Posted on: January 19, 2022

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After years, I've finally completed it!

Flashback: what a fantastic game with .... mmm... let's just say, despite all the modern upgrades, it didn't aged that well. However, I've never experience this game in ''its time'', but always fascinated me for its story and gameplay, so finally I've had the opportunity to picked it up on GOG with this remastered version, which is a good one. As one old Prince of Persia ( or more accurately Another world)- inspired platform, it does provide a lot of fun if approached with the knowledge that this is an, again, old school platform, which mean stiff controls, unfair camera position and combat that is both exciting and a little unfair. But this version of the old masterpiece does carry a few easy fix to a gameplay that is, after all, not that old. And not just that: sounds and graphics are both upgraded to give a more modern experience. Personally speaking? I loved it. A mix of platforming, puzzles and shooting all combined with a a typical 90' story and sounds( and overall feeling) that truly are even more fascinating to this day ( or at least, by my very preference). So, absolutely worth buying! Conrad never looked that good and more manoeuvrable than ever.... which is not that much... buuuut if you have patience, this is a game definitely worth experiencing. It will let you feel like... drifting into the stars ;)

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Posted on: June 25, 2025

Kopfrkab

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Review 2025

This is a review for the “remaster” of the game that is offered here at GOG, not the original 1992 game. Pros: It still works with modern hardware (not always the case for old games) Cons: There is no option to rebind controls, which is a MASSIVE BLUNDER and my main issue with the “remaster”. The rewind mechanic is clunky at its best. The graphics were not improved in any way, shape or form. All in all, this “remaster” is worth neither your time, nor your money. You are far better off playing an unofficial fan-patched version of the game.

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Posted on: March 6, 2025

Snotnarok

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I think Flashback is cursed

I don't know why Flashback can't catch a break. It gets a really bad reboot that missed all the points of the original and it even managed to screw up the included version of the OG by putting it on an arcade machine that you can't zoom into and borked the sounds. Now this comes out and you'd maybe expect a remaster like Another World/Out of this World where you get true widescreen, touched up visuals, better performance. No. This is the most bizarre port of a game I think I've seen. It's got a bad CRT filter, that awful smoothing filter that destroys pixel art and some other options better turned off. It has a remastered OST as well as sounds which sound like they have lost all identity (ha ha. . .), like they ran the midis through some new instrumentation and called it a day. Inoffensive but not great. And some sounds are not remastered but from what I've been able to tell are mostly from the Genesis/Mega Drive version. This is where it gets weird though, you can enable '8-bit' audio where you'd assume it'd take the sounds/music from either the Genesis or Amiga version but . . .no. It takes various sounds from the Genesis, SNES and Amiga versions and they clash so badly. If this was my first time playing the game I'd be baffled what the audio designers were doing. I mean- I still am but for a different reason. The audio is all over the place with this. The game runs fine, the game looks fine (with the filters off) they even have a rewind feature so the game is less punishing. But the presentation is so, bad. It was so bad it even extended to the Switch special edition which came with a fake SNES cart for a case where the manual didn't even fit into it. Also, SNES? Why? Arguably the worst version. IDK. The core game is still here and good but the presentation is just not doing it justice. Flashback is seriously cursed. Fantastic game, bad reboot, jank 'remaster' and awful sequels.

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Posted on: December 11, 2018

wiecz

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Original game not included

I bought it expecting I could play the original Flashback under DosBox under Linux. Not only the DOS version is not included, the game itself doesn't seem to work under Wine.

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Posted on: September 8, 2023

Kovasz

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Flawless gem from the past

First of all, I've played this game 30 years ago, and I've loved it! It was probably my first game I've ever finished. Now, the game totally holds up still today. The controls are a bit clunky and needs some time to get used to, but I remember how "challanging" was to use the shield playing on a keyboard - today, using a controller, it's much better. You can either play using the original sounds and graphics, or choose remastered sounds and some visual filters (CRT emulation, antialiasing, etc.). You can turn these on/off one by one, so you can personalize the game to your taste. There is also a "rewind" feature, which enables you to rewind the game if you e.g. abruptly died (which can happen quite often), without the need to restart from the last checkpoint/save point. Saves you a lot of time/frustration! The only negative thing I've come across is that it seems if there were some slowdowns here and there, but I'm not really sure, it's so minor. But other than this, this is a great port and a great game.

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