Crying Suns: Last Order expands the tactical, narrative-driven space roguelike with more content and deeper storytelling. Its atmospheric design shines, though the challenging gameplay may not suit all players.

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

The game lore is very grim, mysterious and deep. Feels like a clone of Isaac Asimov himself wrote it. I can recommend the game to anyone how loves space SciFi genre.

The Game Mechanics have a lot of good "inspirations" from the FTL. But feels, like it took them to the next level. Hexagrid feels very "board-game"-like. Amount of different officers, weapons, squadrons and events ensures the unique run every time. I played this game on iOS, but didn't like phone controls (which are done incredibly well, but can't compete with keyboard+mouse). So I bought the game second time in order to dive in the lore with more comfort :)

But also, every run you discover something new about the universe, which make me want to play it again.

TL;DR:
Perfect FTL "sequel", amazing lore.

Play the demo. If you like the demo, I hope you're okay with playing it for a dozen hours. There's never new, interesting mechanics introduced throughout the game, no ships or squadrons that really shake up how it feels. Every cluster is very formulaic and samey.

It doesn't have the meta-progression and changing landscape of Isaac, it doesn't have the excess/chaos of Risk of Rain, it doesn't have the mechanical complexity of Noita. There's just nothing that really sets it apart.