Personal and Professional Practice 3: 'Research' Studio Brief (Review) - FTL: Faster than Light

Another more recent game that I have started to play is FTL: Faster than Light which is a fantastic little game if you have a couple of hours spare in the middle of the day, or just want a quick game of something due to the permadeath qualities of it, and not to mention you need to see the beautiful graphics!

'FTL: Faster Than Light is a top-down, real-time strategy video game created by indie developer Subset Games. In the game, the player controls the crew of a single spacecraft, holding critical information to be delivered to an allied fleet eight sectors away, while being pursued by a large rebel fleet. The player must guide the spacecraft over eight sectors, each with planetary systems and events procedurally generated in a roguelike fashion, while facing against rebel and other hostile forces, recruiting new crew, and outfitting and upgrading their ship. Combat takes place in pausable real time, and if the ship is destroyed or the crew lost, the game ends in permadeath, requiring the player to restart.' (Source)

The game has a very retro feel to it, but as the art style is very sharp and crisp it brings it forward into modern gaming very quickly but still has the similar features of being able to pause the real time clock to be able to plan your next move quickly before the enemy ship is able to make their move. Its got really interesting qualities and so far I've only put a bit of time into it but it's definitely something that I want to explore more in the future as from what I've seen it's a challenging little game that features so much to explore, trade and customise and this changes every time due to the fantasticly generated worlds.