


Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: Played straight with repairs, which cost more scrap in later sectors.Achievement System: The game has an internal system for achievements that also acts as the mechanism for unlocking new ships and ship layouts as they are completed.Absurdly Low Level Cap: In general, crew posted to a system will reach the max rank of yellow (two levels) by the midpoint of a run.Absolute Xenophobe: Several of the factions are vehemently opposed to alien lifeforms, including the Rockmen and the Rebellion.Abnormal Ammo: Crystal weapons fire, well, crystals.Along the way, you'll collect scrap, the game's currency, and use it to upgrade your ship's systems, get repairs, and purchase things like fuel and if you're lucky some fancier things like new weaponry or whole new systems such as cloaking devices and teleporters.

Meanwhile, all ship systems need power to function, but your ship's reactor may not be able to supply them all at once, leaving the player to decide which are most important at any given time. Certain systems gain bonuses from being manned, but you may need those crew members to repair damaged systems, repel boarders, or simply evacuate dangerous areas. During combat, the player must juggle various aspects of the ship from crew assignments to power allocation and weapons targeting. The main game interface is a cross-section view of your ship, showing the layout of rooms filled with crewmen and various ship systems (helm, engines, shields, weapons, etc). Not to mention that the vast rebel fleet is in hot pursuit.įTL's gameplay involves the player's ship "jumping" between waypoints in a randomly generated galaxy, most of them containing a Random Event. Unfortunately, as those familiar with Roguelikes will suspect, this is far, FAR from easy: the galaxy is an extremely dangerous place for a lone vessel, filled with dangers such as pirates, deadly environmental hazards, rebel scouts, hostile alien races, and others. The objective is to deliver important information to the remains of the Federation fleet in a distant sector. The player controls the crew of a lone spaceship affiliated with The Federation, which is currently on the losing end of a massive rebellion. FTL: Faster Than Light is a " Roguelike-like" spaceship simulation game developed by Subset Games.
