Posted on: October 11, 2022

macq

Games: 231 Reviews: 1

Nostalgia should stay in the past

Loved the game 30+ years ago and it's still one of those, that I look back fondly. But as I've experienced in almost all games, that I've replayed for nostalgia - they should stay a fond memory. As others said, the controls are horrible. The graphics are the same, only upscaled. Filters only worsen the experience. These kind of games were made back then, because there was no better technology. They should lie restfully. And if you're gonna make a remake - make one with modern controls.

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Posted on: December 7, 2018

Kamamura

Verified owner

Games: 1476 Reviews: 54

Limited options

The game does not allow you to redefine keys, and you are stuck with absolutely unusable scheme. If I knew that, I would not buy the game. Also, there seems to be no gameplay support in the game. Really quite mediocre in 2018.

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Posted on: December 11, 2018

PatricKgCruZ

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Games: 279 Reviews: 10

Remaster perfeito !

é um remaster com direito a tutorial coletaveis e suporte a Ximput , tudo foi refeito com cuidado , não se trata de emulação. ainda sim você pode optar por retirar todas as novidades e manter o jogo original, é o trabalho mais surpreedente feito pela GOG ate agora. A perfect remaster with tutorial and collectibles and Ximput suport, all was remake with care , it is not a amulation , but you still can turn off all new addons and play classic game , this is the best work i saw in GOG untill now . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cDPDKh6dOo&feature=youtu.be

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Posted on: May 28, 2019

tommacool

Games: 105 Reviews: 25

Great action / adventure game!

I played this game many times. From the Amiga to Sega to PC version. They are all good. So I expect this version is good as well. At least from reading the reviews. I might buy the Gog version when I feel the Flashback itch again. It usually comes close to christmas, since that is when I first got the game as a kid

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Posted on: December 5, 2019

phodopus

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Games: 274 Reviews: 26

As good as I remember it

I vividly remember playing Flashback back in the 1990s -- the excitement of postal orders, installing from floppy disks, the tracker music, the amazing animation. Fortunately, this conversion retains the original game. There's no "upgraded" graphics to annoy you. No "director's cut" of extra level segments. The original is there, warts and all. The game is quite short. As an adult, it's definitely more linear and straightforward than I remember. The conversion is adequate. The faux-CRT filters are, as others point out, completely optional. The bloom filter has a nasty tendency to turn itself back on. The biggest let-downs are the music and the controls. The music appears to be some MIDI files, probably from the Genesis version (?), rather than the amazing Amiga tracker files. The controls are not configurable -- annoying, since I'm too used to WASD these days. Of course, they could've done a Linux build too, given it uses Unity (AFAICT). All in all, it's definitely worth buying, especially when it hits sale.

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