how long is game currently?

[likelike]

To get best stuff? I need a good game to grind on

[Spiff]

It depends upon your playstyle. If you don't rush and don't play on easy, it may take 50 hours to get endgame gear. I have a game with over 100 hours in it because I was going for the Complete Collector achievement, and another game with about 60 hours because I wanted to. I'm not sure how quick others are. I've paid a lot more for games that I got bored of before completing, so this one is a good value.

[ElDudorino]

If you focus on pure progression the game is probably 8-12 hours. Most of us clock way longer than that because we're building up a settlement and doing other things. This isn't the type of game where people focus purely on the mission objectives.

[Faust]

I've played a bit on a regular world and then switched to the highest difficulty (Brutal) and started from scratch. I then proceeded to play the game at a standard pace with some very light settlement engagement (a pathetically small population of 4 villagers, a very modest farm to keep them fed and me stocked up on consumables that they worked all on their own, 2 decently decorated box houses for 2 villagers each, and a crafting workshop). Got stuck on a few bosses a couple times, did some minimal grinding for specific gear to overcome that, reached endgame, saw most content (think I skipped one boss fight), and this took me around 40 hours.

This is a layman playthrough, where I didn't "devote" myself to a game in a way a dedicated player would, but also didn't go full ADHD goblin and speed through it with a guide on the second monitor and a wiki on the third. If you get into it properly - you will likely at least double that playtime if you decide to go for achievements or a nice settlement or other such things.

I have since stopped playing. Not because I got bored, but because I'm afraid of overplaying it and burning out on what will very likely become one of my top 10 favorite games (unless they f##k it up like the Terraria devs did theirs) before it's fully done.

[EchoSON]

just over 30 hours and you'll be well into the end game grind

[likelike]

Originally posted by Faust:

I've played a bit on a regular world and then switched to the highest difficulty (Brutal) and started from scratch. I then proceeded to play the game at a standard pace with some very light settlement engagement (a pathetically small population of 4 villagers, a very modest farm to keep them fed and me stocked up on consumables that they worked all on their own, 2 decently decorated box houses for 2 villagers each, and a crafting workshop). Got stuck on a few bosses a couple times, did some minimal grinding for specific gear to overcome that, reached endgame, saw most content (think I skipped one boss fight), and this took me around 40 hours.

This is a layman playthrough, where I didn't "devote" myself to a game in a way a dedicated player would, but also didn't go full ADHD goblin and speed through it with a guide on the second monitor and a wiki on the third. If you get into it properly - you will likely at least double that playtime if you decide to go for achievements or a nice settlement or other such things.

I have since stopped playing. Not because I got bored, but because I'm afraid of overplaying it and burning out on what will very likely become one of my top 10 favorite games (unless they f##k it up like the Terraria devs did theirs) before it's fully done.

I dig it! What happened to terraria? I never got far into that game at all

[likelike]

Originally posted by EchoSON:

just over 30 hours and you'll be well into the end game grind

whats the endgame grind?

[Faust]

Originally posted by likelike:

I dig it! What happened to terraria? I never got far into that game at all

It's a long story that not even all of the actual Terraria veteran players would understand and/or agree with, let alone someone who didn't get into it. If I had to try to summarize it for someone who isn't in on it, I'd ask you to imagine one of those comments you'd see on youtube or reddit where a mildly clever joke with several thousand likes has a string of edits from the poster like

Edit: Wow, 50 likes! Thanks!
Edit 2: 69 likes. Nice.
Edit 3: Holy crap, 100 likes! That's my most liked comment ever!
Edit 4: I can't believe I got 500 likes on a single comment!
...
Edit 10: Okay, ya'll need to chill down in the replies, let's be civil.
Edit 11: Really, ya'll gonna get political? This needs to stop NOW.
...
Edit 36: We opened the relationship. Trying to look for new experiences.
...
Edit 53: She took the house, the dog, and the kids, but at least I got to keep the car and my Playstation Vita.

I'm sure you've seen one of those, even if perhaps in a form less dramatically excessive. Now imagine one such comment in the form of a game. The dev made something great and couldn't let it stay great so he just had to keep tinkering with it until got worse and worse. The details are too complicated to get into on a forum of a different game and would steer the conversation way off topic, so I won't elaborate on this particular subject any further than this, at least not here.

Originally posted by likelike:

Originally posted by EchoSON:

just over 30 hours and you'll be well into the end game grind

whats the endgame grind?

