A Thrilling Space Combat Game That’s Both Addictive and Incredibly Fun.
FTL: Faster Than Light is an incredible game, born out of one of the first successful video game Kickstarters. You control your crewmembers as you attempt to take a message to the rebel fleet awaiting you on the other side of the galaxy. The federation’s ships hound you, nipping at your heels, often just a small jump away from where you are currently situated.
The meat and potatoes of this game is it’s simplistic movement and deep combat. Once your FTL drive is charged, you can jump no another location, often involving combat, but sometimes involving hard choices. Do you attempt to help protect against a riot and risk losing a crewmember? Do destroy the filthy slavers, or free one of their captives and let the perpetrators run free?
You will find yourself adopting the “just one more” mentality, as each encounter is just enough to satisfy, but not enough to quench your hunger for this game’s incredible fun. The inclusion of unlockable ships that change how the game is played, and randomized shops throughout the solar systems, keeps prompting you to keep trying and have that perfect run. But that perfect run isn’t easy. If you do manage to escape the federation’s clutches long enough to relay your important report to the rebel forces, you are still deemed the one responsible for taking care of the federations capital ship; a battle that takes place in three stages, each more difficult than the last.
This gem of a game will leave you wanting more, and with a free update coming from the developers in early 2014, it surely will. Not to mention it is getting an iPad release, which will undoubtedly be the absolute best way to play this game. So pick it up, and welcome to the wonderfully addictive world of FTL.
