Recent reviews by Xenanthropy

I don't write reviews for games often, but this one was so good that I felt like I had to.

I think it's best you go into this game with near-zero knowledge of the plot or anything else, but I will say that the characters are very well written and meaningful, and the mini-games are fun.

This is one of the most emotionally-gripping games I've played in a long long time, and I genuinely recommend you buy and play this game. This game is 100% my game of the year, no doubt.

Oh and uh... make sure you have a box of tissues on hand, you'll need them.

Terraria is seriously an amazing game. I've played this game so much and have yet to ever get bored of it. The amount of content in the game is incredible, and the options are great. The fact that the devs are still updating the game despite it being years old shows their care and dedication to the game and it really shows.

This is game is amazing. I've seen quite a few people saying it's a horrible game because it somehow didn't stick to the old roots of the first game somehow, a game that was made in the 90's. Well, having not played the original, I think I can safely give an opinion of the game, not skewed by memories of the late 90's version.

To start off, I was already a bit biased from the start to an extent, as I love stealth games/stealth features in games. In skyrim, I was always either a mage or a thief, in any rpg game, if I can be a thief, i'll be it, such a fun way to play, sneaking around and hiding in the shadows. So when I heard about this game, I was already excited. It was as good as I expected it to be. The sneak mechanic is pretty well done, although it doesn't have much give when it comes to either being hidden, or being seen, so don't rely on the moon icon too much if you're near people, you have to listen to the sounds to see if someone is discovering you.

Secondly, I love the "staying hidden" options you can do throughout the game, such as extinguishing candles, whether it be snuffing them with your fingers, or dousing them with water arrows. Enemies in the way and no way to get around them? Throw a bottle and distract them so you can sneak around (or maybe even kill, if that's your choice) them.

Thirdly, I love the freeness of the game. Don't wanna focus on the main quests? No problem, go ahead and wander the city, stealing things or even do side-quests. Don't like sneaking a whole lot? just level up your blackjack and get tons of broadhead arrows and go and kill everyone in your way. If you wanna follow the (main) path of the game and be unseen, unheard, unnoticed, everything? build into your stealth options and sneak around like the ghost you are. The game plays out the way you want it to play. Even the difficulties are custom! Sure, there's the easy, medium, hard aspect that normal games have, but you can also make a custom difficulties. Is the hard difficulty not hard enough? No problem, turn off your "focus" ability, make it nearly impossible to stay hidden in the shadows, and make every supply cost 2000 gold. It's a great feature for those people who like to take it to extremes.

Overall, this is a great game. Here are my ratings for it.

9/10 for customization
9/10 as well for Open-endedness,
10/10 for graphics (I didn't feel they needed to be discussed, they're great graphics, they fit good with the game)
10/10 for sounds/voice-acting (Also didn't have to be discussed, great voice-acting, Garrett's voice fits so well)

Total: 9.5/10 If you have the money to buy this game, buy it!