FTL: Faster Than Light

this is an awsome impementation of the pc game. definitely worth the buy. there are some minor issues with touchpad but they are overcome by many other advantages of playing like this instead of using a mouse. :)

Somehow, I got the impression that this was a relatively casual space trading game with a minor battle function, not unlike ancient games like Taipan or Sid Meyers’s Pirates. That is not the case; it is primarily a space battle game. I think. Even doing the tutorial and checking out online walkthroughs, I couldn’t really figure out how to play. Which is totally on me, since I’m really looking for a casual fling, not a committed relationship involving a learning curve and research and so on. I’m sure the game is awesome and that I’m just not the target audience.

That’s it… most well balanced challenging game ever

This game is the best! You can play it without Wi-Fi which makes it the ONLY reason I ever use my old iPad Even my son loves the game. And he is a stinky boy who plays with his toy. And makes a lot of noise. Cuz he’s a stinky boy a stinky boy.

You don’t really play this game as much as go along with what is a predetermined outcome - you either get an obvious winning set up and beat the mothership easy, or you get absolutely smashed by the last couple jumps because your equipment is still basic tier. And high tier only drops if you SPEND so you can’t save up and hope for a random drop of a Vulcan gun or something and you wind up grinding the same configuration almost every time. Replayability could be so much more if the gear drops were more varied - the design is such that it is all or nothing almost every run.

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This game is more frustration than fun. It’s more likely than not that you will run into situations that your ship can’t possibly overcome. Either a lack of available resources or enemy’s with abilities that far exceed your own, especially early in the game and even on easy mode. That really saps the fun out this one for me.

I love the idea of this game but come on!!! Easy mode is soooo hard. I am just wondering what hard must be like!!! Reduce things a bit so that I can at least get to the big boss once!!

Years later, as all other mobile games have fallen away from playability, FTL holds strong. One of the most well balanced, well crafted video games I’ve ever played. Simple, yet deep; immense, even. Every sound was meticulously crafted. They somehow made, in lofi, the most realistic feeling space survival game out there. Excellent work.

Hard. Infinitely replay-able. Filled with quirks, humor, and depth that take the generative style to an entirely new level. This game is famous because it’s good, and it’s famous because it’s fun. Highest recommendation. If you like puzzles, if you like spaceships, if you like Star Wars, if you like Into The Breach (same team) or Hades or any other infinite generative replay game, you must play this. I’d buy it for you if I could.