FTL: Faster Than Light Review | "Giant Alien Spiders"™ Edition™ 

To give the Slugs a more concise breakdown, their immunity to mind control makes them fantastic pilots and their mind reading ability gives them way more blue events than any other races.

I like the theory that the "vital thing" The federation ship has is a form of advanced A.I that the rebels intended to put on their battleship. That advanced A.I is you the player.

Thank you veroc for reminding me that my addiction to thick spider women was not "cured" or "gone" but was merely "delayed" and "hidden" alongside "amazing*

In a hypothetical self-defense scenario, where i had to pre-emptively disable an enemy freighter, i would use the fire beam and ion cannon for maximum deterrence of hostile action.

The Engi dying in vacuum makes sense if you think about it: space is technically absolute zero but it doesn't absorb heat very well, meaning your Engi might not be dying from lack of oxygen but rather overheating.

The Clone Bay is fantastic not just for solving the resource management issue of using Zoltans as build-your-own Bio Bombs, but it also makes a bunch of random events trivialized as the risk of your crewmates heroically sacrificing their lives for the common good suddenly becomes a running gag of them dying repeatedly and just casually respawning with a shrug.

Remember, right outside of those doors is space, so if you really think about it, whoever controls the doors, controls space.

So glad Verac took this woman's history month as an opportunity to Veracsplain to all of *us* as the woman. What an ally.

I can't believe I got the chance to be featured in the Verac-splaining segment of this video

Thinking about the Crystal Cruiser and the entire quest to get it makes me irrationally upset after all these years, 10/10 game

Verac being a spider enjoyer, a very welcome surprise. Great video as always, dude.

I know the game is like a decade old, but the modding scene is still surprisingly active, id suggest trying out ftl multiverse, it really adds A LOT of new stuffs

I absolute love FTL, it's such a joy to play. If there is one thing is from the game, Giant alien spiders are no joke :3 12:06 A HOI4 players wet dream. The community was over the moon that they added logistics trains.

Think I’d risk a broken pelvis, they’d have to be a very strong spider to break artificially made bones like mine-

Fun fact; in FTL Multiverse (which is basically FTL 2), you can play AS the giant alien spiders.

You need to try the Multiverse overhaul mod, which adds new races, events, endings, locations, ships, and even a ship builder at the start with customizable difficulty/load out limits.

I love how Sseth on pills branched out from Mandy to Verac. What an amazing content creator

Getting more rewards from killing the entire crew is why I run a Mantis ship every game. Don't carry this strategy on for fighting the flagship word for word though. If you kill all their crew members, the flagship goes into AI mode and starts to self-repair. One of the crazy mechanics about the flagship is that it breaks into pieces as you progress to its different phases. So you could say: "hey, I'm going to leave one enemy crew member alive on the missile deck which is isolated from the rest of the ship, that way it won't change into an AI ship once I kill everyone else". Well, guess what, those missile systems physically break off from the ship when you blow it up in phase 1, so that crew member that you wanted alive just got yeeted into the black void and the ship is fucking way harder to fight now. Also, upgrade your med bay one-tier. That's my only "cheater wiki" advice, you get a shitload of blue options if you do that.

For the giant alien spider edition, there were distressingly few giant alien spiders. In fact, this watched largely like a normal review. Conclusion: needs more giant alien spiders.

My homeboys kept mocking me for my (PLATONIC) infatuation with you, call me "gay" and "really weird" and "breaking the terms of the restraining order", I pondered long and hard on how to fix this, but with this new video of yours, and it's accompanying Veracsplains I realize I needn't have bothered. With hope in my heart and money for plastic surgery in my hand, I declare I will make things right, and no longer shall I be derided for my rightful love. No homo. -toaster, Professional Female (male).

we await the Monster Girl Quest review

My favorite part of the video was when Verac said "It's veracsplaining time" and veracsplained all over those guys

FTL is hilariously grim when you realize "Information that cannot be transferred wirelessly" could be Federation-speak for *hostage*

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite contact creators. Love your videos, keep it up man.

Verac, not sure if you've heard about this, but there's a mod for FTL called "Multiverse". It completely revamps the game to the point that I'd say it's an entire sequel. Different story, different events, WAY more content, and it'll make any FTL veteran into a starry eyed lost child again. If you ever do check it out, I'd love if you did a review on it!

Alternative title: Verac outs himself as a Undertale Muffet enjoyer.

Played FTL through highschool with the boys. Still play it today. 10/10 timeless classic and didnt realise it a decade old.....crap time sure does fly.

Ayyy it’s great to see this beloved game get coverage like this. Also if anyone ever gets bored of the content that the base game offers - look into the modding scene as well, there are some giants like Multiverse worth trying

Verac? *And* one of the very first games I played on my PC?? It took like three videos for this guy to become my favorite reviewer. Keep it up man this shit is great.

