FTL: Advanced Edition

This game is very, very entertaining. You can play as the captain of a spaceship fighting your way through the galaxy, manning weapons, shields, etc with so many options to attack and defend that there is no single way to defeat your enemy, for example: you can destroy your enemy spaceship in several ways: you can blast'em with missile or mines that are not stopped by shields, you can disable the shield and then blast'em with lasers, you can set the enemy ship on fire and destroy every system in that way, etc. Or you can kill your enemy crew: you can board your enemy ship and kill everyone aboard, you can destroy the oxygen system and kill'em, you can create fires which will kill'em, you can kill your enemies with special weapons against living beings, etc. You have to win the game in one sit which is not as hard since the game is "short" but the achivements to unlock and the random events keep the challenge and the fun. So, one gaming session might last a few minutes or some hours if you reach the end. Besides, beating a hard game leaves you with a sweet sense of victory. Try it, you won't regret it.

A fun game, but unless your willing to play the same events and maps again and again and again just to unlock ships (most of which are random luck if events come together to unlock). Even with mods, there is a severe lack of variety. But if you can get it 75% off then it's worth it for a few hours fun.

FTL is the perfect example of what happens when you put a lovely and brilliant idea into play, and forgot about level design. The gameplay and ideas behind here are lovely and brilliant. Just, level design is terrible: it has nothing to do with the randomization, you could still have a randomized variety that still keeps the game going. Here instead, alas, there is true chaotic randomization in the difficulties you face, making the gameplay just frustrating. Add on top the impossibility to save, and you got a total failure, level-design speaking. But, but... the game is addictive, the idea so lovely, that you can't just give 2-3 stars to this one: 4 stars overall, for the great idea behind. And, really looking forward to an FTL2!!

Just buy it, at full price or at 2 euros!!! really, buy it, it's extremely addictive, fun and that music... and if you add captain's edition mod, you'll be playing this game untill the end of times. JUST GET IT!!

I've sunken many hours into this game. Managed to finish it with all 30 ships. Could still get many more hours, but there are other games to play. :) The game is a rogue-like set in space. After stealing plans for Rebellion new battle station, you rush to the home sector of Galactic Federation to thwart rebels' plans. You go sector by sector, always having rebels on your tail. In each sector you jump from waypoint to waypoint. At almost each one something happens. You meet a merchant, an enemy to ight or have to deal with cosmic spiders. You have to leave the sector, before the rebel fleet catches up to you. Combat is very tactical, especially in later sectors. You have to constantly think on what weapons to use and which parts of the enemy ship to attack. At the same time, you have to be wary of what's going on on your ship. Is it on fire? Have you been boarded? Is every system functioning as it should? To beat it, you have to build your ship the right way from the beginning. You have to think which weapons to buy, which to leave, if you need drones or teleport, do you need cloak. You play with the cards that you're dealt, but every decision is an important one. It's most important at higher difficulty levels, where resources are scarce and enemies tougher. Every scrap spent counts. Difficulty is not lowa, especially over the first several playthroughs. However once you get how it all works, you'll have a much better time. RNG is high here, but you can mitigate it in several ways. After some games you'll be able to win consistently most of the time. You have to learn what to expect in which sector (which are controlled by different races and factions), what events you may encounter and what you need to defeat the last boss. I highly recommend playing this one, although I realise that it's unique in many ways and may not fit everyone. Easiest 5 stars.