Link?http://www.ftlgame.com/
Just went to their website and watched their demo video. It looks cool, but how well does it control? It looks like there is a lot going on.It controls really well. Just have to be generous with the pause button. :)
At first I was all in, but then it put me off because of how small the particular playthroughs are. I would enjoy to go with my ship and crew for some serious, long, RPG adventure, but it doesn't seem to be one of these kind.
Or is it?
I'm waiting on the steam release. 14th this month, if I'm not mistaken.Yeppurs. How much is it BTW?!
I'm waiting on the steam release. 14th this month, if I'm not mistaken.Yeppurs. How much is it BTW?!
Considering getting this on release (2 hours) and I can probably afford the £6 odd it will cost. Not sure how long it would last me though.
Considering getting this on release (2 hours) and I can probably afford the £6 odd it will cost. Not sure how long it would last me though.
FYI you can buy it direct from the developer here: http://www.ftlgame.com/ (http://www.ftlgame.com/)
It's 10% cheaper than Steam ($9 = £5.74 if you pay via PayPal), you get a DRM-free copy to download immediately, and they give you a Steam key too.
Pfft. 3 hours. I like my games loooong. Roguelikes were my first real foray into computer games, but the relative shortness just doesn't do it any more. I need epic space operas to keep me going nowadays.
Final stage of the final boss fight in my trusty Kestrel.... and I died :'(
Though it wasn't a great surprise as I was undermanned due to a 'transporter accident' occurring in the penultimate boss stage.
I clicked teleport to bring my boarding party back, my 2 guys de-materialised, then a couple of my lasers hit the boss causing him to retreat. They never re-materialised in my ship :'(
I was so attached to my crew as well; I'd managed to fulfil the "6 different races" ship achievement. (3 Humans[original crew!], 1 Engi, 1 Mantis, 1 Rockman, 1 Zoltan, 1 Slug.)
This was obviously on Normal difficulty - you've gotta be a *** to play a Rogue-like on Easy.
It has four layers of shield and a super shield in the fourth stage, and it regens them super fast unless you Ion the shield.
On related news I beat the game! Whoohoo!
just spent a day playing it....
damn I wanna command a lasher or tempest in this game ;D
Posted the video anyways.Here! (http://youtu.be/EnLaMkSMc1Q)
Kinda failed but whatever, im gonna do more of them later.
Posted the video anyways.Here! (http://youtu.be/EnLaMkSMc1Q)
Kinda failed but whatever, im gonna do more of them later.
Just to be super creepy, I like your voice.
Has anyone played Flotilla (http://blendogames.com/flotilla/)? A blend of that and FTL would be a dream.
Has anyone played Flotilla (http://blendogames.com/flotilla/)?Didn't like that game at all. Music sucked, the controls were bad, and the graphics were too weird for me.
repairing 2 for one fuel....
not sure how useful that would be...
That's nice, but I only found a repair drone for sell once so far. Once in many (attempted) play-troughs. There is nothing you can do about traders display, is there?I actually get them rather frequently from mercenaries. I always fight them instead of hiring or leaving. :P
That's nice, but I only found a repair drone for sell once so far. Once in many (attempted) play-troughs. There is nothing you can do about traders display, is there?I actually get them rather frequently from mercenaries. I always fight them instead of hiring or leaving. :P
I had planned to open up FTL and take a picture of my stats screen to show the engi with most kills (along with the mantis with most piloted evasions), but the print screen button seems to take nothing but a picture of the loading screen long after I have finished loading.
I can't wait to have this type of thread about the starfarer campaign. :D I think it will spawn similar tales on much different and just as fun scale. :D
I can't wait to have this type of thread about the starfarer campaign. :D I think it will spawn similar tales on much different and just as fun scale. :D
Hear hear! The faster playthrough time on FTL makes it a little easier to share tales though, because everyone's experiencing things over half an hour, rather than over 5/7/12 hours.
I've finally perfected "the medbay gambit". It's my new foolproof method of taking control of ships.I may just have to try that, on a related note, i just realsised how awesomely op drones are in the mid-game
1: Beam crew aboard
2: Wait for enemy crew to engage.
3: When enemy crew leave to heal at the medbay, let them go, even beam your own dudes back to rest at your medbay.
4: Fire at enemy medbay, bomb it, hull missile, whatever you have at hand, but assign all of your weapons to it.
5: Enemy crew pray to their impotent gods and die.
6: If enemy crew remain, they'll go and repair the medbay. Beam or move your boarding party to the medbay and finish them all off.
There it is. The medbay gambit. It works like a charm, although the boss requires too much focus elsewhere to be able to reliably bombard the medbay, so I just beam my crew into the weapons sections and blow those all up.
just for the info: there is anti personnel weapon "bio laser" or something like that & its works like a charm ^^
It's crazy how fast they shoot with a two star weapons officer. D:Does filling the veterancy bar once (so its green) give you any bonuses at all, or does the bonus only take effect once its full yellow?
EDIT: Ugh... the forumites at ftl are insufferably stupid... D:It seems that is mostly due to the fact that they don't understand that this game isn't supposed to be winnable 100% of the time, and the game isn't supposed to just hand you everything. My personal favorite is the people that were asking for an easier easy mode.
:D I hope we can keep sanity up to and through starfarer's release, haha.
... Mostly to illustrate though, that the starfarer community is great and I love you all. :D I hope we can keep sanity up to and through starfarer's release, haha.Actually you guy's arn't THAT good. I mean, the suggestion board is full of some... uh... sketchy ideas. I mean, has anyone seen Achron? Achron and it's fan base, now those guys are something. You'd have to be if you're playing a strategy game based on time travel and paradox's.
Speaking of faiter. GJ. You murdered 44 people with your bare hands.He must know Mantis-fu.
Speaking of faiter. GJ. You murdered 44 people with your bare hands.He must know Mantis-fu.
hey news i think i found a new way to get the crystal ship
i arrive at a beacon in engi space and it say your sensors show a emty ship in a astroid field i attempt to enter but take damage then it says it looked as if the ship was covered in crystal or ice
I still don't have the united federation achievement.
50?
screenshots plz.
damn it >.<
edit: Oh man, the redtail is such an awesome ship. The layout is so much better. With the redtails airlocks + blast doors, you are basically immune to boarding, regardless of what you have for crew.
Really? It sucks balls until you get another crewmember to take over piloting, but OVERSHIELD!
FTL had some exciting gameplay moments. However the fonts are microscopic for the not so young eyes, gave vertigo and headache. Also the crew sprites, actions are tiny.
Starfarer on the other hand can be played in 1024x768 where the small fonts become big enough to see without too much eyestrain. Big plus!
You can adjust the font size in FTL by pressing the "+" and "-" keys.
I think this no intentenal by the dev but I was in the engi cruiser and either my attack drone or it's laser hit a breach missle as it launched destroyed it and my drone which gave me enough time to escape. Crazy
If you had to fly one of the ai frigates which would it be. I would have the mantis ship with two mini beams and two heavy lasers 2 wit a human an engi and two mantisHuh. Not sure. None of them are as cool as the player ships. Also I don't have their loadouts memorized. :/ I'd probably go something burst laser heavy, though. Love the pew pews.