![]() Its failure to identify or differentiate between the materials necessary for building side walls and back walls to our domicile meant we had to check online videos and wikis before we could progress, and length of time between one rather broad tool tip and the next had us doubting if we were doing things right on more than one occasion. This has been supposedly been rectified in the console release, but in truth the tutorial it offers is badly executed and may just leave you more confused than when you started. Though generally very well received, a common complaint made of the PC version was that it lacked a tutorial that guided players through the basics - instead it forced them to figure out how the game worked all by themselves. A port to PSN and XBLA was somewhat inevitable, but rather than give the console crowds a straight up copy, this re-release also packs in some extra exclusive content - including four player split screen, new armour, weapons and enemies, eight player online play, and even a brand new final boss. Terraria was first released on PC in 2011 and became an instant success story - selling more than 200,000 copies in its first week. As initial progression is so slow, and there are no directions or hints as to what possibilities lie just below the surface, many players may give up before they've even started. Play Terraria for an hour or even two, and you'd still never guess the depths and the crazy excesses it can and will go to. There are dragons, there are giant eyeballs, there are grappling hooks, there are guns made from sharks and rocket boots and magic spells and wizards and meteorites and unicorns. You'll leave your ever-expanding homestead in search of a rich mineral vein to tap for resources, and minutes later you might find yourself deep underground, stumbling across sunken jungles or glowing mushroom grottoes and fighting off skeleton hordes to claim a treasure chest heaving with goodies. However once you find your feet, craft a few decent tools and build a basic base of operations, the world will begin to open up in the most unexpected ways. A lack of direction or purpose can be bewildering or even unpleasant for players who thrive on goals and objectives. Your first few hours in Terraria will be tough. ![]() Stick with it, and this game will definitely surprise you. The very fact that Terraria only has two dimensions as opposed to Minecraft's three might lead you to believe that there's less out there to explore and discover, but therein lies Terraria's biggest deception. ![]()
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