The One Reason Minecraft Beat Terraria 

Terraria's corruption relies on the limited size worlds and 2d dimension, Imagine trying to remove all the corruption in a infinite world, It would never end!

In my opinion, one of the main reasons Minecraft succeeded over Terraria is due to the difference in how accessible and how simple the game is, making Minecraft played by a much younger audience (6 ~ 11 year old kids) due to its simplicity and how easy it is, and terraria is a much more complicated and difficult game, making its self targeted to an older audience. Even I still have to use the wiki from time to time even after 1000 hours

"I'll just tell you I enjoy Terraria more because I have more refined tastes" Ah yes... A fellow man of culture.

Terraria's dev team still actually care for their game and community.

Another big point has to be community and RU-vid content. Back when parody videos from captain sparkles and all the other iconic lets plays it sent Minecraft into another dimension of enjoyability. The glory days of Minecraft heavily outshined terraria as if it wasn't competition. That being said Terraria does have a great community but Minecraft simply cultivated it and turned it into an absolute monster to be reckon with and nothing ever came close to touching that same kind of unstableness until Fortnite basically did the same thing. Terraria was the hidden gem whilst Minecraft was the limelight abuser.

I'll be honest here, I've played Minecraft for years, and only recently started with Terraria, but I love playing it more than Minecraft, mainly because the progress, updates, devs, and community. All things Minecraft has, but to a lesser degree. I still don't know half the crafting recipes Minecraft has, but I know the droprates, crafting trees, and modded content for Terraria.

Another good thing about Terraria is that you can suggest things to add into the game (via forums or smth like that) instead of voting in what the devs want to add in

A huge reason for Minecraft being more popular is because is pretty much made for children (it's still fun) and therefore is not difficult to say the least unlike terraria where there is actual progression and intricate bosses that take time and skill to overcome which is obviously not aimed at kids especially the ones that are younger (10 and below) not to mention the "gore"

It's interesting, I get bored easily in Minecraft BECAUSE there are few set goals. I can put up with Terraria's difficulty and grinding because there's more to reward my patience than just "oh look, I was finally able to build this cool thing".

I remember being 10 years old when i first learned of Terraria. I didn't have a PC or anything to play it, so naturally i memorized the entire wiki and fantasized playing it for years. It was the first game i ever played and i now have around 6000 hours in Terraria and Tmodloader

As a long time player of both games, I can say with certainty that Minecraft needs more things to do, doesn't have to be linear proggresion but proggresion in its various systems that have been abandoned like: fishing, minecarts, exploration, and bosses (not after the dragon just random world bosses in their own unique dungeons that you can go to at any time) this would make the game so much better and I believe most players would agree.

Tbh i like much more Terraria's progression and rpg elements than building for hours in Minecraft

Minecraft thrives way more in online multiplayer as well. I've never loved vanilla Minecraft but different mini games on online servers like bedwars and stuff were a blast.

Personally one of the strongest points of Terraria (something that Vinesauce Vinny noticed), is the addictive and fluid progression system. No matter what you do, there is most of the time something that lies ahead of it. Diving into the depths for ore? Well, how about these relics, statues, traps, enemy drops, rare foes and items, dye plants/ fungi, mini-biomes that you can find? Exploring the Surface? You shall meet new habitats with new wood materials, plants, and new creatures and dangers, but you must brave these areas in order to find more beyond them. Maybe these lands could give you new ideas for building too? Going to the side of the depths? Well, get ready for a rude awakening to unseen depths of biomes that seemed fairly tame on the surface, but will rip out your spine if you ever drop your guard and expect a easy time like on it's surface. And yet, these areas hold unique treasures, even the seemingly empty Desert itself. It WILL put you through the wringer. Going even further down? Well, you will be greeted by the Underworld and it's residents with the most hostile of welcome. Explore all you want, but it will make you feel like there is something that you missed elsewhere.. And then there's the NPCs that add, and clarify parts of progression. Many things that you do will have a impact on most of these people. Even someone as missable and ignorable as the Angler, will have you revisiting many places that you have seen before, and you will find things that you never obtained in your first travel through. Even the Pilon system gives incentive to build in places that are out of your comfort zone. And if you're inclined, the NPC Happiness system will have you considering each person's personalities and relationships. But you will be rewarded for it. So many elements, even smaller things like seemingly unneeded items and accessories, tie in with something later, i.e: fusing weapons and accessories on occasion. And the Guide is there to help more than we may first think..

