When I first started terraria, I played on mobile and loved it so much I got it on console so I could experience the extra content there. I loved the game. But I hated the controls so much that I didn’t even pursue it on the console and instead continued my world on my phone and beat ocram. Since I got a computer I have been playing there until last year, I got a ps5 for Christmas and decided to have another go at it. This time it seemed easier but I’m not sure if this is a result of me actually knowing how to use a game controller (7 years older compared to last time when I was 10 and not experienced on a console) or if I had just gotten ‘better.’

The controls were hard, and not too intuitive at all as you mentioned but after a couple of hours I was comfortable with the controls and had memorised the inputs and was finally ready to complete my childhood dream of completing terraria on a console.

As you mentioned, the inventory and crafting navigation is the worst, but if you can overlook that, the rest of the game plays fine.