The One Reason Minecraft Beat Terraria

[@Stanislavisaslav]

Terraria's corruption relies on the limited size worlds and 2d dimension, Imagine trying to remove all the corruption in a infinite world, It would never end!

[@Throarbin]

Actually...I LOVE that idea. Imagine a world as big as Minecraft where the corruption actually SPREADS. Oh the possibilities....

[@healthycheese8882]

That should be a game. You constantly have to pick up all your supplies and travel further away. That would be a fun gameplay loop for sure.

[@JuniperHatesTwitterlikeHandles]

@@Throarbin Many minecraft mods do this, to varying levels of success. Take a look at thaumcraft, though it's gone through many version changes that are essentially full rewrites and I don't know which has the more polished taint..... That sounds very wrong out of context. The taint is the evil biome.

[@The-Random-fool1697]

I will flay you for that idea

[@Rensence]

I guess you can call sculk minecraft's corruption of sorts, though it only spreads only when a mob dies nearby.

[@JamesLee-zh5uq]

In my opinion, one of the main reasons Minecraft succeeded over Terraria is due to the difference in how accessible and how simple the game is, making Minecraft played by a much younger audience (6 ~ 11 year old kids) due to its simplicity and how easy it is, and terraria is a much more complicated and difficult game, making its self targeted to an older audience. Even I still have to use the wiki from time to time even after 1000 hours

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, that's a point a few people have mentioned and that's definitely a BIG factor as well

[@creeper_bomb2023]

Yea, I'm turning 12 in about 3 months.and ive kinda lost interest because its so easy, I like terraria slot because its longer and harder

[@creeper_bomb2023]

I meant a lot not slot

[@Mr.HaterJaquavius]

Yeah, used to love Minecraft but started leaning towards terraria

[@gaminganimators7000]

But loads of kids play Terraria too?

[@edwachandlerchandler]

The main difference is that in Minecraft you kill the boss with swords and bows while in terraria you kill the boss by using a alien space laser that you obtained from a flying saucer while riding the unicorn that you found and tamed in a rainbow biome that was created after you went to hell, killed unholy monsters and a giant wall of flesh.

[@Hyblup]

You forgot the part where you perform a sacrifice with a doll of your good ol’ buddy the guide who may (or may not) have had been there since the very beginning, into a pool of lava 👍

[@maddoxreddish4352]

Minecraft isnt even about killing the boss, it was just added so the game felt complete, its a game where you do whqt you want, i like building bases and spending my time in worlds, if you enjoy fighting bosses theres the wither and warden that are actually pretty hard to beat

[@danny-d0rito]

@@maddoxreddish4352 that's a point many miss. people don't like it because they need to use imagination for the game. and that is no "get smarter" that is just true. people want minecraft to become terraria. and the reason minecraft is what it is is because it ISN'T forcing anyone to do anything. you do what you feel like. you aren't forced to fight anything, just play the game and make your own kind of progression.

[@calebleach7988]

@@maddoxreddish4352 that's actually a very good point. Terraria is definitely a sandbox game, but the goal is ultimately to beat the game, while in Minecraft, the "final boss" is more of a sidequest to unlock some new stuff.

[@Dwightlockerhumper]

​@calebleach7988 Yep you could either beat the dragon in 20 minutes or take 10 real life years before even going to the end it's all your choice noone can tell you what to do and you can just turn your brain off for hours choping and mining trees and just relax

[@IdioticSandwich]

Another good thing about Terraria is that you can suggest things to add into the game (via forums or smth like that) instead of voting in what the devs want to add in

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, that is something I really love about Terraria

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Sad truth add butterflies Mojang! *opens poll* Come on...

[@ZBREAD.]

​@@luis-sophus-8227they cancel fireflies because...

[@luis-sophus-8227]

@@ZBREAD. Man I still can't believe they literally did that for *that* reason

[@saulgoodman9449]

@@luis-sophus-8227not to mention the mobs they add are often rare to find (sometimes like the allay) and all these mobs are useless, the ONLY mob with a use that we’ve voted in is the phantom and thats only because its used to repair elytras, otherwise its pointless to find things like the allay or glow squid because they dont do much, and its less efficient to search for an allay to get more loot because you could have gotten more loot if you explored on your own mojang has made the mobs so useless for the past years, none of these mobs are gamechanging or interesting in any way, yeah they might have a unique gimmick but in the end its kind of useless and they dont add much to the game because they can be hard to find the mobs they add are appealing to creative builders and people who just like to collect animals or something, otherwise they dont add anything of value to the game, i mean the only mob ive seen that was added “recently” was the glow squid, you know, the animal with 0 practical uses that spawns in a puddle of water and suffocates seconds after you spot it also in modded minecraft, theres a mod that add in the mobs that were in the mob vote that didnt get voted in, and the only mob that would have been a good addition was seemingly the wildfire, it was actually a part of the game’s progression since it could spawn alongside blazes in the blaze spawner and since it was a basically a stronger blaze with a shield, it made blaze rod grinding actually dangerous and slightly exciting because it was a dangerous mob that you were basically forced to encounter if you wanted to beat the game

[@DarkPortall]

Calling terraria unsuccessful is kinda stupid and clickbaity imo. terraria is a trenendous success, minecraft may have sold more copies, but that dosen't take away from the fact that terraria still has millions of players who serious love the game.

[@MaddoxStoeplerOriginal]

He never said it was unsuccessful, he literally showed the copies sold of terraria and said terraria by no means is unsuccessful, just less successful then Minecraft

[@MARYROSEDUMALAOCO]

Terraria will be my favorite if they add a /summon command (no mods)

[@dragointothegame5403]

I remember being 10 years old when i first learned of Terraria. I didn't have a PC or anything to play it, so naturally i memorized the entire wiki and fantasized playing it for years. It was the first game i ever played and i now have around 6000 hours in Terraria and Tmodloader

[@kapharjr]

How do you manage to play the game so much? I only have 500 or so hours and every time I try to play again I fail to find anything interesting about it anymore. I mean, I did enjoy it a ton in my first 200 hours, I loved it with all my heart, but it's started to bore me and I don't want to leave it...

[@TheDarkraiDimension491]

@@kapharjr if you are feeling burnt out on terraria, it’s okay to stop playing for a bit. I’ve gone on and off on the game for 3 years. The first time I tried the game I dropped it before I had a chance to fight a boss.

[@miraqen7801]

@@kapharjr modding, challenges, building, etc. there's a ton of things to do in the game and you can always stop playing once you're getting bored with it. we usually get another "final update" that gives us the drive to play it again, see what's new with the modding scene, see what new challenge runs other content creators have done and want to replicate for ourselves. i've recently just been doing infernum difficulty on calamity mod and it felt like it was the first time i've played calamity.

[@SBerrioww]

@kazuhiroshou3702 try playing with a certain class, or seed, or difficulty harder than classic

[@CoasterKrazy13]

@@kapharjrone word. Legendary mode

[@Zanezy.]

Another big point has to be community and KZbin content. Back when parody videos from captain sparkles and all the other iconic lets plays it sent Minecraft into another dimension of enjoyability. The glory days of Minecraft heavily outshined terraria as if it wasn't competition. That being said Terraria does have a great community but Minecraft simply cultivated it and turned it into an absolute monster to be reckon with and nothing ever came close to touching that same kind of unstableness until Fortnite basically did the same thing. Terraria was the hidden gem whilst Minecraft was the limelight abuser.

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, there's defiantly a lot to be said when it comes to the communities

[@UltraUnstoppableUnavoidableU.]

Bro's onto something

[@SealandIsBestCountry]

Terraria totally has a great community The terraria community: empress of light --> mommy of light like bro wtf

[@HOINK432]

@@SealandIsBestCountryYa that’s us lol

[@Random66860]

Minecraft adult content animators joined the chat ​@SealandIsBestCountry

[@ripalexx]

As a long time player of both games, I can say with certainty that Minecraft needs more things to do, doesn't have to be linear proggresion but proggresion in its various systems that have been abandoned like: fishing, minecarts, exploration, and bosses (not after the dragon just random world bosses in their own unique dungeons that you can go to at any time) this would make the game so much better and I believe most players would agree.

[@leomassafm160]

The thing about Minecraft is that it has a lot of features... that mean very little

[@airworks7809]

@@leomassafm160 Features like copper or archeology that go nowhere and don't interact with other systems. Like copper is commonly thought about as a material for machines and electronics, including in minecraft modfing, and that's what everyone expects from Minecraft copper, and then Mojang adds a lightning rod (ah yes, lightnings, that happen like never) and telescope and that's all

[@nikolasgraham7166]

Mods have to make up the difference, or I feel like a lot of people wouldn't play it for that long anymore.

