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Terraria Review
👍/👎 Pros and Cons:
👍Pros:
I like the game's look.
The soundtrack is good.
The bosses are challenging.
The almost endless things to do in this game.
It takes a long time to complete the game.
👎Cons:
It’s very hard to learn at first.
Playing this game can easily leave you lost on how to move forward.
🎮Gameplay:
Terraria is a 2D sandbox game with a focus on exploration, building, crafting, combat, survival, and mining, which is playable both in singleplayer and multiplayer modes.
The player begins in a randomly generated world with only basic tools to progress. In order to craft better tools, the player will need to mine the starter ores, such as iron and tin. As you gather these resources, you can build a house to protect yourself and make better tools and armor to fight the monsters that spawn at night.
Also, you should be searching for life crystals if you want to increase your max health, and you should be searching for fallen stars if you want to increase your max mana. Mana is the "ammo" you need for your magic wands and items that need mana.
Once you have built a house, you need to build houses for the NPCs to live in. The NPCs can sell you useful items for the money you receive from defeating enemies. There is also a guide NPC who can give you hints on what to do. You can also find NPCs around the world who need help, and when you help them, they can move into your house.
It is time to explore the world and go deep into the mines to find better ores, but be aware because there are traps and strong enemies in the mines. If you don't have the appropriate pickaxe, you won't be able to mine all the ores at first. As well as the mines, you will have to go through the different biomes you will find in the game. Both are generated randomly.
Various world events may occur that make the enemies stronger, such as the blood moon, slime rain, etc. These events usually happen at night.
By destroying a Shadow Orb or Crimson Heart, a meteor will fall in your world, which you can mine to craft some useful items.
You can do a lot in Terraria whether you're bored or not. You can start a building project or do side missions that NPCs give you, etc. The game does not require much grinding, but it takes a while to mine enough ores.
I think that much of the game should be discovered by the players themselves, so I'll leave you with just this and hope that you'll want to get into this awesome 2D game called Terraria.
🌲Biomes:
There are several different biomes in the game, including the snow biome, jungle, desert, and more. There are also biomes underground that have secrets to be discovered. I won't tell you much about the biomes since exploring is part of the game, but I will say that the biomes are well designed and interesting to explore. In the mines, you will find chests with loot that could be very useful.
📄🎩Bosses and some facts:
I won't tell you about the boss's abilities and such, because I think you should discover that for yourself as you progress.
The bosses spawn when you have the right item and do a certain action with it, such as throwing it into lava or clicking on it. You can also summon bosses by speaking with some NPCs. Different areas have their own bosses to face. The bosses are well thought out, and the difficult ones are the ones near the end of the game so you don't just defeat them all with the bad loot and complete the game with that. Prepare yourself with potions and good equipment if you are going to take on one of these bosses.
To progress in the game, you must defeat the bosses, because that will result in you getting more items and unlocking things in your world that you couldn't do before.
This is a 16-bit style game, and I think it suits the game well.
🌎👕Options of your world and character customization:
It is possible to change some stuff in your Terraria world such as the seed, the size, difficulty. You can also decide if there will be corruption or crimson in your world.
Various customization options are also available, including clothing and clothing colors, hairstyles, eye colors, and more.
💭Final Thoughts:
If you're looking for something to play for a while and you want to always have something to do, then Terraria is the game for you. It has an excellent soundtrack and great features. The bosses are challenging, and the game takes a long time to complete. Overall, the game is excellent.
Rating: 8/10