Another reason for Minecrafts popularity over Terraria is accessibility. When getting into Terraria it can be extremely overwhelming. The more straight lined progression means that there are certain things you are required to do, however the game provides very little guidance on what to do. Minecraft just lets you do whatever you want and does not require you to do anything.

I started playing Minecraft a decade ago and have played it quite a lot, but I'll admit I've never "completed" the game. Every time I started a new survival world I would just get bored halfway through or even after just building a house. Most of my time playing the game was spent on creative mode or servers. This video has finally made me realize why I never enjoyed Minecraft survival mode all that much. Meanwhile, I only recently started playing Terraria for the first time and it's seriously a blast. The progression in this game just feels so nice. It feels less like 2D Minecraft and more like a metroidvania at times, and the boss battles become bullet hell. I'm having way more fun than I've ever had playing survival Minecraft.

Just to be totally clear, I LOVE Terraria and how it is and would NEVER ask it to change. This video is just meant to consider why the general public likes Minecraft more since, after all, it has more sales and is a more popular game.

Terraria is truely a game "about the journey, not the destination." Me and my freind who is relatively new to terraria are having an absolute blast playing it together on expert mode. Terraria is a game shaped by your experienes. It and minecraft are actually very similar in that regard. I honestly love both games, but recently terraria has edged out for me, just because of the sheer passion and continued love for the community by the devs. End of the day, both games are valid, and have pros and cons. Its all down to personal preference I suppose.

Terraria and Minecraft aren't even slightly the same game. They are so different that it's weird to compare them as people do

i like terraria for one single reason. 1. No more bad updates.

Calling terraria unsuccessful is kinda stupid and clickbaity imo. terraria is a trenendous success, minecraft may have sold more copies, but that dosen't take away from the fact that terraria still has millions of players who serious love the game.

The main difference is that in Minecraft you kill the boss with swords and bows while in terraria you kill the boss by using a alien space laser that you obtained from a flying saucer while riding the unicorn that you found and tamed in a rainbow biome that was created after you went to hell, killed unholy monsters and a giant wall of flesh.

i think another reason minecraft might be more popular it's because it's easier to get started

I think minecraft is more popular because its 3D, I think if they added a proper progression system like Terraria where its not forced The game would become alot more popular as a whole. Just like how people dont even kill the ender dragon in minecraft in terraria some people dont go into hard mode.

In recent years I feel like Terraria has been succeeding more than Minecraft. Although it may not overtake Minecraft in sales, I have always felt Terraria is the better game. For one Terraria's creators feel more human and interact really well with the community, while Mojang has felt more and more corporate and seems to be trying to catch up to what the community wants. Terraria with each update has felt like they keep polishing a great gem. With Minecraft you could get a hit or miss update, that you may play for a week. I really enjoy playing Minecraft and relaxing in a game that has no progression, but after short while it gets really stale, with Terraria it takes a longer time to get stale thanks to not only its progression but I believe its limited world size. Although Id love to see an infinite Terraria world I would only play it once because I would hate having to explore that size of world every time I finish the game. I much prefer the small, medium and large world sizes that I know I can for sure explore in its entirety instead of an infinite world, I probably won't go much further than the first beach biome already generated. I can understand why people would like Minecraft more, its a way easier game to get into with no knowledge of how to play a survival game and that's fine, I love it the same way. But I think Terraria definitely succeeds over Minecraft, every day of the week. That all being said it is obviously not gonna stop me from playing both games. Sometimes I'll feel like I want to play Minecraft and sometimes I'll feel I will want to play Terraria. Both games are amazing in their own right and I will continue to play both probably till the end of time.

Something to be said abt terraria and its worlds is that u can actually use the same character from one world to another, and bring over stuff across both worlds. You cant rlly do this in minecraft. So, in a way u could say terraria actually has an infinite world, and its something terraria does better than minecraft.

