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01-01-2013, 10:00 PM
Joystiq is revealing its 10 favorite games of 2012 (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/joystiq-best-of-2012) throughout the week. Keep reading for more top selections and every writer's personal, impassioned picks in Best of the Rest (http://joystiq.com/tag/best-of-the-rest-2012) roundups.
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FTL: Faster Than Light (http://www.joystiq.com/game/ftl-faster-than-light)
I find tremendous pleasure in games that allow me to name my characters, humanize them and create their unique, intricate backstories, for the sole purpose of making me watch those beloved little guys burn to death on a cramped space ship. No game does this better, or more often, than FTL: Faster Than Light.
Another alluring aspect of FTL is that it's an indie game that looks indie. The game's strength lies in the incredible interstellar journey the player takes with her crew, and the graphics do everything they can to stay out of the way of these space battles and indiscriminate deaths. It's a mental game, high-energy in synapse rather than the screen - much as I've heard the original X-COM described. And like X-COM, playing FTL isn't just a wonderful experience today, but it promises greater, better things to come from Subset Games.Continue reading Best of the Rest: Jess' picks of 2012 (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/01/best-of-the-rest-jess-picks-of-2012/)
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FTL: Faster Than Light (http://www.joystiq.com/game/ftl-faster-than-light)
I find tremendous pleasure in games that allow me to name my characters, humanize them and create their unique, intricate backstories, for the sole purpose of making me watch those beloved little guys burn to death on a cramped space ship. No game does this better, or more often, than FTL: Faster Than Light.
Another alluring aspect of FTL is that it's an indie game that looks indie. The game's strength lies in the incredible interstellar journey the player takes with her crew, and the graphics do everything they can to stay out of the way of these space battles and indiscriminate deaths. It's a mental game, high-energy in synapse rather than the screen - much as I've heard the original X-COM described. And like X-COM, playing FTL isn't just a wonderful experience today, but it promises greater, better things to come from Subset Games.Continue reading Best of the Rest: Jess' picks of 2012 (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/01/best-of-the-rest-jess-picks-of-2012/)
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