FTL: Advanced Edition

An unexpected knockout game. I've clocked hundreds of hours on the DRM free version, so I have more experience with this game than I appear here. I've always loved space exploration games, and the idea of commanding a crew through mysterious systems sounds fun to me. FTL is a chance to have this experience and then some. The objective is simple; run, fight, and survive. If you do the first you will die. If you do the second you will die. If you manage, by luck, miracles, and some seriously fast thinking, you will be punished brutally and eventually probably die. The RNG(Random Number Generator) is at play here at all times. Every jump into a new sector is a new experience, every jump into a way-point may be your last. Think you're armed to the teeth and can take anything on? WRONG! You are always a boarding crew or rampant fire away from death. It is random, and fierce, but it is also incredibly exhilarating. You have a crew you can build a strategy with and it may work, but this is FTL, do not expect a one-size fits all method to save you when your mantis is suddenly being mind controlled and shreds your crew while a boarding drone punches a hole in your hull, lays waste to your shields, and beam weapons carve you to ribbons. And that's only if the game decides to play 'nice'. This game broke me time and again, and I was hooked from the start. Every failure was a learning experience, every success a matter of trial and error, planning, knowing when to run for my life, and a little good fortune from the RNG gods. This is one of those games I will come back to from time to time. It isn't perfect, but it gets a lot of things right. It is a game that leans a lot on the RNG, but that's about all it really promises. I have only a couple of minor gripes. The AI can be easily manipulated. This isn't much of a complaint, but on top of the RNG this game has a tenancy to behave very predictably. Another gripe is the lack of modes. Something more than the main game would be nice.

I SAID TO MYSELF: Indie game? Very rarely good, Minecraft, Terraria - but that's it I GOOGLED WHAT ROGUELIKE IS, AND THOUGHT This is going to suck, I never played but I can see myself hating this I was so wrong! Premise: If you're reading the reviews, I'm pretty sure you read the specs - Indie, Roguelike (you probably didn't know what it was before googling, you got pretty convinced it wasn't your cup of tea at all), the unlock mechanics, among other elements-and yelled <<There's nothing attractive to it except for the "starship commander" novelty in it, which probably fades pretty quick, bah!>> That's pretty much what I thought, was sure that no review read would change it, too. That catered an unusual fanbase, that's liked by that group and that's it. I was sure of so for the circa 2 years I've known the existence of this game but not played. All I've to say after all these hours: I'm still not fatigated, and that those were the most efficient couple of bucks shelled - One of the reasons I bought it was because of price, the other was that I always try to try new things - to not root in stubborn behaviors. I won't enter that much in the concrete stuff of it, most reviews already do so. My max: the mechanics are genuinely well crafted, it's a gameplay focused game, so much so, that different ships do have very different vibes, comparable to different classes in rpgs (mage vs warrior) more than the in-class specialization - that's ship layout. "Nah, I won't try it, I get it exceeded your expectations, but I'm pretty sure it's not for me" THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT OF THIS REVIEW IS THAT I WAS PRETTY SURE, THAT IS A FAULTY ARGUMENT, 90% of you in this position of doubt would end up loving the game if purchased. My expectations were rating it a solid 5/10 after some hours of gameplay. Now after actually playing it, my real rating is 9,5/10. Since online services (amazon, uber,etc.) votes' philosophy is different from a critique, 5★ are the perfect choice

Great game for spending countless hours in it. Sure, the RNG can be unforgiving but don't be mistaken - proper strategy will get you far. Absolute must have.

67+ hours and still lovin it! First few plays I thought stupid, that you can't save the state, as in classic RPG, but then I understood, that this game is NOT to win and never play again, but it focuses on replayability. I still have dozens of approches left, I am only playing on easy difficulty, so I expect this game will last long. Great is that you can play it for a few minutes of hours, you can pause it, you don't need long time to dive back in. Possibly this is the game with best replayability I ever played, far better than Diablo 2!

FTL is one of the best video games I've played. Its simplicity allows one to get a handle of the game relatively quickly and it's easy to play through a game without knocking out an entire evening. Perhaps this is the best part of FTL: being able to start and stop, jump in and jump out of the game without too much investment. Its soundtrack is top notch, the developers are independent and the game is fantastic. Highly recommend.