Recent reviews by DigitalDragon

10/10 so far, you can tell the developers care about the product.
Best living potato pet army ever.

I picked this game up after a friend sent me a link from the Humble Bundle store to obtain a copy for free. Being free, I thought, "why not?" and picked it up. Boy, was I not disappointed. This was one neat game.

+Pros+
+ Quick game play
+ Simplistic, but not too much so
+ Tells a good story
+ Can run on a low spec computer
+ Decent Soundtrack

-Cons-
- Short story line (helped by the DLC that actually is a decent DLC)
- Story can be buried, but can be found with some digging
- Messy map overlay (Fixed by DLC, but still.)
- May have to use guide to get past one part Once Naix deletes your x-system if you have no clue what's going on
- Game play depends on how fast you can get commands out, for slower typers, this may be a hindrance to game play

For being a fake hacking game, it still tests you and encourages you to mess up- there's a way to fix mistakes. While I only put perhaps 6 hours (2.5 online to get achievements) in to beat the game, the time differs per person depending on how much reading you do, and how fast you can type. The story starts off good, and you can easily forget what you were supposed to be doing once you complete some of the major tasks- but the game pulls you back into the main story line after you've built up your hacking tools and you have gained familiarity of the game's mechanics. For how simplistic it may seem, it easily sucks you into that world and allows you to be the hacker. You are controlling Hacknet. Good luck.

This game isn't too bad with the amount of content available, and for being a game that is over five years old, it's still going strong with updates adding content and patching bugs often enough to keep the game playable. It's come a long ways from the beginning, and while there is no actual story, the progressive system in this game keeps you going from boss to boss, equipment to equipment. There's quite a bit of equipment too, with a variety of weapons to keep playstyle interesting. From summoning, ranged, melee, magic, and even yo-yos, there's something to keep you entertained.
With the exploring aspect, it may be a little difficult to begin with, but as you gain more accessories, exploration gets easier. From caves to difficult to navigate terrain, namely the jungle, there's a lot to see. There's also three different map sizes to pick from, so if you want a smaller map, you can.
As for all the blocks, equipment, furniture, npcs, wiring, ores, and liquids, there's a variety of things that you can build. The world is completely changeable, some blocks requiring good tools to remove the blocks, the variety of buildings, structures, and whatever you want is available after some clicks... and however long it takes to build. But that doesn't mean you have to build alone.
The multiplayer feature in Terraria is simplistic. You can connect with your Steam friends playing just by going through Steam itself. If you wanted, you can also connect via IP address, which is easier than it sounds. You can just keep your game running to allow people to join you through IP, or the game now comes with a simple server file to keep your world up for your friends if they want to keep playing while you're done. The only downside to that is that you have to open a port in your firewall. Even if you don't want to mess with server running yourself, there's plenty of servers out there to mess around on. Just make sure you have a good internet connection.
Overall, it's not a bad game. It has replayability, items fit to just about any play style, pretty good multiplayer features, and an adequate building system and enough wiring to satisfy just about anyone more interested in technical aspects of games. If the kind of games you enjoy are more sandbox, equipment gathering, kill everything to progress, and/or building pixel homes and structures, you might enjoy this game. Those that enjoy playing Starbound, Don't Starve, or Edge of Space might enjoy this game if you don't mind a pixel style 2D game.
Pros-
+ Can fit just about any play style with the variety of equipment, accessories, and mounts
+ Building is fun with the amount of blocks and biomes
+ Bunch of bosses and events to beat and gain loot
+ If normal mode is too easy, there's an expert mode with increased difficulty
+ Pretty good soundtrack
+ When you get bored, you can mod the game to cater to your experience

Cons-
- Can be grindy at times
- Multiplayer requires a good internet connection to not be a bad experience
- If you're not a fan of 2D pixel sidescrollers, then you won't like this

Overall, I'll say that this game is a 9/10. For the $10 price, just pick this game up if you're interested.