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FTL: Faster than Light changed me. Its mantra of 'losing is part of the fun' really changed my approach to games, as well as towards picking up real-world skills.

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Interesting. I never played more than a few minutes of this game, because the learning curve was more than I was willing to put in at the time, and I died on the first encounter.

I might have to give it another go.

I can highly recommend it. It might be punishing at first, but that is part of the fun :)

Watching a few better players helped me getting started.

Keep in mind that your success in FTL tends to be highly variable too, I still occasionally manage to die on the first encounter, even though I also often make it to the last sector.

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