Terraria, what a game.

I have owned this game for a few years and I say kudos to the developers for continuing to update it. Getting into multiplayer is at times tricky, but it is miles easier than it was when we had to use Hamachi to play with friends.
I enjoy the small updates such as the recent 1.3.1 which consisted mainly of QoL fixes. Most games do not really focus on the user experience this long after release.

As for the game itself, I would rather play it with friends than alone. I find myself collecting ebonstone to create palaces or making furniture for my NPCs in my downtime despite there being no advantage to it. I'm also a hoarder and this game does not punish me for doing so. Nice changes such as inventory sorting (1.3.1 update) or Quick Stack make the game more enjoyable for people like me.

The game is not without it's frustrations be they the constant swarm of annoying mobs (Medusa, bats, Voodoo Demons, Corruptors, etc.) or the unfortunate world and/or character corruption. My computer crashed whilst I was playing Terraria in October of last year as I was in my "storage" room. Everything I had accumulated for months was wiped. The steam cloud backup was of no use as it seemed to have bugged out too.

I would recommend this game to people who enjoy collecting items and those who enjoy moulding a world to their liking. Terraria is not often fast-paced nor are the strategies for bosses too difficult to work out. Death is forgiving unless you are 'Hardcore'.

All in all, wonderful game, wonderful staff and wonderful playerbase.

This is a game that calls back fond memories of PSO Episode 1&2 in the early 00s. Many of the early sounds you here as well as the weapon designs and some of the core mechanics (mags, monomates etc.) will help familiarise yourself with the game a little faster if you've played PSO1, but my friends who hadn't were able to adapt regardless.

There are many characters, story quests & standard quests to do. Grinds to get rare weapons, pets, skins or items always on-going. Character customisation is amazing. You can be a giant mech-robot wielding ungodly power, or a small teenager-looking character struggling to fend off a few monsters with an arsenal of magic, guns and melee weapons. There are also a myriad of pets which can be used by Summoners.

The UI is awful. There is no beating around this problem. It's clunky, overloaded with crap and the options are worse. I'd say it took me about 200 hours to figure out everything regarding the UI/Options interface.

There is crafting and a crafting tree in this game, though it is primitive as is the gathering system. It's a means to an end towards a more fleshed out game.

As it's a F2P game, microtransactions are to be expected. the A/C transactions seem somewhat fair, allowing you to purchase more character slots or mags as well as extra storage. All very handy.

Stargems is another currency in the game that can be acquired by - Doing PvP, scoring high on weekly rankings, CASINO, Buster Quests, logging on, completing quests in Hardcore mode. Do NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT, buy stargems. They are massively overpriced for the value of the items acquired by them, and are not worth it. They have a store called freshfinds, where you can buy cosmetic items for stargems. The shop rotates daily and utilises 'FOMO - Fear of Missing Out' to get you to dish out absurd amounts of money on cosmetics.

I don't idle in this game, so the gametime you see is pretty frightingly accurate. it's a very addictive game.