Why FTL Is So Awesome

FTL (Faster Than Light) is a roguelike-like game where you travel across space and get destroyed every ten minutes by a ship that is way more powerful than it should be.... but it is still an AWESOME game!
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On this channel I like to cover games that have failed, games that have died, nostalgic stuff, and games that are awesome. In today's video we talk about Faster Than Light and why it is such an amazing game.
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[@robokast]

So I guess I mixed up the federation and rebellion for some reason. Don't know how I managed to do that when I have been playing this game for hours. Probably because I never beat the flagship anyways so whoops.

[@birdestbird4204]

sad

[@swagwizard4376]

yeah, when i played this game, i unlocked almost every ship, as well as almost all of their variants but i never once beat the flagship

[@Sampledcape5333]

@@swagwizard4376 flagship too op plz nerf

[@lainhyugatha3762]

I beat the flagship once and when I did it was so goddamn satisfying

[@Sampledcape5333]

@@lainhyugatha3762 I hope it is

[@kanate1444]

I have to say it. You're being pursued by the Rebel fleet, you ARE the federation. (Unless something changed)

[@Sampledcape5333]

No you are federation, rebels are chasing you, it's not gonna change.

[@maximdebusschere1678]

PLOT TWIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MoutHero]

I AM VERY TRIGGERED

[@prismmind6219]

Thanks glad to know I didn't have to comment this.

[@robertsmalls2293]

That’s because it’s implied that the Rebels are winning against the Federation. The Federation Fleet that helps you in the final sector is the last stand.

[@Vindsay]

found out about FTL years ago i never expected to see it in my youtube feed in 2020 tho

[@toenee]

Vindsay you just saying 2020 still feels weird

[@NonstopRam]

It was recently added to Xbox game pass on PC.

[@tntnyny]

I just discovered this game. Some of the ship designs remind me of the old game Starflight

[@Jesse-cb9cz]

Imagine seeing it in 2024

[@PattPlays]

5:05 OHHH MY GOD HE DOESN"T USE THE DOORS. SOMEONE TELL THEM ABOUT THE DOORS. Watch the door-monster video at the VERY LEAST! UUUSE THE DOOOOORS!!!

[@renewincelestian5007]

The problem is that. The oxygen is down so he. Will be stuck there or atleast sacrifise 1 crew (sry non english native)

[@PursuitSk8]

@@renewincelestian5007 just repair it while they destroy the weapon system, and then empty all the oxygen except for the medical room

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

"Who controls the doors controls the universe."

[@benshaffer9915]

He does use the doors tho

[@sandropazdg8106]

After seen the whole video I can se that he has many times not even bother to upgrade doors

[@dominatordan3419]

Not hating but watching* this man put out fire manually and not opening gr the air locks was painful

[@stardustarcader9360]

It hurt mentally and physically

[@franconunez925]

Yeah, because you know? The secrets of the universe are IN THE DOORS!

[@bobthebox2993]

"Those who control the doors conrol space" -Kyle

[@ivanrpribeiro5725]

I love the boardgame aspect of it. You spend a lot of time planning and playing on pause, and to me that cranks up the tension - watching your commands unfold and at the same time try to plan your next moves based on what the enemy did

[@merk7721]

And then there's me: *THERE'S A PAUSE BUTTON?*

[@randallflagg6271]

​@@merk7721 That was like me with Shalnor: Legends--"What? There's a DASH button??!!!"

[@endeyfire]

2:35 yo, fact check here. YOU as the player ARE the federation. the REBELLION are the ones chasing you down. they dont call the end game boss a "rebellion" flagship for nothing.

[@matthewwynn3025]

Facts, annoyed me too lol

[@sosig6445]

a suprising amount of people mix them up... but come fucking' on rebel fighters and rebel riggers are the most common enemies, how do you come to a conqlusion that YOU are the rebellion while constantly fighting the rebels....

[@fbgdurkio4705]

Who asked tho?

[@noahfromkakanj]

@@fbgdurkio4705 Nobody asked. Not even you.

