It's really not that Metroidy at all. Not sure why the OP bothered making the comparison, really. Terraria draws inspiration from a number of other games... but if I had to describe it in an X Meets Y sort of way, I'd call it "Minecraft meets Spelunky," personally. With a good amount of RPG elements thrown in as well.
I woudn't really compare it specifically to Metroid, though, if that's what you're getting at.
Basically, think of not only the Metroid games, but the Castlevania games post Symphony of the Night. It's not drawing any of the scenery or anything like that (unless you count the dungeon on one end of the map, that's pretty Castlevania-y) but it is drawing the "exploration through upgrades" factor, is all.
Also, the Terraria page has a YMMV page now! :D
edited 13th May '11 9:51:21 AM by Shlapintogan
This looks like my kind of game. I liked the mechanics of Minecraft, but it was just so boring and had a huge lack of content. You could get a diamond pick within one hour of starting up a new world, and the only thing that pick would open up is the rather boring nether. I mean seriously, two new mobs and three new block types? What a letdown.
This game has less of a building aspect, but that's not much of a loss to me. If you want to construct the kind of things that make Minecraft famous, you'll have to spend many hours building something excessively huge which will only look good at a distance, and in the end you can't really do anything with it.
The only things I enjoyed about Minecraft were the block physics and spelunking, and Terraria has both of those to a much more enjoyable degree than Minecraft.
Plus, Terraria seems much more geared to multiplayer, whereas Minecraft's multiplayer, which is actually pretty fun, is a total mess. Yes, it's a beta, but it doesn't show many signs of improving.
Leave your dignity at the door.Beyond Steam, likely not.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryIt should be noted Terraria is also 2D and less complicated in it's coding by comparison then minecraft. We also don't know if it is bug free. I highly doubt bug free there will always some bug or other that is a bit pesky to squash. But it is likely to be reasonably polished release with more content waiting in the wings.
There is one thing that bugs me though. Are we guaranteed future content if we buy it now or do we have pay for it later?
edited 14th May '11 9:06:30 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?Yeah, Redigit and Blue have made it super clear that they don't intend to make us pay for DLC.
I'm going to have to start working on the blueprints for Boletarian Palace, because I'm eventually going to make that happen.
Anyone see any ads for it on Steam?
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry

Metroid and Minecraft in one game?
I Dislike one, and I like the other...
Um... Well... What should I do? Notice that I DO like adventure games and such, but I just dont like Metroid.
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