If you've read Ed's characteristically exuberant Terraria Xbox hands-on, you'll know that it's the first game with a chance of denting Minecraft Xbox 360's previously-unshakeable grip on the hearts and minds of the Xbox Live-playing public. While they aren't immediately similar - Terraria is two-dimensional and more elaborate in its combat - both offer a huge amount of customisation and crafting, to the point where if the provided game isn't sufficiently interesting you can use it to build another one.
You can also, variously, kill unicorns with flamethrower, be killed by a wall of meat, and craft weapons of extreme lethality and complexity. There are a lot of things you need to kill, so this is highly recommended.
As you may have noticed it's a bit hard to explain in abstract, so we aren't going to try. Instead, we have lovingly prepared another video to introduce you to the world and what you can do with it, narrated by our most radio-friendly faces Log and Ed.
Terraria's coming out on Xbox Live this spring, although there's no release date yet.
5 comments so far...
thesabby001 on 18 Jan '13 said:
Awesome I want this sooooooooo much
PCG The_B on 18 Jan '13 said:
Ten hours for the Eye of Cthulu? I think the devs are being a bit optimistic there - from my experience on the PC version, I'd say you could probably get him in about two or three hours, although it'd be tricky to actually beat him. But if you're lucky (or unlucky) you might get him in the first hour as he's also a random spawn - unless they've changed that for the 360 version.
That being said I'm still looking forward to this - you'd definitely get more than said ten hours of gameplay out of it, and it's certainly a decent alternative to Minecraft, although I think it's a mistake for anyone to dismiss it if they already have MC, because there's definitely room for both games as they're actually very different when it comes to the nuances, etc.
thesabby001 on 18 Jan '13 said:
I agree
Sandbwoy on 18 Jan '13 said:
Looks cool. Reminds me of my younger days, playing 16-bit platform games on the Amiga. Think I'll buy this when it's released.
fracturedrich on 18 Jan '13 said:
Ime a sucker for this type of thing,i play minecraft and the awsome but difficult sperlunky almost daily,cant wait.