Anyone playing Terraria?

[ironman31]

I'm liking it a lot more than Minecraft. Seems like it's for the much less creative person

[Exoverture]

I just picked this up a week or two ago. I can't get off of it. It's so fun.

I agree with the Minecraft comparison. Minecraft was fun, but mundane at times - and the 'adventure' part wasn't nearly as fleshed out as it is in Terraria. It's a lot of fun. I like that Terraria is a great building game but at the same time offers a lot for adventure, pretty amazing playing with friends.

[xmrxkrazy]

Terraria was really fun with friends. Had a house with rooms where NPC's stayed, a mushroom farm, underground mushroom farm, storage area, a 1 way elevator to hell (which way do you think it goes?), and a boss killing platform. Set up a dedicated server on my computer where me and 3 friends played every night. Good times only lasted 2 weeks, as we were able to get most of the stuff in the game. Then it just got boring. What was a fun, creative, yet had some elements of RPG (items and grinding), turned into a farmville type game. After a certain level, all you do is dig for crap.

[ironman31]

Terraria was really fun with friends. Had a house with rooms where NPC's stayed, a mushroom farm, underground mushroom farm, storage area, a 1 way elevator to hell (which way do you think it goes?), and a boss killing platform. Set up a dedicated server on my computer where me and 3 friends played every night. Good times only lasted 2 weeks, as we were able to get most of the stuff in the game. Then it just got boring. What was a fun, creative, yet had some elements of RPG (items and grinding), turned into a farmville type game. After a certain level, all you do is dig for crap.

That sounds about how it's going for my friends and I. But definitely worth the 5 dollars I spent on it.

[hella]

Terraria is awesome when you're with friends.  It's more of a hangout than anything!

Lol, but valve has to sort something out with their recommendation system on steam.  I saw this before I bought the game:

Edit: This image uploading system is pretty crazy.  How the hell do you delete old pics?

[Alex]

I played it heavily for a week when it was released, but it somehow lost its magic with time. I'm planning to try it again in a year.

[xmrxkrazy]

I played it heavily for a week when it was released, but it somehow lost its magic with time. I'm planning to try it again in a year.

Same here. The first day I bought it I pulled an all-nighter. Now, I don't bother spending a minute on it.

[Tastybyte]

I played it for a good week (long sessions) after the steam sale. I am pretty much done, barring any future content patches. It was fun, but there are no substantial goals left. A summation of my Terraria playtime: build a shelter with furnishings -> Mine for progressively better ore to make better equipment -> Fight first boss -> Farm Shadow Orbs for meteor equipment --> Fight next boss --> Farm underground jungle for better equipment --> Go to underworld, die alot, get better equipment -> Fight final boss and loot the dungeon he guards. I am now equipped with the best spellcasting gear in the game (my preferred play style). I have a crap ton of stuff and now all real goals have been completed. The core mechanic doesn't draw me in for repeated playthroughs.

I must say, it was damn worth the 2.50 USD I paid for it!