I've tried to play through this game several times but for whatever reason just couldn't do it. I came back years later, but decided to play with the wiki up on another screen to assist me in goal setting, what i should do, etc, and this helped a TON.
The game is really fun and progression happens at just the right pace i think. You go through cycles of [mining]->[crafting]->[boss fight]->[crafting], repeat. I just got the Terra Blade (a crafted sword from several previous swords and boss drops), and defeated the altars before the Moon Lord, and trying to kill him is a bit of er.... a challenge >_<*

I find the 2D aspect of this game to be charming, and actually enjoy it much more than 3D like vanilla Minecraft as it can make much flashier and crazy fights. Setting up housing for npcs, discovering underground biomes and lairs, unlocking the ability to mine better ore after getting better picks/drills, crafting gear from other pieces of gear, a rough idea of "classes" and different playstyles (magic, range, swords/yoyo's, summoner) and fighting some cool bosses, sky events like eclipses, blood rain, rain, dust storms, etc, It all makes this game dynamic, not to mention the utter VASTNESS of the crafting. This is where the wiki can become incredibly helpful- not necessary just helpful. You'll feel OP at the end of each progression chain, but that doesn't last long once you go into a more difficult area, or try to fight the next boss. You'll feel belittled in no time (looking at you Twins, Golem, Moon Lord)

The only major negative thing is that replayability i feel may be lacking, as once you have killed all the bosses, and have gone through the progression in gear, making a new character and starting at ground zero would be so boring, as the end of the game is much more fun and flashy. I'm playing on a small map, and i kind of regret it, and now that i've almost mapped out the entire world i don't have much else to do really. Luckily you can take your character and what he's wearing into another world, so i might start a large world, with my OP character to just explore and have fun, but jungle is jungle, lava is lava, dungeon is dungeon, etc. etc. It would be just more of the same so i can't see myself playing much more after i farm the Moon Lord for the Zenith Weapon and best gear. Maybe trying different style of play (i.e. trying magic more than melee) or mods (like calamity mod) would add more hours, but regardless it was/is a fun journey :)

Definitely recommend

I've tried to play through this game several times but for whatever reason just couldn't do it. I came back years later, but decided to play with the wiki up on another screen to assist me in goal setting, what i should do, etc, and this helped a TON. The game is really fun and progression happens at just the right pace i think. You go through cycles of [mining]->[crafting]->[boss fight]->[crafting], repeat. I just got the Terra Blade (a crafted sword from several previous swords and boss drops), and defeated the altars before the Moon Lord, and trying to kill him is a bit of er.... a challenge >_<* I find the 2D aspect of this game to be charming, and actually enjoy it much more than 3D like vanilla Minecraft as it can make much flashier and crazy fights. Setting up housing for npcs, discovering underground biomes and lairs, unlocking the ability to mine better ore after getting better picks/drills, crafting gear from other pieces of gear, a rough idea of "classes" and different playstyles (magic, range, swords/yoyo's, summoner) and fighting some cool bosses, sky events like eclipses, blood rain, rain, dust storms, etc, It all makes this game dynamic, not to mention the utter VASTNESS of the crafting. This is where the wiki can become incredibly helpful- not necessary just helpful. You'll feel OP at the end of each progression chain, but that doesn't last long once you go into a more difficult area, or try to fight the next boss. You'll feel belittled in no time (looking at you Twins, Golem, Moon Lord) The only major negative thing is that replayability i feel may be lacking, as once you have killed all the bosses, and have gone through the progression in gear, making a new character and starting at ground zero would be so boring, as the end of the game is much more fun and flashy. I'm playing on a small map, and i kind of regret it, and now that i've almost mapped out the entire world i don't have much else to do really. Luckily you can take your character and what he's wearing into another world, so i might start a large world, with my OP character to just explore and have fun, but jungle is jungle, lava is lava, dungeon is dungeon, etc. etc. It would be just more of the same so i can't see myself playing much more after i farm the Moon Lord for the Zenith Weapon and best gear. Maybe trying different style of play (i.e. trying magic more than melee) or mods (like calamity mod) would add more hours, but regardless it was/is a fun journey :) Definitely recommend