Terraria is better than Minecraft

Hi, to start my case off I'd like to say that I find both sandboxes to be of equal quality.Anyhow, let us begin.Contention 1) Graphics and Gameplaya.) GraphicsMinecraft's retroesque design was meant to be that way simply because:I. Notch wanted the game which was orignally indie to idolize the older era of video gamesand II. Notch wanted to make a game that was relatively easy to produce for a small teamIn a review done by CNET Markuss Persoson stated that: "Retro nostalgia has always been a big part of indie games, possibly because it doesn't take huge teams to produce non-photorealistic graphics, and because a lot of indie developers want to re-create the feeling of imagination and adventure found in older games."[1] Mojang like most indie companies had humble beginings and its success led them to a future even Notch couldn't have possibly imagined.Since its release a number of models and textures have been released, and a number of third party modders have released various Texture Packs later redubbed ("Resource Packs"), Shaders, and Graphical mods to which I will delve into deeper in the later rounds. For now here are a few examples.Popular Graphical Mods and Packs include:1. SphaxBDCraft2. OptiFine HD C73. SonicEther's Unbelievable Cell Shaders4. DokuCraft5. oCd Texture Pack6. GLSL Shaders7. MineWars and so many morefor further example of Minecraft's history read the Minecraft changelogs at: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com...onto gameplay.b.) GameplayMinecraft is known to be a Survival/Creative Sandbox and its playstyle can change anytime with the addition of Mods, Texture Packs, and Custom Maps. The Game starts simply as you Steve spawn into a customly generated world the literal size of Neptune (The Planet.)In the base game of Minecraft you are given a health bar of nine hearts, nine food slices, and tasked with a simple objective: Survive by any means. So by that means your first order of business would be to chop down a tree and work on up from there. When the sun goes down that's when things get more interesting, "As the light level of a block reaches 7 hostile mobs begin to spawn."[2]You should fashion yourself a weapon to fend yourself from the mobs.These are the most common kinds of hostile mobs in Minecraft's base game: I: CreeperII: ZombieIII: SkeletonIV: EndermanV: SpiderThen you get to rarer hostile mobs:VI: Spider JockeyVII: SilverfishVIII:Zombie Pigman (In Overworld)IX: SlimeX: Lava SlimeFinally when you enter the nether you are met with:XI: BlazeXII: Zombie PigmenXIII:GhastsXIV: Wither SkeletonsLater on you have two base game bosses:XV: The Ender DragonXVI: The WitherAs you seem to be running out of food after surviving an barrage of skeletons and zombies you notice that your health is almost fully depleted and you have half a meat slab left in your hunger bar. You must now find a viable source of food.In Minecraft you have the option of either killing passive-agressive mobs to gain your food or you can plant your food and survive off of that. In any case for you to have a ranch you need a surprising amount of wheat and a home to have been fully established. When you're done with that its time to breed. Breeding in minecraft is a simple process it involves a surmountable amount of wheat and an area surrounded by the food of your choice.After your farm and ranch are established and your base is monster-proofed its time to begin the process of potion making which requires a brewing stand and choice ingredients to make a desired potion. This will happen during the Later stages of minecraft when you have the ingredients to do so.Even further on you will begin to Enchant more than you might have originally thought.Sources:[1]: http://www.cnet.com...[2]: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com...Well... that wraps it up for Round 1