TerraTech Worlds

I'm not really into writing reviews, but looking at recent reviews made me want to defend this game(and the developer) from what I think is somewhat of a bad wrap. The idea that a game that has over 2,000 good reviews gets dropped down into "Mixed" territory because 16 people that most of which didn't say that it is bad, just that they did not like the direction it is going. gets turned on that easy is just wrong. I have always known Payload Studios to be top notch. I personally see nothing about this game that could remotely be considered unplayable. I found it a remarkably solid bug free experience. It's a beautiful game graphic wise and everything just works as it should. You could argue that the first game was better but that's personal preference. Money well spent in my opinion.

Вообщем я не буду оценивать терратеч миры как что-то связанное с первой игрой. Если читать это всё не охота можно начать с конца. Проходил я игру на харде и мне есть что сказать... Сложность действительно себя оправдала сложнее всего было сражатся на последнем и предпоследнем континенте где у врагов появляется оружие с каким то неадекватным параметром отбрасывания. Буквально с пары ударов улетаешь куда-то на километр после чего враги просто респаунятся и по новой, сизиф какой то, не говоря уже о растениях которые тебя тоже готовы запустить в стратосферу в любой момент при невнимательности. В игре на момент обзора есть 3 планеты которые кроме как расположением биомов и ключевых локаций никак не отличаются. Я если честно после прохождения нибиру думал что следующие планеты будут хотя-бы с другими биомами и квестами не говоря уже о ресурсах или каких то фишках. Но нет всё совершенно то же задания боссы локации... То как тут реализовано копание и добыча ресурсов мне до слёз противно - вроде бы изменять рельеф можно да вот только на пару сантиметров. Взять в пример астронир или эмпирион где копать можно практически без ограничений ну небо и земля. Копающие лазеры же к лейтгейму становятся вообще бесполезны так как проще просто принести кусок ресурса на базу и там его уже обработать и больше дают и платить не надо. Ещё хочу упомянуть воду - плавать максимум прикольно не более того. По прогрессу в игре скорее всего пересядешь на самолёт потому что банально быстрее да и врагов воздухе нету. Было бы намного интереснее были бы задания хоть как то связанные с океаном и его покорением а не обычным перелётом. Из хорошего - здесь таки реализовали нормальные базы которые можно создавать действительно вменяемых размеров, то что я мог в одной из локаций построить себе мост через стены или лестницу к нефти вообще шикарно. Вроде как тут ещё есть кооператив без красных стен которые не дают отходить друг от друга дальше чем на пару метров(игроки терратеч знают про что я, хоть и говорил что я эти игры не сравниваю), но у меня правда нету друзей с этой игрой чтобы доказать наверняка. Выдумаю то что это правда и поставлю плюсик. Вообщем минусы явно перевешивают плюсы в моём представлении. Дал бы цену ей в рублей 400-500 но большинство явно не согласится с такими большими цифрами. Реиграбельности тут ноль и даже меньше. В терратеч я играл часов 400 и мне не то чтобы надоело там строить, тут же я поиграл часов 40 и с трудом хочется играть в неё снова по крайней мере одному. Кстати уважаю тех кто прочитал это полностью.

in its current state feels like a downgrade from original therratech. yes it has "high quality" graphics but it feels too limiting for what you can do.

Feels like abandonware. Updates aren't going to happen now that they have another game, also flying is very weird. Pieces and "companies" in game are now missing and under one thing, which makes it lose all identity. Graphics are nice.

TerraTech Worlds(Terra tech 2) is a sandbox mecha builder. The core loop revolves around assembling vehicles and automated bases on alien planets to harvest resources, fight enemy techs, and expand your operations. [b]The Short Answer: Is It Worth Buying?[/b] In my opinion, you're much better off buying the first TerraTech. It's far more entertaining and mechanically complete—at least right now. [b]Playtime[/b] 5/10 If you don't obsess over building every single possibility, it takes around 20–30 hours to clear current content. [b]Story[/b] 2/10 There is essentially no story to speak of—even the first game had more narrative framing than this. [b]Music[/b] 44/10 Very underwhelming. The combat music is repetitive, and changing locations doesn't alter the tracks at all. [b]Graphics[/b] 4/10 Upgraded cartoon aesthetic. [b]Mechanics[/b] 3/10 It feels like the sequel completely stripped out a massive number of features that made the original great. The game design shifted, turning the core loop into a dull grind. The first TerraTech let you build awesome, quirky mechs with decent handling—not perfect, but genuinely fun. Here, they added weight physics and modifier systems that don't necessarily make the game harder, but the strict Reactor/Core capacity system (which limits total blocks) completely kills any desire or freedom to build something creative or ridiculous. Aircraft and naval builds are an absolute nightmare: they removed tons of stabilization blocks, leaving flight feeling gutted and frustrating. You won't even want to mount weapons on flying techs. Shields and similar defensive modules work completely erratically. The game lacks proper numerical feedback—it doesn't show clean damage numbers, block energy drains, wheel torque specs, or engine outputs, leaving you to guess how things work. Logistics are equally frustrating: you can't properly link bases across different continents, bases can't automatically pull blocks into storage, and there are no dedicated transport storage containers. Automated factories operate on a rigid "if it's not directly inside the machine, it doesn't exist" logic. Resource extraction feels unrewarding, and early-game energy production is far too slow. [b]Personal Take[/b] A very disappointing sequel. The original game was infinitely more fun because it provided proper stabilization blocks and didn't slap restrictive block caps onto your vehicles (which in TerraTech Worlds is only disabled in specific creative modes). The economy is terribly balanced—you are constantly broke, and block/license prices need to be cut by at least 3 to 4 times to feel reasonable. Merchants and trading mechanics need a complete top-to-bottom overhaul. [b]Overall Score:[/b] 64/100

It's like building lego cars that shoot at eachother, only bad part is after 10 hours into the game you'll be 20 minutes into optimizing a build and the crippling realization that you might be a little too autistic hits you like a truck.

