Terraria Review: Retro Game Coursework.

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Terraria is a 2D action adventure
game that is set to be a sandbox type game. The game was released on May 16 2011. And you may be wondering, Terraria isn't a retro game, well I beg to differ. Terraria is a game that takes 2D to a new level when it comes to gameplay. It brings over 10 bosses and more than 200 enemies to fight. When the game first released it looked bland and really boring, but when you got further in the game it becomes clear that you need to take your time as this was no easy game to beat.


It is a game that makes you feel comfortable at day, but paranoid at night due to the random boss spawns that can occur.
When you gather ore from caves and the underground, it becomes clear that you are most certainly not alone, you hear zombies and skeletons and sometimes different biome dungeons. You have to have to be smart and thoughtful of your actions if you want to survive.

The overall gameplay if very smooth with the guide there as a walking talking tutorial. It's a nice mechanic that also comes along with a crafting guide to show you all the possible crafting ways you could go.
There are 4 main classes overall there being, Melee, Range, Summoner, Wizard. All being equally as powerful if done correctly but takes time to develop.

The GUI is fairly simple being a nice dark blue transparent colour making it so that you can still se the background. The game also allows you to change the colour of your cursor so if your in a dark place, you can change to all white to see better, but if its a light place, dark cursor.

There is a partial storyline, in that you have to kill the moon lord at the end to cure the world of corruption and evil. The leaf girl will tell you the amount of corruption and evil there is in your world and its your mission to rid the world of all evil.


The graphics are changeable giving you that ease of use and making it so that everyone has a chance to play which makes it all the more better.

The game offers multiplayer to make sure that you can play with friends across devices but unfortunately no cross-platform multiplayer.

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