[@Lonk0063]

More like 2:30

[@Sampledcape5333]

Also here's a tip for you Robo, if you have intruders? Upgrade your doors and opens the air locks and let them suffocate, same with fire, you won't have to take damage just take the air out of the room

[@hyperjohn6627]

It takes a lot of experience to pull it off correctly and efficiently, otherwise your crew dies along with them lol.

[@blshouse]

@@hyperjohn6627 The experience being; learning to send your crew to med bay...

[@hyperjohn6627]

We if you only have level 1 teleporters or leave your weapons on autofire, it really risky for an inexperienced player.

[@Sampledcape5333]

@@hyperjohn6627 you know you could leave the weapons person in the weapon area, plus by the time intruders come you would at least have level two doors

[@bobthebox2993]

Don't even need upgraded doors, just send your crew to the medbay and open every single other door on the ship. The enemy will be forced to fight in the medbay (unless the boarders are Lumeris, fuck Lumeris boarders) Note: this is a tip that only really applies to the boarder event, when an enemy ship teleports their crew to you, you probably cannot afford for everyone to leave their situations

[@baseupp12]

FTL Remember the most important thing in this game is to know how to use the doors Bonus points if anyone knows where this reference is from

[@damaskusseraph6046]

baseupp12 control the doors you control space

[@AstralDragn]

Control space, and you control the universe...~

[@Lerndmina]

Yes kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIerqGh-mManb9U

[@diegokevin3824]

Fire on board 101 / Boarders on board 101 1 - All crew to medbay 2 - Vent atmosphere 3 - Is threta over? 4.1 - If no, go to step 1 4.2 - If yes close doors regain atmosphere 5 - If O2 room is kaput, get crew to take turns running between repairing O2 and healing their asphixia on medbay Another sucessful jump away from the Rebellion!

[@schematic2684]

I didnt exactly know where this was from so I guessed Door Monster and was right!

[@vincentthendean7713]

In my opinion, FTL's design is near flawless. It rivals the likes of tetris and Mario lvl 1-1 in terms of intuitiveness and polish. The fact that it's a roguelike means all playthrough is always different, but you get the same feeling of experiencing everything the first time again every time.

[@_laserpants_2203]

I PLAYED THIS GAME IN 2014. I lost it to my young mind forgetting the name and have driven myself insane for years not knowing that it was anything more than a cool iPad game. I’m buying it on steam as we speak. Thankyou for bringing one of my favorite childhood games back to me & letting me enjoy it again

[@Lardianyt]

FTL is on the ipad?

[@maxkennedy8075]

I cannot say this enough GET THE CAPTAIN’S LOG MOD IF YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED CAPTAIN That mod takes everything great about FTL to the max, fantastic detail, orders of magnitude more weapons and drones, as well as different types, swarm missiles, mine launchers, stealth missiles, focus beams with short track but shield piercing, chaff launchers to confuse defence drones as well as drones to match. The story is taken to the limit of what the text interface allows, new sectors like hazard sectors, industrial sectors and terrifying rebel auto production sectors are all concepts explored. Captain’s log is the best mod any game could hope for GET IT. I cannot recommend it enough. Hundreds of hours of entertainment in it.

[@xlr8258]

You mean captains edition not captains log

[@dannadx3840]

I don't really like CE, my favorite one is arsenal+. It took all the good things and added a lot of new stuff

[@Professor_Sex]

Alright alright I'll get captains edition

[@jckrielesq]

There is a new mod that I would say is much better than this one called multiverse, its a even larger expansion pack with lots of awsome features check it out

[@clarktheavali3959]

Aren't Swarm missiles from Advanced Edition?

[@karlish8799]

I had no idea FTL was made by two dudes, that makes it even cooler! My favourite playstyle is getting a massive boarding crew plus some of the anti personel weapons and basically scraping half the sectors ships to buy sweet weapons and upgrades to fight the boss with .

[@fedoraman.]

Now imagine it was made by like an enitre company!

[@jose2226]

It's OST is amazing

[@boris8515]

Yes, its awesome!

[@zn4452]

favs are engi battle and colonial battle, oh and slug battle

[@Marinealver]

Ben Prutniy can join the ranks with Mick Gordon, Marty O'Donnell, Frank Keplacki, and Michael Salvatore as Video Game Music geniuses.