"Short" review as I've got little time. Overall: Buy it. Right now (5/31/2026) its got a Mixed rating but I don't believe it's deserved. This is honestly a great successor and worth your money, as someone who's put in over 300 hours on TerraTech and nearly 40 on this (enough to progress to the end of the Swamp), its got its issues but nothing truly awful. Early Access right now but worth getting into, there's plenty of content atm for around 60 hours of playtime and they're not even done yet. The original pretty much went the same, and it was really cool to see it shape up over time. I see their vision with this one and it's good. Positives: - Very fun. It plays different from the original TerraTech, but feels similar enough to where you aren't totally lost. - Building system is good, and quite interesting. A flaw (or trait) of TerraTech was just how quickly you could outscale your enemies. This one gives you a "reactor power" limit which forces you to keep your techs within a certain power level. There are settings you can change to adjust or even remove the reactor system entirely. - Bases are are MASSIVE improvement over the original game. Previously they were janky, hard to use, and limited in usefulness, not to mention you're almost always moving so you'd want a base you can pack up easily anyway. This game encourages you to MAKE bases and outposts. They are implemented smoothly and feel great to use. The devs definitely saw the limitations of either Unity or their own spaghetti codebase and said screw it, let's make it as best we can in the new game. It definitely works, except for when you're trying to put parts on the S.E.E.D structures... - Combat is gritty and satisfying. I went with a 6x mining laser tech while my buddy used the available guns, it's a lot of fun. Enemies actually feel threatening but don't bother you CONSTANTLY like in the original. Combat music is a smoother transition and doesn't annoy the crap out of you. By the time we were venturing into the Swamp, enemies were putting up a fight, and when we started scavenging for the S.E.E.D structure parts, I had to run in and yank it heist-style because for the last part they throw some nasty enemies at you. It's nice you don't HAVE to kill them, you can just quickly run in and grab the part. Invest in Voyager wheels. - Funny moments. I found out there's an achievement for honking your horn constantly within earshot of a teammate. The plants (or rather the hostile ones) are funny as hell. They CAN get annoying, but like, they're often quite funny when playing with friends. The Swamp got pretty crazy though. - Progression. It's well-thought out and a great improvement over how it was when we played our first 12 hours a year or two ago. It does take you a while, and acquiring parts for your tech feels a little awkward earlier on as licensing parts is expensive. And good news, if you need base parts, you can just steal an enemy's base! Like, the ENTIRE base! I'd recommend platforming over that lake you start out by, lots of space for a big base. - Licensing system / Hot-Swapping. AWESOME system that is a pretty big improvement over the original. Your destroyed parts can be recovered via the Tech Yard as long as you saved what you had at a tech yard. It's like an in-game save / checkpoint system. Only license parts you care about, it can get expensive! - Automation. It could use some work, but the fact there's automation with bases, and just in general how your bases can turn into Factorio-esque concrete monstrosities is great. I'd love to see them expand on this in the future. - Kid-friendly. While the physics aren't like how they are irl and there isn't a lot of learning to be had (apart from maybe the base system?), they don't overdo it like in the original game (that one is practically toddler friendly), but it keeps that charm from the original and you can just feel it in how it plays in general. It's pretty well-designed in that regard. Negatives: - Crashes. They were fairly rare, however. We didn't run into a lot of BUGS per se, but random crashes. No rhyme or reason, game would just crash every now and then. - Progression. As mentioned, its pretty rough early on. Progress is slow, but they DO offer you settings to change it to your preferred pace. I figure they are going to continue to smoothen and improve this as time goes on, it is still in early access. - Camera jank / block placement. This is also an artifact from the original game, and I figure is very difficult for them to fix. Be prepared to finagle your camera when placing stuff, reposition your tech when working on bases, etc. as this is something that just kind of comes with games like this. - Crafting. They need to improve this, bulk crafting just doesn't exist. You gotta click the same box so many times. It's almost always better to go out and salvage bases than craft your own parts. Then again, maybe that's what they're trying to encourage. I'm not sure, but eitherway, crafting could use some improvements. - Evil Game Design / Knockback. This is mostly from the plants, but some enemies can have cannons that do this too. There is a plant called the Puffball and it has a gimmick, its gimmick is not that it kills you, but rather it kindly relocates you. Onto your roof. Fifty feet away. Sometimes there will be multiple. They thought this was funny, so they made them SMALL and GREEN and HIDDEN IN FLOWERS in the Swamp. Be warned. - The Swamp. This isn't actually a criticism, because it's the kind of masochistic pain my buddy and I ENJOYED, like difficulty 10 in Helldivers II, but, if you do not enjoy that kind of pain, I would prepare as much as you can for it if I were you. Swamps in video games always (and should) suck. It did in Valheim, and it does in Minecraft. TerraTech: Worlds is no different. It comes after the Lightning Forest or whatever it's called, which is after the Forest biome you start in. - Restrictiveness in tech building. If you are desiring the absolute freedom to build your tech as large and whatnot as you'd like, the original game gives you much more leeway. This game is DIFFERENT (but not better or worse!) in that it forces you to make choices. Again there are settings if you do not like this or want to tone it down. So yeah, I loved TerraTech, and I love TerraTech: Worlds. Great game, and good job Payload Studios. Yes, I am autistic. How could you tell? :>