TerraTech Worlds

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TerraTech Worlds is a simulation game that lets you explore, mine, build, and battle in an open-world alien planet, either solo or with up to 6 players in online co-op. With rich environments, dynamic weather, and hostile enemies, you'll need to craft and customize your vehicles, bases, and factories to survive and dominate. Despite some bugs, the game boasts great graphics, hilarious moments, and a vast world to discover.

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72%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,868 reviews

gameplay80 positive mentions

grinding226 negative mentions

The game has great potential and shows promise for future updates.
The graphics are beautiful and the world feels immersive.
The combat system is engaging, requiring players to aim and strategize.

The game is grindy, with resource gathering feeling tedious and time-consuming.
The building mechanics are clunky, making it difficult to place blocks accurately.
The reactor capacity limits creativity and restricts the size of techs.

gameplay
272 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
62%
9%
The gameplay of "Terratech Worlds" has received mixed reviews, with many players noting that while it introduces promising mechanics and improved graphics, it suffers from clunky controls, tedious building processes, and a grindy progression system that detracts from the overall experience. Critics highlight the lack of intuitive UI and the absence of features like seed-based world generation, which limits exploration and creativity. Despite its potential, many feel it falls short of the original "Terratech," requiring significant improvements and balancing to fully realize its gameplay potential.
- “The combination of building and battling, the endless optimization of tech, and the satisfying trial and error mechanics kept me hooked.”
- “The core gameplay is solid, and with continued improvements, I believe it can truly shine.”
- “The systems that are already in the game make for a great foundation and make for way more engaging gameplay than the original game.”
- “It's one of those games that could be great, but small annoyances in the base gameplay just chip away at the enjoyment of the game.”
- “The controls are sluggish, making the gameplay feel clunky.”
- “The current gameplay loop is pretty boring; there needs to be much more to do in the game.”
grinding
228 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
1%
99%
The grinding aspect of the game has received significant criticism, with many players describing it as excessively tedious and mind-numbing, particularly in the early stages. While some acknowledge that recent updates have made improvements, the overall sentiment is that resource gathering, crafting, and base management are overly complex and frustrating, detracting from the fun and engaging gameplay that was present in earlier titles. Players express a desire for better balance and quality of life improvements to alleviate the grind.
- “The grind isn't all that tedious, and as you advance, it becomes less so.”
- “Grinding is mind numbingly boring.”
- “This game is simply put, boring and excessively grindy.”
- “The fun and engaging gameplay loop of the first game has been replaced with a grindy and boring one, and the forced use of epic online services (eos) for multiplayer is a huge letdown.”
graphics
168 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
57%
2%
The graphics of the game have received widespread praise for their beauty and significant improvement over the original, showcasing stunning terrains and diverse environments. However, many players have reported performance issues, with the game being GPU-intensive and poorly optimized, leading to low frame rates even on lower settings. Overall, while the visuals are a highlight, they come at the cost of performance, leaving some players longing for the original's charm and functionality.
- “A amazing open world game with outstanding visuals.”
- “The graphics look awesome, and it's insanely fun to just drive around.”
- “Graphically, it's a huge boost from the original.”
- “I have enjoyed the game so far, however there are a myriad of issues that will frustrate a lot of people, the game looks the same regardless of graphics settings most of the time, and runs at sub 20 frames.”
- “I'm not too sure whether it's my build or poor optimization, but either way, for how average the graphics are, I should not be running this game at 27 fps when games such as Cyberpunk, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, and Devil May Cry 5 all run at 60 fps on medium+ graphics and, in my opinion, have much better graphics.”
- “Poorly optimized, there is no way in hell this game should struggle to get 30 fps on 1080p and low graphics.”
story
156 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
8%
82%
10%
The game's story is largely absent, with players noting a lack of narrative depth and character development. Many reviews express disappointment over the repetitive and grind-heavy mission structure, which fails to provide engaging or meaningful content. Overall, players hope for future updates to introduce more story-driven missions and improve the quest system, as the current state feels unfinished and lacking in variety.
- “I really loved Terratech, and think that expanding more on the basic formula with a deeper story and the same 'worlds' design with just more polished versions of the original mechanics would have been a better way to go about this game.”
- “I'm really hoping to see them add story-driven missions in following updates.”
- “No, the game is not finished in the sense that content is a bit dry at the moment, the story is yet to be implemented, and there's only one planet.”
- “Game has zero story.”
- “This game has no story.”
- “Nothing there about story, characters, or a point to the game.”
optimization
110 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
60%
22%
Overall, the game's optimization has received mixed reviews, with many players reporting significant performance issues and bugs, particularly on lower-end systems. While some users have experienced satisfactory performance, others have noted that the game is demanding on hardware and lacks essential optimization features, leading to crashes and lag. As the game is still in early access, there is hope for improvements in future updates, but current optimization remains a major concern for many players.
- “The combination of building and battling, the endless optimization of tech, and the satisfying trial and error mechanics kept me hooked.”
- “The game is optimized well and has out of the box 21:9 support.”
- “This game is amazing, in my opinion very well optimized, even though my specs are below the recommended, I can still play around 25/15 fps, still playable, the content is incredible, even in low, the graphics are still incredible, I completely recommend!”
- “Quite badly optimized, couldn't even play the game :(”
