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[=TerraTech=] is a sandbox vehicle-creation and exploration game for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 PS4]]. It was officially released on the tenth of August, 2018, after four years in early access.

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[=TerraTech=] is a sandbox vehicle-creation and exploration game for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/XboxOne, Platform/NintendoSwitch and [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 [[Platform/PlayStation4 PS4]]. It was officially released on the tenth of August, 2018, after four years in early access.
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** ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' - the intro mission to Better Future.

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** ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' - the intro mission to Better Future.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Bertha is the biggest and longest-ranged cannon in the game as well as a great centrepiece for your tank. Nevertheless, it does less damage than the smaller [=MK-3=] Battleship Cannon, ''ten'' of which could fit into the same space as one Bertha. It however is meant to be more of a joke weapon from a kickstarter donation. Besides, the real Big Bertha would seem too powerful for TerraTech.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Bertha is the biggest and longest-ranged cannon in the game as well as a great centrepiece for your tank. Nevertheless, it does less damage than the smaller [=MK-3=] Battleship Cannon, ''ten'' of which could fit into the same space as one Bertha. It however is meant to be more of a joke weapon from a kickstarter donation. Besides, the real Big Bertha would seem too powerful for TerraTech.[=TerraTech=].
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In the campaign, the player is a prospector gathering resources on a faraway planet and launching them back to Earth from a cannon. They can customise their mining rig, or "tech", with hundreds of blocks andd tools that snap together to form just about anything, taking it from a tiny car with a drill on the front to a mountain-sized tank, mountain-sized aeroplane, an entire AI-controlled fleet or a mobile base which can craft when it sets down. VehicularCombat quickly sets in as rival prospectors drive their techs along to destroy it all.

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In the campaign, the player is a prospector gathering resources on a faraway planet and launching them back to Earth from a cannon. They can customise their mining rig, or "tech", with hundreds of blocks andd and tools that snap together to form just about anything, taking it from a tiny car with a drill on the front to a mountain-sized tank, mountain-sized aeroplane, an entire AI-controlled fleet or a mobile base which can craft when it sets down. VehicularCombat quickly sets in as rival prospectors drive their techs along to destroy it all.
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In the campaign, the player is a prospector gathering resources on a faraway planet and launching them back to Earth from a cannon. They can customise their mining rig, or "tech", with hundreds of blocks and tools that snap together to form just about anything, taking it from a tiny car with a drill on the front to a mountain-sized tank, mountain-sized aeroplane, an entire AI-controlled fleet or a mobile base which can craft when it sets down. VehicularCombat quickly sets in as rival prospectors drive their techs along to destroy it all.

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In the campaign, the player is a prospector gathering resources on a faraway planet and launching them back to Earth from a cannon. They can customise their mining rig, or "tech", with hundreds of blocks and andd tools that snap together to form just about anything, taking it from a tiny car with a drill on the front to a mountain-sized tank, mountain-sized aeroplane, an entire AI-controlled fleet or a mobile base which can craft when it sets down. VehicularCombat quickly sets in as rival prospectors drive their techs along to destroy it all.



* ClipItsWings: Wings in [=TerraTech=] are fragile, not to mention hard to cover with shields and repair bubbles, so shooting one off is a valid strategy to disable an airplane. Except there aren't many to begin with.

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* ClipItsWings: Wings in [=TerraTech=] are fragile, not to mention hard to cover with shields and repair bubbles, so shooting one off is a valid strategy to disable an airplane.aeroplane. Except there aren't many to begin with.



* ComputerVirus: The [=D.O.O.M=] Virus is able to take over Better Future's computer systems, including defense grids, robots and at least one building. Its ability to overwrite [=AIs=] with its own programming may make it a...

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* ComputerVirus: The [=D.O.O.M=] Virus is able to take over Better Future's computer systems, including defense defence grids, robots and at least one building. Its ability to overwrite [=AIs=] with its own programming may make it a...



* TankGoodness: The game has plenty of tracks and armor to choose from, so the player can easily build one.

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* TankGoodness: The game has plenty of tracks and armor armour to choose from, so the player can easily build one.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Bertha is the biggest and longest-ranged cannon in the game as well as a great centrepiece for your tank. Nevertheless, it does less damage than the smaller [=MK-3=] Battleship Cannon, ''ten'' of which could fit into the same space as one Bertha.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Bertha is the biggest and longest-ranged cannon in the game as well as a great centrepiece for your tank. Nevertheless, it does less damage than the smaller [=MK-3=] Battleship Cannon, ''ten'' of which could fit into the same space as one Bertha. It however is meant to be more of a joke weapon from a kickstarter donation. Besides, the real Big Bertha would seem too powerful for TerraTech.



** Most [=GSO=] blocks fit this category. They aren't as powerful or as good-looking as things from flashier corporations, but they're inexpensive and reliable.

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** Most [=GSO=] blocks fit this category. They aren't as powerful or as good-looking as things from flashier corporations, but they're inexpensive accessible and reliable.reliable, or at least until you could procure a lot of better alternatives.



* ClipItsWings: Wings in [=TerraTech=] are fragile, not to mention hard to cover with shields and repair bubbles, so shooting one off is a valid strategy to disable an aeroplane.

