Purchased this game on sale. Its one of those extremely frustrating yet fun?(err) just gotta keep trying-games. Overly punishing and as other reviewers have noted once your ship has been boarded by multiple enemies(early and often) its pretty much game over. As soon as you painstakingly earn enough points to start with better ships it gets a little better because they automatically start better equipped and the AI doesn't seem to punish you too much for having a better craft. Old school saves means simple mistakes will nullify any progress made and requiring a restart and lots of "I'm never playing this %#*$*! game again" moments. However, I do come back and die-die again. Good game if you want something quick for 15-20 minute stretches and cursing fits.
By Eris, this is a truly great game.
I've been playing it now for weeks, every day 1-2h (mostly while watching TV)
I bought it, because it was cheap (summer sale) together with about 20 other games. None of the others have been played for longer than 2-3h.
No, i did not win.
But that's the fun, isn't it?
Don't get me wrong, I love the game and I still play it on my son's pc sometimes..
But, I can't play it on my own pc since I upgraded to Windows 10. I knew it had compatibility issues, I mean I can run an older ( non advanced edition ) version but AE just crashes on launch. So, intoxicated as I was, I only saw this part of the page ->
Works on:
Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10), Mac OS X (10.6.8) and Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17)
I was delighted! But it doesn't run, which is evident from this part below it:
Minimum system requirements - Windows: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7, <hw requirements>
Not that I want the money back, but it seems like something which shouldn't happen no matter the levels of intoxication.
Sincerely,
Your friendly neighbourhood Martian
When I first played this game, I thought WTF, this is a dumb and boring game. As I got more into it, I then realized it was actually a lot more interesting and varied than I first anticipated. I've had it for a while now and I'm still playing it. I wouldn't call it addictive but it has its uniqueness compared to other games I've played so I would not hesitate to recommend it.
NOTE: I'm a very hard reviewer. The games are usually cheap, and your time is more valuable than the money you spend in them. 3 stars from me is a good game, one more of them. 5 stars is a game which absolutely legendary. This is the first game I rate with 5 stars in GOG. I only rate games after I finish them at least once.
In FTL you have under you control a ship with its crew, you must travel towards the galaxy to deliver a message. However, while you travel, while of different events can happens. You will take new weapons, new defenses, new crew members and subsystem. Every choice you do matters. Maybe you should purchase some fuel, or such nice weapon? Maybe you should focus on having a good reactor or base your strategy over your auxiliar bateries? There are a lot of different approach and strategies you can do, all of them fun and changelling.
It's normal in your first hours of gameplay you see a silly game based on luck. However once you start to invest around 20-30h you will learn how to do better combos or strategies, and still you will believe you need too much luck. When you have hundreds of hours you will realize that luck have very little impact on this game, where (almost) everything is really well balanced.
I purchased it originally in another online shop a couple of years ago, which provides me a Steam Key. Since then, I've played around 1000 hours to this game, and it still fresh each time I play it. And the best part is that I've only played vanilla! There are lots of Mods you can use to renew your game.
There isn't any spectacular graphics or music, this is a game focused on the game play and the replay value. You will be impressed how much FTL can enjoy you with only a bunch of static screens. You will experience anger, happiness, satisfaction, and lots of emotions. Each gameplay is different. Don't miss this game. It's absolutely epic.
