Random events like Blood Moons and Goblin Invasions are there to keep you on your toes, but can be avoided.
The game places the responsibility on you to make fun for yourself, it provides you with challenges (monsters, limited resources) but it gives you no quests and no story. You collect goodies, kill monsters, build remarkable 2D structures as befits your imagination and the limitations of the engine - and if you get bored, hookup with friends in a server to build, kill and do what you would do in Minecraft. But then the same could (and is) said about Minecraft, if you buy this game you acknowledge the fact that you are buying a mining and life simulator. Nostalgia value, 15 years ago this would be SNES game, and it would suit it.
So why should you buy this game? Just like Minecraft Terraria is a work in progress, each patch (released at a rate of 1/month or close to) adds new monsters, bosses, items and crafting recipes, so new content to collect and spice up the game is free (for the cost of the original game). What Terraria is: a 2D adventure game with striking similarities to Minecraft. So why should you buy this game? Just like Minecraft Terraria is a work in progress, each patch (released at a rate of 1/month or close to) adds new monsters, bosses, items and crafting recipes, so new content to collect and spice up the game is free (for the cost of the What Terraria is not: Minecraft. And then you construct megaproject castles, forts, bunkers, sky cities, etc! Your imagination is the limit! And you can do all of this with as many friends as you want on your own servers! You will fall in love with the art style, the quirky music, and the charm of the world. You gather ores and dig deeper and deeper to uncover the Earth's secrets and collect resources for forging new armors, weapons, and tools. You explore dungeons, and corruptions of nature for magical treasures. You start off with an axe and a pick and you must construct a home for you and your eventual NPC companions to live in.
Terraria can be summarized as a combination of 32-bit Legends of Zelda, Metroid, Castlevania, a bit of Mario, but with the crafting and construction as inspired by Minecraft. The only thing those two games share are blocks and crafting. You start off with an axe and a pick and you must construct a home for you Don't listen to the naysayers that claim Terraria is a 2D Minecraft-rip off. Don't listen to the naysayers that claim Terraria is a 2D Minecraft-rip off.