Terraria or Minecraft?

• Excalibuurr wrote on 2011-07-17 07:02
  Dwarf Fortress is pretty hard to understand, the graphics layout keeps me away. It's just text to me @_@
• Bakuryu wrote on 2011-07-17 07:05

  Quote from Excalibuurr;515441:

  Dwarf Fortress is pretty hard to understand, the graphics layout keeps me away. It's just text to me @_@

  
  It's a complex game, with many actions, buildings, crafts, which is what makes it so awesome, once you understand it, there's a lot of things to do around your fortress and keep it running and surviving.
  Understanding it can be a little though, but once you do, it's so worth it. Besides, there's some amazing tuts around (CaptnDuck ones come to mind).
• Excalibuurr wrote on 2011-07-17 07:06

  Quote from Bakuryu;515447:

  It's a complex game, with many actions, buildings, crafts, which is what makes it so awesome, once you understand it, there's a lot of things to do around your fortress and keep it running and surviving.
  Understanding it can be a little though, but once you do, it's so worth it. Besides, there's some amazing tuts around (CaptnDuck ones come to mind).

  
  
  Can I have a link to that tutorial?
  Edit: nvm herp derp
  Going to try Dwarf Fortress again.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2011-07-17 07:11

  Quote from Excalibuurr;515450:

  Can I have a link to that tutorial?
  Edit: nvm herp derp
  Going to try Dwarf Fortress again.

  
  The tutorials I started learning DF was this one:
  http://afteractionreporter.com/2009/02/09/the-complete-and-utter-newby-tutorial-for-dwarf-fortress-part-1-wtf/
  
  And then I also watched some captnduck ones. Take note that there's a new DF2010 playlist of tuts from him. Which is the latest biggest update the game had. Tutorials from the previous version (40d) are still useful, the major changes and things you should ignore from those tuts are health care and military, since they got MAJOR overhaul with DF2010, to a much more complex and dynamic system.
  
  edit: Ah, here.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1iW1QN7_s
  
  This is TEH video to watch, 2 and a half hours of captnduck and his dwarves, you'll learn all the basics of the game to get started yourself. After that, the magma wiki is your friend.
  http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php
• RicochetOrange wrote on 2011-07-18 02:37

  Quote from Bakuryu;515437:

  Though to be perfectly honest, I'd just go with Dwarf Fortress >:V
  Build and manage a super dwarven fortress, have a bunch of dwarf mine, and defend it against sieges (Dwarf Fortress) >>> Build house, kill monstahs, mine materials upgrade equipment, summon bosses for moar equipment. (Terraria) > Build a house and cower inside it, go out to kill a few zombies or mine your ass off yourself. (Minecraft)
  
  
  And it's free, wee.

  
  
  Actually, that is only for the first few nights. Once you get some iron you can have some real fun fighting mobs at night.
  
  Also, wait for the Adventure Update, It's going to have dragons, NPC villages, animal farms, and bosses. :D
• Bakuryu wrote on 2011-07-18 03:03

  Quote from RicochetOrange;516307:

  Actually, that is only for the first few nights. Once you get some iron you can have some real fun fighting mobs at night.
  
  Also, wait for the Adventure Update, It's going to have dragons, NPC villages, animal farms, and bosses. :D

  
  I'm gonna have to check that one out.
  
  I'd like if minecraft had a ton of RPG elements, like improving skills (you could have mining skill, sword skill, and whatnot), A LOT more types of materials and A LOT MORE of ore qualities, more variety for equipment, why not magical properties, and better and deeper dungeons with fat loot to get.
  
  The adventure update seems like one further step towards that, I'm gonna have to try it out when it comes out.
• RicochetOrange wrote on 2011-07-18 07:24

  Quote from Bakuryu;516343:

  I'm gonna have to check that one out.
  
  I'd like if minecraft had a ton of RPG elements, like improving skills (you could have mining skill, sword skill, and whatnot), A LOT more types of materials and A LOT MORE of ore qualities, more variety for equipment, why not magical properties, and better and deeper dungeons with fat loot to get.
  
  The adventure update seems like one further step towards that, I'm gonna have to try it out when it comes out.

  
  
  Stats probably aren't going to happen, but bigger, randomly generated dungeons, 'strongholds', and ravines are confirmed. Equipment and ores are going to be about the same. Bow and Sword, standard tools, and possibly a new one for animal farming.
  
  IT WILL have critical hits, sprinting, etc.
  
  1.8 Updates: New Logo, More Info
  1.8 Updates: Bow Mechanics
  1.8 Updates: Ravines Strongholds
  
  I also heard there is going to be a new 'scary' mob, dragons, and dragon eggs. But it's not coming out for a few months, so there can be a lot more than we know that will be added.
• User495 wrote on 2011-07-18 21:50
  the main problem with comparing the games
  
  is that Terraria has been out for like 1-3 months now?
  
  and Minecraft- I don't really know cause I don't play it (but I'm sure it'll be longer)
  
  the next update for Terraria is doing a complete overhaul of the game to balance things etc so it'll be a different game from the versions before it
  plus it's still in v1.0.5
• Excalibuurr wrote on 2011-07-18 22:21
  I've heard that combat is going to be changed in Minecraft too besides the bow.
• Applejack wrote on 2011-07-18 22:36
  Terraria I found much better considering that building a house isn't much fun of the game. Once you get to the end game bosses you can't do much after that. In Terraria's combat system I found it much more enjoyable then Minecraft's. Terraria's better IMO, but we can't tell you whats good and whats bad you'll just have to figure that out yourself.
• Mello wrote on 2011-07-22 03:40
  Combat systems aren't everything a game has to offer..