Terraria might be hard for some people to get into, and certainly needs some assistance from the official wiki page[terraria.wiki.gg] if you are new or even if you have played a few hundred hours, like my 320 hours at the time of this review, for reference, one of my characters that i have completed the game with has 56 hours of play time.

This review is going to be from the view and experience of a user that prefers to play in multiplayer, as i have never fully completed a single player save, and from the view and experience of a user that prefers to play in expert mode.

The early game starts out perfectly, leaving you explore and try out combat instantly, the guide NPC has a bow that can help you with dealing damage to enemies if you feel a little overwhelmed at the very few beginning minutes, but don't depend on him for longer than those few minutes, try to craft or find new weapons, armor and accessories quickly, as a quick hint i will mention that these items can drop or be crafted with a random modifier that shows up as the first word on an item's name, as well as its effects listed when this weapon/tool is selected in the inventory view, you can try to craft an early wooden weapon until you get an effect you like to help you with damage, if you get a new weapon, it can be nice to look up its best effect on the wiki(even more so after you get a certain npc that can help with these effects), this part of the review is also a decent chance to mention that Terraria has multiple main types of damage, Melee, Ranged, Magic and Summon, but trying to stick to a class in the early game may not be optimal depending on what you find, don't be afraid to use weapons of the multiple types together in the early game, i would even recommend that you get used to switching weapons depending on what targets you engage.

The first bossfight can be either the Eye of Ctulhu or King Slime, depending on if you get and the slime rain first and complete the condition for its spawn during the event(kill.), or if you match the conditions for the Eye of Ctulhu to spawn naturally, or if you find and use a certain item.
I won't go in depth on the following bossfights, but i will mention that the game enters Hardmode once you beat the Wall of Flesh, this will change what enemies you fight and basically rebalance the world to make it feel like early game again, also a certain thing can happen at any random night randomly, always get ready with new weapons, tools and armor, don't be ashamed to look up class guides on the wiki or on youtube.

Because i play multiplayer on Expert, the difficulty bosses and events will scale with the number of players, because of this i feel like the distinction between the game's classes gets even more noticeable, i play melee so this means i tend to have the most defense and i can choose to be even more defensive if i wish to with armors and accessories, my ranger friend has decent armor, and my magic friend has very little, even more so if running a build that maximizes damage, and with some accessories that can drag agro to you or away from you, we try to make the AI prioritize me as i tank or dodge damage while not doing the most damage, your mage friend will love being able to fight without being targeted by much of the fire.

The progression feels amazing, i never feel too strong or too weak while progressing, fighting a boss you have fought 10 hours ago can really show that you have progressed significantly, while the next stage of progression still feels challenging but never impossible.

The end of the game might feel a little sudden, but there is a little bit of progression if you want the best stuff the game has to offer.

Also to add onto the part where i mentioned the NPC that can help with weapon effects, prepare to be spending a lot of platinum coins lmao.

This game is definitely an experience that you should try someday, researching what to do and figuring out stuff at the same time feels very rewarding, and working towards a goal, like a set of armor that you want, feels really good to get close to and complete.

There is also an entire modding community that i have never explored that can offer so much more, i have considered trying out the calamity mod for example, i'm sure that the modding community can add many more hundreds of hours of content that still feels new.


I really recommend the experience that this game offers, and i firmly believe that this game is truly unique in the way it feels, plays and in the way it has evolved so far.