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Flashback 2
The acclaimed sci-fi side-scroller that became a retro gaming classic returns, with modern graphics and gameplay! After overcoming the Death Tower, Conrad and his allies must once again face the Morphs, the alien race that threatens all civilizations. Moreover, his friend Ian got abducted and to get answers Conrad has to find him… Are the Morphs be...
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Flashback 2 Reviews
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Flashback was an incredible game that offered a cinematic science fiction tale like no other. After 30 years, original creator, Paul Cuisset, returns to the franchise to tell a new story with Conrad B. Hart. Evolving its side-scrolling gameplay to include more three-dimensional elements, will this sequel of a classic manage to strike the perfect balance between nostalgia and innovation, to deliver a captivating experience for both long-time fans and newcomers alike?
Fairly early on in Flashback 2, it's revealed that you’re not playing as the original Conrad from the genre-defining Genesis game, but a kind of photocopy
Flashback 2 could have channelled the first game's spirit while presenting a new spin on the action. It fails spectacularly, lacking polish and nearly any redeeming qualities.
Flashback 2 is a shameful nostalgia cash-in that is an affront to the classic original. Unfortunately awful in every way imaginable, do not buy this game.
The graphics aren't great either as most of the cyberpunk environments look AI-generated and lack character. Other parts of Flashback 2 seem to be copied directly from Shadow Complex from 2009 while other parts are reminiscent of everything else that has been done in this genre in the last ten years. It's not helped by the fact that the voice acting and sound effects feel like they've been picked up from some reabacks game from 2005, and it would be downright lying of me to claim that I've found anything beyond the original music that I'm prepared to write something nice about. Flashback 2 sho...