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Inside Mac Games has posted a new review of Subset Games' FTL: Faster Than Light. Described as a "spaceship simulation roguelike-like," the game gives players the chance to engage in exploration and combat in the vastness of outer space as they struggle to save their Federation from destruction.

Here's an excerpt:

Set across the backdrop of a benevolent Federation thrown into chaos by a powerful, idealistic Rebel fleet, you have in your possession the plans and weaknesses of a powerful Rebel flagship that when deployed, will spell certain doom for the flailing Federation. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to speed across the galaxy in your little piece of junk to get to the Federation home base... assuming that the Rebel fleet doesn't catch up with you first. Oh yes, did we forget to mention that there's an entire fleet chasing after you? It's a convenient and clever way to add some extra in-game tension, lest a crew get lackadaisical and wander around any given galactic sector, gathering ammunition and upgrades at will (thereby potentially unbalancing the game towards the end).

As a result, the game is a constantly shifting scenario of gambling, risk-aversion, and tension. You know, from countless failures past, that you'll have to upgrade your shields, but will you have enough left over to upgrade your remote drones? What about replacing the crew member you lost when that solar flare set the O2 room on fire? And what if you encounter a store selling that ion blaster you've needed so badly? One of the in-game achievements even recognizes your potential indecisiveness (or miserly thrift) by giving you a badge for not spending any money on ship upgrades before Sector 5.

Check out the full review at the link below.

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[Eric5h5]

That was some nice writin' in that thar review.

--Eric

[Frigidman]

For the Lose: Faster than Light?

[Eric5h5]

No, obviously it's "Five Tall Llamas: Faster Than Light".

--Eric

[Frigidman]

Fifty Thousand Lemurs: Faster Than Light???

[Eric5h5]

Fat Tubby Leopards: Faster Than Light!  (Despite what you may have expected!)

--Eric

[Janichsan]

French Tickling Latvians: Faster Than Light?

[rampancy]

Eric5h5, on 23 October 2012 - 09:56 AM, said:

That was some nice writin' in that thar review.

--Eric

Thanks for the comments! That means a lot coming from people like you! Unfortunately something seemed to have happened to the great YouTube links I embedded in the text that broke them (pity, because I love Space: Above and Beyond so much), and I emailed Cord about that - hopefully he'll get it fixed soon.

In any case, I'd also hasten to add that as per Subset's original listed requirements on their site, the game does run and play (and runs, and plays well) on a MacBook with 64 MB GMA graphics. In fact, my Core Duo MacBook is the machine I used to test and play the game, up through to the sole run that I was actually able to kill the final boss. FTL really is a fantastic game, and there's a reason why people like TotalBiscuit and Angry Joe have lavished praises on this title. If you've got $10 to burn, you really owe it to yourself to pick this game up.

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Frigidman Treats Ladies: : Faster Than Light ?

[Frigidman]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

That can be right in so many ways.