meatsounds's Terraria (PC) review  Forget Minecraft, think
rogue-like and buy Terraria  Terraria is a colourful and
approachable sandbox game on a 2D plane, where you control a
character as they explore the world, collect loot, and mine in
search of new material to turn into loot, and more challenges to
hit over the head with shiny new hand-made stuff. Almost all of
the action happens underground, and you discover different and
distinctive environments the further you go, each with different
dangers and rewards. Nearly every mention of Terraria (including
this one) compares it to Minecraft, but that isn't the most
appropriate comparison to make. I believe Terraria is properly-
speaking an off-shoot of roguelike games, going in a very
different direction from the most famous descendent of that
venerable line, Diablo (Terraria does, however, colour-code loot
like its distant cousin does). Like in roguelikes, you have an
open, procedurally-generated environment, where you measure your
progress by how deep you hav