At least the games mutually respected each other by having the message to go play each other

At least nowadays, the devteam’s actions speak volumes more than the game itself: - Mojang accounts have been purged as of 19/09/2023, rendering many players’ accounts gone. - Terraria won Labour of Love in Steam’s Game Awards in 2022 and they responded by dropping arguably their second largest update as thanks

Minecrafts goal is to survive, explore and create Terrarias goal is to become an absolute beast, and destroy everything in your way. Was honestly expecting the video to not acknowledge the fact that these two games are VERY different, even if they seem similar. But you definitely know whatcha talking about. Probs to you.

this actually resolves a weird feeling ive had with terraria for a long time. im more of a minecraft person, so for the long time that i did play terraria, i focused on percieving it more like 2d minecraft. eventually, i hadnt even beaten all the bosses or anything, but that level of progression wasnt really meaningful for me. i just felt like i had already finished the game. i would play the game again, but mentally i already finished it so i just dont want to play it anymore.

I havent beaten wall of flesh and im 50 hours in 💀. I've been wasting time doing fishing quest for the ultimate fishing build. I also made the cellphone and terraspark boots LOL

I always felt like Terraria is a survival boss-fight game with some sandbox features, whereas Minecraft is a sandbox with some survival-game features. Both are awesome, but if we're talking about a game, Terraria is much more developed as such. Funny fact though, you can build a real-life computer in both

I don't really mind that Mojang puts out smaller updates, the occasional big update is nice but like you said stuff like progression for Minecraft would make it bloated. I think the MC modding community is a great place to look for progression based gameplay, one of my favorites is a modpack called Vault Hunters, in my opinion its very balance in terms of progression (mostly, its still in alpha for now, still has a lot of content though) while still giving you that freedom Minecraft is know for, I recommend it for people who want that sort of experience.

One my favorite things in both Minecraft and Terraria is how much they reference and/or compliment each other. They both have splash texts saying “Also Try Terraria/Minecraft” depending on which game you’re playing, the Wither was confirmed by Jeb to have drawn inspiration from Terraria’s summoning mechanics, and Terraria has a seasonal Creeper costume you can obtain. That’s of the top of my head I’m sure there’s probably some more.

I played both Minecraft and Terraria on multiplayer with friends and have to say they’re equally good, though Minecraft is probably better suited for that. However I found Terraria with friends a very fun experience - grinding for bosses together, long conversations and then trying to somehow defeat the bosses. We even celebrated New Years in Terraria with fireworks :)

Minecraft beat Terraria because kids are braindead. Wow, that was hard to figure out.

I feel like marketing is also a big factor here. Even when it started, Minecraft was actively publicised, and now it has a leg in almost all media. Terraria, in the other hand, was leaked unfinished, took some time to recover and made some adds. Now it has a comic and some other merch, but its all mostly for fans. At this point i wouldnt be surprised if Minecrafts marketing team was much bigger than Re-Logic in its entirety.

minecraft end game: oh look at this i have shiny purple black armor that gives me full defense bars and a purple black swords that can 1-2 shot everything! and i just built this very cool thing terraria end game: ww2 but with interdimensional weapons and armor that gives you 100+defense

It's simply because Terraria are more complex. And i found some people too lazy to find out what's behind that complexity

Terraria has devs listen to the community and add TONS of new content, even after the game was supposed to be done. Minecraft’s devs add like two new blocks and a new mob every year. Terraria’s devs are just plain better, Minecraft has kinda become a corporation.

2 Big Differences. Minecraft: Doesn't listens to fans anymore Terraria: listens to fans still

You were spot on bro...Most Minecraft players like me play the game for it's simplicity heck one of it's most played versions has seemingly no content or sense of prgression...for a lot us we just get intimidated by the complex and large array of things to do in Terraria

I like both games alot, they are both very nostalgic for me. Both have calming soundtracks.

16:15 He saved his friends life, his friend created floating sand in return.