[@dennisv1882]

I agree, I listen to it all the time!

[@SyrupSnake]

I love the slug battle theme

[@reversemudkip8798]

I had FTL installed on my school iPad and marked my flagship kills on the case

[@somerandomtankist6069]

Reverse Mudkip How Many marks.

[@reversemudkip8798]

Some Random Tankist 5-10 at least? It’s been about 2 years

[@TheRealToaster2]

I love this channel. There aren’t many that talk about game mechanics in general or what makes certain games great. I’m studying game design and this stuff fascinates me :)

[@soundabyss]

I find it funny that this got recommended to me right after i finally managed to beat the flagship, after owning the game for like 3 years and always dying to the last phase of it

[@satsuryokoi7477]

last phase can be easy if you killed some of their crewmembers during the first two phases, like first phase, instantly teleport to the missile controll room, kill the dude here and you'll be able de deactivate missile so fast for second and third phase

[@fatcat1250]

Google, in extension youtube, is watching you. Hope you have your tin foil hats.

[@packageolies510]

@@satsuryokoi7477 That doesn't work on hard mode

[@DD-is3ng]

Have you tried taking all the air out of the rooms no one occupies?

[@soundabyss]

@@DD-is3ng nah it was always mainly just me getting super unlucky and not having enough firepower or hp for the flagship, i only managed to do it because i found out how broken flak is

[@igvoopers8314]

I remember when you first started Unturned, it was so fun watching your videos or even coming across you in servers, glad to see your channel is still booming

[@mrwyattloveall]

I never knew why I actually loved this game *so much*, whenever I of my KZbinrs would post a video on FTL, I would lose my shit just because of how I love this game

[@adamleblanc1963]

awesome video, really. just found FTL through a friend a few weeks ago and it is truly one of the best games ive played in a while. so simple yet so fun, as you said, easy to learn yet tough to master. 10/10

[@jerryh1895]

You did not even mention 2 important things. The Devs released a free major update that added a lot to it. (Ships, weapons, a new race, new sector types, etc) The cared about the game as much as we do. The other is the plethora of mods available. Want to beat the game with NCC-1701-D? You can. Want to add 200 more weapons? Do it!

[@richardhamwi]

I appreciate how you use storytelling in your videos. It's clear you write and edit your scripts. I'm really over people just hitting record and yapping on for 25 minutes

[@TheB0FH]

I’ve recently restarted playing it (yay achievements!) and love diving in to the mod scene (supported in so much as the official forums host mods and show you the best ways to patch them in to your game) - I’m currently working on unlocking each of the ship types and variants and just keep getting sucked in for hours at a time

[@Sir_Budginton]

9:07 The doors man, use the doors. Vent the air into space and suffocate the fire.

[@Professor_Sex]

My dad bought me this game when I was 9, I fell in love with it. 8 years later I'm still playing this game casually. Absolute banger.

[@Professor_Sex]

@@sneedmasters I have, briefly. I got busy with school and stuff.

[@themultiverse5447]

“Absolute Banger”…Isn’t normally how you’d describe your own dad! On the other hand your name checks out 😂

[@Professor_Sex]

@@themultiverse5447 I'm describing the game 😐

[@niavellir7408]

@@themultiverse5447 wtf lol

[@johannfowl8653]

A nice thing is that you create your own story while jumping from beacon to beacon. Crew members die, events give you game-changing equipment and so on.

[@octosquidy4759]

Something I love about the game is the pause button. It makes managing an RTS type game way more casual, but you can also just opt not to use it if you really want to challenge yourself

[@corvusgaming2379]

My mums friend got me into FTL. Played it on my mums iPad, until I got my own computer and was able to buy it for myself on Steam. I don't really play it much now, but it's definitely a game where I'll be bored out of my mind, boot it up, play for around an hour or two, then hop off realising I have so many other projects I have to finish. 10/10.

