Minecraft 1.6 update this week

[RupeeClock]

So everyone goes to loving Minecraft to hating it?
What is this.

Minecraft was fun for a while, but when you release an unfinished game on the promise that paying customers will be treated to regular updates, and you fail to deliver...

Well, contrast it to Terraria, which from the very beginning already had a much better realised environment, a grand number of different weapons (many of which cannot be crafted), a grand variety of enemies and even BOSSES, actual NPCs to interact with, dungeons that aren't a box in the ground, better water physics, and frankly in general some actual gameplay.

The only thing Terraria doesn't have going for it is the lack of creativity when compared to Minecraft, which allows you to create some very nice voxel artwork. The cross-section of mode of gameplay truly encourages exploration, shortening the process by allowing you to glimpse through the darkness and into the walls for valuables underground, rather than dig blindly in the pursuit of maybe three diamonds.

Where Minecraft will make you work for everything of value, ranging from armour to building materials and even just waiting for metals to smelt, Terraria cuts to the chase and delivers your rewards as you earn them, giving you so much more time to experience many new things.

The game also bears heavy influence from SNES titles, graphically the sprite artwork resembles Final Fantasy Characters, and items include reference to Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. This makes sense, since I've heard that apparently the guys who made Terraria where responsible for Super Mario Bros X, the best fan-game I have played in a long time. (Sadly it looks like they were ordered by Nintendo to remove the game).
I actually bought Terraria simply because I knew of their involvement in SMBX and it turned out to be the best risk I've taken in a long time.

 

[Forstride]

So everyone goes to loving Minecraft to hating it?
What is this.

Yeah, because apparently Terraria is here to triumph over it. [/sarcasm] NOTE TO TERRARIA FANS (I happen to be one myself, so don't start flinging poo at me): Minecraft and Terraria are very different. Obviously they have similarities, like the blocky terrain, pixelated graphics, etc., but they're more different than they are alike. Stop comparing the two, and either play both, or play whatever one you like and stop talking about it.

Again, I own and play both Minecraft and Terraria, so I'm not picking sides.

 

[Berthenk]

Everyone seems to forget that coding and designing a 3D game is much harder than doing the same for a 2D game. It also seems like no one knows that programming isn't easy. Simple things like moving around, is more than just changing an X and Y value; you want a third dimension? It's not like just adding a Z value, you need to code aiming, walking in all 3 dimensions at the same time, and just general things get much harder if you're programming a 3D game.

 

[Pong20302000]

just updated mine

1.6.1

 

[Rydian]

After months and nobody shutting up about it, I just bought the game yesterday and people are saying it sucks now.

Lovely.

 

[stinkoman]

I got tired of Minecraft a long time ago, the map may go on forever but it's full of nothing, and monsters don't add anything to the game.

I started playing Terraria a few days ago and I've fallen in love with it, can't put it down.

As have I. I've put almost 50 hours into Terraria.

I suck at Terraria

I am horribly addicted to it. There's so much more to find and do than in minecraft. I've clocked 46 hours and I still have only seen small parts of many things.

 

[raulpica]

After months and nobody shutting up about it, I just bought the game yesterday and people are saying it sucks now.

Lovely.

Terraria is a lot better (mainly because it HAS content, which Minecraft severely lacks), but Minecraft has a more "immersive" feeling to it.

Notch should seriously speed up and start implementing LOTS of things, otherwise more and more people will just switch over to Terraria

 

[Walrus-Chan]

I have a feeling that Notch isn't worried about Terraria existing. I mean, iirc, he said he thought it was great on his twitter.

 

[Rydian]

FINE I'LL BUY TERRARIA TOO.

EDIT: And sign up for and install Steam...

 

[Pong20302000]

TERRARIA doesnt look good to me

2D limits it ALOT

Minecraft is great
and it keeps getting better

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I bought Minecraft a while ago, before Terraria came out. My friends just kept hyping the shit out of it and I just found it to be very... Boring.

I mean you start the game, build a fort or something, survive the night, and then really do nothing outside of get more materials to craft armor or build up your fort more. There's no real drive to the game. At least Terraria has basically tons of random dungeons to explore, bosses, and there's actually a drive to building something good (NPCs).

I do like how people hold Notch up as this big advocate of indie gaming when he's selling an unfinished game's beta for much more than most finished indie games go for. I paid about $21 for Minecraft. You can buy Terraria for more than half that. Hell, most indie games on Steam are $5 or $10.

TERRARIA doesnt look good to me

2D limits it ALOT

Minecraft is great
and it keeps getting better

Actually the 2D allows for some interesting designs. If anything it cuts out all the annoying aspects of Minecraft.

 

[Pong20302000]

Lol

i found a bug

when you sleep you dont gain health and a zombie spawns

 

[boktor666]

moar minecraft, finally i hope this update will have less bugs

 

[Forstride]

Lol

i found a bug

when you sleep you dont gain health and a zombie spawns

That's not a bug

1) You're not supposed to regain health when you sleep
2) Mobs can spawn next to you if the bed is placed next to a wall that's only 1 block thick.

On-Topic: I'm really enjoying the update. It's nice to have tall/wild grass without a mod (I like to play vanilla minecraft, as it has more charm, and is much more fun that way IMO). Maps are pretty useful. I've already put one to use quite well, as I wandered to go find pumpkins (Don't ask why, lol), and I got lost. Luckily, I had my map.

Also, the next person that mentions Terraria in a Minecraft thread gets their balls head chopped off.

 

[gifi4]

Enjoying the 1.6.4 update but sadly not all my mods are updated yet, but alas people have lives and I have to face that fact. Seriously what's all this talk about Terraria? the trailer IMO looks shit but my friends said it's good so I think I might have to follow Rydian's lead and actually make a Steam account lol.

@TDWP
I posted before I saw your edit =(
Please spare me, I want my balls and well my head too I guess but the balls are more important.

edit: Really pissed off about the Minecart boosters "bug" being fixed.

 

[prowler]

People saying Terraria is shit must be forgetting the first time they saw Minecraft.

 

[Forstride]

Enjoying the 1.6.4 update but sadly not all my mods are updated yet, but alas people have lives and I have to face that fact. Seriously what's all this talk about Terraria? the trailer IMO looks shit but my friends said it's good so I think I might have to follow Rydian's lead and actually make a Steam account lol.

@TDWP
I posted before I saw your edit =(
Please spare me, I want my balls and well my head too I guess but the balls are more important.

edit: Really pissed off about the Minecart boosters "bug" being fixed.

Oh no, I didn't mean I didn't like it. I own Terraria, and I think it's great...But lately, everyone has been comparing Minecraft to Terraria. They are very different. They do have a lot in common, but they both play different, and are different genres (Minecraft is a sandbox platformer, and Terraria is an action platformer). Also, when comparing the 2D to 3D, you have to remember 3D is harder to program than 2D is.

As for Terraria "having a ton more to do" than Minecraft, it's really not a ton more. You have more items, and sure, there's bosses (Only 3, and you have to get items to summon them), but it's really not that much more than Minecraft has.

I guess it's just because Terraria is new, and Minecraft is already getting boring for some, but they're both great games, and they will continue to be great games.

 

[Rydian]

Yeah I've played both, and they're different games. Minecraft is more immersive and about survival.

 

[Pong20302000]

A Video of Minecraft - Pocket Edition

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