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FTL: a game about managing a spaceship in an infinite galaxy
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The rock people ship that you unlock at sector 5 comes with drone stuff built in as well.
Sometimes shops will sell them. You can also unlock a drone ship that starts with it.
MrCompletely
Member
The work day can't end soon enough! I've been waiting months for this game, learned about it before they even launched the Kickstarter and when I finally went to donate, I had missed the close by a day. Been watching youtubes and streams of people playing the beta now for 2 months!!
bought and installed as soon as I got up this morning, but alas, cannot fire it up until I'm finished with work!
My second most anticipated game this year under XCOM. Glorious time to be a PC Gamer.
bought and installed as soon as I got up this morning, but alas, cannot fire it up until I'm finished with work!
My second most anticipated game this year under XCOM. Glorious time to be a PC Gamer.
The soundtrack of this game is amazing, wasn't expecting that when going in.
I have a feeling Xenonauts will blow your mind.
I have a feeling Xenonauts will blow your mind.
PuppetSlave
Member
I feel so international! Went to the site and saw that it supported amazon payments. Since I own an kindle and have an account I thought I would try it out. It just worked! No hazzle with credit card details and all that jazz. Downloading from steam right now.
Maybe silly thing to be impressed by but I am a Swede and we can't buy download titles from amazon normally. (Books to my kindle works fine though)
Woo and now the game download is done. Gotta go
Maybe silly thing to be impressed by but I am a Swede and we can't buy download titles from amazon normally. (Books to my kindle works fine though)
Woo and now the game download is done. Gotta go
PuppetSlave
Member
Had an great first run on easy. In sector five my ship was almost completely destroyed, fire everywhere and one surviving crew member out of 5... Finally realized fire need oxygen to feed so I vented the ship and let my sole surviver Charlie(Rock alien immune to fire) duke it out with the invading alien in the cockpit.
Charlie lived on for more adventures but finally succumbed in another firefight in sector 7 back to back with his new pal Philip(alien engi he met on an planet). May they both rest in piece.
Got 644 in score.
Charlie lived on for more adventures but finally succumbed in another firefight in sector 7 back to back with his new pal Philip(alien engi he met on an planet). May they both rest in piece.
Got 644 in score.
MrCompletely
Member
I've been on the fence with Xenonauts, and to be honest, I'm looking forward to the scaled down complexity of XCOM Enemy Unknown. Xenonauts just looks like a graphics update of classic XCOM to me (XCOM HD, if you will).... and I really don't like the art style. I'm psyched for an XCOM experience without all the insane tedious nuances, like not being able to see stats in the inv screen (having simpler inventory in general), I love the idea of a single base with satellites, etc.
But, let's not get off topic.... FTL!!!
Shorty11857
Member
Made it to sector 7 in normal and on my first run of easy made it all the way to the end boss, ran out of missiles in the second fight and had to run and lost the game because of it. Game is a lot of fun though
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Deleted member 59090
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I can't get back into it ever since I got to the final boss for the first time. It's so disappointingly short -_-
Just wanted to chime in and say that I've been playing this for the past couple weeks and it's one of the best games I've played in years. Certainly one of the best roguelikes. It's an amazing blend of simulation and roguelike that will appeal to many, many pc gaming vets (and everyone else).
He said it was the standard Steam policy. Doesn't seem like he had a choice.
https://twitter.com/FTLgame/status/246719055095013376
whalleywhat
Member
Trying to check out one more spot before leaving the sector can go bad real quick. I just got boarded next to a solar flare. Can't believe I made it through that, and I'm glad I bought a Hull Repair drone.
electricpirate
Member
Alright, Bought the mother fucker will try tonight. <3 rogue likes
chickdigger802
Banned
Someone sell me on this. I'm not the biggest fan of rouge likes, but I like my star treks and space operas with big ships.
electricpirate
Member
Anyone else get the steam download flagged as a virus? According to the FTL boards it's a false positive.
Using nod 32
Using nod 32
whalleywhat
Member
Depends on what you don't like about Roguelikes. There's no dungeons and it isn't turn-based the way something like Shiren is, but you are voyaging out into space, getting randomized equipment and crew members for your ship, and encountering randomized enemies.