[@adamdesouza6153]

My experience with FTL is, getting double glaive beamed by a tiny interceptor, trading with slugs... so, they take your fuel and leave you to die from the rebel fleet. 2 Terminator boarding drones gunning down your crew while you can’t pierce the enemy shields... Ooh there’s also missing every shot in your salvo on the boss, giving me severe PTSD... All around, a great game 👍

[@mrbad9042]

It is really good to see someone make a video of FTL me and my brother would stay up all night and look up all of the different quests and we played it so much but we never got bored of it even when we unlocked all of the ships we then started with FTL captains edition that basically a massive mod that makes the game 10 times better. So even if you do got over the game moding it is like playing FTL2 and in my option that is what makes a game good even when you finally get over a game you can get back into it with mods 10/10 game.

[@michaelbugner7011]

My experience is slowly getting better, until I finally made it all the way to the last sector. Then starting a new game and dying in the second sector. Then unlocking the second ship and constantly getting my ass kicked.

[@spartan456]

FTL is one of my favorite games of all time. This is a game that's been around for almost 8 years, and yet despite all of the time that's passed, every time I fire up the game I can find myself sinking hours into it. It doesn't matter how much time has passed, the game is still just as fun 8 years later as it was when I first played it all those years ago in 2012. FTL is truly one of those "timeless classics" I think. There's plenty of games I've played over the years that I've certainly loved, but playing through them again just doesn't have the same feel that FTL does. I fully expect FTL to end up in a similar territory as something like Minecraft or Terraria. Minecraft is as old as 2009, Terraria is 2011, and both of these games still have bustling communities even now. People will be playing FTL years from now too. EDIT Also, Into the Breach is really good too. I don't think it has quite as much longevity as FTL does (as far as constant replayability), but the game is still super fun and absolutely worth playing. If you love FTL you'll love ITB. Also, the soundtrack is amazing. The soundtrack alone makes the game worth playing.

[@devnandannair2336]

FTL is honestly amazing, one of the things I find most fun is the Rebel Flagship fight, despite the fact that the journey still had a lot of attention put onto it, the destination is also amazing, first of all the feeling of chaos and the adrenaline as you try to send crew around to repair and have to prioritize systems over each other while fighting the guy that got mind controlled and trying to keep everyone alive, and hoping that your weapons charge up and you can destroy the triple missile is so fun. Due to how hard the game is when you win the game it always feels like an achievement if you play at the difficulty for you. The weaknesses of the final boss are amazing too, the fact that the artillery systems cannot be reached by the rest of the crew gives a weakness you can exploit, but not a weakness strong enough to make the game easy, to make the difficulty right, and also on hard difficulty disables the weakness. BUY IT IF YOU CAN, IT'S AMAZING.

[@daliusgalbraith1206]

Wow for once I'm early! Btw i knew about this game a while back, but it never seemed too fun to me, now that you reminded me of this game and have had a similar experience as me, and you still thought it was great, it's kinda tempting to buy it now. Thx for the recommendation!

[@Darkstare-vs4en]

I love this game. I got it on an iPad a long time ago and unlocked every ship, but recently decided to play it on PC and restart with only the Kestrel. Except this time, I wanted to unlock the Crystal Ship with the alt unlock method instead of going to the Hidden Sector. And I did it, and it was fun the whole time.

[@tommytooter2895]

As someone who doesn’t play games, FTL is the third or fourth game Ive played somewhat regularly in last 10-15 years... I cut way back cause I saw how good games were getting at stealing my time(oblivion) and only gonna get better. FTL is just enough of a strategic linear experience to make playing feel “meaningful”, while also being arcadey enough graphics to make it fairly easy to put down.

[@karloslim]

One of my favourite games of all time. Wish there was a sequel with more depth. Need more!

[@williamgilbert5982]

Amazing seeing FTL get some well deserved love. It's one of the best games out there, but the least talked about. Robo if you are looking for something cool to do with FTL, check out the modding scene, it's deep, well established, and full of some truly great content. I myself develop a mod, and can even show you the ropes if needed. Cheers!

[@DarthSpock1]

Over 600 hours logged in this beauty. Yes, it's a masterpiece.

[@michaelkocovic9005]

The lore of this game is honestly astounding to me. You never know what's going on but that's the greatest part about it. Most people come to the conclusion that the Rebels are evil for attempting to destroy the Federation, but we are never told why they are trying to destroy the Federation. It's great being able to piece together the lore how you see fit!

