Now that I have concrete evidence of this games' status, I wanted to share my thoughts on the reaction to both the development and end of development of Terraria: Otherworld. Long ago at it's debut, I was enthusiastic about a new Terraria title, be it a spin-off or a sequel, it didn't matter which. Today, I am still enthusiastic even though the game is no longer to be completed. The reason for this is that I was biding my time while the development was still in the works and I paid as little attention to it as possible. As a person who has poured nearly 2000 hours in Terraria itself, I have a well invested interest in what Re-Logic plans to release, especially baring the title of Terraria.
Whether you are angry, relieved or just plain saddened that Terraria: Otherworld development is cancelled, you are all entitled to those feelings. I just want to say that if you spent countless hours waiting for news on the development and it wore you out, take into consideration your involvement in the situation at hand and distract yourself with whatever else in the world you can. I wanted Terraria: Otherworld to make it out on Steam and have fun with it as much as you all did, but there comes a time where an obsession just eats away at your patience.
The lack of news about anything spoiler related may have effected a lot of you who were dedicated to seeking them and the by product of that being disappointment in the absence of knowledge that the development was in the works and proceeding to completion at some rate. This is the pitfall of constant attention and dedication to something that you have no control over and believe me, I know it can suck. Something I want to say is, while it is amazing that this community can support a developing game so much is by no means a bad thing at all, but it has it's drawbacks if you're too invested. I mean this in the nicest of ways possible, and keep in mind that I am not advocating for either side, but as much as there is blame you may have placed on developers for not posting news or spoilers about Terraria: Otherworld until this very moment, it is as much your fault for giving it as much attention as you did for it to bother you so much. On the reverse side of that I am glad that many of you have swallowed the bitter pill that this situation represented and accepted the fate of this game and are looking forward to something new and putting this all behind you.
Now for me to restate what I said earlier about my very minor, almost non-existent reaction to the news of Terraria: Otherworld being cancelled. I just didn't set any expectations for the time frame of release, nor paying mind to anything related to it in terms of spoilers or news and it helped me stay completely prepared for when a moment such as this to occur, as well as having let it take it's course to releasing whenever it was going to be complete and paid it no mind until then if it were to happen.
What I've said about the matter may leave you with the impression that I am not nearly as much of a fan of Terraria as the next person, but that is simply not at all true and I had hopes that the development would have been a success and I'd enjoy another Terraria for thousands of hours at some point in my life, but it didn't happen. For now, I'll do the same as I always have done and sit idle until Re-Logic brings forth another game in development that will spur my interest and I will patiently await for what I have no doubt will be a well cared for game to be developed by the team we all know and love for which we are all here together for in the first place.
ive been waiting for just more Terraria new game or not.
