Would I get more hours out of this game then Terraria?

[Primalflower]

2 minutes ago, Cheggf said:

I notice you're making a forum post about your playtime while the game has "STOP" instead of "PLAY". Intriguing...

I was waiting for night to pass, those endless servers can be so mean 

[chirsg]

Even if tencent stole my credit card info and sold it on the dark web, I would still back klei and don't starve over terraria. Get rid of that junk 2D sandbox. Relogic suck, terraria sucks, they changed features beloved by builders and terraria fans are so indoctrinated, they'll still love the game.

boycott relogic

[user1464576869]

I don't know about hours. I think I have more ours into DST myself. But it's a close call on which game I'd prefer to have in my library in terms of what I get out of those hours. At least to me Terraria feels more enticing starting out new, it quickly branches itself out into so many possibilities and things to explore and see, it can feel really magical and grand, and I haven't even played with any mods on top of that. There is just more content in a way, and it felt decently balanced. My only gripes with Terraria is that it all goes a bit too fast if you know what you're aiming for, which is probably a dumb complaint anyway. And another personal issue I got is that I also just couldn't ever get into the building and chilling part of the game. I don't think the game is pretty, but rather off-putting, I couldn't feel justified or have the energy trying to make an actual nice home for myself, which is a shame because in theory building and chilling in Terraria should be a lot more feasible compared to the constant barrage of pain DST throws at you. I also just don't like the 2D limiting what I can do to builds. All personal preference.
 
DST looks better, but has a lot more routine once you've found it's mechanics. It's claustrophobic, and the random generation can start to feel less like an immediate place to explore and get lost in and more like "I hope there aren't too many rivers between the Swamp and Pig King location". It might just be me but I always memorize the map and not the actual playfield, abstractions and goals always somewhere off-screen. I wish there was more to make the dead space at least always hold something unique. Suppose this should be true of Terraria too though. Either way, I'm not thrilled about the way islands branch or shape themselves, I'm not a fan of the amount of biomes at the time or how they stick to each other yet never blend in interesting ways, or how out of the star-shaped islands rivers are everywhere, making the game a labyrinth forever, no wonder I rely on a map. Building in DST can be prettier too and for being 2D the top-down aspect still makes it more fun somehow. Problem of course is the whole barrage of pain thing. I personally find it hard to make time for bases, the seasons demand a lot of attention lest you want to wait a whole year for the next chance at the event it can feel like.

Uh, all and all they can't be entirely compared on every thing, there are intriguing subtle core differences I'm unsure if they could just swap without ruining their identity. And both have been fun to start out new. DST end game and seeing all things and such feels to me like it runs out a lot quicker, but has a kind of replayability I don't think Terraria can have with it's too-chill endgame state. But Terraria has more content and that end game comes a lot later. Once beating all that I personally found no reason to stay. Only once every decade I come back for the next Terraria run.

I'm editing this post a lot but, to further conclude, DST to me feels like an unhealthily dragged out relationship for what content it has to offer, Terraria is consumable and you can move on, some don't.

[Mike23Ua]

Honestly I’ve never played that terry whatever game- I looked it up and it just doesn’t look like something that would interest me. Spelunky on the other hand I have sunk many many many hours into: I love a game that has near infinite replay ability and DS/DST and Spelunky easily fill those roles.

Bored of knowing where everything’s at? Delete game and start over for a guaranteed new experience every time.

[SinancoTheBest]

Oof, looks like one failed to catch my adoration so I can't make a fair comparison.

What I can say though is that, if you get to enjoy the rather slow gameplay of Dont Starve Together, enjoy the social experience of working with other players for fun survival times or enjoy surviving over and over to get better and take it to new hurdles, you'll really like DST and it can easily entertain you for hundreds of hours up to no end.

[Souper]

6 hours ago, BoySyrup said:

Mod argument applies to both games.

As others have mentioned, I was referring to mods that actually add original content, of which there is barely any in DST compared to Terraria which has huge expansive mods adding hundreds of new items and enemies.

[Szczuku]

Both games have this 'search through the wiki and guides'-vibe so you get more hours out if you play blindly.

However Terraria, while fun, is kind of grindly. You could spent hours simply doing 1 activity to get an item.

Dst is not as grindy, plus you have lots of characters so if you get bored with your current world you can start a new one with other character. Terraria on the other hand gives you a choice between 4 classes and 4 game modes. So in theory it gives you more variety than dst, but in reality you'd probably be satisfied after beating each mode and playing every class once.

Not to mention that dst is constantly being updated, while Terraria received its 'final' update some time ago.

So yeah, I think you'd get more hours out of dst

[Hornete]

4 hours ago, Cheggf said:

Yeah, compared to Terraria this game has nearly no mods. If there were a ton of mods that each added as much content as there already is in the entire base game + RoG + ANR + RoT the mod situation would be more comparable. Most of the mods on the Workshop just add a single character or something while it's commonplace for Terraria mods to add hundreds or even thousands of things to the game.

Yeah... it kind of stinks. I hope some kind of DLC-sized mod could come out one day on the workshop 
 

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I've been meaning to start such a project myself, but I dunno if I can get all the ideas/talent i'd need for such a thing.

 

[ArubaroBeefalo]

21 minutes ago, Hornete said:

Yeah... it kind of stinks. I hope some kind of DLC-sized mod could come out one day on the workshop 
 

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I've been meaning to start such a project myself, but I dunno if I can get all the ideas/talent i'd need for such a thing.

 

I see harder to imitate the art of the sprites. I dont play with mods because how out of place are most of the things added when when sometimes the ideas are so great but how they are draw breaks the inmersion sadly

[Starlogy]

Man, most of you all kinda  on Terraria.

Both DST and Terraria are great games in my opinion. You couldn't go wrong with either, both are fun in their own rights.

[Chesmu]

For sure, I've tried Terraria and it is extremely overrated.

[Combustiblemon]

Terraria is defined as 'action-packed adventure game',

and DST is defined as 'uncompromising survival game'.

both games have similar points like sandbox styled, multiplayerable, crafting, exploring... But they are still different game.

 

Terraria is more focused on actions, shoot-and-avoid (and grinding) game, but DST is more focused on surviving and resource managing aspect.

 

if you like more actions, boss fighting and pixel graphics like ol' RPG games and one-shot-every-enemies when in endgame, Terraria will be your choice.

 

but if you want surviving through extremely hostile environments and some horrible situations, or being careful because just little mistake can lead to killing you even in endgame,

or just like doing some base management and talking with your friends (that could steal your foods at any moment), DST will satisfy your taste. In my case both games are great to play, I can't choose specific one. (just play both games already)

 

and since here is DST community so I'm sure you'll get more DST-favored opinions in here...