[@ThePC007]

Frankly, I think what it needs the most is things that are actually meaningful. I’ve had some of the best fun in the game in a modpack that forces you to find new food sources as old ones lose their nutritional value when you overuse them, nerves beds so that you actually need to build a proper base to survive the night, and adds seasons so that you need to prepare for the cold winter (among other things). I made that modpack in an effort to make the game difficult, but it wasn’t. I didn’t die once. Instead, it made the game very rewarding and satisfying to play, since everything you did actually had a purpose. In modern Minecraft that just isn’t the case. Why build a nice and safe base when you can just skip the night with a bed? Why find more food sources and build farms for them when a single farm is all you need? Why build a railroad system when the elytra is so much faster anyway?

[@sandcastlevibes]

thats why rlcraft is 100x more interesting. the lvls which are basically useless unless youre enchanting get expanded into a skill tree. devs need to learn from the people that mod their games. the mods exist for a reason, they're filling in gaps the game has. look at the ones that fit the game best and add them.

[@TheTrueGamingCatYTJarretRR]

everyone here: a gigachad for playing both and not hating on either

[@ClockMaster-mq2hm]

Me too. I said to myself: Minecraft is better suited for creative building ... ... and Terraria is more fun finishing the Story and enjoying its lore and quality of life.

[@CamoranWasTaken]

I don't really mind that Mojang puts out smaller updates, the occasional big update is nice but like you said stuff like progression for Minecraft would make it bloated. I think the MC modding community is a great place to look for progression based gameplay, one of my favorites is a modpack called Vault Hunters, in my opinion its very balance in terms of progression (mostly, its still in alpha for now, still has a lot of content though) while still giving you that freedom Minecraft is know for, I recommend it for people who want that sort of experience.

[@Florjb0rjTheFloorboard]

I'll be honest here, I've played Minecraft for years, and only recently started with Terraria, but I love playing it more than Minecraft, mainly because the progress, updates, devs, and community. All things Minecraft has, but to a lesser degree. I still don't know half the crafting recipes Minecraft has, but I know the droprates, crafting trees, and modded content for Terraria.

[@Throarbin]

wow, you dove into Terraria pretty quick by the sounds of it. Glad you've converted to the dark side, bwahahaha

[@tronsrop]

Yeah same thing here, was originally playing Minecraft before trying terraria. And thank God I did because now I love terraria much more than Minecraft

[@plotheplayer6462]

One of us.

[@mrfanpl]

Me too, I only started playing Terraria about a year ago and instantly thought it's a way better game. I still prefer Terraria over Minecraft to this day.

[@shweedy_]

minecraft only have the community thing, they are far away to have the progress, updates or devs from terraria

[@undertheeclipse8531]

A huge reason for Minecraft being more popular is because is pretty much made for children (it's still fun) and therefore is not difficult to say the least unlike terraria where there is actual progression and intricate bosses that take time and skill to overcome which is obviously not aimed at kids especially the ones that are younger (10 and below) not to mention the "gore"

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, that's definitely a point I should have talked about more. Minecraft's target audience and general accessibility is a big deal

[@SquidBow]

@@Throarbin Terrarias progression is why I love it and it's one my favorite games, can't imagine it being bad

[@Throarbin]

@@SquidBow And I agree entirely. As I mention at the end of the video, I LOVE it how it is and would never want it to change. I just thought it'd be interesting to consider why Minecraft has performed so well

[@witheri2um]

And don't even forget "pressure plate" and "happy ending"

[@MichaelMiles-ko8nu]

And this also applies to older people, disabled people and other who don't have the metal capacity to actually overcome any obstacle yet (at least in terraria) Is like comparing playing cards to any other sport out there

[@lurkybird]

It's interesting, I get bored easily in Minecraft BECAUSE there are few set goals. I can put up with Terraria's difficulty and grinding because there's more to reward my patience than just "oh look, I was finally able to build this cool thing".

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, I think that's the case for a lot of people

[@RisingRevengeance]

I play minecraft much more because I enjoy the grind and building. It is satisfying to see a finished build but I think you have to enioy the process.

[@cheesewrap]

Someone I can completely agree on!! I cannot play mc for more than an hour due to how bored I get, but terraria I love to keep playing due to the progression. Mc needs set goals, and despite being a builder, I can't find much motivation to keep going in mc. I played both games for over a decade on top of that.

[@HumanoidDerpling]

I've found that for myself at least, when I enjoy the set goals a game has, that I can derive a lot of replayability from adding my own goals and restrictions on top of those provided by the base game. When there is no goal to begin with, I have nothing to branch off of.

[@MichaelMiles-ko8nu]

for some reason i think i'm better at building in terraria than minecraft

[@freakish1732]

You were spot on bro...Most Minecraft players like me play the game for it's simplicity heck one of it's most played versions has seemingly no content or sense of prgression...for a lot us we just get intimidated by the complex and large array of things to do in Terraria

[@otamatonefan8996]

Personally one of the strongest points of Terraria (something that Vinesauce Vinny noticed), is the addictive and fluid progression system. No matter what you do, there is most of the time something that lies ahead of it. Diving into the depths for ore? Well, how about these relics, statues, traps, enemy drops, rare foes and items, dye plants/ fungi, mini-biomes that you can find? Exploring the Surface? You shall meet new habitats with new wood materials, plants, and new creatures and dangers, but you must brave these areas in order to find more beyond them. Maybe these lands could give you new ideas for building too? Going to the side of the depths? Well, get ready for a rude awakening to unseen depths of biomes that seemed fairly tame on the surface, but will rip out your spine if you ever drop your guard and expect a easy time like on it's surface. And yet, these areas hold unique treasures, even the seemingly empty Desert itself. It WILL put you through the wringer. Going even further down? Well, you will be greeted by the Underworld and it's residents with the most hostile of welcome. Explore all you want, but it will make you feel like there is something that you missed elsewhere.. And then there's the NPCs that add, and clarify parts of progression. Many things that you do will have a impact on most of these people. Even someone as missable and ignorable as the Angler, will have you revisiting many places that you have seen before, and you will find things that you never obtained in your first travel through. Even the Pilon system gives incentive to build in places that are out of your comfort zone. And if you're inclined, the NPC Happiness system will have you considering each person's personalities and relationships. But you will be rewarded for it. So many elements, even smaller things like seemingly unneeded items and accessories, tie in with something later, i.e: fusing weapons and accessories on occasion. And the Guide is there to help more than we may first think..

[@damienearl8302]

Hell, this doesn't even bring up the variety of special events that can happen in your world! Rain, slime rain, blood moons, solar eclipses, sand storms, blizzards, parties, goblin/pirate/alien invasions, lantern nights following the defeat of a boss for the first time, and even ones summoned by the player like the Frost/Pumpkin Moon or Torch God! Meanwhile, Minecraft has...rain

[@Space97.]

For me i tried the game and just kept dieing and that made it extremely unfun for me imo and I usual dont give up easy

[@smlyangz1829]

@@Space97. dw I was like that too when I first played.. If you wanna get better, just use the wiki and play more! You can watch some KZbin videos to how to play terraria for beginners, gives a bunch of good tips

[@Space97.]

@Runtimeror no believe me I'm far from it in fact I love minecraft I ment overtime it got kinda boring to me imo

[@Space97.]

@Runtimeror also I don't even know who that is lol and I'm im not even that old

[@aestheticcriminal680]

"I'll just tell you I enjoy Terraria more because I have more refined tastes" Ah yes... A fellow man of culture.

[@Throarbin]

ah yes, indeed

[@Crausy]

@@Throarbin indeed indeed

[@CitrusGlasses-37378]

Very indeed

[@diamondnin_]

indubitably

[@_gamesgames_]

much indeed

[@ShrekHs]

Minecraft thrives way more in online multiplayer as well. I've never loved vanilla Minecraft but different mini games on online servers like bedwars and stuff were a blast.

[@Xyo2121]

YES I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE THAT SPOKE ABOUT THIS, don't get me wrong I love terraria a lot but I just find Minecraft better because of 1. it uses a lot more creativity than terraria which might be something people don't really like and 2. the online multiplayer as you said

[@Florjb0rjTheFloorboard]

Terraria's dev team still actually care for their game and community.

[@Throarbin]

True that

[@benji-menji]

"Minecraft is for everyone" actually means "Minecraft is for good boys and girls."