- “I love this game but it lacks a lot of optimization. It uses 100% of the GPU and although I can play, I cannot transmit the game at the same time which could give it a little more reach so that people want to buy it. Friends try to enter the game and it is so poorly optimized that it crashes. They could optimize the part models with much less since most of them are straight lines and the world might not be as detailed; there would still be no problem as long as you can play.”
- “Poorly optimized, there is no way in hell this game should struggle to get 30fps on 1080p and low graphics.”
stability
62 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
10%
90%
The game's stability has been a significant concern among players, with many reporting persistent bugs and glitches that affect gameplay, particularly in multiplayer and automation features. While some users have noted improvements following patches, the overall consensus is that the game remains a buggy experience, especially at launch, and players are advised to wait for further development before purchasing at full price. Despite these issues, some players have managed to enjoy the game without major problems, highlighting the potential for fun in its current state.
- “The developers are committed, which you can tell from TerraTech, and now we are here with a new (not buggy) engine.”
- “I've had tons of fun and no glitches, crashes, or any other kind of craziness.”
- “Performance is excellent; it runs great on an 7800 XT/7900 XT and an 5800 X3D.”
- “You cannot select or move blocks due to glitches which will have you tabbing in and out of the program every few minutes.”
- “But don't worry -- when you get into that heated battle expect crashing and glitches like Microsoft Windows 95.”
- “A buggy early access game that somehow manages to be worse than the limited demo from a few months ago?”
humor
36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is often described as quirky and situational, with players finding amusement in the game's mechanics, such as the interactions with AI and the absurdity of certain design choices. Many reviews highlight the comedic aspects of gameplay, including the customization of vehicles and the humorous frustrations encountered while building bases. Overall, while the humor is appreciated, it is sometimes overshadowed by gameplay challenges, leading to a mix of laughter and frustration.
- “Yo, the 'reviews' I see about people complaining about more simple blocks or the 1x1x1 block because they can't build are hilarious.”
- “Hilariously, though, the attempts to fix the new problems have brought back the gun brick.”
- “The customization of your vehicle is funny and honestly a blast.”
music
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
65%
18%
The music in the game has received significant criticism for its absence, with many players expressing a strong desire for the return of the nostalgic battle and ambient tracks from the original TerraTech. Reviewers noted that the lack of music makes the gameplay feel dull and empty, detracting from the overall experience, especially during combat. Players are urging developers to restore the previous soundtrack to enhance the game's atmosphere and enjoyment.
- “It added so much to the experience; during the initial hours of playing TerraTech, I kept playing in great part due to the relaxing background music and great battle themes.”
- “In conclusion, if you want a chill sandbox game with an even better soundtrack to jam to, choose to play TerraTech.”
- “The original TerraTech had great music in combat and out of combat; it helped nurture the world you lived in, and when in combat, it provided really nice music to complement the battles you engaged in.”
- “The game is basically a hollow resource grind in an empty world, with no music, and no progress.”
- “In this game, it doesn't have music at all in or out of combat and makes the game slightly dull.”
- “The ambiance can get annoying since it isn't accompanied by music and the only way to turn it down is to turn all of the sounds off, which sucks since I want to hear gunshots and horns and such.”
emotional
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players express a mix of frustration and satisfaction regarding the emotional experience of the game. While the overwhelming enemy swarms and tedious resource gathering can lead to irritation, the sense of achievement from overcoming these challenges and the satisfaction of building and thriving in the game world ultimately contribute to a rewarding emotional journey. The desire for more engaging mechanics and improvements reflects a hope for deeper emotional engagement in future updates.
- “The way the game is set up made me feel as though I could only thrive if I worked for it, which I found rather satisfying in the end.”
- “Even if it gets better down the line, the first 90 minutes made me feel irritated at how slow cutting a tree is, or how I constantly need more and more iron/copper/whatever-the-heck, how I constantly run out of inventory space, etc.”
- “Tried it then tried the original again after years of not touching it.”
replayability
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
25%
38%
Players express significant concerns about the game's replayability, primarily due to the absence of seeds, which prevents them from recreating or revisiting worlds. While there is optimism regarding the developers' responsiveness to community feedback and ongoing updates, many feel that the current limitations could hinder long-term engagement and enjoyment.
- “The game has some flaws but they are fully listening to the community while actively and quickly fixing them. Today's update already made the game 10x more playable, and I'm sure there are many more tweaks to come. Awesome game with huge potential.”
- “Part of the reason why I love TerraTech so much is because of the replay value whenever a new content update drops.”
- “The replay value is significantly enhanced with each new content update, making it a game that keeps players coming back for more.”
- “Loss of replayability: without seeds, players can't intentionally recreate or revisit worlds, diminishing the replay value and limiting long-term engagement.”
- “If this is how it'll be going forward, I'll be mostly disappointed, because part of the reason why I love TerraTech so much is because of the replay value whenever a new content update drops.”
- “Loss of replayability: without seeds, players can't intentionally recreate or revisit worlds, diminishing the replay value and limiting long-term engagement.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
150%
The atmosphere of the game is praised for its appealing graphics, creating an immersive experience; however, players have noted performance issues that detract from the overall enjoyment.
- “The graphics and atmosphere are stunning, creating an immersive experience.”
- “The atmosphere is captivating, drawing you into the game's world.”
- “The game's ambiance is beautifully crafted, enhancing the overall experience.”