
(They couldn't really go with Polaris Podcast - PeePee acronym pronunciation and all that)

I forgot about that But that's not why, it was purely because he didn't want the podcast to be tied to the channel (in case he and Polaris went their separate ways)

Fenrakk101 wrote:
Polaris I don't remember him confirming they would continue, just strongly hinting at it. I missed yesterday's podcast so if they said it then I wouldn't know.

The channel is called Polaris - The podcast has been named Co-Optional Podcast (They couldn't really go with Polaris Podcast - PeePee acronym pronunciation and all that)

PANCZASU wrote:
Good news for you then - TB has confirmed that they will resume the series once 1.2 goes live. He mentioned this several times on a TGS podcast (or w/e it's called now) and at least once on his twitter

Polaris I don't remember him confirming they would continue, just strongly hinting at it. I missed yesterday's podcast so if they said it then I wouldn't know.

Fenrakk101 wrote:
Ah, Jesse and TB - but I don't want to watch the series until I know whether or not they'll be continuing it if they restart when 1.2 comes out I'll be watching it

Good news for you then - TB has confirmed that they will resume the series once 1.2 goes live. He mentioned this several times on a TGS podcast (or w/e it's called now) and at least once on his twitter

PANCZASU wrote:
Or you can watch the greatest playthrough of all times. It's full of failure but it's the good kind of failure.

Just keep in mind that the first ~40 videos are VERY outdated (still worth a watch imo) and a lot of things have been improved since then. Also, Terraria 1.2 is coming out and it's going to be amazing.

Ah, Jesse and TB - but I don't want to watch the series until I know whether or not they'll be continuing it if they restart when 1.2 comes out I'll be watching it.

Mansen wrote:
This - In terms of the combat system and adventure, Terraria is much more fleshed out and refined than Minecraft. Minecraft relies much more heavily on "collect, build, expand" imagination mechanics. Terraria has an actual pace.

One of the biggest gripes I have with Minecraft is that it relies on timing your attacks (swing just before you get too close or else you take damage), meanwhile it's a game that has constant frame drops even on the best setups.

I'm real obsessed with Terraria again, does anyone else play? Maybe we could coordinate a bit of boss-killing coop sometime.

Fenrakk101 wrote:
That's the short way to put it. It's a thousand times better than minecraft will ever be, though. It's got way more depth.



And Nasarog - it's basically a 2D sidescroller where you collect resources and items and craft things. There's a lot of "Get iron to make the next tier of items to get silver to make the next tier of items to get gold to get the next tier of items." It does involve a lot of searching and hoarding, and it's incredibly addictive.

And let's not forget that minecraft is mostly a sandbox building game with action elements. Terraria is an action-platformer with building and RPG elements. Fighting mobs, killing bosses and struggling to survive is what this game is about.

You can find Terraria on Steam, if seeing screenshots might jog your memory.

Or you can watch the greatest playthrough of all times. It's full of failure but it's the good kind of failure.

Just keep in mind that the first ~40 videos are VERY outdated (still worth a watch imo) and a lot of things have been improved since then. Also, Terraria 1.2 is coming out and it's going to be amazing.

Nasarog wrote:
Oh, maybe it's something else then.

You can find Terraria on Steam, if seeing screenshots might jog your memory.

Fenrakk101 wrote:
Dwarves? No.

Oh, maybe it's something else then.

Nasarog wrote:
It's with pixelated dwarves or something like that, right? Das123 did a playthrough I tried watching once.

Dwarves? No.

Fenrakk101 wrote:
That's the short way to put it. It's a thousand times better than minecraft will ever be, though. It's got way more depth.



And Nasarog - it's basically a 2D sidescroller where you collect resources and items and craft things. There's a lot of "Get iron to make the next tier of items to get silver to make the next tier of items to get gold to get the next tier of items." It does involve a lot of searching and hoarding, and it's incredibly addictive.

It's with pixelated dwarves or something like that, right? Das123 did a playthrough I tried watching once.

Ca_Putt wrote:
bassically 2d minecraft.

That's the short way to put it. It's a thousand times better than minecraft will ever be, though. It's got way more depth.



And Nasarog - it's basically a 2D sidescroller where you collect resources and items and craft things. There's a lot of "Get iron to make the next tier of items to get silver to make the next tier of items to get gold to get the next tier of items." It does involve a lot of searching and hoarding, and it's incredibly addictive.

AH, no... not really. I've heard of minecraft, but have no idea what it is.