I played up until the stage where the enemy's equipped with a rocket launcher that can fire multiple times per round. That's when I rage quit this game. I can understand the devs providing the CPU with certain advantages to overcome its non-human limitations, but that was just ridiculous. Perhaps there's a very simple strategy or workaround to defeat that kind of enemy, who knows… However, I've already labeled this game as unfair, so it's very unlikely that I'll ever play it again.
I took my dual-wielding vanquisher throughout the game with the same build without any issues. Then I hit the final boss. For starters, my PC at the time couldn't handle the sheer amount of enemies on screen — up until that point I'd had absolutely no framerate problems whatsoever. And what little damage I dealt got completely healed every time the boss cannibalized its minions, meaning I had no chance of winning the battle. In other words, the build that had been working from the first room until the penultimate one was basically useless against the final boss. I tried to fix it using some spare points I still had, but to no avail. Overall, it was a fun playthrough, except for that frustrating showdown. And, of course, I never got to finish the game…
I used to like FTL when it was first released. After all, aside from RPGs, strategy (real-time and turn-based) is my favourite genre, and it had a new and compelling mechanic I had not seen before. Then we got Advanced Edition. Difficulty got a considerable spike —I used to get to the final sector once about every three games and managed to beat it a few times, but on AE I was lucky to get that far after a dozen or so tries— and the ships I had already unlocked —almost all of them and their variants— were reset, meaning I was back to the basic/starting ship, which was frustrating to say the least. I really tried to like the new AE version, but it was no longer fun to play and it felt like I was just wasting my time, so I eventually gave up and stopped playing it. Maybe one day I'll pick it up again, but I realise now it's already been 10 years since I last played it, but who knows… BTW, I've read about a player who can beat the game on hard 95% of the time and posted a complaint about it being too easy. I'm clearly nowhere near that level, given I struggle even on the lowest setting.