[@empty9926]

So true The way mojang has been handling the game these past few years is pretty sad For a game about expressing yourself with creativity, updates seem so bleak and bland, having so many rules and restrictions on what they can and cant add to the game Meanwhile over at relogic they just adf goofy stuff for the sake of it Wanna have an end game toilet that sprays poop everywhere? Got it! Wanna defeat a multidimensional Demi god with a waffle shooting frying pan? Done and Done! YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TURN INTO A DINOSAUR WITH A LAWN MOWER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

[@bradenhuss7003]

@@benji-menji I'm non binary so that makes sense, I always thought minecraft was kinda boring. All jokes aside yeah I appreciate that relogic actually cares

[@benji-menji]

@@bradenhuss7003 For me, minecraft is a game I wish I can appreciate more. I enjoy it fine, but I haven't found the way I like to play quite yet. Rambling about opinions here: The real biggest problem for me is actually them hammering down on the terms and conditions in a negative way. I don't want anyone's name or skin to be compliant to the maker's rules when I am playing with friends or self moderating a server. I'm not even actually doing any of that, I just want people to do whatever they want with the game that's on their drives.

[@XanasGamez]

The Community: MINECRAFT VS TERRARIA Minecraft: Also try Terraria! Terraria: Also try Minecraft!

[@danny-d0rito]

my tired brain just saw this and thought "finally, inner peace"

[@RollerBaller]

Peace and love on planet Earth

[@extra_ram_noodles]

The Terrarian and Steve shake hands and live happily ever after, the end

[@tajuddinahmed3379]

didnt minecraft remove that splash text

[@DeKyDa]

@@tajuddinahmed3379no

[@zaiz6018]

Minecrafts goal is to survive, explore and create Terrarias goal is to become an absolute beast, and destroy everything in your way. Was honestly expecting the video to not acknowledge the fact that these two games are VERY different, even if they seem similar. But you definitely know whatcha talking about. Probs to you.

[@arandomthingintheabyss2062]

In one your a god of destruction in the other your a god of creation

[@Throarbin]

Just to be totally clear, I LOVE Terraria and how it is and would NEVER ask it to change. This video is just meant to consider why the general public likes Minecraft more since, after all, it has more sales and is a more popular game.

[@Yasser-444]

while progression is the reason why players leave their worlds forever once they beat the game, in my opinion, it's not the reason why it's less successful than Minecraft, but instead is the Minecraft's success in KZbin as a content creation machine, way better than terraria is, in Minecraft the world is a blank canvas that the players can draw anything they want on it for many to look at and enjoy, terraria has the content already built in to it for only the player himself to enjoy. of course they can show it to their friends schoolmates or even in a KZbin video, but they are most likely not gonna understand the efforts put into that stuff or even appreciate it unless they already played the games, which doesn't help to attract new players unlike Minecraft where you don't need to have ever played the game to appreciate a good building or a redstone machine thus attracting them to the game. another point is that terraria only gets harder and harder to replay as repeating the same tasks of obtaining the same gear, building NPC housing, fighting the same bosses, running into the same events is really boring leading burn out of the game, while in Minecraft, you are the writer of your story and each story is unique and grands the feeling of achievement and pride. i really liked playing terraria, and over 7 years, i still enjoy Minecraft, and have only explored a drop of a sea of possibilities to explore

[@realshaiw]

I suggest you to pin this

[@gamingonamonday6342]

Terraria is truely a game "about the journey, not the destination." Me and my freind who is relatively new to terraria are having an absolute blast playing it together on expert mode. Terraria is a game shaped by your experienes. It and minecraft are actually very similar in that regard. I honestly love both games, but recently terraria has edged out for me, just because of the sheer passion and continued love for the community by the devs. End of the day, both games are valid, and have pros and cons. Its all down to personal preference I suppose.

[@CaptionGator]

But hypixel skyblock exists on Minecraft that automatically makes it the best game ever

[@GameyRaccoon]

​@@CaptionGatorouted yourself as a child award

[@CaptionGator]

@@GameyRaccoon sorry but your saying I'm a child because you lack the patience required to enjoy hypixel skyblock? Not my problem tbh if your attention span is 0.2 seconds. Honestly these 5 Yr olds on this platform acting all tough is getting annoying

[@GameyRaccoon]

@@CaptionGator heh i haven't slept in two days

[@CaptionGator]

@Runtimeror shh

[@lonelyshpee7873]

I started playing Minecraft a decade ago and have played it quite a lot, but I'll admit I've never "completed" the game. Every time I started a new survival world I would just get bored halfway through or even after just building a house. Most of my time playing the game was spent on creative mode or servers. This video has finally made me realize why I never enjoyed Minecraft survival mode all that much. Meanwhile, I only recently started playing Terraria for the first time and it's seriously a blast. The progression in this game just feels so nice. It feels less like 2D Minecraft and more like a metroidvania at times, and the boss battles become bullet hell. I'm having way more fun than I've ever had playing survival Minecraft.

[@TheFuckingKrayz]

The thing is, Minecraft is a true sandbox. With no actual goal or progression in place, no way to play is right or wrong. Just because you enjoyed creative and servers, doesn't mean you didn't enjoy Minecraft as a game.

[@lonelyshpee7873]

@@TheFuckingKrayz I never said I didn't enjoy Minecraft as a whole, just survival mode.

[@airworks7809]

Minecraft really feels incomplete, with many systems that kinda go nowhere

[@TheFuckingKrayz]

@@airworks7809 I agree with that. The Devs, especially in the later updates constantly add features that are a bit, or a lot, half baked with the promise that as updates come, they are going to get fleshed out. And while it sometimes true, they just keep on adding half baked or unnecessary features so it gets harder and harder to catch on

[@trots4940]

@@TheFuckingKrayz Dont Starve also does not have a main goal and it's much more well designed than Minecraft. The only pretty cool thing in Minecraft is the redstone system

[@idoblenderstuffs]

this actually resolves a weird feeling ive had with terraria for a long time. im more of a minecraft person, so for the long time that i did play terraria, i focused on percieving it more like 2d minecraft. eventually, i hadnt even beaten all the bosses or anything, but that level of progression wasnt really meaningful for me. i just felt like i had already finished the game. i would play the game again, but mentally i already finished it so i just dont want to play it anymore.

[@DeviemTwen]

One my favorite things in both Minecraft and Terraria is how much they reference and/or compliment each other. They both have splash texts saying “Also Try Terraria/Minecraft” depending on which game you’re playing, the Wither was confirmed by Jeb to have drawn inspiration from Terraria’s summoning mechanics, and Terraria has a seasonal Creeper costume you can obtain. That’s of the top of my head I’m sure there’s probably some more.

[@typhokles6253]

Another reason for Minecrafts popularity over Terraria is accessibility. When getting into Terraria it can be extremely overwhelming. The more straight lined progression means that there are certain things you are required to do, however the game provides very little guidance on what to do. Minecraft just lets you do whatever you want and does not require you to do anything.

[@plantszaza9002]

"the game provides very little guidance on what to do" Guide: "I am here to give you advice on what to do next. It is recommended that you talk with me anytime you get stuck."

[@Squigga2]

@@plantszaza9002 hi,this is the official terraria wiki,I'm also here to help,my library includes on everything that you need to know, entire guides on every single boss and even separate libraries for everything you need to know about any mod you would like to check out Whenever you get stuck,or need any type of advice,our loving community is here to help you.

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Lmao nobody tell him about early Minecraft

[@idkyolo988]

i don’t think you’ve played minecraft back in the day, on top of that terraria has linear progress yes but it’s sooo much to do it’s not just a straight forward line. and this is without mods.

[@maxnoname7712]

@@luis-sophus-8227 the only problem early Minecraft had compared to modern one is that you had to google relatively intuitive crafting recipes, it's not that hard. And considering the amount of tools and armor the game has, it's quite easy to figure out what's better for you and what you can work your way towards. Meanwhile in Terraria if I don't wanna spend 2 hours researching the wiki and different weapons/tools/armor sets, I'll have no clue what items are good and what goals I have in the first place. Sure, the guide NPC gives you some nudges in the right direction, but that's not nearly enough.

