FTL: Advanced Edition

From its simple look and graphic, I thought FTL was not worth trying, or even buying. But I was terribly wrong. The game has amazing music (man, I really love the music) and great gameplay. Now the game is one of my favorite game. I can't stop playing it, even though I got a hard time playing it, like my ship got destroyed, my crew died of random event, my crew betrayed me, I got terrible armament and found no store selling good weapon, out of fuel and scraps, dangerous environment, and many many more tragedy. It was all just part of the fun. Now I understand why many people like FTL. The game is a legendary game, that I believe, has inspire many games like it. I feel no regret buying this game, like at all.

Some think this game is too hard... well it can be, but the more you play, the more you should see the way to captain your crew, use the right equipment and get the best out your ship in battle. A lot of winning it goes down to timing... (For e.g.) 1: Recharge the all the weapons. 2: Fire the lasers. 3: Then when the shields are down for a few seconds, use a energy beam across the ship. Or... Open a few of the air locks if you see the other ship is prepairing to board you and force the attacker to either suffocate or fight you in the sick bay so your crew will get the advantage of being healed during the battle. There are lots of different things you can do and many will all work well in different ways.

There is nothing I can improve in this game - it's lightweight, has a range of challenges, awesome atmosphere (in space!) and enough diversity to keep coming back. As a rule, I hate roguelikes, but this one I love.

I picked this up yesterday, and I have pretty much played this non-stop since. Here's why this is such a good game. 1) The decisions you make, with personnel and strategy, MATTER. 2) Upgrading your ship is a blast. 3) Deciding what path to use to maneuver through the cosmos is infinitely better than a path chosen for you. 4) Randomly generated universes..every game is different. 5) Permadeath ... hard as hell to win (I am 0-15), but I LIKE it this way! 6) For the money, I see endless re-playabilitity. To paraphrase Martha Stewart, this is a GOOD thing!

This is my most played game on Steam, and I am glad to also own it on GOG. The amount of different ships and strategies in the vanilla game is definitely enough to keep you busy for a while. The game is a challenge, but I wouldn't say the RNG is a deal-breaker for me, because it requires the player to adapt if a run is not going according to plan. Once I realized that, I fell in love with the replayability. Maybe I don't find the best weapons, and at first I might think I'm screwed. But that's an example of having to adapt. Ok, I can't find another Burst Laser Mk 2, but I did find a Heavy Laser and Hull Laser 3, so that's what I'll have to use. Maybe one of my guys died early on, and that can suck, but the next sector might be pirate controlled, meaning free crew. It can seem unfair sometimes, especially to new players, but with how many ships you can unlock, not every loss will be a complete loss. It might even allow new players to find their preferred way to play the game. And that's all without even discussing community made ships, expansions, and other mods. I would personally recommend beating the game at least once without any mods before messing with them, and unlocking other ships would be a good idea since some modded ships replace existing ones you may not have yet. But different community-made ships are why this is my most played game in my Steam library. They offer even more replayability, and have their own "quirks" to work with/around that aren't always there with ships in the vanilla game. For under $3 on sale, this game is a steal, and I would argue is a must if you're a roguelike/roguelite fan, or if this is your first game in the genre.