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* ClipItsWings: Wings in [=TerraTech=] are fragile, not to mention hard to cover with shields and repair bubbles, so shooting one off is a valid strategy to disable an aeroplane.airplane. Except there aren't many to begin with.



* ComputerVirus: The [=D.O.O.M=] Virus is able to take over Better Future's computer systems, including defence grids, robots and at least one building. Its ability to overwrite [=AIs=] with its own programming may make it a...

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* ComputerVirus: The [=D.O.O.M=] Virus is able to take over Better Future's computer systems, including defence defense grids, robots and at least one building. Its ability to overwrite [=AIs=] with its own programming may make it a...



* CoolPlane: Every corporation except [=GeoCorp=] has wings and propellers. While aeroplanes are hard to master (see below), they can have weapons, cargo containers and even crafting equipment.

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* CoolPlane: Every corporation except [=GeoCorp=] has wings and propellers.propellers or equivalents. While aeroplanes are hard to master (see below), they can have weapons, cargo containers and even crafting equipment.



** Melee weapons deal heavy damage and penetrate through shields, but using them requires you to get close to an enemy tech while enduring all its guns.

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** Melee weapons deal heavy damage and penetrate through can usually forget about shields, but using them requires you to get close to an enemy tech while enduring all its guns.guns, so more often than not your weapons would be shot off before you get to use them.



* InfinityPlusOneSword: The MK-3 battleship cannon from Hawkeye is the most damaging weapon in the game. Although it can only fire straight ahead, dozens of them can be packed into a relatively small space.
** Also from Hawkeye, the cruise missile is regarded as one of the best late-game weapons. It can strike from outside an enemy tech's detection radius to inflict terrible damage.

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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The MK-3 battleship cannon from Hawkeye is the most damaging weapon in the game. Although it can only fire straight ahead, dozens of them can be packed into a relatively small space.
space, nuking anything slow enough in one hit.
** Also from Hawkeye, the cruise missile is regarded as one of the best late-game weapons. It can strike from outside an enemy tech's detection radius to inflict terrible high damage.



* MookDepletion: During the third Almighty Cube quest, after the Almighty Leader has already sent his robot turrets and three increasingly strong cubes after you, he runs out of parts to build more minions and is forced to fight you himself.
* MoreDakka: A reliable strategy for mid-game techs. The more guns you have, the more damage you do; the only downside is that your tech needs space for all the guns.

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* MookDepletion: During the third Almighty Cube quest, after the Almighty Leader has already sent his robot turrets and three increasingly strong cubes after you, he runs out of parts to build more minions and is forced to fight you himself.
himself. Then he gets defeated as well.
* MoreDakka: A reliable strategy for mid-game techs. The more guns you have, the more damage you do; the only downside is that your tech needs space for all the guns.guns which can cause conflicts with shields and repair bubbles.



* PopTheTires: While [=TerraTech=] doesn't have advanced puncture physics, it is possible to knock the wheels off an enemy tech or destroy them altogether. A tech without wheels tends to be an easy target.

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* PopTheTires: While [=TerraTech=] doesn't have advanced puncture physics, it is possible to knock the you can remove wheels off from an enemy ground tech or destroy during attacks which makes them altogether. A tech without wheels tends much easier to be an easy target.handle.



* PowerCreep: GSO grade 5 has the Megaton Cannon, one of the most powerful weapons in the game. When an update gave GSO the new Gigaton Cannon[[note]]a slower, but much more powerful version of the Megaton Cannon[[/note]] and the [[SerialEscalation Big Bertha]][[note]]an even slower, yet even more powerful cannon, with a limited firing arc[[/note]], they were placed into GSO's highest grade: Grade 5. As a result, all three are unlocked at the same time. They also all have a blast radius large enough to ignore shields.

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* PowerCreep: GSO grade 5 has the Megaton Cannon, one of the most powerful weapons in the game. When an update gave GSO the new Gigaton Cannon[[note]]a slower, but much more powerful version of the Megaton Cannon[[/note]] and the [[SerialEscalation Big Bertha]][[note]]an even slower, yet even more powerful cannon, with a limited firing arc[[/note]], they were placed into GSO's highest grade: Grade 5. As a result, all three are unlocked at the same time. They also all have a blast radius large enough to ignore shields. They still have their uses, and usually not over each other.



* SkippableBoss: Wing-Nut can be skipped in one of two ways. One would be to pay his toll (an exorbitant 100,000BB), or [[ViolationOfCommonSense drive past the line and immediately off the bridge]], causing him to follow and self destruct. However, doing it this way robs you of most of the loot he carries.

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* SkippableBoss: Wing-Nut can be skipped cheesed in one of two ways. One would be to pay his toll (an exorbitant 100,000BB), or [[ViolationOfCommonSense drive past the line and immediately off the bridge]], causing him to follow and self destruct. However, doing it this way robs you of both ways effectively deny most if not all of his valuable materials, such as those HG1 turrets, Behemoth Wheels and Battleship Cannons. A third risky method is to rush inside his blindspot with a drill, then tear him apart. Those guns will typically survive and are free for the loot he carries.taking.



* TankGoodness: The game has plenty of tracks and armour to choose from, so the player can easily build one.

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* TankGoodness: The game has plenty of tracks and armour armor to choose from, so the player can easily build one.

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