Terraria for those who dislike dying

Terraria is a classic survival/exploration/crafting game that recently had an update which makes it friendlier for people who'd rather focus on exploration and crafting than combat. It's available on pretty much every platform, though I think this update is currently just for desktop, and often goes on sale very cheap.

I had a lot of fun playing Terraria a few years ago on the easiest setting it had then, but stopped when I hit a point in the boss progression which adds a timed component that made me anxious.

But the new "journey" mode lets you turn that part off! It even lets you turn on God Mode and become unkillable!

So I've started again in Journey mode and am having a great time.
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Narukami Koyichiro Chapters 10-Divine End

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So I really liked the idea of this path: the main character is a woman who raised as a ninja, always subservient to a lord, while Kyoichiro is an ex-ninja who's become an independent business man determined to never be subservient to anyone, and has a secret identity as a Robin Hood-esque thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Kyoichiro teaches MC how to be independent and strong, and she teaches him to forgive himself for his past and accept her love.

Unfortunately the execution was pretty mediocre. I wasn't expecting deep political commentary but it brings up a bunch of questions about freedom and justice in an unjust society then is incredibly lazy about answering them, and isn't very satisfying as simple "Screw the rich!" power fantasy either. Also while Kyoichiro is, at heart, a basically decent guy, he's just the wrong side of asshole with his tsundere emotional constipation, and MC ends up too soppily ok with it for my tastes.

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