Poll: Terraria Vs Minecraft

[KingGolem]

I like them both, for similar as they are, they succeed in different ways. Minecraft is much better for building impressive structures, but Terraria has a much broader range of content better combat. Yeah, I'll take both, please.

As for your other question, I can't say for sure that this will usher in an entirely new genre that will leave its mark on the industry forever, but I'll bet you an oreo that there will be many more similar games, yet. In fact, I'd say there's a pretty good chance of a big-name studio with the funding of a publisher taking a crack at it. I hope they do; I'd love to see what they would do with a couple millions in funding AND and opportunity to learn from the strengths and shortcomings of two successful games like it.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Minecraft. It's 3D and you can build amazing sky scrapers and tones of other things. The combat in Terraria is MUCH better though. However 2D games only hold my interest for so long. I'm not saying they are bad (I've enjoyed many 2D games like Terraria, Shadow Complex and Limbo) but I know that I am starting to feel bored with Terraria.
I don't think I'll ever get bored of Minecraft.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Terraria is simply what Minecraft should have been. When I bought Minecraft it was during an early build where Notch still had his original ambitions of developing the game beyond just a sandbox builder. It was supposed to become a big RPGish adventure game with unique landscapes and special monsters to fight. That never happened. Terraria does this and more in simply it's release build

Bull, Notch is still working on "Adventure mode"

"Adventure Mode" was supposed to be some kind of secondary mode without building. I'm talking about an actual "survival mode". In the current version of the game, you build a dirt hut and nothing can hurt you. You can build a huge castle, but really its no more useful than any other structure, it just looks nice. I like how Terraria gives us something to work for, ya know?

That's what I love about Minecraft. There is no real goal. You just do what you want. I can see how that could turn some people off of it though.

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

I like Terraria a lot more because it has a MUCH bigger emphasis on Adventure instead of being a building simulator. Minecraft got old because I don't like making things to look at I like fighting things to fight bigger things.

 

[Senrab]

Terraria is simply what Minecraft should have been. When I bought Minecraft it was during an early build where Notch still had his original ambitions of developing the game beyond just a sandbox builder. It was supposed to become a big RPGish adventure game with unique landscapes and special monsters to fight. That never happened. Terraria does this and more in simply it's release build

Bull, Notch is still working on "Adventure mode"

"Adventure Mode" was supposed to be some kind of secondary mode without building. I'm talking about an actual "survival mode". In the current version of the game, you build a dirt hut and nothing can hurt you. You can build a huge castle, but really its no more useful than any other structure, it just looks nice. I like how Terraria gives us something to work for, ya know?

That's what I love about Minecraft. There is no real goal. You just do what you want. I can see how that could turn some people off of it though.

Oh I agree. The freedom to do whatever is nice, and i would never want a definitive end to the game. What I do want is simply more to do. More enemies to defeat, more treasure to find, more environments to explore, etc. After how many hundreds of hours I poured into Minecraft I've finally started to see how little it's changed since I picked it up in the early Alpha stage. That bugs me. Sure it works better now, and alot has been added, but nowhere near as much as was promised originally. The scope and direction of the game's development has changed, and not for the better if you ask me.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Like so many have said they are totally different games. I will say though that I spent the better part of a today lanning with a friend in a new world in Terraria and it was a blast. Honestly some of the most engaging mutliplayer I've played it some time. We plan to do it often. It's bound to get old eventually and that's ok too because I paid 9.99 for this game.

It's a steal.

 

[Hamish Durie]

minecraft and terria hmm i don't really see the connection
minecraft is a creation toy with a survival adventours mechanic set in a 3D world.
whle terria is a more adventous survival with a creation mechanc set in a completely 2D world.
both are good at what they do and present nothing i have seen before but no i don't think they are the heralds of things to come and if they are it will be terria vs minecraft vs rip offs or terria and minecraft vs rip-offs If you do not know what i am talking about look at WoW and the MMO market

 

[mirror's edgy]

Stop.
Comparing.
Them.