[@TheDubiousSalmon]

The Rebels are pretty explicitly racist though, while the Federation is pretty cool with all the alien species. Racist xenophobic human military empires are rarely the good guys unless it's Warhammer 40K

[@atpsoldat6108]

@@TheDubiousSalmon Yeah, and human crewmembers kinda sucks anyway. They mostly exist as filler.

[@franconunez925]

In resume, the federation is a intergalactic NCR but puting out the incompetence and keeping the "by the big good" ideology, so we can see 1_if you take the "moral route" of surviving at cost of others lifes(like just crushing pirate ships without hesitate, stealing resources from poor planets because they are suministrated by the rebellion and etc) would be the most "federation" being of playing(the moral choise is practically play being a correct human being or transform in what the rebellion say about you and the federation). 2_ You can see they are not that bad(*THAT* bad) when they give supplies of medicines in some planets and even you can find a ship who say they just want to stop the killing streak of the federation(showing the federation is not that good)

[@odeball22]

Lore?

[@franconunez925]

@@odeball22 you are asking a definition or you are surprised because this game has lore?

[@terminazo]

I forgot this was on my wishlist. Thanks for reminding me and im happy i found this video cause i already clocked 10+ hours in 2 days already

[@indigosteel5702]

I LOVE this game! It really brings out your inner Picard. There's a lot of mods too, for ship designs, loot, and the like. There's even a big mod called Advanced Captain's Edition that adds all manner of stuff, but actually makes the game harder, lol

[@merk7721]

Multiverse is better tho.....

[@mckringledingle2304]

My friend played FTL on iPad years ago, thinking it was a waste I closed my eyes to it. Years later it went on sale on steam. After buying I have nothing but regrets to not getting it as soon as I saw it all those years ago.

[@foodfam7651]

Good video. Played this game a lot when it first came out. played it... A LOT. Havent played it in a long while but I have very fond memories of my runs. Regardless of my testimonial of this game, this game is truly one of the best games ever made whether anyone likes it or not.

[@fish5645]

Looks cheap, filled with RNG, doesn't feel good to lose, expected to follow guides to win unless you spend hundreds of hours "learning", restrictions the AI doesn't face. No this game's success was strange and has died out, it is just difficulty and anti-player mechanics rolled into a pixelated spunk smear. Not the best game ever by hella far.

[@Wambampy]

I love this game so much that like 3 yrs ago i decided to build lego ftl ships. I didnt want to buy the mugbearers instructions for them, so i spent hours and hours looking at pictures of his ships and ships in game and built nearly every one, and i think they look really good. To this day i still kept them lol.

[@PigEqualsBakon]

You've missed out my friend, FTL is one of my all time favorite games. I'm always coming back to it.

[@sixpiecechickenmcnobody1730]

I stayed up all night playing FTL and got some really good runs out. I unlocked all versions of the mantis cruiser in one night and got all of the achevements for it in a single run.

[@Maringana]

FTL kept showing up or being mentioned in my vicinity, ever since I have been enthralled by the Breachway Demo. I proceeded to buy Crying Suns, which I am currently playing through, but people keep saying, that it reminds them a lot of FTL. Looking at just the Steam page gave me the same feeling as you: Doesn't look interesting. That's why I went looking for a video, to give me a quick, better look of what to expect. So thank you for making this. I have put FTL on my wishlist now. :) I think, it might be up my alley after all.

[@gielmarkbacus7368]

Trick with being boarded. Upgrade your doors to lvl 3 and when you get boarded, open all the doors to the airlock and suffocate the boarders, make sure you move your crew out of the vented rooms too.

[@2kDVI]

Don't forget about the insane number of mods that took years and months of development. Oh yes, and the soundtrack.

