Terraria

also wiki games are bad. end of story. just let the guide show you crafting trees and have the bestiary show drops without having to farm the enemy first. actually just make it so that stuff is readily available at crafting stations so the wiki middle man isnt needed at all

Hard not to agree with your criticisms even though I still think this is a great game. The game asks a lot of you and there's no guarantee that you will be rewarded for your time. All the variety in playstyles begs for repeat playthroughs, but it's such a grind-heavy game that replaying through certain sections can get extremely tiresome. After playing through 5-10 times, it feels like a balancing act between some of the most fun I've ever had playing video games and a boring, frustrating grind. It's why I don't plan to come back to it for a good while (watch my friends and I inevitably simp for the next big update).

And yeah, if you're not even having fun with the actual fun parts (which is understandable if your friends started you out in expert/master mode with no prior experience), I can understand hating this game. I have nothing but respect for Re-Logic, they really do try to listen to the fans, but I think some of the game's issues might run too deep for them to fix at this point. Terraria has become such a massive game and it's all built on that RNG philosophy. But who knows, they've surprised me before.