I do have a few things to say regarding this topic: Minecraft has servers. Pretty much all of them aren't modded and are made using command blocks. These offer a way bigger array of things to do and are in my opinion a big reason why Minecraft is still popular and grew to this popularity in the first place. Also the best servers are on java, and since I mentioned java I have to say that it is quite different from bedrock, the most notable change for me being the fighting mechanics on the newer versions (for anyone that doesn't know axes do more damage than swords, but are slower, however they can also break shields so you can't just sit there and block everything, you also can't just spam with a weapon). You also mentioned that there aren't a lot of things to get good at in MC, and with that I disagree. Don't get me wrong, Terraria is my favourite game of all time and Minecraft is probably around 10th, but I think that there is a good amount of things to "git gud" in Minecraft: building, speedrunning, redstone and fighting which is especially hard to master on java when doing pvp. However these are all basically things that you can get good at in Terraria. Creativity is a must when it comes to playing Minecraft consistently and for a long time. Some people really like grinding 10 hours to get blocks to build something impressive because the felling of seeing a charming and towering build that you made is what they want. I'm not getting into the modded stuff but both games become greater when good mods are installed. Look, I have spent so long playing Terraria (mainly long playthroughs) across 4 different devices that I don't have to go on the wiki except only when I want to take a look at some really nerdy stuff like luck. I don't want to say that Minecraft is better, just that most people that make a video on the "Terraria is/isn't better than Minecraft" topic don't know both the games to their core, they might not know their communities, their devs etc. but you took a lot of little details into consideration and I really apreciate that. As you said at one point, both the games went off their separate directions and I don't think it's this easy to fairly compare them. It's just personal preference.

2D game about finding loot and killing cool bosses and 3D game about building some cool stuff.

I’ve never enjoyed the idea of Minecraft because I like difficulty and progression… and yet the main thing I do in Terraria is building haha. The building in Terraria may be limited in size, but so much deeper in its diversity of materials. While Minecraft can have impressively large builds, they’ll never surpass the intricacy that Khaios or Tommy Tsunami can do. That and I’ve never seen anyone use the entire map to build something, so size isn’t even a limiting factor in building. Because of this, I strongly believe Terraria is the better game for both progression and doing whatever you want (like building). Exploration of randomly generated content might be the only thing Minecraft does betterz

One of the few videos that manage to understand exactly what it is that makes Minecraft so widely appealing. That freedom. The ability to only be limited to your imagination. That is what sets Minecraft apart. It reminds me of Yahtzee Croshaw's review of Minecraft and how he described it as a responsible adult that makes you make and earn your goals so you learn to appreciate what you accomplish more.

Looking how Aether, an mod completely centered around progression and beating bosses, is the most famous Minecraft mod of all time, with lots of demands to add it in the vanilla game, is a very good indicative that there's a very huge demand for progression since the early days of Minecraft.

Great video Mr. Bin. I’d have to agree with your opinion that terraria is the superior game.

So, I also think Minecraft's popularity comes from the creativity based sandbox gameplay, with all the different possibilities, but adding a real progression system wouldn't hurt it that much, sure, the focus may shift a bit, but with Minecraft's step by step updates, I think it would not destroy the other aspect. I think, Terraria needs more sandbox features, because again, it wouldn't destroy the already existing progression, but would a another layer of gameplay, another optional type of experience. Minecraft should have a really good and large progression system, but it shouldn't urge the player to progress in the story, but try to encourage the creativity aspect. So basically, no quest page with an exclemation mark, when you have a quest, and an arrow on your compass, but just an expansion of the already existing progression. Just add a bit more crazy terrain generation, a completely overhauled end, and the whole sulk thing, and boom, you had more gameplay. All of the sandbox options minecraft offers you right now are boring, because they're so extremely time consuming, with no inner motivation to do it. I'm not a builder, map creator, or whatever minecraft wants you to be, all the servers and datapacks are just vanilla+, so I ONLY play with mods, or on the Origin Realms server. I just... minecraft isn't fun anymore, we have already done every interesting thing in it, and there's nothing left to do. I'm no BastiGHG who comes up with, over the time repetetive challenges, to alter the gameplay a tiny bit. I'm missing something groundbreaking. I think Minecraft lives off the frequent updates. If they stopped, it would also slowly fade away. And at this moment, the updates quality is descending quite quickly. I hope Minecraft can rise again, because I love that game, and I want to be able to enjoy it again... thy to all the people who were reading this entire comment, I put all of my emotions and feelings in. Right now, I'm really sad, I will now hear the song Eternal Bros, and then go to sleep. Bye my friendos 😉🥱😴

Minecraft’s 3D aspect supports most my creative side, whilst Terraria supports my gaming and researching side.