[@bisharp5068]

There is a VR game called “From Other Suns” which plays literally EXACTLY what you described in the video. If you have any VR headset and like this game you should get it. Like seriously, every single thing about these games is almost identical except in the VR one you play as a ship member in first person. Pretty cool. Edit: From other suns is also multiplayer coop where you work as a team to get back to Earth which in my opinion is better than single player

[@bisharp5068]

Watched a little more of the video and it is just kind of insane how alike these games are

[@Wylie288]

They hardly share anything in common in reality bud

[@fardgaming628]

I found FTL trough my brother who played it on the family computer and once i got it for myself i absolutley loved it.

[@gokthetaxman6622]

No, you're not being chased by the federation, you're the federation being chased by the rebellion

[@bio2020]

There's a new game out that's basically FTL but with 3d space battles, called Between the Stars

[@ATATR20]

Sorry for being late but theirs actually a series on FTL, Like a actual animated series on KZbin, I believe it is called FTL adventures and I think it's pretty good so go give it a watch

[@clauvyuga]

Hecc yeah, FTL Adventures needs more love, especially after the latest episode.

[@CBQReview]

This game and Spelunky put me on to roguelikes (in my top 3 of favorite sub genres for video games). I’m currently playing downwell 5 years late :) roguelikes are so brilliant when done right ♥️

[@Wylie288]

Unexplored. Best one imo.

[@this0stupid]

This game is so great even now it is still fun, especially if you play it with mods, there so much depth to the game. I really want it to be available on the smartphone

[@pichelguy346]

Literally just got back into the game and here is this channel I haven’t watched in years coming back in my recommend about the 4 year old game

[@latrell715]

seeing an FTL video in my reccs in 2020 makes me so happy

[@kapone2k]

You forgot that this is also a Quest game, I was seeking the quest's for a while and having the Crystal ship last to be unlocked was pretty painful quest. don't forget to check out modpacks (In to deeper space) I think it's called is my fav where you get a Space maggot that doesn't need any crew, and many more awesome ships, like the AI ship/drone and so on that cannot produce Co2 so any crew who joins is dead unless you have very strong medbay. Make sure to save your current save file somewhere else so you can unlock all thouse ships. MANY awesome quest's that made me laught a bunch of time in that modpack and I spent more time in modded FTL than the original (ofc once I unlocked all the ships and went for a few Hard lvl'd runs with my fav ships) And then there is the multiplayer mod/game.

[@TrinityBigT]

I love FTL feels good that you made a video

[@lsswappedcessna]

I find it important to mention the glory of MODS. Because of FTL's rather simplistic nature, it's fairly easy to mod for people with the necessary talents in programming and art. Sometimes you get little mods that remove the rebel fleet, meaning you can visit every beacon in every sector, 1-7, or make the game harder while adding a few new and interesting weapons (Captain's Edition, for example), or even completely overhaul and convert the game to the point it's barely recognizable. One such conversion mod that's worth mentioning is Multiverse. I will never understand why I have only recently learned of Multiverse, because it takes the quality of the base game and ramps it up to 1000. It's more balanced than CE, contains more content than many other mods combined, and it has the absolute gigaslug trader, real OG, potential mini-boss himself, Sylvan. Oh, and speaking of Sylvan, there are alternate endings beyond "destroy le multiverse flagship," and thanks to the Hyperspace mod, which it relies on, you have more unlockable ships than you can count on all of your fingers and toes. The Multiverse ships are all pretty balanced, with the more gimmicky and fun ships locked away. Some of those gimmicky ships are just like base FTL, relying on, say, boarding, like Mantis B and C, or maybe having a massively upgraded artillery weapon but lacking a powerful weapon system, like Fed B. Some of them, like Merchant B, are just insanely op and satisfying to use, given you snowball them correctly. Some, like the Wrecked Bomber or Unoptimized Cruiser, are absolute garbage and meant to be challenge ships. The mod also encourages you to explore the alternate storylines instead of bum-rushing the flagship and finishing the game, by locking many of those shiny new ships behind completing certain events or quests. Now, because of the previously mentioned Hyperspace mod, Multiverse is a bit more convoluted to install than, say, Infinite Space. However, it does still use Slipstream Mod Manager to get Hyperspace running (don't forget to put the Hyperspace files into the game directory and use the downgrader batch first), and Multiverse has an installer you can use if you're on Windows. Either way, it's absolutely worth a try (read: playing FTL for several hundred more hours because it's even more addictive than unmodded FTL) if you ever have the time.

