FTL: Faster than Light

 iOS
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 78
  3. Negative: 9 out of 78
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  1. yloquen
    May 6, 2014
    0
    A word of warning for people who have no idea what "roguelike" is. It means that dying in this game is permanent - you lose everything - your progress, your items, everything. While I understand the appeal of that to certain type of gamers, and maybe in the past would have endured, these days I don't have the time to invest to reach the level of expertise that will allow me to beat it. AndA word of warning for people who have no idea what "roguelike" is. It means that dying in this game is permanent - you lose everything - your progress, your items, everything. While I understand the appeal of that to certain type of gamers, and maybe in the past would have endured, these days I don't have the time to invest to reach the level of expertise that will allow me to beat it. And there is a simple solution that would have pleased everyone - at the beginning of a game allow the player to select if he wants permanent death. A game like Dungeons of Dreadomre does it - why should such a feature be forced upon a crowd with relatively short attention span (no offense - the mobile gaming crowd) ? ...… Expand

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18
#18 Best iOS Game of 2014
22
#22 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2014
4
#4 Most Shared iOS Game of 2014

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. IGN Italia
    May 5, 2014
    78
    This is probably the best version of the game: touch controls are intuitive and precise, and Advanced Edition's content offers a hundreds of hours of challenging but rewarding gameplay.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    Apr 22, 2014
    80
    FTL on iPad is the same great experience, with an excellent interface and all the content of the PC version.
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  3. Vandal
    Apr 21, 2014
    98
    Everyone who enjoys sci-fi games should take this one into consideration, as long as they're aware that this is indeed a very deep and complex experience, but also outstanding and rewarding.
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