[@pudimy]

Tbh i like much more Terraria's progression and rpg elements than building for hours in Minecraft

[@Ethan_Cubed]

minecraft has slowly been gaining more rpg elements over the years. piglins, the deep dark, trial chambers, village raids, and other such things have really improved the immersion/rpg-ness of the game

[@CaptionGator]

Just play hypixel skyblock islts the best game

[@suspicioussand]

​@@CaptionGator never, EVER, play hypixel skyblock, worst mistake of my life (i spent an entire year of my life grinding in a block game)

[@CaptionGator]

@@suspicioussand I've been playing for more than a year and my old account more than 2 years I've not regretted a single thing

[@aaronyc2011]

​@@suspicioussandI'd say play it, but don't get obsessed. Still a great gam

[@franceschik1]

I always felt like Terraria is a survival boss-fight game with some sandbox features, whereas Minecraft is a sandbox with some survival-game features. Both are awesome, but if we're talking about a game, Terraria is much more developed as such. Funny fact though, you can build a real-life computer in both

[@glitched1544]

if you add real life logical signal sending mechanisms to something, knowledge of logic gates are the only limit

[@HwjsjsHejejs]

Would be better if minecraft were atleast a little fun

[@PInfoR]

​@@HwjsjsHejejs they should add gun or a weapon that has abilities and a couple boss

[@maddoxreddish4352]

​@user-jv5qm7rq4i the point of minecraft is making your own fun, building rxploring etc, its not about speedrunning every boss like terraria

[@xcenex479]

I played both Minecraft and Terraria on multiplayer with friends and have to say they’re equally good, though Minecraft is probably better suited for that. However I found Terraria with friends a very fun experience - grinding for bosses together, long conversations and then trying to somehow defeat the bosses. We even celebrated New Years in Terraria with fireworks :)

[@thekameronsmusz8325]

Before watching, i paused and tried to guess your answer. My answer is Terraria is such a deep game. Where a 5 year old can play minecraft and be satisfied.

[@djerk2138]

Something to be said abt terraria and its worlds is that u can actually use the same character from one world to another, and bring over stuff across both worlds. You cant rlly do this in minecraft. So, in a way u could say terraria actually has an infinite world, and its something terraria does better than minecraft.

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Interconnected worlds, the multiverse man!

[@Scarcheeze]

Slaying every moonlords across multiverse😀

[@Rpground]

One of the few videos that manage to understand exactly what it is that makes Minecraft so widely appealing. That freedom. The ability to only be limited to your imagination. That is what sets Minecraft apart. It reminds me of Yahtzee Croshaw's review of Minecraft and how he described it as a responsible adult that makes you make and earn your goals so you learn to appreciate what you accomplish more.

[@SealandIsBestCountry]

That's the same thing that makes Terraria popular, most RPGS are like a 3d world where you can only mine certain objects. Well Terraria you can't mine the evil stone for part of your journey- but that's besides the point

[@claytonsherman5897]

I like both games alot, they are both very nostalgic for me. Both have calming soundtracks.

[@SayShelo]

At least the games mutually respected each other by having the message to go play each other

[@cosmic5665]

But the community (at least before) was the complete opposite it was all Terraria is just 2d Minecraft

[@SayShelo]

I meant the games startup messages saying "also try terraria/Minecraft"

[@hatmanbuilder]

You nailed it! If you want a strong progression and a "reason to play" - go play Terraria and let us enjoy our "slow and boring block building" game. People should stop to compare these games, they are different.

[@NotVeryStrange]

I havent beaten wall of flesh and im 50 hours in 💀. I've been wasting time doing fishing quest for the ultimate fishing build. I also made the cellphone and terraspark boots LOL

[@PersonallyIdonthateyou]

just use beenades and you be fine

[@sapplinvr]

Just play at your own pace mate that’s what terraria is about

[@ssdd7407]

Yup ive had a world since 2022 and i havent even beat plantera yet. It feels great to take it slow

[@floof6896]

it took me like 200 hours for me to finally beat wall of flesh wym

[@goldendodo.]

2 Big Differences. Minecraft: Doesn't listens to fans anymore Terraria: listens to fans still

[@Ethan_Cubed]

for the past three years, Mojang have only added stuff that the community asks for/is involved in. also, they do a mob vote/biome vote every year so everyone can have a say in what gets into the game.

[@goldendodo.]

@@Ethan_Cubed counter argument: nobody likes the mob vote

[@NahIdwinthecourtcase]

​@@Ethan_Cubed They are just too lazy to make all of them at the same time

[@ThatKeyGuy]

@@Ethan_CubedYou think Minecraft is doing mob votes out of the kindness of their heart?? No, it’s more of a publicity thing because everybody talks about the mob votes when they happen.

[@Ethan_Cubed]

@@NahIdwinthecourtcase you're acting like they only added one mob in this update. they added 3 new mobs to the game and also added 8 wolf variants.

[@decract]

In my personal opinion. The thing that makes Minecraft lot worse than terraria is because the lack of social. In terraria, you get talking NPCs that have different personality, and awesome ambient and soundtracks. While Minecraft you feel like you're alone in a vast soulles infinite world, even thought there are some mobs like villager, they still aren't "intellegent" you can't just talk to them. Minecraft was just too boring and too simple.

[@Ethan_Cubed]

Minecraft is all about creating your own story. If characters talked and had set personalities, etc. that would stop you from creating your own reality and giving the npcs and animals their own personalities.

[@why-m3g]

thats the point? one of the biggest reasons why people love beta and alpha minecraft is that it felt lonely. you dont know why minecraft is appealing.

[@Ban-cj8en]

I kind of disagree with people who say Minecraft is just for kids. Just because Minecraft was created for children doesn't mean only children can enjoy it. I mean, how is it different from Terraria when it's also only for a certain type of player? The beauty of Minecraft, as people say, is its simplicity and that makes it accessible to all types of players (Seriously, I thought we were done with the whole "Minecraft is only for for children" then?). But again, I really don't see the point of these Minecraft vs Terraria arguments. Each game has its own value and fun. The Dev Team of Minecraft and Terraria even told their players to try each other's games.

[@garlicmynuts]

Minecraft is too simple for me. Idk if that’s just me, but I found terraria more mentally taxing which is something I like. Minecraft is simply too easy to get good at.

[@be7256]

@@garlicmynuts but thats because skill expression was never really considered in minecraft hear me out its a sandbox first and foremost it focuses on creativity not skill and as far as sandbox experiences go i dont think minecraft can really be beat

[@garlicmynuts]

@@be7256 but even at that terraria smashes it. First of all the while hammer system is so much better and the amount of attention to detail you can add to stuff is insane. Tbh they’re pretty equal but I just think is cool how terraria manages all that and is 2d

[@David111IsHere]

I do have a few things to say regarding this topic: Minecraft has servers. Pretty much all of them aren't modded and are made using command blocks. These offer a way bigger array of things to do and are in my opinion a big reason why Minecraft is still popular and grew to this popularity in the first place. Also the best servers are on java, and since I mentioned java I have to say that it is quite different from bedrock, the most notable change for me being the fighting mechanics on the newer versions (for anyone that doesn't know axes do more damage than swords, but are slower, however they can also break shields so you can't just sit there and block everything, you also can't just spam with a weapon). You also mentioned that there aren't a lot of things to get good at in MC, and with that I disagree. Don't get me wrong, Terraria is my favourite game of all time and Minecraft is probably around 10th, but I think that there is a good amount of things to "git gud" in Minecraft: building, speedrunning, redstone and fighting which is especially hard to master on java when doing pvp. However these are all basically things that you can get good at in Terraria. Creativity is a must when it comes to playing Minecraft consistently and for a long time. Some people really like grinding 10 hours to get blocks to build something impressive because the felling of seeing a charming and towering build that you made is what they want. I'm not getting into the modded stuff but both games become greater when good mods are installed. Look, I have spent so long playing Terraria (mainly long playthroughs) across 4 different devices that I don't have to go on the wiki except only when I want to take a look at some really nerdy stuff like luck. I don't want to say that Minecraft is better, just that most people that make a video on the "Terraria is/isn't better than Minecraft" topic don't know both the games to their core, they might not know their communities, their devs etc. but you took a lot of little details into consideration and I really apreciate that. As you said at one point, both the games went off their separate directions and I don't think it's this easy to fairly compare them. It's just personal preference.

[@danny-d0rito]

well, your comment was worth the read. I'd normally respond with a paragraph and a half on why I agree with you lol, but I'll just leave it at: you understand. they went their separate ways and are not the same. it is time to end the "which is better" struggle. they are both great wonders.

[@AbsoluteDoofusHaha]

both games sucks.​@@danny-d0rito

[@SimplyTexy]

I think minecraft is more popular because its 3D, I think if they added a proper progression system like Terraria where its not forced The game would become alot more popular as a whole. Just like how people dont even kill the ender dragon in minecraft in terraria some people dont go into hard mode.

