I don’t understand the Fanboy’s who have to talk down either Game. I hear about complaints about Starbound, due the “lack” of content compared to Terraria. Obviously it doesn’t have as much Content as Terraria, due the fact that its already finished FOR YEARS. Compare Vanilla Terraria with Starbound, i played Terraria back than, and Terraria have nowhere near the same amount of content like Starbound have as now. It not even had Hardmode back than and it took at least a half year(if i remember correctly) as the first big Content-Update was released.
Of course there are these folks which claim(and that argument is heard so often in MMO’s as well): “But…but…but… the Dev’s could have learned from Terraria. Its no execuse that they only offers a bit more content than Terraria back than…” Do you guy’s really believe, this has something to do with Experience? Content isn’t delivered due Experience, but moreover the time which is spent. Obviously; experienced developers, can develope in a more efficient way, which also cause less time which have to be spent, but not in that sense that you compete contentwise with an finished Game, which have gotten alot of updates over Years. People should not forget that develope(and in Case of Starbound also overhaul) core Mechanics etc can be more time-consuming than the Content itself. The Problem which Starbound have gotten throug was, that actuall beside some exception the Game was finished could’ve already seen as promised/finished, but Tiy (as well the Playerbase) wasn’t happy with the outcoming of the Concept so they had to overhaul the complete concept. Thats also the Reason, why compared to the Beta also some content is missing, but i’m sure it will be reintroduced in the future with Content-Updates.
If you ask me, Starbound 1.0 is an amazing outcoming, maybe not within the quantity which seems to be important for alot of players, moreover due the fact they did an very solid and amazing job for the “Base-Game”. I would say, they should still deliever updates(which seems to be the case), because it still have a lot of potential and can be filled with content, however i’m very happy of what i’ve gotten and this is one, beside Grim Dawn(Early Access) and Divinity Original Sin one of the Games, where i happily spent my money early on and trusted the developers.
Compared to Terraria i would say, i prefer Starbound over Terraria, because for me the Game is featurewise a bigger package and offers more variety in gameplay. Except Fighting and Building you can make your own farm, colony, explore the universe and planets, have story missions and lore etc etc. However i wouldn’t compare Terraria with Starbound that much anyway. Both have an different Focus and different Target Audience. Terraria is for that way more Combat-Heavy and more RPG-ish, why i enjoy and like both of them.
I also can’t wait for Terraria Otherworld as well Terraria 2. I like the Artstyle of Terraria Otherworld, even though its so different than Terraria, also i like this Tower-Defense concept very much. And Terraria 2 will be sure amazing too!