Best of 2012: #7 - FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL for PC is #7 in our Best of 2012.
After two wins, it was back to crushing defeats
The Shacknews Best of 2012 Awards were determined by ballot voting across the entire Shacknews staff. Garnett, Jeff, John, and Tyler voted for FTL, with Alice choosing it as her personal Game of the Year, earning it 220 points and the 7th place position on our list. The Shacknews Community chose the game as the PC Game of the Year. Stay tuned all week as we reveal all our winners.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Best of 2012: #7 - FTL: Faster Than Light.
FTL for PC is #7 in our Best of 2012.-
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It was several cuss words, Editor dear. PRUDES.
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lies!
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Gosh, I guess we really cocked things up by not simply asking you in the first place. Editor dearest, why didn't we just ask flagg209? Can we get them in next year?
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I'll mark that on my to do list for next year.
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Well, I didn't play 11 games from 2012, so it'd be hard for me to say really. I just think that a single player game that really comes down to chance is not better than a game that is multiplayer with good writing and acting.
I liked FTL, but I played it until I beat it a few times and then lost interest. BL2 has so much to offer I feel it should be ranked higher by default.
I know I opened the door to a pile by mocking the great Alice O'Connor and I'm cool with that - and nothing you or anyone says in seriousness or in playful shack ribbing is going to change my mind. BL2 > FTL-
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I don't know what happened, I totally responded to this on my phone last night but somehow it didn't come up.
Anyway, here's my list.
1. Diablo 3
2. BL2
3. Dishonored
4. FTL
The only other game that came out in 2012 that I played was FF13-2 - which I'm not ranking because it was a PS3 game, and I wouldn't know where to put it - but I digress. Also - I played a bunch of other games, but they were released before 2012.
FTL was an awesome game. It reminds me of Terraria, which does a great job of forcing you to fill in the blanks with your own imagination - which is a wonderful thing when it works well like it does here. That being said though, I can't imagine why one aspect of a game can make it better than a game that was not only solid all around, but also was a huge improvement over its predecessor.
FTL (like Terraria) was a step in the right direction, but I don't think it's there yet. I hope someone builds on the FTL idea like the Starbound people are building on the Terraria idea.
And yes, when a gaming site does overlook all of that (better writing, more content, good acting) for a 2d space sim that gets some things very very right but is lacking in a few ways - I call that a fail.
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Shacknews - It makes you disgruntled
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a website of cock-ups
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been-there-wow-this-is-much-better is more accurate
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look how wrong you are
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I'm inclined to agree with the first part of your statement. Borderlands is much more involved, actually had writing (including one of the best villains of all time), and has massive, massive replayability. FTL is great, don't get me wrong, and I know everyone loves the indie darling thing, but I just believe Borderlands is a better all around game.
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what the fuck
8. Borderlands 2 - TODAY ONLY - SAVE 50%!
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As a longtime Shacker I'm sure you're well aware Shacknews is owned by GameFly. If they want to give special attention to their own services, they're well within their rights to do so. I don't see what's wrong with it.
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7g, 7n is Journey and 7ac is The Walking Dead.
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