

The simple-yet-stylish graphics and top-down perspective suggest more of a retro vibe, but there’s a whole lot of depth here. What is FTL? The game gives you God-like control over a Federation spaceship that’s charged with ferrying critical information across multiple sectors of space while the evil rebel fleet gives pursuit. There’s the game itself, which receives the new content on Mac, Linux, and Windows as a free update, and the Advanced-enhanced iPad version, which complements the newly updated game with exceptionally well-executed touch-based controls. Really, we’ve got two separate considerations here. On top of all the new stuff – which we’ll get to momentarily – there’s also the game’s first-time appearance as a non-PC game, with an iPad release.


Subset Games’ 2012 indie darling returns in bigger and badder form with the new Advanced Edition. FTL feels like it was always meant to rely on touch controls.
