Xylia
Terrarian
Like I said on the Youtube video that Chippy did about this, I'm of two minds about this:
1). Terraria is... starting to run out of steam for me. I've put enough hours into it, I've done... wow, probably at least two dozen playthroughs of varying kinds and I can only do the same kind of stuff so many times before I just start getting bored. Update 1.3.4 added the DD2 stuff and while I understand a lot of people love it, because they are DD2 players... I myself, am not. I'm not saying the update is bad, I just think that the "tower defense" they implemented in the game is... not really my cup of tea, and most of the rewards are very summoner-heavy. Sure, I suppose summoners love the update but there is very little to be had if you aren't a summoner and don't really make heavy use of turrets or minions (I don't). The non-summoner armor is kinda meh.
There are mods to keep things fresh, but too many mods that add "Lots of content" are developed by people who seemingly love Dark Souls. If I wanted Dark Souls, I'd go play Dark Souls. A couple of the mods I've tried are overtuned, the bosses are ridiculously hard, and I've seen video of other bosses that have ridiculous amounts of health and take simply forever to kill. I remember seeing a couple of Chippy's videos and he's spending upwards of 5 minutes wailing away at the thing and it still has more than half of its health and meanwhile, if he gets hit once or twice, he loses a huge chunk of his health. *sigh* I don't get why people think this is fun, but yeah. I might try Calamity after I get done with Terraria Leveled, but I don't really know how far I'll be getting in that. I don't like beating on the same stupid enemy for 5, 10+ minutes. I had enough of that with Moon Lord.
And I really don't understand why people hate the artwork of T:OW so much. I thought it was different, but certainly better than many games out there. *shrugs* That's just me I guess.
I'm REALLY hoping that 1.3.5 adds something that I will actually enjoy. But, since we've heard nothing about 1.3.5 other than "MOAR FURNITURE! (that was already in the game's files...)" I can't really say anything about something that I know very little about.
2). The promise of a better game... well, ok... I just hope the wait isn't TOO long. I know Re-Logic wouldn't have done this if they didn't think it necessary and I have trust in them that they know what they're doing because they've proven they do a long time ago. I've had minor disagreements about how some elements of Terraria are/were handled, but as a whole, I think Re-Logic does a good job.
One thing I have to ask though, is what's up with all the company swapping? We were dealing with Engine Software for awhile... then 505 Games.... and now its Pipeworks Studios. I hope at some point we'll actually settle on a company at some point? Bringing a company in to work on something and then giving them the boot and bringing in another company.... that's got to be a LOT of wasted time, and money. Hopefully Pipeworks Studios ends up being better. I am not really familiar with them so I can't say much, I'm just hoping they'll deliver. At least they seem to be more vocal and visible to the public, so that's a plus at least.
1). Terraria is... starting to run out of steam for me. I've put enough hours into it, I've done... wow, probably at least two dozen playthroughs of varying kinds and I can only do the same kind of stuff so many times before I just start getting bored. Update 1.3.4 added the DD2 stuff and while I understand a lot of people love it, because they are DD2 players... I myself, am not. I'm not saying the update is bad, I just think that the "tower defense" they implemented in the game is... not really my cup of tea, and most of the rewards are very summoner-heavy. Sure, I suppose summoners love the update but there is very little to be had if you aren't a summoner and don't really make heavy use of turrets or minions (I don't). The non-summoner armor is kinda meh.
There are mods to keep things fresh, but too many mods that add "Lots of content" are developed by people who seemingly love Dark Souls. If I wanted Dark Souls, I'd go play Dark Souls. A couple of the mods I've tried are overtuned, the bosses are ridiculously hard, and I've seen video of other bosses that have ridiculous amounts of health and take simply forever to kill. I remember seeing a couple of Chippy's videos and he's spending upwards of 5 minutes wailing away at the thing and it still has more than half of its health and meanwhile, if he gets hit once or twice, he loses a huge chunk of his health. *sigh* I don't get why people think this is fun, but yeah. I might try Calamity after I get done with Terraria Leveled, but I don't really know how far I'll be getting in that. I don't like beating on the same stupid enemy for 5, 10+ minutes. I had enough of that with Moon Lord.
And I really don't understand why people hate the artwork of T:OW so much. I thought it was different, but certainly better than many games out there. *shrugs* That's just me I guess.
I'm REALLY hoping that 1.3.5 adds something that I will actually enjoy. But, since we've heard nothing about 1.3.5 other than "MOAR FURNITURE! (that was already in the game's files...)" I can't really say anything about something that I know very little about.
2). The promise of a better game... well, ok... I just hope the wait isn't TOO long. I know Re-Logic wouldn't have done this if they didn't think it necessary and I have trust in them that they know what they're doing because they've proven they do a long time ago. I've had minor disagreements about how some elements of Terraria are/were handled, but as a whole, I think Re-Logic does a good job.
One thing I have to ask though, is what's up with all the company swapping? We were dealing with Engine Software for awhile... then 505 Games.... and now its Pipeworks Studios. I hope at some point we'll actually settle on a company at some point? Bringing a company in to work on something and then giving them the boot and bringing in another company.... that's got to be a LOT of wasted time, and money. Hopefully Pipeworks Studios ends up being better. I am not really familiar with them so I can't say much, I'm just hoping they'll deliver. At least they seem to be more vocal and visible to the public, so that's a plus at least.