Minecraft? You can't spell that with Terraria.

[jakonovski]

Mod tools would probably make them a nice profit, but the game has had an excellent run im any case.

[Thrawn]

My wife will be crushed, she is pretty addicted to the game.  But I also have my doubts she will ever beat Wall of Flesh either so probably no big loss.

I don't read a ton of forums but the ones I do seem to mostly be "Well that really sucks, but I got my money's worth."  Makes me glad I don't read Reddit I guess if they really are raging that badly about it.

[Sky]

Has anyone mentioned this: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/03/far-from-terraria-firma-starbound/

Looks pretty cool. Terraria in space with different planets to visit and a customizable space station. Co-op with seeded worlds you can share with friends.

[LK]

That's a compelling evolution of the formula. Props to the dev team.

[Bann]

Terraria popped up again on my radar after reading that a large content update is due soon - now looking like mid September. New Biomes, bosses, weapons, items, etc. That certainly whet my appetite, and since I was already digging around I came across this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BFo3QRxbD6M

Its Dark Souls redone in Terraria. I've spent nearly all day on the red cloud map - its a massive world without the ability to place blocks or destroy walls more than 1 tile wide. the trailer says around 200 new items, but I think the most recent verision has added even more than that. If you enjoyed Terraria and have not checked it out yet, I cannot recommend it enough.

Get it here. (directions for installation with Steam Terraria are included in the zip.)
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/dark-souls-mod-released.87913/

[Maledict]

This just launched on the Ipad so I decided to give it a spin (ipad games don't break my vow of not buying any games until my back catalogue is reduced!). Seems interesting enough although the controls are a bit wonky, and I find it impossible to actually place a door anywhere. Not sure I have the right command.

[Hawkbit]

I'm not even sure how anyone would play the last 90% of Terraria without a controller or keyboard. 

[koro]

Well the controls are pretty awful no matter what it's played with, so I guess it evens out in the end?

[Soulflame]

As someone with 500+ hours into Terraria, I have no idea what you are talking about when you say the control scheme is terrible.  Perhaps you could specify exactly what about it is terrible?

[Maledict]

Wish I had gotten into this earlier actually - unlike mine raft I find myself really enjoying this.

The control scheme is an ass though. Even zombies mess me up just due to the controls! Is the game okay to control on the consoles or is the PC version definitely better?

[Hawkbit]

As someone with 500+ hours into Terraria, I have no idea what you are talking about when you say the control scheme is terrible.  Perhaps you could specify exactly what about it is terrible?

Yeah, I'm not sure what the problem was with Terraria's controls.  I took to the PC version immediately, and when the kid and I played PS3 co-op that was even pretty decent.  The PS3 version was harder to place things without the fine mouse control, but boss fights were immensely easier with a pad.

[Yegolev]

I find controls on the 360 to be overall better than the PC.  It's due to small things, such as the square highlight that tells me how far my reach is, and the thing where you can set it to dig a three-high tunnel in front of you without manual targeting.  Nevermind the easy simultaneous pressing of key buttons such as jump/attack/grapple.

[Sky]

The thing that killed the game (platforming combat notwithstanding) was when they broke away from hardcoded 640x480 or whatever it was. While this helped with the (awful) offscreen attacks from mobs that ignore walls, it shrunk everything down super tiny. Or you could blow it up (I've been compromising with 720p on a 1080p monitor) and deal with less than ideal mob behavior.

I put in a solid 40+ hours before the resolution 'fix' and maybe 2 hours after.

[jth]

The big content update (1.2) is out. I noticed it had updated on Steam, but I'm supposed to be working so watching a livestream for now (http://www.twitch.tv/tornis).

Edit: Changelog

[Soulflame]

I played a bit last night.  It's prettier, it's got a ton of new stuff, it has a lot of QoL changes.

[tazelbain]

Wow thats pretty huge. I still interest in fighting the wall of with a mouse and keyboard

[K9]

• The starting female cloths have been modified
• There are several new hairstyles
• Character creation has been remodeled
• Chest sizes have been doubled

 

[jth]

It's time to Arise! for Terraria 1.3 content update, should be out today around the time Steam updates.

My work calendar looks empty for tomorrow, I'm tempted to take a day off.

link: Changelog and official update thread

[Hawkbit]

This fucking game. It sucked me in for another round with this new patch. I can't think of a game in my life that has come near the value for the fun. Between playing coop with my kid on the PS3, now playing coop with her on PC.. It never ends.

[Sophismata]

This fucking game. It sucked me in for another round with this new patch. I can't think of a game in my life that has come near the value for the fun. Between playing coop with my kid on the PS3, now playing coop with her on PC.. It never ends.

Absolutely. I bought this game on sale for about $2 and I have gotten more than my money's worth. With the new updates and content adds the game just keeps delivering. Hardmode, and now Expert mode, the seasonal content, UI and UX improvements...