[@TheAcesShow]

F.T.L. is so good, even if you're bad at it, because you can see minimal progression and know you're doing better. You get further and further through a sector, and then you see the sector map. Then you start getting through two sectors, then three, etc. It's one of those games that you can track how you do, and even if you don't beat it, getting far consistently feels good, it's like bowling a great game but not bowling a perfect game ever (maybe that's a bad analogy, I dunno)

[@martinmyggestik292]

I really love games where your actions have consequences and where you can create your own story like FTL (and Crusader Kings 3). FTL is Ironman by default - some people might not like this at first, but it's an essential part of the experience and it forces you to experiment when you fail.

[@GateS3884]

8:00 I notice that your crew naming convention is rather similar to mine...

[@daddysempaichan]

So I had a time where I was playing Mantis B, and one of my early game strategy to deal with boarders was to teleport my entier crew and open all the doors on my ship. Unfortunately, my O2 got shut down due to the fact that the boarder was in my O2, and since there wasn't any room on my ship that had O2, he just shot it to bits and all I had was Mantis at this point. Fortunately, i beat the enemy ship and my medbay was Lv. 2, so I could outheal space. Then, after making sure eveyones at full health, sent only ONE Mantis to stat repairs. Then i cycle the Mantises out between geting heals and reparing, taking advantage of the fact that you keep repair progress as long as someone is repairing. This fact helped me survive what many would consider a game over. Here another fact. Depowering Hacking and boarding drones stops them instantly. How is this useful, you may ask? Well, defence drones take movement into account and lead the target, so by depowering your drones just as the enemy's DD shoot will cause the shot to miss, then you immediately repower your drones which allows one to bypass defence drones. Note that combat drones retian inertia when you power them off, making this trick much less effective, your drones CAN still be shot down depending on the angle of your drone compared to theirs, and that hacking drone have a fixed, predetermined places for them to attach to on every ship, which make it VERY easy hack any ship, not counting Zoltans, regardless of defence.

[@zeraton1722]

Definitely one of my favoite games. Realy hard though. Ive beaten it one on like 100 hours or something. (in easy mode too)

[@xenxander]

My experience with FTL: Last time I youtubed it, I recorded in one full stream, my 'missile only run' and won. So yes it's a good game.

[@ChrisNinjaEagle]

As soon as I heard him say you were being pursued by the Federation my brain immediately went into fight or flight mode.

[@singlereedenjoyer]

3:40 There are ten cruisers, each of which have 3 layouts (two cruisers have two layouts), totalling 28 ships.

[@ML-mx3mm]

Awesome video man, i agree entirely! Though the gameplay was kinda hard for me to watch ^^ cheers

[@Marthergunn]

I remember playing this in the 1980s on an Atari St. it was called Sundog. Great game

[@some_meme6707]

This. Even now I still play this from time to time.

[@Lardianyt]

2:30 No! You are the federation, those are the rebels. Who... for some reason have a bigger presence than the federation.

[@toniodivichi5749]

Your cadence reminds me of hyperbithero. Great review.

[@donovanbrockhausen9262]

I have the IPad version and am on my 4th run of this game (each time I have been able to get all 28 ships) and am trying to get each ship by it’s event mission, not by win conditions. I am also trying to get all of the achievements (the only ones I miss every time are pacifist run and successful boarding action)

[@eiite4578]

As an FTL player, the base game is merely scratching the surface, once you get into playing mods it's even more fun, additional weapons and the ease of the slipstream mod menu make mixing this game up with community content a breeze, I've played modded for so long I struggle to play vanilla because I love all of the modded content, multiverse and CE are some of the most fun I've had with this game since I dumped hours into learning just the base game.

[@hungrydino51]

I love the game but I got kind of tired of dying over and over lol. Currently playing their next game Into The Breach and loving that too! I love these devs so much

[@thegreathornedrat1219]

ftl was my first ever steam game, its what got me into pc gaming and steam

[@reasonableattempt1918]

It's what got me to make this account and my first Let's Play. Game for ALL

[@zackdiazabiblio9592]

Games so good you forgot you play as the federation racing toward the home system before the big bad rebel ship does and blow it up. You are the empire in this game.

