Forum Overview :: FTL: Faster Than Light
 
So a game captured the feeling of one film in a TV and film franchise. by stupid newbie 01/25/2014, 6:40am PST
You're giving me more ammunition here. The gameplay is excellent for the first playthrough, after that it's checkers, you've learned the rules and it's you vs the RNG.

Starfleet Command is less fun than FTL after a while, but for sure I don't need to be Kirk to win either. You like the action, fine, but it's a death star trench run struggle writ large.

I'll take your definitive statement about retro graphics, but I'm not sold on the idea that restriction to yesteryear's limits necessarily leads to quality games. An interest in focusing on what's worked before does seem key, but my seeing the minimalist cousin of the Lucasarts interface is a byproduct of the process of focusing on something other than photorealism. Why does the benchmark retro indie devs choose as a stopping point bear examination for anyone concerned with the gameplay qualities of the end product and not with a nostalgia-inducing veneer? Smartphones? I guess they're a platform with relevant hardware limitations here, you can even get a bluetooth keyboard.
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One of the few retro style games that would be improved by modern graphics. by jawo 01/17/2014, 9:37pm PST NEW
    Did you like it aside from that? NT by Kenji Carter 01/19/2014, 7:33pm PST NEW
        It was an okay game. I'd give it a 7/10 by WITTGENSTEIN 01/20/2014, 11:15am PST NEW
            Re: It was an okay game. I'd give it a 7/10 by fabio 01/20/2014, 3:07pm PST NEW
                You guys seriously misuse the word "only" by Mischief Maker 01/20/2014, 9:35pm PST NEW
                    Re: You guys seriously misuse the word "only" by fabio 01/20/2014, 11:50pm PST NEW
                        Pulse lasers pound those weapon systems into paste, yeah by WITTGENSTEIN 01/21/2014, 7:16am PST NEW
    I don't think FTL's gfx count as "retro." Just "shitty." NT by Mischief Maker 01/19/2014, 10:31pm PST NEW
        It's really tempting to describe anything that isn't bleeding edge as retro. by Worm 01/20/2014, 10:00pm PST NEW
            Or just being creative with limited resources to make a great game? NT by RetroRomper 01/22/2014, 9:58am PST NEW
        Yeah the graphics are definitely retro. by jawo 01/22/2014, 3:54pm PST NEW
            definitely gruman NT by gruman 01/22/2014, 5:06pm PST NEW
            Question: why are they retro as opposed to minimalist? And define retro? by RetroRomper 01/24/2014, 6:56am PST NEW
                FTL is only retro when viewed through rose-tinted nostalgia goggles by stupid newbie 01/24/2014, 9:14am PST NEW
                    I strongly disagree by Mischief Maker 01/24/2014, 2:24pm PST NEW
                        Whoops, accidental redaction. by Mischief Maker 01/24/2014, 2:26pm PST NEW
                            So a game captured the feeling of one film in a TV and film franchise. by stupid newbie 01/25/2014, 6:40am PST NEW
                                You would think that pixellated graphics would lead to more focus on gameplay by WITTGENSTEIN 01/25/2014, 12:49pm PST NEW
                This reaction proves me right (yet again). NT by jawo 01/29/2014, 5:20pm PST NEW
                    Few doubt your wisdom these days. by Longtime lurker 01/30/2014, 7:26am PST NEW
    I really need someone to sell me on this. by Mysterio Lollerson 12/28/2015, 8:22am PST NEW
        It was fun until you discovered how much the last boss limited it NT by fabio 12/28/2015, 10:19am PST NEW
 
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