The Official Terraria 1.2 Trailer is out - prepare to be unemployed

[archabaddon]

Terraria, for the uninitiated, is a single-player / multiplayer PC game that was also recently released for PS3 and XBox 360. It's a 2D sandbox game with crafting, progression, etc., in a similar vein to Minecraft but with more of a 2D Super Nintendo feel. It also inspired games such as Edge of Space and the upcoming Starbound. Here's a video for the current 1.1.2 release. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azq5IOrFtEI]

After a long hiatus, creator Redigit came back to the game late last year and has been working for several months on an update to the original PC version. Sunday, he released the trailer for v1.2, due out on Oct. 1st.

Here's the official Terraria 1.2 Trailer. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E0scnF8pXfU]

As a Terraria fan, all I can say is: Sweet Baby Jesus. It makes the previous version look like hobo clothes. If I weren't holding down a job and in the middle of a semester, I'd be living on my PC after October 1st.

There's more talk on the Terraria forums [http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/official-terraria-1-2-gameplay-trailer.105392/]; for the initiated, the list of updates can also be found on the site wiki [http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Upcoming_features].

If you haven't tried this game, it's only $9.99 US (regular price) on Steam [http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600], and worth every penny IMPO.


Edit: fixed mismatched links.

 

[NeutralDrow]

A mini-map? HOLY BUDDHACHRIST, A MINIMAP! And ways to get to high-altitude rooms without needing obtrusive platforms or grappling hooks! And leaf walls! And...flowing sand? And did I see a character magically changing a background biome, looked like he was overwriting the Hallow? Actually, wait...the backgrounds are more detailed! I might actually have to turn them on, now. Also, please tell me that revamped music is part of the soundtrack.

I foresee an orgy of building in my future. I will be creating architectural porn.

 

[EstrogenicMuscle]

"Prepare to be unemployed"
Daaaaaad, I'm sorry but I have x mental disorder. I got fired from my job. I can't take care of myself. Please take me in?

Gosh that's a sad thought. With as many NEETs as there are, I know this must have happened.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Yeah, it looks pretty damn sweet.
I'm getting as much crap as I can done in Warframe because I'm guessing that I won't be going back to that for a loooong time once 1.2 hits.

It's the rain badly needed for my ongoing game drought. Hopefully it will tide me over until the Starbound Beta.

 

[piinyouri]

Haven't watched the trailer and don't plan on it. I want everything to feel as new as possible.
I haven't played the game since Spring probably. I want to feel like a kid on Christmas again.
I'm ready. :3

 

[ohnoitsabear]

The part I'm most excited for is the ability to walk up single block elevation changes without jumping. Will make walking across the surface much less annoying.

I absolutely can't wait for this. I've been wanting to get back into Terraria for a little while, but I'm holding off for this update. Let's hope that it's worth it.

 

[default]

The part I'm most excited for is the ability to walk up single block elevation changes without jumping. Will make walking across the surface much less annoying.

I absolutely can't wait for this. I've been wanting to get back into Terraria for a little while, but I'm holding off for this update. Let's hope that it's worth it.

Got to agree there. Those clunky movement controls were what kept me from loving the game. Thank god they're fixing it.

 

[Loop Stricken]

The Official Terraria 1.2 Trailer is out - prepare to be unemployed

Hah! Joke's on you - I'm already unemployed!

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

We'll see if it makes the game interesting. I played it briefly after picking it up while it was on sale and I was thoroughly unimpressed. I thought it was a cool concept but implemented terribly.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I feel kind of unimpressed by it so far. Beside the queen bee hive in the jungle, there isn't much that looks new, environment-wise. The Corruption, Jungles, the Hallow, the Underworld, Dungeons, and most of the Overworld all look the same. Just a bunch of weapons and thankfully a few bosses that look killable without end-game loot or tons of friends (like the Wall of Flesh or any post-Wall of Flesh bosses are).

The part I'm most excited for is the ability to walk up single block elevation changes without jumping. Will make walking across the surface much less annoying.

This changes everything.

I need it.

 

[archabaddon]

I'm personally interested in a few things:

*** SPOILERS ***

• * Changes in the way Corruption and Hallow spread
  * Making items that let you hose down entire sections with Forest/ Hallow/ Corruption/ Mushroom/ etc. biomes
  * All the improved biomes (improved Winter/ Frozen biome, imporved Desert biome with explorable pyramids, expanded Mushroom biome (including surface mushrooms), hardmode Jungle, hardmode Dungeon, etc.)
  * The new biomes (Crimson & perhaps more)
  * Improved start menu, allowing up to 1000 characters and worlds
  * New map-size: extra-large (for the new & improved biomes)
  * Half-blocks and angled blocks (created with the hammer)
  * Waterfalls / lavafalls/ honeyfalls/ etc. created by using half-blocks near water sources (graphical only; doesn't create new liquid blocks, but it looks amazing, especially with lava)
  * All the new building materials and decorative items
  * The new weapons (like the gun that shoots piranhas (Vector!) or the cannon that shoots suicide bombing bunnies)
  * More inventory and chest space
  * (Supposedly) Pets that will mule your collected items back to your house so you can continue exploring

I just have a couple of exams to get through before Oct. 1st, then...

 

[archabaddon]

Toby's an eccentric one, but if you can tolerate his persona, he's started a Let's Play for v1.2, which might fulfill your fix until Oct. 1st.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4vGeDF2lZU

 

[archabaddon]

.... apparently the video's been taken down. Which is odd, since I got it from Terraria's official FB page [https://www.facebook.com/TerrariaOfficial]. I wonder if it was not supposed to be put up? Or if Toby's grating (to some) eccentricities were too much for the Terraria guys to associate with their game? Or if he wasn't supposed to receive an advance copy of the new version? Sigh. Oh well, looks like we'll just have to wait until Oct. 1st, seemingly.