[@homoludens1736]

If you guys got split up by FTL, then Pulsar will bring you together! It's basically FTL but each player is one of the crew.

[@kexard]

I get what you mean with Binding of Isaac. I played it a lot back in my teen years, but have no interest in getting back and taking days to re-learn everything.

[@trianglesqrt2576]

i`ve got 100h in this game and i dont know why its like that. But for me, playing this game in fullscreen feels wrong and i have to play it in windowed. otherwise its not the same. whats wrong with me someone help

[@epicsandvich014]

When I first got into this game, it was when I was discussing into the breach (another game by the FTL devs) with a friend. They talked about FTL and I got into it. Played only hard and sucked horribly. Had a blast, watched some tutorials and tips videos then I went back into the game and beat it 6 times and unlocked 9/10 different ships and a couple alternate layouts. Me and my other friends that play this game will just chill in a call and stream so we can check in on each others’ games and it’s super fun. I’ve beaten the game the most of all my FTL friends, they only just recently started winning (on easy for us all obviously lol). Mike Hopley is a super cool FTL KZbinr and guide maker. Check him out for tips

[@epicsandvich014]

This is hands down one of my all-time favorite games. Always a blast to play, and magically always seems to be on sale too

[@withlovefromlightindust591]

And the web series here on KZbin, FTL Kestrel Adventures, is just as awesome.

[@inzhain]

And there is also the mods. Especially the Captain's Edition, that's amazing.

[@saxeladude]

completely agree with your thought on issac I'm very bad at issac and don't have much fun I only bought the game to mod it and do challenges where I set all my starting items using the debug mode

[@gregoryvoisin5905]

I would say that I think the final boss is more proeminent that you said. You have to fight him multiple times, each fight having its own special rules. Also, it is litteraly the only non random fight in the game, and therefore the only one you can truly prepare for Often, when arriving at the last sectors, you have to think specifically about what is your plan for defeating it, and hiw to get the corresponding ressources

[@mattroxursoul]

FTL is one of those games I can not think about for 6 months then get the itch and play for a couple weeks straight.

[@sebabovic6769]

LoL , i got FTL on epic for free and i did not think it would be a good game. But thanks to you now i love it. thanks btw i love Ur vids

[@dennisv1882]

You forgot to talk about the soundtrack, that is the reason why playing it is even more satisfying!

[@l.namedcomrade6568]

I found out about this game in airplane, when my seat neighbour played FTL on his tablet, and only now I find the name of this game

[@clanmeademagruder9692]

I have FTL on the iPad, and love it, I just so freaking love it.

[@PickledShark]

Ok going out of your way to throw shade at star citizen made me lol

[@coda_7976]

Once you get bored of FTL. Download captain’s edition. It’s basically a community created dlc

[@niccolemanz]

A friend challenged me to putting together my all time top 10. FTL sits proud at my number 2, only behind the brilliance of Witcher 3.

[@ozirion8531]

Was playing in Engi B trying to unlock Layout C. I got to 1 jump away from the exit in sector 7 but ran out of fuel and died fighting a ship that responded to my distress beacon. It took me 5+ runs and a couple hours to get that far only to fail. Nevertheless, I still love the game.

[@electrum5579]

Man I've tried and failed so many times to get The Vortex to Sector 7, I've had better success with the DA-SR 12. Needless to say when I saw the Tetragon in the video I was astounded

[@DD-is3ng]

Cloak lv 2 + Ion lasers mk 2 + Burst lasers mk 2 + Pike beam + Weapon pre-igniter + Cloaked Weapons = Really good run

[@mashedtomatoes8516]

9:39 Nail on the head! I'm not the greatest at Smite, and I generally end a session twisted up, same with Overwatch. But I could have 4 hours worth of unsuccessful runs in FTL and still be a happy lad. I don't know what it is...it's just a perfect game. Maybe it's the developers love that's bleeding through the pixels and the code. Much like Stardew Valley...or Duck Game.

[@lexico5447]

Damn those giant alien spiders!