Valheim vs Terraria

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I know they are 2 completely different games, yet both of them have many similarities.
Let's do a fight and let's see what people think.

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I played both I refunded Terraria and I still enjoy Valheim.

[Fresh Yuuka]

Played both. Enjoyed both.

Don't see much similarities other than build stuff, explore, and kill things, since the feel is different.

This is pretty much seeing if someone wants to eat a pizza today or if they're feeling more like taco bell down the road.

[Draconifors]

I've owner Terraria for many years and have roughly 400 hours clocked.
I've owned Valheim for half a year and have way over 600 hours clocked.

Both games are great, but I like Valheim more. I've done multiplayer in both, too.

[Requimatic]

I prefer Valheim.

While Terraria is fun in its own right, with plenty to do, it's just.. too different in terms of atmosphere and immersion.

Valheim has been the first game I've sat in front of and went "whoa.." in a very long time. Black Forest is still my favorite zone for this reason; I felt like I was actually IN a Forest. The sense of danger I felt the first time walking in to there is something I'll not soon forget.

Same thing happened again when I started my venture in to the Swamp. Now, it's happening once more in the Mountain biome.

I'm not particularly one to shill for a game, but Valheim hits all the right nails on all the right heads. The only particular gripe I have is some food recipes could be eased off of material-wise considering their duration. (Or have all foods normalized to 30 minutes; that would be fantastic as well.)

[GodThor87]

Lets compare apples and tomatoes, they have many similarities! They're both fruits and have seeds....well that's about it.

[Lucidess]

I would say first do Terraria VS Starbound, because you would find there are many differences there.

Then compare Starbound to Valheim and find MANY MANY similarities, such as an open workshop that let's you break the original game in twain, awkward multiplayer with overpowered characters because again, workshop, good but short questline with strict barriers such as breathing in space, withstanding extreme temperatures, and so on, and barely any rules to restrict players of any item giving or cheating. Or you can play the game as it is. Just like Valheim! The environments all have something to obtain such as veggies and ores, combat is janky but doable because of fixed animations, you have to eat or die and some food recipes are overpowered... I could go on and on comparing Starbound to Valheim.

[Aimee]

Not sure what kind of ''fight'' you expect out of this, without any context.

Terraria and Valheim have a lot in common, in the sense that they are both survival, crafting and building games with exploration ellements.
Both have similar crafting stations where you have to place upgrades nearby, and have to mine minerals and build bases.
As well as fighting bosses to move the game forward.

But i do think that the playerbase is quite different. Terraria being a 2d game.

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by GodThor87:

Lets compare apples and tomatoes, they have many similarities! They're both fruits and have seeds....well that's about it.

Valheim is definitely inspired by Terraria. It's more like, "let's compare apples and apples!" Uh, apples are better, I guess.

Originally posted by Aimee:

Not sure what kind of ''fight'' you expect out of this, without any context.

Yeah exactly, I guess we're supposed to more point out things that are different. IMO the biggest thing I miss from Terraria when playing Valheim is inventory autosort, chest auto deposit, etc. and convenience things like town portals or tool auto-select.

[Greymantle]

I have over 2k hours in Terraria and 200 hours in Valheim. Those numbers will change when Valheim is finished though I doubt I will reach 2k hours. Let's hope they support Valheim as well as the Terraria team did their game.

[Knightframe]

Terrraria -- Up down left right
Starbound -- Up down left right -) to new maps
Valheim -- Up (not by much), down (even less), left , right, Z --) new map creation

From Terraria you can still use some strategys, like building a boss arenas, but bosses can destroy structures. However you dont need anoying npcs in your base to prevent a monster spawns, just a workbench.

This gives Valheim way more freedom than the other game, where you are pretty much stuck with a single base or you have to remake a whole building complex. Not to mention the event after you kill lava boss for 1.st time, changes the terrain and makes you work extra to fix the base.

Also, you are not forced to collect hp (and by accident trigger a boss fight) and you can go at your own pace.

For armor progress, i think Valheim needs a bit more options to chose from (light, medium, heavy). There is no light armor after troll armor and you are pretty much stuck with a slow speed for rest of the game.

But game is still work in progress, so things will change.

[Kraft51]

Originally posted by GodThor87:

Lets compare apples and tomatoes, they have many similarities! They're both fruits and have seeds....well that's about it.

don't downplay it like that ... devs stated that Terraria was one of the main inspirations and the devs take a lot of its mechanics into account when they designed many of their own.

for example, even though not identical it shares many of the same functions, how benches are upgraded. a little different in Terraria being you don't upgrade a single bench multiple times rather create several variations that craft various different items each, the basic table being the staple in this case.

food buffs are also very similar in function, not even that far a step away from how Terraria does it. theres more but they also used Dark Souls as another main influence to the mechanics. regardless, as others stated, both are great games but Valheim is still more satisfying for myself.

[Bershy]

Originally posted by InFlAmEs:

I played both I refunded Terraria and I still enjoy Valheim.

opposite for me altho i didnt refund valheim i just quit

[Sensei Pasi]

they arent the same you must be insane to compare them

[TheQuixote]

Both great games, and if you like them both would strongly recommend "Craft the World"

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Originally posted by TheQuixote:

Both great games, and if you like them both would strongly recommend "Craft the World"

i craft my mom