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Fulcrum Defender review
The makers of FTL and Into the Breach offer another ingenious slice of finely calibrated systems, and this time it's all about that arcade feeling.
FTL is a terrifying and hilarious game about steering a ship across the galaxy in short hops, managing various stats, accidentally venting your comrades into space, and dealing with robot invaders who can literally shoot their way into your hull. You have shields, which come with a meter that's a classic piece of utilitarian Subset UI, and so you have a limited ability to let enemies slip through your defences and impact you. Changes to size and speed are pretty easy to grasp, and you'll quickly learn that even bullets that don't kill a foe outright will knock it back, giving you a bit of room to think.
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