[@Throarbin]

That's true, I have heard that there are people who don't even really bother progressing in Terraria

[@luis-sophus-8227]

@@Throarbin Lmao literally me, I was like 100 hours in my world never bothered to enter hardmode

[@GangplankPhilly]

@@luis-sophus-8227lol took me like 150 hours in my world to decide to enter hardmode

[@Ethan_Cubed]

you arent forced to progress in minecraft either. once you get iron (the third tools/first armour you get) you dont really need to level up unless you choose to take on the harder areas of the game.

[@PInfoR]

​@@Ethan_Cubed you don't even need an armor to beat ender dragons, just a couple of beds and thats it

[@benji-menji]

Another big problem is the that they are starting to demand that players play by their rules despite claiming that they are making the game for everyone. They are working on removing names without adding a display name system and banning skins because they don't follow their guidelines. If those changes go through, then all the respect I have for them will dwindle fast. Minecraft is a game for everyone to use to its full potential. Nude skins have their place and don't belong everywhere. Offensive names are a problem and shouldn't be used as IDs. But these rules aren't for everyone so forcing everyone to follow them on every server is a huge problem for freedom and the free web. All they need to do is let players have server by server display names and only have skin limits on appropriate servers.

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, we'll have to see what happens with those restrictions they're adding since there are some rules that have never really been enforced

[@kratelox7383]

Why would a game designed for younger audiences allow nude skins on their game at all. It’s also a reputation-downer when a game is allowing such user content on their platform

[@benji-menji]

@@kratelox7383 They wouldn't. The problem is that they are enforcing these rules everywhere that they don't belong. Various people would rather use minecraft in other ways that deserve to be appreciated or at least just left alone. If minecraft is really for everyone, then why are they trying to sabotage all these different forms of expression, even on privately owned servers? They have all the right to enforce those rules on their own servers and prevent other servers from appearing in any official server browser if they break the rules, but they have no business limiting servers that are ran on privately own hardware and software copies. (I believe our software is our own even if eula and contracts say otherwise. They are too long and a waste of time when it comes to gaming.)

[@AtomicTheCherry]

The thing is they don't moderate the game, everything has to get reported by a player. Most servers use plugins that disable the report button.

[@Midnight_May474]

Why would Minecraft allow nudity in their game? This game has a huge number of children playing it. So obviously, stuff like this wouldn't be allowed.

[@dogeshibainu9883]

i like terraria for one single reason. 1. No more bad updates.

[@oddbluedragon]

2. Final final final final final final update

[@hassaniq0777]

Relogic be like: The most definitely absolutely last grand final end update in the game *6 month later:* largest minor update in the Galaxy

[@PInfoR]

​@@hassaniq0777 thats what i love about re logic, they say it was a minor update, but actually it was a big update

[@gremlinbryson]

blud can't take it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@floof6896]

@@gremlinbryson what

[@exttino]

It's simply because Terraria are more complex. And i found some people too lazy to find out what's behind that complexity

[@love2o9]

It's kinda interesting that when terraria youtubers talk about minecraft, they say the Elder Guardian is a boss. I mean, yeah, technically, but if you ask the average minecraft player to name all the bosses, they would probably only say the ender dragon and the wither

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, when making the video I figured I'd just mention them all because I was sure some people would go "hey these other things are bosses to." There's no winning 😅

[@c.a.t7619]

Tho I agree with the idea that the lack of a linear progression makes minecraft gameplay more durable, I would also consider the factors that minecraft's current popularity it's thanks to the popularity it had many m a n y years ago among content creators that grew alongside the game and made it so the game stayed with in the public consciousness over the long run, cause it was That Game that everyone remembers. And also the fact that terraria has a lot of way of easy transportation to cross large portions of the world that makes it so you can get faster to that end game that ends up stalegeting,making so players expend less time with each individual world.

[@Plicoo]

No. Not true my father showed me Minecraft and I liked a lot

[@ripulletan]

Personally, I like both games but Minecraft appeals more in a couple different ways. It is a lot more visually appealing. In Minecraft, there are some cases of beautiful scenery that can't be replicated by Terraria's limited pixel. Especially adding shader and texture packs. Also, Terraria can be extremely grindy and constantly needing to find new items in order to keep up with the world enemies and bosses. It kinda feels like a constant stress for getting stronger which I found really fun but I also found it tedious at times which can be the reason why its not made for the mass public. Minecraft is much more calm and just feels like you have way more freedom to do what you want. You can choose to become a PVP warlord, be a master builder, redstone mechanic, or some random hobby like building the biggest farm or mass slaughtering animals. It just feels like even though quantity-wise there are less things to get or do, it feels so much more detailed and niche to try to pursue something in a Minecraft world. Idk that's just my thoughts.

[@ddragon4751]

I mean technically speaking 🤓 It would take several trillion years to truly complete Minecraft by breaking every block collecting every item etc

[@BakedPotatoYT1]

Minecraft is far better than Terraria because of one simple reason: simplicity. When you first look at a Terraria gameplay, you see someone flying everywhere laser guns and doing all these fast-paced activity compared to when you first look at a Minecraft gameplay, you can easily understand what's happening and process it.

[@ronaldocolladosantos4641]

More children like 7-11 years old play minecraft a lot,because of the simplicity,i actually tried terraria when i was 10,i got wood and didn't know what else to do,but then playing minecraft it was way way easier,now thar im older i have already beaten terraria and will do it 10x times more with mods too,terraria is such a beautiful and almost perfect progression part sandbox game,the problem is that the game itself its hard to understand,that makes it not be that popular.

[@tungstentitan]

Ive played Minecraft since around 2014 and got into Terraria just a few years ago and honestly Terraria feels like a breath of fresh air. It feels so alive compared to Minecraft where I need to download ambient addon packs for the game just so I dont fall asleep to the music and silence occasionally broken by a wild farm animal. Not to mention the abundance of weapons, armor, tools, and furniture Terraria has to Minecraft. I'll always love Minecraft but Terraria really brings my inner kid out.

[@egegeyyeyey]

I want Terraria to make a Minecraft version of it called ,for example, "Update Minecraft' where everything is pure minecraft but 2d. NO guide at the start or any npc nor tools just bare hands chopping the trees and going to the nether and then killing 2d ender dragon.Also having villages and villagers and infinite world size and no evil biome.Imagine exploring Strongholds in 2d terraria :) While also i would like Minecraft to do same "Update Terraria! or Pixelated Update" where mojang do the same things .But i think it is bit difficult for minecraft to make all the boss movements and all things work properly. Like terraria ,nether or underworld should be under the world and sky islands above.Imagine killing wyverns in sky islands in 3d world.Also would love background and music of Terraria in it. And then we would see for ourselves wether we should like these styles. I really love both games and im fan of them both.And I want these two games to be twins :)and shared amongst communities

[@hostcoder8863]

hmmm i think it is a good idea.

[@MINECRAFT-nr5jz]

wow i would definitely buy terraria again if they did that

[@bebe2995]

bro there is literally a mod called Terrariacraft(for minecraft)

[@tofypro7767]

for me i cannot play minecraft without it being modded its literally almost unplayable without those performance and QOL fixing mojang's game

[@quiverdancervolca]

Stop comparing Minecraft and Terraria. Even as a biased Terraria fan, I love both games and they are completely different from each other. Comparing Minecraft to Terraria is like comparing Cuphead to Dark Souls. Are they both insanely difficult? Yes! Do they both have good bossifghts? Absolutely! But they are completely different games.

[@ZBREAD.]

The single thing that relates them together is that they have blocks, you start off with mining a tree. That's it

[@noobking2335]

you said minecraft was difficult ☠️

[@quiverdancervolca]

No, I said dark souls and cuphead were 💀@@noobking2335

[@mthaylanprogames3689]

​​@@noobking2335Played Terraria Master mode and Minecraft Hard mode. Minecraft IS Hard. Even in Mobile×2😊

[@tennesean_man]

i think both games are equal in pros and cons. Minecraft is a infinite sandbox game, Terraria is a open world fantasy game

[@nesraspongx58]

okay, before watching the video i'll give my guess rq it's partially the 2D 3D difference and more of what that means is connected to the second and most important point minecraft is so much more player creativity and self made goals centric, while terraria has it's progression and enemies as it's center point so while i and many others love the terraria approach maybe sometimes more, the one minecraft has helped it's marketing tremoundously (idk how to write that word) so yeah i'll continue now yep, i was right but yeah i personally like the terraria progression approach better for myself but yeah

[@waitingfortheequinnox]

At least nowadays, the devteam’s actions speak volumes more than the game itself: - Mojang accounts have been purged as of 19/09/2023, rendering many players’ accounts gone. - Terraria won Labour of Love in Steam’s Game Awards in 2022 and they responded by dropping arguably their second largest update as thanks

[@anon1963]

microsoft warned about this for 3 years, unless you've been in a coma, you deserved it.

