Minecraft or Terraria?

[kebab4you]

Ah right, just thought about a thing. Not sure if it´s some flaw they have overlooked but;

You can download the latest version of Minecraft from there homepage, and when they ask you to log in just type in something and click log in and then log in offline.

That way you could play single survival(technically legal).

 

[hyzaku]

I'm sure it has been said before this but...

Terraria is a game with actual goals. It has a purpose for building things beyond "look what I made." It also has a more user friendly crafting system. Meaning you don't have to read game documentation or websites to know what items make what. If you have the mats and are near the right facilities you can make it. Very simple. Also, co-op play is where the majority of the fun is. Single player is cool, but mucking about with your buddies makes the game so much more fun. It also makes it worth replaying, imo.

Minecraft is a sandbox and nothing more. It exists solely to enable the creation of cool stuff. It requires, I feel, more creativity to fully enjoy it. If you have a creative streak in you, then Minecraft is an excellent outlet for that creative energy. You can just look at youtube to see all the amazing things people can do with the game. Minecraft can also be enjoyed a bit more solo than Terraria, imo. It is quite enthralling to have a whole world of your own creations. You can also join one of the many Minecraft servers and enjoy the game's massive number of communities to build things as a group. Like Terraria, playing with your friends adds a ton of replayability and another level of fun to the game.

In short, Minecraft has a better toolset for constructing awesome things, while Terraria is more of an actual game instead of a builder's sandbox.

 

[captaincabbage]

2 completely different games, bro.

Do you want adventuring? Go with terreria.

Do you want building? Go with minecraft.

Hit the nail on the head man. Pretty much this, OP.

 

[s0m3th1ng]

Both games will be continually updated...Terraria more so since Notch is so damn lazy.
Terraria, though, has a limited shelf-life compared to Minecraft. Put about 20 hours into Terraria and I'm pretty bored with it until Red and Blue introduce new worlds, mobs, and mechanics. Minecraft is pretty much unlimited in terms of playtime and what you can do.

 

[Atmos Duality]

I'm enjoying Terraria; it's more combat oriented than Minecraft, and much easier to pick up and play than Dwarf Fortress.

 

[ShatterPalm]

Go with minecraft. longer lasting appeal. besides, as long as the modders and custom map folks like me are around, it will only keep getting better.

 

[Crelda]

From an economical point. Minecraft is only going to get more expensive as it hits release but Terraria is only going to get cheaper from being out longer.

 

[curty129]

Isn't Minecraft $15 and Terreria $10?
Can't you buy both?

Minecraft is $21.

And yes, people. I know they're 2 different games. They're 2 different games that I don't know which one I want more.

Oh, my bad.
Minecraft was $15 when I bought it, I assumed it had stayed the same.

Yeeeah... Let's rub it in his poor little face.
We get all the updates for free as well.

OT: You've heard it all Terraria is more of a finite game, and the content releases, I do believe, will be completed far more quickly than Minecraft's.

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Good grief, I could barely remove the damn quote.

 

[C95J]

I never thought I would be saying this, but I like Terraria more now.

I bought Minecraft almost a year ago now I think, but since then the game he become a lot more stale for me, and I just don't like it the way I used to. Don't get me wrong, it's still a fantastic game, but right now I would have to say I like Terraria a lot more.

It's just got a lot more features, and is more fun to play. There is also no bugs in it (from what I have played) and I get 60FPS on it, opposed to the 10-25FPS I usually get on Minecraft.

Also, Terraria will be cheaper, and you get more for your money in my opinion.

 

[irishladdie727]

Minecraft= An ever expanding virtual lego bucket with meh combat that never really gets old as long as you have enough imagination to keep giving yourself "projects".

Minecraft with any combination of its amazing Mods= The community basically adds features to the game at about a hundred times the rate that Notch does. Some are horribly ill advised, some you'll begin seeing as indispensable, but in my mind this is one of the main advantages Minecraft has over Terraria right now. Pretty much everything Terraria brings to the table can be and has been modded into Minecraft.

