I can actually save the world in this game! I have NEVER beat FTL (legitimately), even on easy. This game still has it's unfair moments, but most of them are avoidable with a little planning as you learn how to play the game. I haven't quite got the hang of a few of the mechs yet, but this game is probably a good introduction into Rouge-likes if you've never played them. You can customize just about everything from the name of your pilot (including which pilot you choose - each have different abilities), to color of your mech, and as you complete missions successfully and get reactor cores: you can customize your mechs' loadouts and abilities to move and cause/take damage. The best way I can describe this game is, take the plot of Pacific Rim (Alien Kaiju trying to destroy the world and you fight them with your own giant mechs), make it play like the Gameboy Advance game Advance Wars, but you get Doctor Strange's ability to play out 14,000,605 timelines, starting over until you get a successful one.