Although you, as an avid Metroid fan, may disagree with that assessment, Metroid is generally most well-known for its exploration and "open" environments (as in, you can go anywhere your equipment can take you). From that point-of-view, it seems to fit okay.
I haven't played it yet, so I can't judge it, but from videos (which I haven't actually watched very many of yet), it looks decently fun (the exploration and combat parts, anyway; building seems to be little more than a novelty, required for getting people to move in only). The "town-raising" part actually sounds like one of the more interesting parts for me.
Just, uh... those sprites and those sounds... ugh...
The way I see it, though: I already have one major time-waster (Minecraft) that both looks nicer and can be modded fairly easily to include most of the things that Terraria boasts.
I haven't played it yet, so I can't judge it, but from videos (which I haven't actually watched very many of yet), it looks decently fun (the exploration and combat parts, anyway; building seems to be little more than a novelty, required for getting people to move in only). The "town-raising" part actually sounds like one of the more interesting parts for me.
Just, uh... those sprites and those sounds... ugh...
The way I see it, though: I already have one major time-waster (Minecraft) that both looks nicer and can be modded fairly easily to include most of the things that Terraria boasts.