[@Espartanica]

"You deserved to lose the game you paid for because you didn't make a Microsoft account" No, Mojang being anti consumer is not a fault of said consumers.@@anon1963

[@mono-bao]

@@Espartanica bro 3 year warning it was legit everywhere even when you log in it was impossible to miss it

[@Espartanica]

@@mono-bao 3 year warning before doing something anti consumer doesn't mean said thing wasn't anti consumer. It was just anti consumer, with a warning in advance

[@mono-bao]

@@Espartanica fair point but either way a lot of people still stayed even after the account purge

[@hajoeijgenraam295]

I agree. It is progressionn but also simplicity. Terraria doesn't always do a great job at guiding the player to what they're supposed to do especially at the beginning and many people get confused on how to progress. Because minecraft has less of a goal this isn't a problem

[@MaxTheJerry]

It doesn't matter which game is better Minecraft and Terraria always save me from boredom

[@miosoderberg6602]

I think a big reson to minecraft popularity is that there are so many things to do. A six year old could enjoy it by for example playing with mods. A teenager can do competetive stuff, adults can do massive projects and interact online while 90 year olds can build in creative. Me personlay, I don't see my grandmother fighting bosses in Terarria.

[@GangplankPhilly]

good point. minecraft is more of an experience. terraria is more of a video game

[@miosoderberg6602]

@@GangplankPhilly Thanks! And minecraft can be played in vr too so it's really an experience.

[@jasonjasso666]

Minecraft’s 3D aspect supports most my creative side, whilst Terraria supports my gaming and researching side.

[@bagofcole8083]

Most of the features in Minecraft can be found through exploration and simply playing the game and you can do whatever you want. With terraria I don’t think I have gone a single play through or even play session without having to look something up online to progress and I have played the game quite a bit.

[@mardy3732]

Terarria is better for progression, minecraft is way better for creative expression.

[@Brixxter]

Building in Terraria is actually crazy good. With so much variety in building materials and furniture and the option to paint and hammer blocks builds can look extremely stunning. I've spent my fair share of time just building stuff in the game. I think the building aspect is better than in Minecraft, but it doesn't offer the excitement of picking that perfect location in the world, that beautiful cliffside at an ocean, or a big mountaintop with an amazing view of the surrounding land that really helps the build to feel like it's in a distinct, unique place in the world. In Terraria, a house in the forest biome, no matter how detailed or pretty, is always just gonna feel like a house in a forest biome. Even if the game had more unique landmarks the limited view of the screen wouldn't make building around them that much more worth it.

[@TheDeterred]

2D game about finding loot and killing cool bosses and 3D game about building some cool stuff.

[@zanewinters9646]

You made an interesting point, I think there's a little truth in what you say :) Also there's a big difference between the rewards each game gives you for your effort. Most of Minecraft rewards are cosmetic items, that don't make you any better or stronger (with the exception of maybe shulker boxes or elytra), but Terraria gives this amazing feeling of powering up to infinity (and beyond) each time you achieve something (conquer a new biome, kill a certain boss). I like both games, but I think I've spent most of the time in Minecraft by doing just the most basic stuff like spelunking or exploring, and that wears off quickly.

[@Raju-lz5ry]

Idk what you talking about

[@Raju-lz5ry]

Cosmetics? Really

[@zanewinters9646]

@@Raju-lz5ry Well the rarest and most valuable things you can find in dungeons and bastions are music discs, armor trims, banner patterns and so on. You can make better armor than what you can find in chests, so I don't see a point in that. So like basically exploration became really boring for me, because I don't know, what I want to find anymore. (Even the totem of undying is now dropped from raids, so you don't have to search for the mansion.)

[@victoriamacarthur8906]

I love how half the people in the comments don’t know what an “opinion” is

[@richerplayz]

but at least Minecraft and terraria dont hate eachother

[@Random66860]

No, most minecraft and terraria fans hate each other

[@TangetTNGL]

@@Random66860 he means that both of the game's splash texts say "Also try Terraria!" and "Also try Minecraft!"

[@Random66860]

@@TangetTNGL ok and?

[@TangetTNGL]

@@Random66860 bros annoyed he actually learnt something

[@Random66860]

@@TangetTNGL who?

[@gods_devourer8614]

One thing I'd just like to mention rral quick is the multiplayer aspect. In terraria, it is UNBELIEVABLY easy to set up and start playing with your friends in a matter of minutes. With minecraft you either have to pay your way there, or SUFFER through a free server. They didn't want to make multiplayer easy, in a game MANY people play for the multiplayer adpect!

[@maddoxreddish4352]

? Its easy to start a world and get people to join, atleast on bedrock where alot of the players are, realms are juat if you want a server to stay up after the host leaves, java you have to get a server hosted which usually costs money

[@dumbitchstella]

Looking how Aether, an mod completely centered around progression and beating bosses, is the most famous Minecraft mod of all time, with lots of demands to add it in the vanilla game, is a very good indicative that there's a very huge demand for progression since the early days of Minecraft.

[@AtomicTheCherry]

fun fact: the creator of the mod actually works at mojang

[@Tumblebrine]

@@AtomicTheCherry Unfortunately all he does is argue with people on Twitter and get buttmad at folks with criticisms

[@Ethan_Cubed]

@@Tumblebrine what do you expevt when you get daily death threats from people angry abot them not adding a two-pixel mob to the game.

[@probierer7184]

So, I also think Minecraft's popularity comes from the creativity based sandbox gameplay, with all the different possibilities, but adding a real progression system wouldn't hurt it that much, sure, the focus may shift a bit, but with Minecraft's step by step updates, I think it would not destroy the other aspect. I think, Terraria needs more sandbox features, because again, it wouldn't destroy the already existing progression, but would a another layer of gameplay, another optional type of experience. Minecraft should have a really good and large progression system, but it shouldn't urge the player to progress in the story, but try to encourage the creativity aspect. So basically, no quest page with an exclemation mark, when you have a quest, and an arrow on your compass, but just an expansion of the already existing progression. Just add a bit more crazy terrain generation, a completely overhauled end, and the whole sulk thing, and boom, you had more gameplay. All of the sandbox options minecraft offers you right now are boring, because they're so extremely time consuming, with no inner motivation to do it. I'm not a builder, map creator, or whatever minecraft wants you to be, all the servers and datapacks are just vanilla+, so I ONLY play with mods, or on the Origin Realms server. I just... minecraft isn't fun anymore, we have already done every interesting thing in it, and there's nothing left to do. I'm no BastiGHG who comes up with, over the time repetetive challenges, to alter the gameplay a tiny bit. I'm missing something groundbreaking. I think Minecraft lives off the frequent updates. If they stopped, it would also slowly fade away. And at this moment, the updates quality is descending quite quickly. I hope Minecraft can rise again, because I love that game, and I want to be able to enjoy it again... thy to all the people who were reading this entire comment, I put all of my emotions and feelings in. Right now, I'm really sad, I will now hear the song Eternal Bros, and then go to sleep. Bye my friendos 😉🥱😴

[@Irizato]

Tbh I wish we got more weapon types in minecraft

[@tizianaceraolo58]

So True,They should add stuff like a Spear or Short sword,Just anything to make Combat more Exciting.

[@FlorentinLatcu]

kids and youtubers. while the reason you gave in your video may be valid, it is far from the most important factor that decided minecraft's success. in my opinion youtubers and kids (just like how it happened with five nights at freddies) are the main reason why minecraft is the best selling game of all time. kids watch the youtuber, the youtuber plays a blocky game, parent sees the blocky game, parent buys the blocky game to their kid. its easy, accesible and runs on anything nowadays.

[@yolojocolo5523]

I can never quite understand people on Minecraft keeping going after beating the end dragon on Minecraft, after that and maybe killing the wither or something, after a little bit I always just start getting bored because I feel there’s nothing to work towards, no new goal to achieve. That’s why these days I mostly only play Minecraft modded

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Minecraft is enjoyed more in servers (in the long run)

[@ThePC007]

Minecraft’s more about building than killing things, but I agree. Without mods building things is actually kinda meaningless in vanilla Minecraft.

[@kitty79er]

don't forget about the warden arguably the most challenging boss

[@Midnight_May474]

People play minecraft for different reasons. For me, I like building houses and exploring. I never cared about killing the enderdragon or going to the nether. And I still enjoy the game just fine. Honestly, minecraft is so open-ended that you can do anything you want. Which leads to people playing the game in vastly different ways.

