Defend That Game: Round 1 - FTL

Because it's fun.

I have no idea. It's kinda fun, but it's luck based. One time I started the game and lost a squad member on a first planet and I couldn't avoid it, cause I had no choices to make.

Please tell me too.

I must admit that I'm in the same situation. I have not, however, played it as of yet.
People seem to like it because it's "roguelike", and that you can play short sessions.
The music is good, too.

Also this

I Want it, and i write you why it's good.

well - it's probably due to "sentimental" value of it for older players ;) back in 80s and early 90s random rogue-likes were a very big deal - lot of people loved them and played them, and then genre somewhat died, as games were becoming easier and easier, and these were some really harcore-ultra-hardgames - i mean not like OMG! I DIED 10th TIME! THIS GAME IS BROKEN <RAGE QUIT>, but like good oldschool replaying something hundreds if not thousands of times.

Other thing may be people love replayability, and with Random generated play-sessions you have loads of it ^^

it's a new concept: micromanaging your own space ship.

from what I've seen: I find it entertaining, but from the looks of it, I can't play on my own pace - but then again, maybe that's also a pro of this game - you can play short sessions and you don't need to feel too discouraged if you fail and have your ship blown up or your crew suffocated or burned alive.

Because it's against the laws of physics as we know it (not including phase velocity).

People are interested because if we can harness that kind of technology, we could travel throughout the galaxy

I like it for the value (cost vs playtime), the replayablity, it is playable in small chunks, I grew up on Rogue and Hack on Amiga and am just loving the resurgence of the roguelike genre (Dredmor, etc) and mostly the ease of imagining your own story and carrying it out.

Naming someone "redshirt" and just praying for the chance to send them to a slave ship or use them to try to put out a fire in a room with an inferno raging, or send them to investigate a diseased planet. Instead of trying to win I often find myself playing the role of inept captain, captain who can't seem to prioritize the fate of the universe over backtracking for every distress call, etc. I guess I enjoy the fact that I can decide before I start how I am going to play and add my own story in my head as I go along.

It is also a cool feeling when you land in a terrible situation and barely make it out, flying into a solar flare and a bomber full of mantis people who board you and still finding a way to take your whole 3 man crew and ship to the next jump intact is quite rewarding.

Apparently saying it's fun isn't a viable answer. I'd say asking for the "logic" behind people's love for the game is a poor question to begin with.

Its because we all played oregon trail in elementary school and this is basically oregon trail advanced in space, which is dope

Because it's different every time you start new game, also it's challenging.

Not to mention mods.

Because I can fucking asphyxiate invaders, have alien races on my ship, and because it's so hard, but SO rewarding when you kill the boss. It's fantastic, one of the top 3 games last year, for me.
Sometimes you need so much micromanagement it's mind blowing. Yet the game delivers, and it's extremely balanced (against you, of course).

Additional info: I don't like Binding of Isaac, I like Dredmor but no so much as FTL.

For someone who isn't saying it's nostalgic from rouge-like 80's games (which I haven't played), it has a really complimentary soundtrack and sound effect set. The game, while random, presents a unique strategic challenge that blends RTS and TBS by allowing moves to be made in a pause menu. Because the random generation, exploration takes longer than a normal game but it's fun all along the way. To appeal to people who like strategy even more, there isn't a surefire "formula" to win the game. There is no repetition whatsoever during fights. Every combination of weapons you set presents a different way to use them, and while they may be repetitive there are special enemies and scenarios thrown in to spice it up, and make you make some important decisions.

For $10-$15 it's a great game.

Why have I spent far too long on FTL?
That's a good question.

I suppose it's because of the ability to command your own starship.
While it is a little simplistic at times, that's the beauty of it. You don't have to micromanage on a ridiculous level (Joey, eat that orange to keep your scurvy bar down! Quickly Tom, to the bathroom so I don't have to buy you a new pair of pants if we get boarded again!)
It's just fun to me frantically switching off power to my oxygen because I need to fire missiles, and OH GOD, my door control just got busted while I was venting the majority of the ship of a fire, better send someone out to fix it. Oh, I guess he died. Well then, send out the next redshirt.

For me, it's hard to describe why I like FTL so much but I've put in over 60 hours playing it. Which makes it my most played game on Steam to date.

It's one of those games that you either really enjoy playing or you don't want to play it at all once you've played it.

Just because a lot of people find it fun doesn't mean it's for you. There are lots of games with huge fanbases that I know I have absolutely no interest in. If it doesn't look like it appeals to you, just skip over it.

Its biggest appeal to me is that is somehow desperating. That it can be played in short sessions and that every playthrough, although similar is completely different.

You may not like it, as it's certaninly aimed to a very narrow userbase. I feel it both satisfying and challenging. I mean, having 6 almost perfec crew members, a ton of spare scap and a HUGE weapon and believing to be the supreme lord of the Universe only to have your Oxigen system disabled, ship boarded, and several fire outbreaks on the next jump is unpayable.

because i played 5+ hours straight without intermission as soon as i got it... i hadn't done that to a game before.

I was looking at some screenshots, and was "meh, what is this even", entered gibawai only because everyone kept praising it. A gibawai won and 20+ hours later... I don't see myself ANYWHERE NEAR being done with it. Why? I honestly have no idea, but it's one of those "11pm; okay just one more turn...holy shit 5am already? o.o; " games.

I don't understand that either...

Roguelikes thus far have been like this for me. Before buying Dungeons of Dredmor I passed on getting it a few times, not because the graphics were bad, but because watching the video on the steam store turned me off (mostly because how odd the movement of enemies between turns was, there is no walking motion, they just port from one spot to the next, or so it seems.) Of course, once I finally got it and played it, I fell in love. Haven't played FTL yet, but I'm sure it lives up to the praise :P

I think it's like Farming Simulator, it's not REALLY fun, it's just enjoying how boring it is, I guess.

Okay.
Uh...

FTW is almost like FTL

CLOSE ENOUGH

It's hard to explain.... It's just really enjoyable...................