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So I've played about 20-30 games (not including early restarts) of this now. I've unlocked the stealth ship, I have yet to beat the final boss, but I got close.

I like the game a lot, but it's extremely unforgiving. If one thing goes wrong you basically need to restart. Didn't get the right weapons before the end fight? Restart. Crew member died while boarding another ship when you didn't see they had upgraded their doors? Restart.. Ran out of fuel because you couldn't find a store, and the Wait screwed you 5 times in a row? Restart...

I've probably gotten to the last sector 15 times only to have some random factor screw me over. I wouldn't mind normally, but the penalty in time lost for that is huge. It's basically an hour or so down the drain, with nothing to show for it. Yes, there's a score board, but I honestly don't really care about that. I'm playing on Easy, and it's probably the most unforgiving easy mode I've ever played.

I'm not really sure what to do about the problem, I just wish Easy mode was slightly more forgiving.

It is definitely an unforgiving game, though I've recovered from a few setbacks and still had a damn good game before.

Honestly it's the difficulty of the game that keeps me playing it nonstop, though I desperately want the ability to save and continue (NOT save and load, there should be no re-do's) but being able to walk away and come back is the only thing this is missing to me that I see as essential.

Wow.. unforgiving is an understatement. I just won the second rtound againstthe flagship for the first time.. and was still in the yellow on my hull so I thought I might have had a chance... but I lost the game anyway because the enemy flagship found my base.. WTF! With the layout of the final sector I had no chance, RANDOM CHANCE .. yep, if I'd attacked him earlier I wouldnt have won (no missiles) so I stopped at a repair yard to get some missiles, which helped me beat him, but lost me the game.

I never seem to catch a break.