[@why-m3g]

wow, you know nothing. i get why people dont play minecraft, but you have NO IDEA why people play minecraft after """"""""""""beating"""""""""""" the game???? how can you be this ignorant

[@redlunatic2224]

I feel like marketing is also a big factor here. Even when it started, Minecraft was actively publicised, and now it has a leg in almost all media. Terraria, in the other hand, was leaked unfinished, took some time to recover and made some adds. Now it has a comic and some other merch, but its all mostly for fans. At this point i wouldnt be surprised if Minecrafts marketing team was much bigger than Re-Logic in its entirety.

[@ThatKeyGuy]

Microsoft DID buy Minecraft for billions of dollars so they gotta make their money back somehow. (Minecoins and spinoffs)

[@periodblooddino123]

Seeing little kids comment on this video saying "minecraft is better" and "say you love terraria if your gay" "oh how about the servers?" "your not playing minecraft because you dont play mods" "terraria is a minecraft copy because its 2d an a sandbox too" sthu you cannot speak up when you barely know terraria

[@honeybeerose4108]

I hard disagree, most games are linear progression based, that's usually what makes a good game a good game. Gamers like to feel as though they're getting somewhere, more powerful in some way. But minecraft is different in that it's more open, but a lot of people get bored with how open it is, with seemingly no point. There's a reason that people make jokes or memes about the 2 week minecraft phase, and I ultimately think that's harmful to the game in the long run. I think what actually holds terraria back is it's inaccessibility. in order to properly progress through the game you need guides or the wiki, and you have to at least know and understand the class system, which is not explained at all, the guide sucks, and my first full playthrough I found myself looking at guides online and relying on achievements, which admittedly aren't a terrible way to tell the player what to do. But ultimately when it comes down to it, minecraft has a better way of understanding it's progression, and it makes sense too, wood to stone to iron to diamond is kinda intuitive, whereas terraria has either copper or tin, then going to iron or lead, then tungsten or silver, then platinum or gold, and more, but intuitively it feels a little weird, and then having the equivalent ores can be confusing if you're going through more than one playthrough blind, which you should never do. Minecraft is so much more accessible in the sense that a blind player can start and enjoy minecraft where as the blind player will get frustrated with terraria.

[@necggry5396]

ender dragon it feels like fighting a zombie in terraria normal mode

[@mootneyvlogs6677]

Terraria and Minecraft aren't even slightly the same game. They are so different that it's weird to compare them as people do

[@lolzasouruhm179]

As someone who has been playing minecraft since beta 1.6 the game is an amazing sandbox and it’s very easy to link up with people and play together. It’s awesome to have servers because people can always help out with things and you don’t feel like you lost out on progression/ the game by not being there. In terraria playing with friends if someone isn’t there for a session or does stuff by themselves people feel like they moved forward in the game without them and then aren’t as motivated to keep going cause they still want to kill a boss before the next one maybe to get a specific drop or something. With minecraft being much more open ended servers can last for years and still be played on since some machines take tens of hours to build. In terraria because there is a set end if you play with people once you beat it you move on to either a new world or a new game. There is none of that lasting reason to come back to the same world and keep building since once you’ve killed moon lord there’s not much you can do to idk make the fight easier or set up a system to kill him automatically or something. One of the reason I love minecraft so much is that anything you think you can do you can probably do it where there are small things in terraria that I think cuts into player agency. Granted I’ve only played terraria for about 40 hours just beating the mechanical bosses on an classic classic world. But the game has been far to easy even boring so I moved worlds to a classic master and it’s been much more fun cause there’s actually a challenge and a reason to prepare! So far I’ve spent 10 hours just setting things up in master world (I’m also restricting myself resource wise to the snow biome) so I can beat all the bosses I need to progress. Both games are great but when I ask people about terraria who have played it tend to just say they have played it when you ask some one if they played minecraft they tell you about their adventure and builds or ask you if you want to see them.

[@х.ИНЕЙ.х]

This video is so good because most other people who would make this video are only minecraft players

[@Ethan_Cubed]

...or only terraria player.

[@Baloopa03]

I found that minecraft at first I could play over and over, creating awesome things to show with my friends. I eventually moved to playing just multiplayer, and now I barely (if ever) touch survival. The thing I played minecfrat for wasn’t for the “minecrafty survival” but instead for the friends, I eventually ended up just playing bedwars on hypixel and then skyblock after that. Terraria on the other hand, I recently did a full play through trying to max out my character before defeating moonlord. Once I did defeat moonlord I didn’t know what else to do, and haven’t played since. Minecraft doesn’t just let you do so much in survival, it’s you can do the same thing in so many different ways AND join peoples servers with unique gameplay, terraria is more fun on its own but (I personally) can’t keep playing it over and over.

[@fannyboy8294]

I see both some valid points and a fair amount of copium. Minecraft has massively more progression than terraria. it's just not a single forced path. Making massive farms, and using those materials to make more farms, or make your like easier by automating the collection of difficult-to-find resources, and even trading them if on a server. And this is just one path of progression. Making fully maxed-out gear can take many many hours of playtime after creating a world. Minecraft has a ton more progression than terraria. Its just not forced on you as much, and there are multiple paths instead of a single one (that may split and remerge at some parts but is still one path) Overall Minecraft is more appealing because it may not have set bosses like Terraria, but you can pick a thing to make progress at and make progress on that. Redstone, farms, economy, building, exploring, and im sure there are plenty more. Add to that both the social advantage Minecraft's massively better multiplayer has over Terraria and you can see how it is overall a better-designed game, as Terraria is more of a "this is cool, let's add it" type game, that has an extensive range of cool stuff, but once you've seen them all multiple times, they stop being cool. So diversity, replayability, and social interaction are the major factors. Not lack of progression just because you as a Minecraft noob don't understand intuitively how its progression systems work This was written by someone with hundreds of hours, probably thousands in BOTH games.

[@Throarbin]

I think there's a core difference in how we both understand "progression." If at some point in the game, you are the most powerful thing in the world, there is no longer any game progression. In Minecraft that takes very little time when compared to Terraria and, as I mentioned in the video, it's not the point of Minecraft. You can say you can keep making progress on builds and farms but that's not game progression, that's just what a sandbox is.

[@fannyboy8294]

@@Throarbin Well how are you the most powerful you can be if you don't have an easy way to get everything you wish? This is progression IMO

[@Throarbin]

@@fannyboy8294 Well no, because there's nothing for you to overcome. You made thing easier on yourself, yes. But it's all a self-determined goal. You're not overcoming anything the game throws at you. It's progression, sure, in the same sense that you make progress in any project in life, but it's not game progression.

[@fannyboy8294]

@@Throarbin so Minecraft is a worse game because it manages to be more enjoyable for most people while also teaching them useful life skills instead of giving them a small but addicting dopamine boost? Something doesn't add up here imo

[@Throarbin]

@@fannyboy8294 What? idk where all that came from. Not sure where you got "life skills" or how Terraria would be nothing more than a dopamine hit. You realize Terraria is also a sandbox right? I thought we were talking about what game progression means.

[@pelusouwu]

10:30 small correction, Betsy is a event boss and Dreadnautilus is a miniboss

[@Ethan_Cubed]

Also, funnily enough (10:50) the Elder Guardian (on the left) isnt even considered a boss since it doesnt have a boss hp bar. Furthermore, the Warden (peaking from the bottom) is not technically boss and is a monster similar to the dungeon guard who just acts as an impenetrable barrier,

[@Solitario9475]

Minecraft is kinda boring without Mods. Terraria has 100s of hours of content if not more and that’s just base game, then there’s mods that add huge amounts content on top of that.

[@floof6896]

true. minecraft would need around 20 mods to atleast resemble the quantity and quality of terraria's content.

[@luis-sophus-8227]

13:40 That. I thought I was of the few. I remember playing with people and often getting upset at how they just kinda rushed the game, while I would play at a slow pace. And I can say for sure that makes all the content of the game actually feel tangible. And I think the issue with Minecraft right now is that very thing, the game lacks content, it doesn't necessarily have to become a linear game, but to keep adding depth to the world gen that passively urges the players to explore it (key word being Passive) and it definitely has got it right with the updates between 1.13 and 1.18, but right now all the new content doesn't work, and that's why the players are bothered, me included Terraria on the other hand is just becoming better! That's why I love relogic

[@tojoflo1174]

ive been playing minecraft for about 7 years and i always thought that terraria was just 2d minecraft, but i started playing terraria a few weeks ago and its way better than Minecraft ngl

[@qstativ6534]

Terraria 🤝 Minecraft

[@CineverseSculpt]

It's kinda cool how both games recommend each other!

