The world of Terraria is large and varied.

It’s a small but incredibly well done feature. They significantly improve the portable experience, allowing me to quickly zoom in and out, open the map and place blocks accurately. For the first time on Switch, I’m impressed with the touch controls for the screen. By clicking on the analogue sticks you can enter a more accurate mode which helps a lot. The controls aren’t the smoothest and aiming at blocks accurately isn’t the easiest of tasks, especially with the joycons and their unfriendly user interface. Unfortunatly, playing on the Switch took a lot of getting used to. The combat is fast fluid and fun thanks to the tight controls and great enemy variety. There are literally thousands of items to craft, pretty much something for everyone. Crafting is a massive part of the game, as you can assemble simple things from armour and weapons to the more fun grappling hooks and jetpacks, as well as a ton of other interesting gizmos. I’m not a huge fan of Terraria‘s early game as it does a disservice to what it’s best at: exploring the world, crafting tools and weapons, and dealing with the 20+ bosses in the world.

Once you got your homebase built up and you are tooled up, you can deal with the monsters that fill the world. Ranging from the darkest depths underground all the way up to the stars, there are tons of secrets to discover and bosses to defeat. Going from one edge of the screen to another is already vast enough, but on top of this, you’ve got plenty of verticality. The world is procedurally generated and also huge. Thankfully enough, Terraria is so much more than just another Minecraft clone.īuilding a house is the first thing you should do. On the surface, Terraria seems an awful lot like yet another Minecraft clone: you’ve got the square pixel art style and your opening hours have you chopping down trees to build a house to survive the horrors of the night.

The first thing that I did was set up a small house to store my gear in, craft new items and act as a safe haven for the nighttime. As soon as you load in, the game leaves you alone and let’s you decide what to do. The year 2011 was the year when Terraria was first introduced to the world, a small 2D independent game that is clearly inspired by the likes of Minecraft. Over the course of eight years, the developers have given the game a tremendous amount of support, with dozens of free content expansions, bug fixes, and loads more, as well as releasing the game on a wider range of systems starting with the PC, heading to consoles and even mobile.

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