So having to get over my Minecraft addiction I turned to a game I got from GOG.com for $5, Faster Than Light, or FTL. I really want to like it - it is a rogue like strategy game so dying is part of the fun right? Well I agreed until just recently, my most recent attempt at beating it actually caused me to rage quit.

It took time to get good at the game, making sure I could maximize my playthrough and get to the final boss. This last playthrough I was golden. I didn't even take damage the last few sectors, I had max power, shields, guns, etc. The work. Everyone on my ship was a gold expert at something. I had a boarding party, extra scrap - I mean this was the time I was going to win.

As I got to the final boss and beat him - unscathed - I laughed at the game little bit, I knew I would get good at it, but I didn't expect a slaughtering like I dished out... then the game said F*ck You and bent me over so hard that there was nothing I could do. I mean, it is okay for games to be hard, but cheap? Yeah.

For a game that gets so much press at being good, I'm sorry the game doesn't want you to have fun. It is 7 sectors of pure annoying to maximize your ship (I thought it was fun to do this at the time) but to get to sector 8 and watch it all go up in smoke. wow. So much potential for a game... instead it turns into a simple game of chance.

Now mind you... difficult games are not the deterrent here. I have beat Battletoads, Zelda 2, Contra, F-Zero GX, and more for crying out loud in the past. I don't mind spending time to "beat" a game...

Time to switch back to Minecraft.

EDIT:
By the way... I finally beat the bugger. I just got a lucky enough run and finished it out. I have very little desire to ever play it again. But now add that to the list of hard games I have beat. Maybe I should not complain much anymore, but really, I just don't see a reason to subject myself to this sort of broken design anymore.