I got this game for $2.50 and have spent over 400 hours in it. It will probably end up taking a spot on my top 10 video games of all time list sometime in the near future.

The tag-line is "Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game." And that is pretty darn accurate. It is a very in-depth sandbox that is also content driven. Think 2D Minecraft, but with more content (as in more developer created mobs/challenges/objectives for you to take on). The addition of an expert mode brought a whole new challenge to the game that added at least another 100-200 hours on the game for me. I heard there's even a mode beyond this now that I haven't tried yet, but likely will someday.

I love how there are various play-styles you can choose. You can be a heavy melee fighter with beefy tank armor. You can be a nimble ninja with ranged weapons, using your grappling hook or wings to dodge and keep clear, you can be a spell caster to bombard enemies with magics, you can be a summoner and let minions do the fighting for you, or you can mix and match any of these: like have 1 or 2 minions with you, while you drop a spell on the enemy, as you rain bullets on them, and then finish them off with a sword, its up to you. You could even do virtually no combat at all and just mine and build.

I love sandboxes, but I think one of the downsides to them is the lack of an objective. I have played and enjoyed Minecraft off and on for years, but always found that, once I built my house and collected some diamonds and ventured into the Nether, I was feeling tired of it all. (To Minecraft's credit, there's a huge amount of modding and more content added so don't think I am a Minecraft hater, its a great game) But in Terraria I have these hours played because there is another boss to take on, a better weapon to seek, an accessory to shoot for, a new challenge to overcome - but it's also not on rails, it has that sandbox element where I can kick back and build an entire town for a while, between seeking out the next boss/challenge/dungeon. And I can really put my all into building - much like Minecraft, there is a huge assortment of blocks and ways to customize/reshape them to make some really amazing structures.

Oh yes, and I am doing this all with my friends on a self-hosted realm - which amplifies all of the fun.

To think I could spend $2 on a game and get this amount of enjoyment, I almost want to buy it again just to support Re-Logic. I was crushed to see Terraria: Otherworld get cancelled. I really hope there will be something big for this game (like a sequel) in the future.

This game is worth every penny if it were $20. At $10 its a deal. Anything less than $10, buy it immediately and never look back. I LOVE TERRARIA.