They're entirely different, and I don't see why people need to "choose." It's stupid.

Look at both games for a minute. You begin in a randomly generated world with a day/ night cycle, meaning that you should build a dwelling with gathered materials before night sets in and aggressive monsters kill you. You later aim to build more ambitious projects with rarer mined resources. You get my point, the two are almost identical concepts. I do not hate Terraria, because it at least put a new spin on these ideas with more crafting options, RPG style design, and the perspective shift. Terraria is definitely inspired by Minecraft, but I would not personally call it better or worse.

 

[mjc0961]

Neither. Terraria looks mighty uninteresting to me as it is, and I picked up Minecraft right before it went into beta and it hasn't been able to hold my attention at all.

Isn't this kind of like taking a poll for Doom vs Super Metroid? Completely different types of games with some overlapping concepts.

Yeah, pretty much. Or Prototype VS inFamous. Yes, I'm still sore about that one. The games were nothing alike beyond the general "main character has powers and needs to find answers about what's going on" plot summary, yet everyone and their mom compared them. Augh.

[small]Doom is infinitely better than Super Metroid though! [/small]

 

[kortin]

I like Minecraft better.

 

[EternalFacepalm]

Look at both games for a minute. You begin in a randomly generated world with a day/ night cycle, meaning that you should build a dwelling with gathered materials before night sets in and aggressive monsters kill you. You later aim to build more ambitious projects with rarer mined resources. You get my point, the two are almost identical concepts. I do not hate Terraria, because it at least put a new spin on these ideas with more crafting options, RPG style design, and the perspective shift. Terraria is definitely inspired by Minecraft, but I would not personally call it better or worse.

I see your point, but that's one way to play the game.
Some may build more ambitious projects as they move on, but I don't. I like the exploring-aspect of Terraria, where I can travel through dark caves, fighting new monsters as I go on.
I know very well that Terraria is, in some ways, like Minecraft, and it's definitely inspired by that; but not only that.

 

[Davey Woo]

I've got Minecraft and I love it. I've seen videos for Terraria and nothing makes me want to get it.
So for me Minecraft, I also doubt any big budget devs are going to bother with a game like Minecraft.
Why should Activision waste money developing a brand new game when they can just pump out another CoD that millions will buy regardless of actual quality.

 

[rabidmidget]

They're completely different games, minecraft focuses mostly on building things, while terraria is about exloration and combat. Although they do cross over in some areas, they are completely different games.

And as for the rip-off comments, minecraft is nothing new, these kinds of games have been around for ages with games like infiminer, dungeon keeper and miner: dig deep.

 

[II2]

I think they're both fucking awesome, but for different reasons. I get my sandbox adventure/rpg game on in Terraria and I get my sandbox build/mine/explore on in Minecraft, both to their respective strengths.

 

[Neonit]

terraria (and not just because i hate minecraft fanboys). why? because its a game, not a toy. besides, there is a lot more to do in terraria than minecraft.


then again, both are awesome.

 

[standokan]

I really need to go try Terraria

 

[blipblop]

Neither. Miner: Dig Deep, bitches. Pre-dates Minecraft by a month and Terraria by over two years. You can have your "rip-off" games.

[sub][sub][sub][sub]I kid, I kid[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]

why not play Dig Dug it´s predates miner Dig deep

 

[Gustavo S. Buschle]

Also, might i remind you all that minecrafts at this stage is supposed to be a survival game, and it completely fails in doing that. I just think that minecraft would be so much better if notch would have waited to sell it.

Go play a new world on minecraft on hard mode and then come back and tell me that you can easily survive

For a skilled player, surviving isn't hard if you hide out during the night and do what you need to do during the day and such, but for a new player, or an unskilled player, the experience is completely different.

Actually, when I first played minecraft I played it in normal, and I think that hard has to be WAY way harder than normal for it to be difficult. I found that the most difficult thing about starting in minecraft was reading the wiki page.