I can never quite understand people on Minecraft keeping going after beating the end dragon on Minecraft, after that and maybe killing the wither or something, after a little bit I always just start getting bored because I feel there’s nothing to work towards, no new goal to achieve. That’s why these days I mostly only play Minecraft modded

Minecraft is a building game Terraria is an adventure game

10:30 small correction, Betsy is a event boss and Dreadnautilus is a miniboss

Minecraft is far better than Terraria because of one simple reason: simplicity. When you first look at a Terraria gameplay, you see someone flying everywhere laser guns and doing all these fast-paced activity compared to when you first look at a Minecraft gameplay, you can easily understand what's happening and process it.

One thing I'd just like to mention rral quick is the multiplayer aspect. In terraria, it is UNBELIEVABLY easy to set up and start playing with your friends in a matter of minutes. With minecraft you either have to pay your way there, or SUFFER through a free server. They didn't want to make multiplayer easy, in a game MANY people play for the multiplayer adpect!

It doesn't matter which game is better Minecraft and Terraria always save me from boredom

i think both games are equal in pros and cons. Minecraft is a infinite sandbox game, Terraria is a open world fantasy game

Tho I agree with the idea that the lack of a linear progression makes minecraft gameplay more durable, I would also consider the factors that minecraft's current popularity it's thanks to the popularity it had many m a n y years ago among content creators that grew alongside the game and made it so the game stayed with in the public consciousness over the long run, cause it was That Game that everyone remembers. And also the fact that terraria has a lot of way of easy transportation to cross large portions of the world that makes it so you can get faster to that end game that ends up stalegeting,making so players expend less time with each individual world.

Terraria the best game

I geniunely think that both games are good. One thing that terraria strives in is the diverse amount of content that the updates had provided us over the past few years. It is very limited due to the world sizes we are given to choose. With Minecraft it strives in the simplicity of the updates. Sure the amount of items are small and more on the decorative side, biomes are very vast and big in a "limitless" world. There are some flaws and some good things either game has done, I just find them equal on different levels

Terraria 🤝 Minecraft

for me i cannot play minecraft without it being modded its literally almost unplayable without those performance and QOL fixing mojang's game

but at least Minecraft and terraria dont hate eachother

Building in Terraria is actually crazy good. With so much variety in building materials and furniture and the option to paint and hammer blocks builds can look extremely stunning. I've spent my fair share of time just building stuff in the game. I think the building aspect is better than in Minecraft, but it doesn't offer the excitement of picking that perfect location in the world, that beautiful cliffside at an ocean, or a big mountaintop with an amazing view of the surrounding land that really helps the build to feel like it's in a distinct, unique place in the world. In Terraria, a house in the forest biome, no matter how detailed or pretty, is always just gonna feel like a house in a forest biome. Even if the game had more unique landmarks the limited view of the screen wouldn't make building around them that much more worth it.

im currently at 4:29, and my thoughts on sentimental calue might be a bit skewed. my first ever completed world i uploaded to the workshop because i wanted to preserve it

I think one of the reasons I had so much fun in my master mode FTW world is because it took so much effort doing progress, I just started to build instead. Honestly think the game could use something that would dissuade you from doing too much progress at once, and instead just spend some time building.

Ive played Minecraft since around 2014 and got into Terraria just a few years ago and honestly Terraria feels like a breath of fresh air. It feels so alive compared to Minecraft where I need to download ambient addon packs for the game just so I dont fall asleep to the music and silence occasionally broken by a wild farm animal. Not to mention the abundance of weapons, armor, tools, and furniture Terraria has to Minecraft. I'll always love Minecraft but Terraria really brings my inner kid out.

