Terraria – Review

Overview

Terraria is, in a sense, a 2D version of the popular game that is still in its beta stages, Minecraft. Although the games might be compared for their similarities with the building aspects, but in essence, they are nowhere near the same game, as with Minecraft, the combat system is completely different and you need not protect yourself once you’ve built yourself a house and have torches around every 12 squares. Whereas in Terraria, it doesn’t matter whether you have torches set up every 12 squares, the monsters can still appear in your house and you will need to fight them unless you have walled yourself into a small area. The game was programmed by Andrew “Redigit” Spinks, produced by Jeremy (Blue) Guerrette and designed by Finn (Tiy) Brice and Gabriel (Red Yoshi) Henrique Kiesshau.

Terraria Release Trailer

Gameplay

How you play Terraria is up to you, whether you want to build some items using what you have already, or to go fight some monsters to get materials to make items, or for the weapons that they will sometimes drop, it is your decision. There are three bosses per random world generated, and two of them you are able to keep on fighting without having to generate a new world again and again, these bosses are; the Eater of World and the Eye of Cthulhu. These bosses require items to spawn whilst Skeletron does not. To summon Eater of World, you need to go into an area of the game called “The Corruption” and consume Worm Food, which is made at a Demon Altar or break three Shadow Orbs. To summon Eye of Cthulhu, you need to craft a Suspicious Looking Eye at a Demon Altar and using it at night. To fight against Skeletron, you must find a temple inside your map and talk to the Old Man at night. To create most items, you will need a crafting table or anvil, and to make these you must first find the items needed to craft them.

Graphics

The graphics of Terraria are pretty basic for a 2D game, but the developers of the game, Red and Blue, also thought about putting lots of detail into the trees, vines, and the character. They have made all the blocks distinguishable from each other, such as having normal grass a different colour from the corruption grass, which is grey-ish. The items in the game, such as fallen stars, that even have a trail behind them when they fly through the sky, and the Jungle Armour (which used to be Cobalt Armour) also leaves a trail behind you whenever you move, similar to the Molten Set where whenever you move, the area around you is lit up.

Sound

The music of Terraria is intriguing yet simple. It doesn’t overpower the game in anyway and remains subtle, yet it keeps you hooked to the screen. Some of the music that is present in the game can be downloaded or listened to from the following link here. We are as of post unsure on who actually wrote the music for Terraria.

Conclusion

Terraria is a great game, and has made a great debut. Although it may take a little while to get used to the gameplay, it is definitely worth the buy as it can keep you entertained for hours on end, as well as having the multiplayer feature by allowing you to host a server and play with your friends, or joining one of their servers, or maybe even a random one found on Terraria Online. The game can be bought here.