Post by Dan @ 10:45am 12/11/13 | 14 Comments
FTL: AE is a huge content addition that includes new weapons, drones, augments, systems, enemies, and more. Here are some details on just a few of the additions visible in the trailer:The announcement also confirms that the game is in the works for iPad, with a hint that an Android tablet offering might follow, but ruling out smartphone due to limited screen space.
- Mind Control System: Temporarily turn enemies into allies. Force a boarder to repair the damage they just did, or have the enemy pilot sabotage their own helm.
- Hacking System: Lockdown and disrupt enemy systems. Unique effects for each system, ranging from forcing a teleporter remove boarders to making the medbay damage instead of heal.
- New Sector and Events: Our writer Tom Jubert has returned along with special guest writer Chris Avellone (of Planescape fame), who managed to find some time for us between his work on Project Eternity and Wasteland 2. They’ve been helping us add a new sector and scatter new events throughout the rest of the game.
- New Weapons and Effects: Many new weapons that take advantage of new mechanics: overcharging to increase the number of volleys, stun effects to freeze crew, and area effect targeting, to name a few.
- And more systems, drones, augments, enemy ships, enemy layouts, and hostile environments. All of which we’ll be sure to talk about more in the coming weeks!
Watch the Advanced Edition trailer below.
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Posted 01:39am 13/11/13
Posted 03:02am 13/11/13
Posted 07:48am 13/11/13
It would be a much better game if your decisions were the cause of future stuff ups, instead of just bad luck.
Posted 08:58am 13/11/13
A game is definitely broken if you can't develop the skill to complete the game on easy consistently. I would argue that there's actually no skill involved in the game at all.
You just keep playing until the game spits out a winnable crew/weapon combination and doesn't ruin your game with harsh random events.
Posted 09:18am 13/11/13
This would allow a larger measure of skill.
Posted 10:00am 13/11/13
Not my style of game, but to call it broken because you don't like it? (Unless im wrong and other roguelikes aren't like that)
Posted 10:02am 13/11/13
In it's current state, you can make a series of great decisions with what was handed to you, and still you die. That makes a bad rougelike.
Posted 12:31pm 13/11/13
I found the most fun part of the game after beating it a few times was unlocking the different ships and their alternative setups. Now that is all RNG.
Posted 01:58pm 13/11/13
The game is very much based on choices i would say. Even s*** like dropping o2 production for 20 secs so you can divert the power away to heal the crew guy so he can be ready when the teleporter recharges to send him back over etc. If you are playing right you will be juggling power in battle because you want to be able to function on the least amount of upgraded power cells. If you have everything comfortably powered up with cells to spare you are not doing it right.
Even the choice of the 1st jump in a new sector. I spend a few secs looking at the best route (ie. most star jumps) to the exit. I literally count them. Highest number is the way i go but i do play dynamically so if along the way there is a reason to divert my direction i can do that (like a store or a quest).
Also when i get to the exit sometimes there are stars behind the exit (right of) that you can explore but doing so means the rebels will get to the exit behind you because their circle is just behind you and when you jump further right it engulfs the gate. IF my ship can kill an elite rebel ship i go explore the stars right of the exit and just fight my way back to the exit and onwards killing the rebel and getting my 1 fuel back. It is about hitting every star you can.
Never fight giant space spiders. Giant space spiders are no joke (fire weapons work good tho)
Posted 02:04pm 13/11/13
There lays the biggest let down of the game, you have these fantastic micro decisions to get through battle and exploration, juggling everything just right. Only to lose the game because you just didn't get a Boss Killing setup.
This is why I say they need alternate endings to mitigate that problem, when they do that, THEN it becomes a true rogulike. This is a large reason that some of the best roguelikes available have alternate endings...
Posted 02:56pm 13/11/13
Posted 04:38pm 13/11/13
That weapon pre-igniter is OP tho. I had 2 Level 2 lasers and a level 4 laser (8 full slots) and i was doing like 11 shots and 11 dmg b4 the other ship had even started charging their guns. Add to that 2 auto re loader augmentations (they stack) and u can just Massacre. But yeah its luck. you just dont get a chance to get that kind of load out very often
huh?
I find slavers the best way to gain crew as u engage them but either teleport aboard and kill em all (most reliable)or shoot em up let em surrender (sometimes they wont surrender) and then u get a crew guy. Sometimes u even get to choose which race. 2nd best way is just pick em up at stores along the way. I really dislike having weapons on auto fire and sending over guys via transporter to fight and then your guns auto fire while you are concentrating on something else and blam enemy ship destroyed bye bye brave marines ;(
Upgrading the ship is also very important management. Always get 2 slots on teleporters or your crew will die before they can come back from damaging auto pilot enemies. Before going into slug zones always have 2 slots on o2 and med bay (those slugs love disabling that stuff). Always try o have at least one defence drone even if its level one for those pesky missile attacks. Lots of little things really
Posted 05:19pm 13/11/13
You need the right decisions PLUS the right random events for s*** to go well. Kinda lame that a lot of the game is out of your control.
Nevertheless, ive put many hours into this game searching for the perfect combo of s*** to happen - kinda like dota.
Posted 06:00pm 13/11/13