I like the idea of Minecraft remaining largely unguided and goalless, open for the player to interpret, but introducing far more things to do that require you to be at certain points in progression, some of which may tie into one another but not all. in an open-ended sandbox, the more variety there is the better, and when it fits, one thing can give you reason to do another, while staying in its general lane of doing as you see fit

Terraria has more enemies and weapons because it is technically created fighting oriented while Minecraft us creative and survival oriented. Just my thoughts though. I love both.

A problem Minecraft has compared to Terraira is the lack of content in certain aspects of the games, like the desert, you have literally nothing to do in it expect for finding desert temples and getting tons of sand. They need to add more stuff to the desert

terraria is definitely not failing

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Minecraft late game: my tools changed color Terraria late game: I. AM. GOD.

Before watching, i paused and tried to guess your answer. My answer is Terraria is such a deep game. Where a 5 year old can play minecraft and be satisfied.

I agree. It is progressionn but also simplicity. Terraria doesn't always do a great job at guiding the player to what they're supposed to do especially at the beginning and many people get confused on how to progress. Because minecraft has less of a goal this isn't a problem

Another big problem is the that they are starting to demand that players play by their rules despite claiming that they are making the game for everyone. They are working on removing names without adding a display name system and banning skins because they don't follow their guidelines. If those changes go through, then all the respect I have for them will dwindle fast. Minecraft is a game for everyone to use to its full potential. Nude skins have their place and don't belong everywhere. Offensive names are a problem and shouldn't be used as IDs. But these rules aren't for everyone so forcing everyone to follow them on every server is a huge problem for freedom and the free web. All they need to do is let players have server by server display names and only have skin limits on appropriate servers.

i think that instead of adding linear progression, mojang should add more options for things, like more mobs, more non essestial bosses like the wither, and stuff like that, which only give you more stuff to do, not make it so you have a specific thing to do

I need to do a slow run eventually, I got used to do something that although very efficient it also get old pretty fast. 1 - Rush the crimson, mediocre armor, sometimes even shadewood is enough(that on expert) 2 - Rush hell, make a little bridge, kill wof. 3 - Summon goblins, drop shadow flame weapon(any is good enough for mechs) 4 - Build sky box, kill destroyer. If the shadow flame drop was the doll kill twins instead) 5 - Glitch OOA etgerean mana in a chest, amnount 45 medals, get the full armor set. 6 - Squire armor is enough to finish the game, too OP. Now I'm taking time abd doing stuff like actually destroying the altars abd mining and making ore sets and all. Though it gets very underwhelming compared to OOA sets.

Its kinda weird that terraria and minecraft are even compared at all. Theyre both sandbox games yes but Doom and CoD are also both shooters. Terraria is basicly a Sandbox mini RPG, you go out in the world, get stronger and conqoure bigger and bigger foes. Minercraft is a sandbox Survival game (surivival being written very tiny) where you go out into the world and dont try to fight anyone but instead let your creativity flow freely. Yes there are both aspects present in both games but The main focus are two completly different paths of a crossroads. And if youre wondering, I personally enjoy Minecraft more. Vanilla is so chill and Modded is basicly my introdruction drug into the crack that is Factorio, Satisfactory, DSP and others.

I wonder if people are going to complain that you’re playing bedrock edition

i think the limited world size is actually a strength. it gives you a clear goal that feels rewarding to explore. each playthrough can be it's own memory then you make another. let's be real, how many people are really exploring a minecraft world that long other than weirdos that make videos of themselves draining oceans.

Personally, I like both games but Minecraft appeals more in a couple different ways. It is a lot more visually appealing. In Minecraft, there are some cases of beautiful scenery that can't be replicated by Terraria's limited pixel. Especially adding shader and texture packs. Also, Terraria can be extremely grindy and constantly needing to find new items in order to keep up with the world enemies and bosses. It kinda feels like a constant stress for getting stronger which I found really fun but I also found it tedious at times which can be the reason why its not made for the mass public. Minecraft is much more calm and just feels like you have way more freedom to do what you want. You can choose to become a PVP warlord, be a master builder, redstone mechanic, or some random hobby like building the biggest farm or mass slaughtering animals. It just feels like even though quantity-wise there are less things to get or do, it feels so much more detailed and niche to try to pursue something in a Minecraft world. Idk that's just my thoughts.

