if you haven't played any of them i think terraria is probably the best. starbound is ok but when i played it it didn't have quite as much in it (tho maybe they've added more since?)
― Mordy, Monday, 9 May 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
I watched a dude playing Terraria on twitch and he spent a LOT of time managing inventory, that's kind of my only misgiving
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
iirc starbound will have similar inventory management issues. crashlands has an infinite inventory w/ auto-sorting system but i haven't spent very much time on it so i don't know if it's actually fun.
― Mordy, Monday, 9 May 2016 17:23 (eight years ago) link
I got Crashlands. Will report back.
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Monday, 9 May 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
The Terraria: Otherworld sequel looks like it might be amazing?
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 23:25 (eight years ago) link
(Assuming it isn't stillborn - https://twitter.com/tow_game not looking great)
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 23:30 (eight years ago) link
I got this on the iPad, finally. The mobile controls are not as terrible as I had assumed they would be. There is a magnifying glass effect that allows you to be precise with tools and block placing, even though character movement and combat are crazy. I can see why hardcore and expert mode are not an option for mobile. I'm going to have to tank everything.
i can't believe how long it takes to progress. i haven't even found the first boss yet, after playing for about 6 hours or so.
I found the jungle just to the west of my base camp, that's been plenty boss for now.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 28 August 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
I desperately want to try out the local mobile multiplayer, but I have no friends and the kid's not old enough. FML
― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
OK, so the kid is old enough for minecraft now (creative mode of course) but maybe not something where the bunnies' heads pop off with a splat noise whenever they wander into range of your flailing pickaxe.
Last night I was just mining the corruption by throwing a half-gross of bombs into a hole, as one does, and accidentally blew up two shadow orbs at once, summoning the Eater of Worlds. Wearing nothing but a suit of armor made from pumpkins and armed with my trusty katana, I wore down the beast and killed it, thanks in no small part to the flying carpet I retrieved from a buried pyramid and the bottled cloud of steam that I wear on my belt. Also, in the middle of the battle, my iPad had to interrupt to inform me that its battery was at 10%, which is an extra shot of adrenaline I don't think you get to experience on PC.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
I am almost regretting putting this down for a year so I could get over what a PITA the crafting is and just get on with my life as a warrior-architect
Here's some shit that is likely to happen while you're trying to remodel your apartment building (thank goodness I replaced my pumpkin helmet with one made out of some kind of purple metal referred to as "demonite" - I am sure nothing bad will come of wearing this material on my head at all times):
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link