I always thought the Vulcan chain gun was the best. Yeah, it takes a lot of power, but if you use the auto system and just have it focus on shields or the engines, it progressively shoots faster. It's not the best for short combat scenarios, but when a fight is long and enduring like the main boss, it really helps a lot. Not to mention while you leave it running by itself and only changing targets when needed, you can use a burst Laser 2 and a beam weapon to time it with pause and do a deadly barrage of fire.

PEople have been born and can play this game given how long ago its release was. Damn it is AWESOME we can share all this with ease.

I got the game yesterday because of this video and i begin to value doors more and more every playthrough. Your ship is on fire? Open the airlock and open the doors so that the fire dies out due to lack of air! Intruders? Use doors! The only problem with overusing airlocks and doors i find is that it's risky during combat as you are actively blocking off bits of your ship by opening an airlock. I was so overwhelmed with fire and intruders one time that after i destroyed the enemy ship which was causing the havoci airlocked the entirity of my ship ecxept for one room so all the aliens and fire go away

I remember using the rock cruiser and losing one of my crew members, so I went through 4 more sectors with my 2 rock men I named “rock hard” and “bricked up”, brings back memories

i really love this kinda videos, the commentary is kinda feral and chaotic, like beeing out with a friend in a bar that permanent calls out trouble and your r sittn there and just wait for the trouble to arrive with kinda exitment...

In the multiverse mod, Giant Alien Spiders Are quite literally, no joke.

thank you i can never play the spider encounter without thinking of death by snu snu

This man really made a video about darkest dungeon and then one about FTL two of my all time favorites

14:04 Always always and I mean ALWAYS get a redundancy point in oxygen systems whenever you play or you might have an oopsie and your entire crew will die from oxygen deprivation if the system gets damaged. Whenever your ship gets invaded, put a crew inside the door control room to make it easier to lock intruders in. Missiles are strong as hell (and for that same reason annoying) as they pierce shields *except for the zultan one*.

Not even 5 minutes in, and this mans is incredibly based. Gotta love spider girls! More arms to hug :)

My favorite way to play it is by asphixiating the enemy crew. No need for fancy lasers that only disintegrate bio-matter, risk my precious crew by sending them into the enemy fortress, deal with the strong defenses of a ship from a highly advanced civilization... Simply make sure they slowly die one of the worst deaths one can have, and you have nothing to worry about XD. ...Well, except the Final Boss being able to work without a crew thanks to it's AI which costed me my run the first time I reached it focusing in this strategy XD.

I seriously love your videos Verac and i hope your channel keeps on growing!

Your channel is gonna get big. I can feel it.

As a crusader I do like your "we are the good guys explanation" and I fully agree with it.

I was just rewatching some of your videos yesterday wondering when you would next upload. Perfect timing.

One of the funny tactics I like to do, is get a teleporter and mind control. You can teleport the mind controlled person back since they are technically your crewmate, then when the control wears off, you beat the crap out of them. Not efficient but funny.

Despite knowing this game in and out, having put it away after exhausting everything in vanilla to experience, I still watch this in full. Very entertaining.

As someone who just picked up the game, thank you so much for the weapon tiers at 16:08! One of the first guns I picked up was a chain ion because it sounded cool and I did not know that Ion damage was so very bad

Yeahhhhh this is easily one of the most entertaining FTL vid I've seen so far. Damn great job. Also, anti-bio beams supremacy

Good quality vids as usual. Love it ! Keep it up !

The ships layouts are pretty neat. Type A are a basic ship meant for a specific role (blasters, beams, bombs, boarding, etc) Type B are what if a basic ship hypered focused its specific role, Mantis being a great example sinces its B has no weapons, 2 layer shield bubble, a defense drone to shoot down missiles and meteros and a 4 space teleporter, wich is amazing. Type C are one of 2: It makes your ship use a complety diferent aproach with more exoteric systems (Clone bay, Hacking, Mindcontroll) or weird weapons (Flak, custom unqiue weapons, etc) or its downright Garbage and forces you to play with a massive Handicap... IM LOOKING AT YOU ZOLTAN C! Edit: After rewatching the video i will say... looking up how to unlock each Ship type is not a bitch move, mainly cause are harder to get and require specific things for them. (Just look at the Crystal quest)

By All-mer, I have been blessed to comment first.

And for those who have already played FTL a ton, check out the Multiverse mod - it's practically FTL2, and I'm honestly a bit surprised FTL's devs haven't made it an official expansion.

This is the first video iv ever seen on your channel and you have instantly won my subscription, well done. edit: *Correction... second video... I did not realize I already watched your ROR2 video*

I enjoyed listening to Cave Johnson educate me on the Space Geneva Convention.