the only reason i like minecraft today is because i loved it as a kid, going to school, and coming home and just letting my imagination run wild, playing alone or with friends and family. Nowadays, I dont have the time to sit and brainstorm a house idea, or play with the boys, i have more important things to do, so a more linear straightforward but still free game like terraria is exactly what i need

I wouldn't say that terraria fails given that it's the thirteenth biggest game Also did anyone notice that the names of his weapons were named after how to train your dragons

Journey Mode comes more after Minecraft Education Edition than creative mode. One key aspect is any item/block in any quantity available from the time you create the world, and the ability to fly; unbound by the limitations that is called 'survival', and with cheats the ability to switch between creative and survival at will.

Honestly I love Terraria so much more then Minecraft because: 1. Even if Terraria may have more limited build possibilities because it is 2 dimensional, it balances that out with lots of fun combat. 2. Terraria has a large variety of weapons and armor (and blocks! Minecraft has a lot of blocks but Terraria has more) Minecraft has plain sword and bow and plain armor. There is no meteor staff or laser beam or shark minigun or armor made from the stars in Minecraft. 3. Modding in Terraria is so much easier, all you do is load up tmodloader and every mod you could want is there. 4. Terraria has tons more difficulty options and secret seeds and 4 different classes giving it much more replay ability than Minecraft. I would like to hear your opinion on Minecraft if you think it is better, I won't argue with you about it. You can enjoy whatever game you want.

I used to play Minecraft for a LONG time but slowly got bored because there’s no real challenge or goals. Then I converted to roblox for a while. Bought terraria 3 days ago and I’m having WAY more fun than I did when I started Minecraft because there’s more to do, the gameplay is more fun (in my opinion) and I feel less limited with how I can fight and grind for items… I stayed up till 4 am grinding for a nights edge… now I have a terra blade

I've played both Terraria and Minecraft yet despite liking Minecraft better, it was so refreshing hearing a neutral perspective on the topic. Good vid dude

ender dragon it feels like fighting a zombie in terraria normal mode

As someone who has been playing minecraft since beta 1.6 the game is an amazing sandbox and it’s very easy to link up with people and play together. It’s awesome to have servers because people can always help out with things and you don’t feel like you lost out on progression/ the game by not being there. In terraria playing with friends if someone isn’t there for a session or does stuff by themselves people feel like they moved forward in the game without them and then aren’t as motivated to keep going cause they still want to kill a boss before the next one maybe to get a specific drop or something. With minecraft being much more open ended servers can last for years and still be played on since some machines take tens of hours to build. In terraria because there is a set end if you play with people once you beat it you move on to either a new world or a new game. There is none of that lasting reason to come back to the same world and keep building since once you’ve killed moon lord there’s not much you can do to idk make the fight easier or set up a system to kill him automatically or something. One of the reason I love minecraft so much is that anything you think you can do you can probably do it where there are small things in terraria that I think cuts into player agency. Granted I’ve only played terraria for about 40 hours just beating the mechanical bosses on an classic classic world. But the game has been far to easy even boring so I moved worlds to a classic master and it’s been much more fun cause there’s actually a challenge and a reason to prepare! So far I’ve spent 10 hours just setting things up in master world (I’m also restricting myself resource wise to the snow biome) so I can beat all the bosses I need to progress. Both games are great but when I ask people about terraria who have played it tend to just say they have played it when you ask some one if they played minecraft they tell you about their adventure and builds or ask you if you want to see them.

i consider one of the main reasons to be Simplicity vs Complexity. In Minecraft, many argue Beta 1.7.3 (myself included) was even better than modern minecraft for its simplicity. The amount of content that exists in Terraria can be overwhelming, especially to unexperienced players and that could be a turn off from the game

I love Terraria for it's diverse spectrum of customizable gameplay and Minecraft for it's customizable building/story telling