[@danshrk]

Its kinda weird that terraria and minecraft are even compared at all. Theyre both sandbox games yes but Doom and CoD are also both shooters. Terraria is basicly a Sandbox mini RPG, you go out in the world, get stronger and conqoure bigger and bigger foes. Minercraft is a sandbox Survival game (surivival being written very tiny) where you go out into the world and dont try to fight anyone but instead let your creativity flow freely. Yes there are both aspects present in both games but The main focus are two completly different paths of a crossroads. And if youre wondering, I personally enjoy Minecraft more. Vanilla is so chill and Modded is basicly my introdruction drug into the crack that is Factorio, Satisfactory, DSP and others.

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, the comparison is kinda weird. At the start it made more sense I guess but I guess the two are just linked for some reason

[@Cuber875]

It's probably because they're the two most popular sandbox games ever, so it's natural for people to compare them.

[@Snippyyy]

the only reason i like minecraft today is because i loved it as a kid, going to school, and coming home and just letting my imagination run wild, playing alone or with friends and family. Nowadays, I dont have the time to sit and brainstorm a house idea, or play with the boys, i have more important things to do, so a more linear straightforward but still free game like terraria is exactly what i need

[@da3577]

you don't like Terraria because you have more refined tastes, you like it because you grew up with it. I grew up with both games, and find them to be close ties, with Minecraft beating it out by just being overall superior, which is a fact that stays undoubtedly true today, especially because of one detail. The Minecraft community is unified, while the Terraria community is not.

[@labbit35]

A problem Minecraft has compared to Terraira is the lack of content in certain aspects of the games, like the desert, you have literally nothing to do in it expect for finding desert temples and getting tons of sand. They need to add more stuff to the desert

[@titchymitchy56]

I wonder if people are going to complain that you’re playing bedrock edition

[@Throarbin]

I wouldn't doubt it, lol

[@parkerb5308]

terraria is definitely not failing

[@spyke5537]

I've played both Terraria and Minecraft yet despite liking Minecraft better, it was so refreshing hearing a neutral perspective on the topic. Good vid dude

[@roqeebbakare2558]

Terraria has more enemies and weapons because it is technically created fighting oriented while Minecraft us creative and survival oriented. Just my thoughts though. I love both.

[@conejitorosada2326]

So many people don't really understand a good portion of what makes Minecraft special. I often see people suggest absurd things like guns, while other people HEAVILY go against anything new or 'modern' because in their mind Minecraft is supposed to be 'medieval'. I've personally always loved Minecraft for what it is: A sandbox game that I can play with my friends without the need or worry about grinding or learning about too many things. Minecraft's key identity is complexity within simplicity: You only have a few buttons like Break/Place, Interact, walk and jump. Those are VERY simple yet it leads to so many complex things that is just admirable. As someone that can get easily overwhelmed by tasks and can get pretty bored without a set goal. Minecraft can get pretty boring to play alone as I've spent most of my childhood playing alone and I've never really thought or experienced on finding joy for myself so I find it in others. It makes me so happy, so excited, so thrilled to play Minecraft with my friends since they're the core part of it all. Experiences are meant to be shared, and Minecraft is an experience. The Minecraft community as a whole is pretty large and with so many people bubbling resentment and negativity builds up to the point people don't even see how much Mojang cares about the game. There are some problems with Mojang that I really wished they did better, but I can't be angry with them when I've experienced coding for myself that even the SLIGHTEST amount of change can cascade into a flurry of incompatibility. It got to bad that the modding community had to go out of their way to EXPLICITLY state that coding isn't as easy as they show it and that they don't support the community attacking the devs and using their names for their own goal. It's very saddening to see since I've cherished Minecraft as a game that breeds community, yet the community itself is seeking to ruin it. People want sharks in the game and that Mojang should make it neutral yet I wonder: What would happen to the people that play minecraft? Would they think that swimming with sharks would be good? Would parents accept that Mojang is allowing sharks to be this peaceful creature. Even shark lovers know that you have to be WEARY of them as they aren't some harmless herbivore but predators, they aren't as dangerous but they have real world consequences. The community doesn't understand that adding new armor, new weapons, new bosses, and new dimensions are TEMPORARY pleasures. Sure, we have a new stronger boss, now the community will either ask new better weapons/armor which then creates a cycle that never ends as it only escalates for the sake of that dopamine shot. People can't understand that the beauty of minecraft is the creativity, while I wish there would be vertical slabs, I wonder on how they'll implement it and on how it'll interact with other creatures like spiders. One simple pebble can create a cascade of disruption that no one thinks about as all they see how the water splashes not on how those ripples need to be calmed down for others to fully enjoy. I reallly like the video, although it does glaze Terraria. I'm not going to lie that they each have their own qualities to them. I can't ever get into terraria as it's merely 'reach X goal' without much difference or variations. Terraria is very much a different taste, and as you put it 'refined' in a way, but a refined taste doesn't always mean that it's for everyone, not even vanilla is good for everyone. I just wish that the community of these games at least appreciate and adore what the devs have given us and the many memories we had with them.

[@uncroppedsoop]

I like the idea of Minecraft remaining largely unguided and goalless, open for the player to interpret, but introducing far more things to do that require you to be at certain points in progression, some of which may tie into one another but not all. in an open-ended sandbox, the more variety there is the better, and when it fits, one thing can give you reason to do another, while staying in its general lane of doing as you see fit

[@vinayaksharma2431]

yeah it is the reason why minecraft became more popular as in its early days it had no progression The OG mc players like it as it is simple and open and has no progression Actually I also like open world games more so my vote goes to minecraft Althogh I think terraria is also a very good game

[@San-lh8us]

i think another reason minecraft might be more popular it's because it's easier to get started

[@Ethan_Cubed]

yeah. you dont need to be very good at the game to enjoy it. you can just build a house, set up a farm, or do whatever simple things you want pretty easy. it means you can get hours of gameplay in the game without even making any significant progress at all.

[@PInfoR]

I can play like 2 hours in terraria a day but not 1 hour in minecraft a day

[@DalekGarf]

And the fact that it appeals to most people, Minecraft has at least one thing that appeals to someone. It may be building, or killing the ender dragon.

[@San-lh8us]

@@DalekGarf that isn't really an argument for this though, terraria has building and killing dragons too, so i'm not sure that is one of the reasons minecraft is more popular

[@DalekGarf]

@@San-lh8us Yeah but Terraria has a more strict progression system, while Minecraft lets you do anything at anytime without anything locked behind something.

[@atch4764]

vanilla terraria > vanilla minecraft modded terraria = modded minecraft vanilla minecraft is like impossible to play if ur used to modded, and while it is relatively similar for terraria, i'd say that i can still play vanilla terraria even after only playing modded terraria for weeks

[@amazingmrpig6369]

Minecraft mods are just minecraft but scary Eldritch beasts are literally everywhere so going back to haha funny sheep give wool isn’t the easiest task lmao

[@atch4764]

@@amazingmrpig6369 well i mean, thats one section of modded lol. im more into tech packs like skyfactory 3 or feed the factory, stuff like that

[@mthaylanprogames3689]

MC Moded>TR Moded.

[@ThatKeyGuy]

@@mthaylanprogames3689 a big Minecraft mod amounts to vanilla terraria lol

[@mthaylanprogames3689]

@@ThatKeyGuy nah. Minecraft Creative amout is equal to Calamity + Fargos + Addons Complete lmao. Moded is INFINITY BIGGER. its like think you better just because you stoped a cooktop fire than a Fireman lol

[@KittenKatja]

Journey Mode comes more after Minecraft Education Edition than creative mode. One key aspect is any item/block in any quantity available from the time you create the world, and the ability to fly; unbound by the limitations that is called 'survival', and with cheats the ability to switch between creative and survival at will.

[@creeperkinght1144]

I love both games a whole ton (geez it's where my name comes from), but Minecraft is like you said a 'pointless' game, with infinite possibilities. However, I see that as a double edged sword (no buffs mind you), as one hand that it's fantastic that the player can expand themselves theoretically endlessly with ideas, like megabases, art, complex architecture, and so on. However it comes at the cost at either being too overwhelming or too bland at times, causing burnout unfortunately. Terraria with it's sense of how it handles progression does give the player a good idea of where there going, but it's doesn't constrain itself or be loose like Minecraft to let the player go down which ever path they desire, along with a sense of creation along the way. Is it limited sometimes? Yes, but I've heard a lot veteran players of both games say that limitation is the best motivation for creation. Excellent video man