User blog comment:Cartercow/Minecraft or Terraria?/@comment-4057945-20110710040558

I don't think that Terraria was inspired by Minecraft. Minecraft is a 100% Sandbox game, as of 1.7. There is no goal but what you make, nothing to work towards but what you set for yourself. Terraria is much more of a -game-, in the traditional sense of the word. Yes, it has the sandbox side, but it also has goals that Minecraft doesn't have. A friend of mine once said-- "The ultimate boss of Minecraft is managing to build a castle or something before you get too bored with it. The ultimate boss of Terraria is a gigantic flying skeleton monster that you fight with laser pistols and rocket boots and glowing swords and magic potions." I like his description ^.=.^