All this said, I have not played Terraria yet, though I think there's room for both, as does Notch. I'm also pretty sure 25$ will afford you both, and if not, Terraria will probably get a Steam sale sometime soon. Buy Minecraft first, see if you like that style of game, get 5 more dollars, buy Terraria.

 

[Angel Molina]

god help me if someone figured out how too fuse those two things the world might become 20 percent more insane.

What you really meant was "If only there were a way to make Minecraft 20% cooler!"

Spoiler: Here you go!

OT: Also, after reading this:

Thanks for all of your opinions and suggestions. I think I'll go with Minecraft... once their site starts accepting my card...

I think it's safe to stop repeating the meassage (Minecraft=build, Terraria=adventure).

 

[Swifteye]

god help me if someone figured out how too fuse those two things the world might become 20 percent more insane.

What you really meant was "If only there were a way to make Minecraft 20% cooler!"

Spoiler: Here you go!

That is the scariest thing you or anyone has ever showed me ever.

 

[The Random One]

2 completely different games, bro.

Do you want adventuring? Go with terreria.

Do you want building? Go with minecraft.

However in minecraft you can adventure and find amazeing sites...

Minecraft is a building game with adventuring.

Terraria is an adventure game with building.

My advice? Download Dwarf Fortress and save the $25.

 

[edudogel]

minecraft is a building game with rpg elements
terraria is a rpg game with building elements

 

[L1gh7Sp33d]

They appeal to two completely different types of play, obviously.

Minecraft will appeal to the same feelings you feel while playing with legos. If you liked legos when you were a kid, or still do, definitely check it out. It is really a unique experience that few other games, aside from dwarf fortress, had done before

Terarria will appeal to anyone who has every enjoyed a 2D sidescroller, a la Soldat, Maplestory, and megaman, but implements elements from minecraft in order to switch things up.

 

[kebab4you]

2 completely different games, bro.

Do you want adventuring? Go with terreria.

Do you want building? Go with minecraft.

However in minecraft you can adventure and find amazeing sites...

Minecraft is a building game with adventuring.

Terraria is an adventure game with building.

My advice? Download Dwarf Fortress and save the $25.

I should really start playing DF again, but to lazy to read threw a tut. to get up to speed with all the new updates.

Also I hope they have found a way to save settings because that´s one of the few things that made me quit when I had to re-map all of my keys because I patched the game ._.

 

[deckai]

I recommend Clonk

[spoiler/][/spoiler]

The older versions are even freeware.

 

[Hakim Zani]

Honestly this is an easy choice ive been playing minecraft for a very long time and to be honest it has infinite replay value i dont even build really in minecraft because theres so much else to do than that, the mods are amazing, the adventure maps are vast theres an amazing amount of texture packs creating a hilarious skin is always fun the community is great and the multiplayer is just plain amazing i mean you can go on a server just to chat and have fun with your mates or like me you can join a role playing server or a pvp/war server where they have citys and mods which let you become a different race have special abilitys have your own kingdom your own factions and clans all sorts, i mean hou can even have partys and make your own music with redstone and note blocks you can be a pirate assassin or gladiator theres so mucb hou can do but i must admit when i saw the trailer for terraria i was like wow and when i bought the game for about a week i didnt touch terraria i loved playing it woth my friends cousins and strangers but eventually i realised there wasnt much else to do it gets boring fast especially if you play it non stoplike i did so i played mine raft again to see what it was like and i havent touched terraria since trust me terrarias a good game but its a no brainer go for minecaft plus in the next update for minecraft notch is adding adventure mode to the game so it wont just be a build game anymore like so many people seem to think it is

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I saw this post and quickly made an account and wrote this on my ipod, i couldnt be arsed putting full stops or breaking it up into paragraphs.