I too have mild to severe autism. I love faster than light so much. It's in my opinion more fun then into the breach but both games are bangers. Banger video as always

I've never watched a FTL video before but I'm glad youtube recommended me your channel tonight. Keep on keeping on brother

The GIANT ALIEN SPIDER (Wicked Epic Pokémon Battle Theme Beatbox)

Here are two tips that work wonders for every run I try: 1) Don't upgrade your reactor early on. Encounter difficulty is based on a combination of how many sectors you've progressed and how much you've upgraded the reactor. If you can avoid upgrading your reactor as long as possible (careful management, recruiting glowy bois, etc) then you ensure the first few sectors are less risky. Even better if you: 2) Upgrade your shields to level 2 as soon as possible. Many early enemies lack the fire power to punch through two layers of shielding AND do real damage before the shields come back up. Not taking hull damage early means you don't lose your precious early scrap to tons of repairs. If your power feels a bit low, you can always pull from engines: dodging doesn't matter if you can tank hits. Just make sure to target enemy weapons systems ASAP if they have missiles, since those bypass your shields.

Someone would die trying to suck the spider

I subscribe last night because of the Vermintide & Darktide reviews... And I get an upload in the morning? Glorious~

4:54 My favorite segment ever, please Verac, continue...

I demand this man stream and have a discord so I can learn more from his culture.

Damn, i've missed you.

Found a diamond in the rough. Good content, I'll be looking forward to more.

Great video as always.

I stumbled across this video by the grace of the RU-vid algorithm, and it reminded me that I still have FTL in my Steam library, and had just cleared it out of my hard drive because I hadn't played it in long enough it felt like it was just taking up space. You've made me want to play it again, so much so that I was downloading it before I even got halfway through the video, and I am fully prepared to be turned into scrap for the next 4 hours as I learn the game again after years of not playing. Feels like forever and a day ago that I was able to consistently get to Sector 8, good times. Also fuck the Slug Nebula that place SUCKS

VERAC LIVES!! *STOMP STOMP*

My verac itch has been satiated,my withdrawal fulfilled and now…I got a new game to play …a curse of watching this man but I’m not complaining.

Just found this video on the feed, saw all the muffets, subscribed immediately, I would be FOOLISH not to follow a man with such FINE taste.

Good video :3

Vera this felt like Handsome Jack was doing this review AND I LOVED IT!!!! Did you do others in this style? Because honestly a "Handsome Jack Reviews" feels so right ...

Ahh so much nostalgia :3 I need to redownload this game along with some mods and play it again sometime soon. Such a wonderful game

Ahh verac, truly glowing in the dark... of youtube depths naturally.

Probably the only backed game that turned out really good.

Looks like a funny fusion of Duskers and Highfleet. Maybe I try it after I finish Into the breach.

Fantastic work

Being called Captain so many times may have awoken something within me

That randy savage bit earned you a sub. Amazing!

nothing better than some delicous verac content

WOW! This is a game I haven't looked at in quite some time. Always wanted to actually beat it!

I've been playing FTL since 2012. Great game! Remember to teleport your invading crewmembers back before blowing up the enemy ship.

Please tell me i'm not the only one who clicked due to muffet in the thumbnail before reading the title

I absolutely love that this game refuses to die.

You couldve just made a normal thumbnail, but you decided to do that instead, which lured my monkey brain. I am not disappointed.

I really like the modding scene of this game you can make female characters appear more in the game, because apparently that's a thing with a low chance of happening or you can make so instead of the basic guns you can have weapons such as... uhhh... ion gatling gun? that is a strong one

I love this game so much and was happily delighted to see this video that made my day

I’ve had the space station spider event more times than I can count and I’ve lost tons of characters to it because I always tried to help anyway. I remember having a positive outcome once, and only once, where every crew member survived. I have no idea what I had that made it a positive ending. But I remember the shock of nobody dying, and whatever the reward was, was incomparable to the fact nobody died to the spiders. Even with the good ending I would say “not worth it” unless you just want to say you’ve seen the spiders and lived.

I've struck gold, not only with discovering this game, but also this channel aswell.

This appeared on my feed after my first normal difficulty win

Found this video while searching for someone cassually talking about FTL, and got even more :D

thanks for the high-quality content, favorite catboy :)

Just bought it, can confirm that it's a ton of fun!

Great review, I wish you got around to mods cause I played vanilla alot in highschool and was thinking of getting back into it with mods

yippie!!! Verac content !!

This is my new favorite channel

I want FTL but as an open world. Think it would be a lotta fun if they came back. Too the systems they have and made a full open system to explore and do stuff in

Cool video! We really love FTL, so we decided to start working on a similar game.

Nah this mans editing is underrated 💯

i need more content like this

This video made me try out FTL again for the first time in years. Like last time I played it there weren't any achievements. Managed to accidentally get a very rare achievement after happening across a flame laser and the promptly using it to set litterally every room of an enemy ship ablaze