I think something not mentioned that has impact is community! The type of people drawn in. From what I've seen, playing both games for years now (though Terraria being much newer to me) is that Terraria's community is more closed in, but it's full of kindness, positivity, creativity, and insanely motivated people. The scale of projects like Calamity far surpasses ANYTHING I have seen in the near decade I have been playing Minecraft, mods included. Yes, the progression is much more linear and leaves the "now what?" question, but it spurs on many people into connecting to come up with more unique things to do to make that loop fun and crazy. It's clear Terraria was built with love by both devs and community, there's even a painting in-game the dev team added to honor that. The community of Minecraft is also full of creativity, there's been wonderful people in it, and it's wide open for everyone and anyone- however, that being said? It is also brutal, full of negativity, and often overly competitive. Its enablement of PVP in better ways than Terraria sparks certain levels of toxicity, especially in huge servers with minigames, SMPs, etc. The community is in constant outrage with the devs of Minecraft these days, and there's no connection between them, which breeds even more frustration on all ends. Mob votes get players mad at each other if what they want isn't picked, everyone gets mad at the devs for doing them to begin with, etc. (And, as a definite note... I have never heard of anyone in the major Terraria community being a predator. Seems like every other popular Minecraft content creator is.) So, if Minecraft has a much more negative community, why is it so much more popular? Well, that's the thing. The community is more open, even if its often a more negative space, anyone can jump in for better or for worse, and the game's relative simplicity especially encourages younger crowds to join in, which keeps it expanding. Terraria's community is more closed off, and I rarely see particularly young folks involved- most people I know are older, and have been dragged in by friends who also play the game. This, plus its complexity, limits its expansion by a lot- frankly almost making it obscure in some ways, despite popularity of its own. But being smaller, isn't a bad thing. It's healthier- that semi-seclusion keeps it a tight, stubborn, and delightful place for those who work their way in. Might just say it's for the worthy.

Can someone let me know what mods he was using at 6:04 - 6:25? I've never tried mods but that looks too cool to pass up.

one time i went through a really intense modded playthrough with a group of friends, we eventually beat the final boss and i really wanted to hop on with everyone again to maybe grind up some new endgame items but no one wanted to get on, and one person just said "well theres nothing really left to do..." that would never happen in minecraft

Terraria is my most played game on steam with about 500+ hours, but I think I have at least 4x this amount of time on minecraft. I struggle to find the right words, but it feels like MC has more gameplay options, if it means anything. When I started playing Mc about 10 years ago, I was a huge fan of just having fun in creative, then me and some friends started some kind of roleplay server in survival with jobs in currency(in vanilla), then i discovered minecraft servers, factions, hunger games, free build, skyblock, some servers that do not exist anymore and some that do like Hypixel. During that time I also discovered modded, with each version of the game having hundreds of differents experiences and custom made modpacks with objectives and sometimes interesting storylines. I've also tried to learn to build in creative for several years. On youtube, the variety of content you could make and still can on MC is almost unlimited, between speedruns, challenge runs, mod presentations, Build montage, Redstone contraptions, Animations, SMPs, Events, and more than I could imagine. This by no means is a Terraria critique, because in my eyes the game is perfect, but while some of thing you can do in MC you can do in Terraria (Speedrun, Challenge runs, mod, even try different classes for every playthrough) I think in the grand scheme of things it lacks the differsity of content. Edited to say ; Terraria does not lack content, the devs have put some much care, love and energy and in a way the game feels even more complete than minecraft vanilla. But my point still stand, MC has a more broad target audience, a part of it being younger, yes , but also all kinds of players ranging from casuals to pro pvps/builders. I also want to reiterate that these are 2 of my favorite games of all time.

Absolutely amazing video! And I do agree, Terraria is a more fun and exciting game, but it is a little bit more specific. Also, I do believe the community of Terraria itself has damaged the game's reputation quite a bit. People are truly way too obsessed with... basically speedrunning all the bosses while putting their NPC's in boring claustrophobic houses, beating Moon Lord, then quitting or resetting everything. I don't believe that this inherently stems from any way in which the game is advertised or designed. Maybe it's just a domino effect from the earlier years of Terraria, I dunno.

I have a friend who plays minecraft all the time and he doesnt play terraria with me cuz he dies to king slime even though we played multiple worlds over a year. that explains the reason i think