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Chester Torres

Mr. Cabera

English Language Arts One

5 January 2023

Minecraft and Terraria: Which is More Fun?

The invention of video games has provided endless entertainment to humans and can

be considered one of the greatest inventions. Gamers have expanded on video games and

created genres and communities. Minecraft is the most popular game in the sandbox genre, a

game genre that gives the players more creativity and freedom than other game genres, so it is

natural that some people in the Minecraft community saw Terraria, another blocky game with a

similar style, and assumed that it was a copy. While Minecraft and Terraria are both insanely

popular video games with similar graphics and gameplay, they do have some differences that

make them have a completely different gaming experience.

Both games feature similar graphics. Minecraft and Terraria have a blocky graphic where

the world, some of the materials the player acquires, and building blocks the player get are

blocks or made of squares. However, their graphics are still different because Minecraft is a 3d

game and Terraria is a 2d game making the games look vastly different. However, this isn’t the

only similarity and difference between these two games.

Minecraft and Terraria also fall into a sub-genre of games: survival. The survival

sub-genre is a sub-genre about surviving in an open world by exploring, mining, and crafting.

Minecraft and Terraria both feature an exploring system, mining system, crafting system, and a

building system as a way to get more powerful. Also, you can express your imagination by

building any structures you want by gathering materials and building the structure block by
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block. Even though there are some similarities between these two games, there are some

differences that make them both a wildly different gaming experience.

One such difference is the way the player progresses in each game. In Minecraft, you

mainly progress by mining or exploring to obtain better armor and weapons and then enchanting

your gear. In Terraria, the player can progress by killing bosses and obtaining gear, looting

structures around the world, and mining and crafting. However, this isn’t the only difference.

Another difference is the main focus of the games. Minecraft mainly focuses on crafting

and building because it has a less linear gameplay than Terraria. In Terraria, the main focus is

battling bosses and exploring. Terraria is more linear than Minecraft because Terraria has more

bosses and more items locked behind the bosses.

Overall, it is clear to see why many people compare the two games and think that they

offer the same gaming experience. While both games share similarities, their differences make

both games offer a completely different experience. Minecraft leans more towards crafting and

building and Terraria leans more towards fighting and exploring. So, which is more fun? Well, it

depends. If you are looking for a game that focuses more on fighting, then Terraria. However, if

you are looking for a more open and free game, then Minecraft.