Review: Terratech (Nintendo Switch)
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat, and discovery. Explore a hostile alien landscape or design with creative freedom. Here is our Terratech review.
Pros:
- 897mb download size.
- Sensitivity and axis sliders.
- Performs well.
- Decent graphics.
- Open world vehicle creator and shoot enemies gameplay.
- Five modes-Campaign, Creative, R+D test, Sumo, and gauntlet.
- Seed option- Random or manual.
- Save when you want.
- The campaign, Tutorial then mission based.
- Randomized world creators.
- Snap together building system. Will show connectable spots.
- Lego meets Robot Wars vibe.
- Earn EXP, Level up and unlock new blocks/items/weapons.
- A lock-on button for combat.
- Many types of parts all with a need to be used. Batteries can charge your shield, Radar dishes so you have a minimap, etc.
- Can build bases.
- Creative mode- Build with no restrictions.
- Sumo- Local play or online. Jump into a ring and basically fight to the death.
- Build beam- Activate to lower or raise your vehicle top make creation easier.
- Blow up enemy vehicles and take their parts.
- The only limit is your imagination.
- When you get blown up in the game you get a choice to respawn as a preset or pay with in-game currency to get your creation back.
- Vast world playground.
- Really easy to get into.
- Button prompts.
- Tooltip when hovering over things.
- Pieces will flash when damaged.
- Ground and air based vehicles.
Cons:
- Really really small text.
- No touchscreen support.
- Stutters at times.
- The campaign is fun at first but gets boring with repetitive and unimaginative missions.
- The world feels empty.
- No co-op campaign option.
- Slow starter.
- Flying is really difficult.
