User blog comment:Terror-ria/Just a Intro/@comment-90.221.93.163-20111108193814

Many people make comparisons between terraria and minecraft but when you look at them objectively, they only share a couple features, all of which are present in other games anyway. Admittedly, the both use a dig block - place block mechanic, their biggest similarity, and they both have combat and biomes but other than that, there isnt anything else they have in common that isnt found in hundreds of other games. In my opinion, minecraft seems to be more building focussed, since 2D terraria is a bit more limited, but terraria is more combat, adventure and loot focussed which i prefer. It takes ages to get enough resources together to take on the dungeon or go to the hell level to get end game items and there are bosses and 50 different enemies. But in minecraft there are 5 different mobs I think and you can get iron gear in minecraft, the level below diamond, within less than an hour. For this reason, to me, terraria feels like a finished game and a really good indie game for that matter, whereas minecraft still feels patchy and buggy and incomplete, and yes i know it's still in beta. My point is, you dont spend 10 hours in minecraft raiding dungeons or the nether to get good loot. Sorry for going on but in conclusion, minecraft if you like building, terraria if you like adventure, but each contains a bit of both so most people will own or will have atleast played both.