FTL: Advanced Edition

Difficult but very satisfying when you overcome the challenges.

One of my all time favorite games. It's incredibly challenging, but it is beatable (at least on easy and normal). This game is definitely easy to learn and difficult to master. The story and random events add a lot and the atmosphere is perfect. I really felt like a small ship's captain on the run from a nefarious rebel fleet. This game has incredible replay value, some of the best I've ever experienced. Each ship plays differently and each game evolves based on the random weapons and upgrades you find along the way, requiring significant strategic choices. The resource system is done beautifully, so that there's never quite enough scrap, and each decision of what upgrade to buy is incredibly important and meaningful. There are also well crafted mods.

I love this game. The degree of engagement one can get with their ship is immense, and when you look at it from the outside, the game is so simple! 2D graphics, a few lines of text, yet it feels like so much more. The writing is really top notch. Outside of some curious coincidences when a refueling outpost you save thanks you with everything but fuel, the immersion is unbroken. The game balance is just right. Play on easy if you want the story, play on normal if you want a challenge, and on hard? I've not dared... yet. The best thing about it has to be the replayability. You can go back in with the same ship and face an entirely different challenge, because the taste of each run is decided by how you equip your ship, and your options depend on the RNG. Some of the quests(United Federation & Ancestry unlock missions for example) feel really luck based and I would suggest getting them done on easy if you fail repeatedly and they start annoying you.

A simple well thoughtout gameplay, addictive and here hard level is HARD. Tons of replay value and charm. Faith in gaming inustry restored.

This game is great! Strategic, intricate & unforgiving. Do yourself a favor and buy it!