As of right now, there is a system called Excursions, where the existing biomes and several new ones get scaled up to several endgame tiers (1 through 5) and you acquire portal tablets to these biomes where you do a quick mission and then fight a boss. These excursions reward endgame materials and feature an upgrade system that allows you to upgrade your gear through these tiers. My favorite part of this system is the fact that any weapon or armor, down to copper, can be upgraded to these tiers and thus be technically viable in endgame, though you mileage may vary depending on the particular piece of gear and the difficulty. My favorite Blood Plate armor ended up being near useless in endgame on the Brutal difficulty because even with tier 5 armor I die in like 2-3 hits, so those regen bonuses ended up feeling obsolete.

Other than that I suppose there's also achievement hunting and building a fancy settlement.

[likelike]

Originally posted by Faust:

Originally posted by likelike:

I dig it! What happened to terraria? I never got far into that game at all

It's a long story that not even all of the actual Terraria veteran players would understand and/or agree with, let alone someone who didn't get into it. If I had to try to summarize it for someone who isn't in on it, I'd ask you to imagine one of those comments you'd see on youtube or reddit where a mildly clever joke with several thousand likes has a string of edits from the poster like

Edit: Wow, 50 likes! Thanks!
Edit 2: 69 likes. Nice.
Edit 3: Holy crap, 100 likes! That's my most liked comment ever!
Edit 4: I can't believe I got 500 likes on a single comment!
...
Edit 10: Okay, ya'll need to chill down in the replies, let's be civil.
Edit 11: Really, ya'll gonna get political? This needs to stop NOW.
...
Edit 36: We opened the relationship. Trying to look for new experiences.
...
Edit 53: She took the house, the dog, and the kids, but at least I got to keep the car and my Playstation Vita.

I'm sure you've seen one of those, even if perhaps in a form less dramatically excessive. Now imagine one such comment in the form of a game. The dev made something great and couldn't let it stay great so he just had to keep tinkering with it until got worse and worse. The details are too complicated to get into on a forum of a different game and would steer the conversation way off topic, so I won't elaborate on this particular subject any further than this, at least not here.

Originally posted by likelike:

whats the endgame grind?

As of right now, there is a system called Excursions, where the existing biomes and several new ones get scaled up to several endgame tiers (1 through 5) and you acquire portal tablets to these biomes where you do a quick mission and then fight a boss. These excursions reward endgame materials and feature an upgrade system that allows you to upgrade your gear through these tiers. My favorite part of this system is the fact that any weapon or armor, down to copper, can be upgraded to these tiers and thus be technically viable in endgame, though you mileage may vary depending on the particular piece of gear and the difficulty. My favorite Blood Plate armor ended up being near useless in endgame on the Brutal difficulty because even with tier 5 armor I die in like 2-3 hits, so those regen bonuses ended up feeling obsolete.

Other than that I suppose there's also achievement hunting and building a fancy settlement.

That sounds like a fully fledged ARPG endgame ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. yeah i'm about to play lol

[ElDudorino]

I think Terraria just kept getting better. Doesn't feel like the devs messed it up to me. And Necesse keeps getting better, too. I'm looking forward to seeing what else the dev comes up with.

[Stealth-Boy 3000]

Originally posted by likelike:

Originally posted by Faust:

I've played a bit on a regular world and then switched to the highest difficulty (Brutal) and started from scratch. I then proceeded to play the game at a standard pace with some very light settlement engagement (a pathetically small population of 4 villagers, a very modest farm to keep them fed and me stocked up on consumables that they worked all on their own, 2 decently decorated box houses for 2 villagers each, and a crafting workshop). Got stuck on a few bosses a couple times, did some minimal grinding for specific gear to overcome that, reached endgame, saw most content (think I skipped one boss fight), and this took me around 40 hours.

This is a layman playthrough, where I didn't "devote" myself to a game in a way a dedicated player would, but also didn't go full ADHD goblin and speed through it with a guide on the second monitor and a wiki on the third. If you get into it properly - you will likely at least double that playtime if you decide to go for achievements or a nice settlement or other such things.

I have since stopped playing. Not because I got bored, but because I'm afraid of overplaying it and burning out on what will very likely become one of my top 10 favorite games (unless they f##k it up like the Terraria devs did theirs) before it's fully done.

I dig it! What happened to terraria? I never got far into that game at all

If u ask me, they ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up with npc happiness prefering biomes, not adressing balancing issues, and some other stuff. Also progression is kinda on rails, while in Necesse more freestyle. I love the fact that I can for example, craft quartz gear even before fighting Queen spider.

[AEROBICIDE]

the dev from necesse already said that this game will be FAR from over so we can expect more endgame in the future ;)