The combat seems completely unique. There are RTS elements, in that you're managing your crew members, selecting your weapons and targeting your enemy, but theres also Infinity Engine elements, in that you can pause the game at any time and choose what to do next. I don't think I'd like the game as much without that. The dynamic of it also shifts quite a bit depending on what type of weapon loadout you have. Lasers fire three shots, so the first one or two can disable the enemy's shields while the last gets in a direct hit. There are missiles which bypass shields but have limited ammo, and Ion weapons which bypass shields but just disable systems, not actually doing any damage. Right now I'm using those paired with an attack drone which swarms around the enemy ship and fires at it randomly. I'm finding it really enjoyable. Chris Remo's stream sold me on the game, but playing it now I'm amazed at how little he used the pause and the way he stuck to lasers, but the game is obviously open to playing it however you like.
chickdigger802
Banned
sounds good. Will snag it up. It looks 2d though, does it support widescreen and high resolutions?
Don't want it be stretched out and what not, but I also don't like a tiny window for my 27" monitor.
Don't want it be stretched out and what not, but I also don't like a tiny window for my 27" monitor.
whalleywhat
Member
Dunno, there aren't any options other than Fullscreen or not. It's windowed at 1280 width on my computer.
4,42 shouldnt be enough though (costing 9 bucks). Critter Crunch can be fun too, but I'd rather recommend FTL atm. Quite the unique little genre mashup.
Finally made it to the boss world on Easy, got around 3000 points. Geez. No clue how to beat that... not to mention on normal.
Sweet game.
Mr_Appleby
Member
So. I bought this at 1am last night. Bad idea.
Reached the end of the mission, got slaughtered haha. Was very unprepared (actually, should've probably
) and got destroyed. Went to bed at 4:25am.
This game is just.. wonderful.
Reached the end of the mission, got slaughtered haha. Was very unprepared (actually, should've probably
used my teleporter and murderised them
This game is just.. wonderful.
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
Member
So I backed this, but have resisted playing the beta since I wanted to wait for the finished game.
And holy crap was it worth it. I have played it all morning and had more fun than I can remember having recently with a game.
Incidently the Linux port is brilliant if anyone cares.
Best $10 spent ever!
And holy crap was it worth it. I have played it all morning and had more fun than I can remember having recently with a game.
Incidently the Linux port is brilliant if anyone cares.
Best $10 spent ever!
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
i posted this in the steam thread:
and now after three hours... yep, great game!
the great thing is that you are not frustrated when you loose, you just have this "one more time" feeling...
bought it from the developers website, 9$ (including steam key) is a fair price
and now after three hours... yep, great game!
the great thing is that you are not frustrated when you loose, you just have this "one more time" feeling...
bought it from the developers website, 9$ (including steam key) is a fair price
chickdigger802
Banned
watched the idle thumb stream. Game looks a bit... slow, without how slow weapons seem to recharge.
I'd imagine that stuff gets hectic later on though, right?
I'd imagine that stuff gets hectic later on though, right?
It is way more hectic than you think.
whalleywhat
Member
Them's a whole lotta drones.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Man, I feel like I don't know how to get to the end without running out of scrap. Even on easy this game's tough.
MiniBossBattle
Member
this game is tough
I just went through the tutorial. I guess I really didn't know much about the game, but I love the DRM-free versions (can you go back and download the Linux version after buying the Windows version direct from the author's website?). And I'm playing the Steam key version!
Anyway, the graphics are minimal but quite well done, and it's inspiring to me since I'm trying to work on a GUI system for my own game in progress.
The music is neat, and I love how clean and customizable stuff is. I could see there being a fair bit of depth or replayability to the game. Overall it looks like a neat, polished, package.
Anyway, the graphics are minimal but quite well done, and it's inspiring to me since I'm trying to work on a GUI system for my own game in progress.
The music is neat, and I love how clean and customizable stuff is. I could see there being a fair bit of depth or replayability to the game. Overall it looks like a neat, polished, package.
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