Review: Terraria (Nintendo Switch)

Pros:

• Beautiful pixel art graphics.
• 213mb download size.
• Own in-game achievements and they pop up in the game.
• Gore: on/off.
• Full touchscreen control.
• 2D Sandbox survival gameplay.
• 3 cores (difficulty)-soft, medium, and hardcore.
• 3 world sizes-small, medium and large.
• 2 enemy difficulties-easy normal and expert.
• 8 player online.
• World’s are randomized and created every time you create a new save/world.
• Smart and free controls. Click left stick to change. Smart does an auto-target system making attacks and mining really easy. Free control means you move the cursor around and need to constantly move it.
• Day/night cycle.
• Many biomes (20+) from desert, jungle, snow to underground and hell.
• Play how you want.
• NPC are brought into the game once you do set conditions which are mostly related to your house like have a spare room or spare bed etc.
• Multiplayer has join or host and play options.
• Controls are simple and you can at any point use the touch screen to drag and drop.
• Map bit large and mini. Reveals as you explore.
• The camera can be changed by pinching the screen to zoom in and out.
• Has all the content updates.
• Many many enemy types.
• Can see enemy health bars.
• Crafting is a huge part, you have may option and need to build furniture and tools to further expand the crafting tree. You can see recipes.
• Simple crafting and mining system.
• Boss fights.
• Random events can happen.
• Free to do what you want.
• A dark endless whole of time evaporation and creativity.
• Can keep your character and jump into new worlds.
• Treasure chests and secrets to be found.
• Absolutely perfect fit for the Nintendo Switch.
• Clear easy to understand user interface.
• Toolbar for quick swapping between items and tools.

Cons:

• Long initial world creation load time.
• Small text in places.
• The learning curve with the controls initially.
• Not every bit of criteria for unlocks and discovery is explained.
• Tutorial objectives can easily be missed.
• No local mp options.
• Choice overload.
• Difficult.