Flashback 2

15 minutes into game-play, and: Controls: Frustrating. Aiming/targeting: Impossible. Voice acting/script: Terrible and just embarrassing. Bugs: Full of them (clipping, visuals, etc.). Verdict: A 100% complete waste of my time and money, and an insult to the original game. Uninstalled. Learn from my mistake and do not buy this game.

As a big Conrad fan, who still frequently plays the original (yes, on Mega Drive), I was really excited to see Flashback 2 finally get a date. Starting with a poor release on GOG, 24 hours later than Steam, and only half the game being uploaded to GOG, all of which have now been recitfied; I am ready to dive in. The Bad: - Some graphical glitches, with textures vanishing and flashing in/out. - Moving Conrad, I have found it easy to move him out of bounds and get him stuck. - Opening chests and collecting items seems a little unresponsive. - FPS stutter, it is not a smooth gameplay experience at all, frequent FPS drops and what seems like shader cache lag is annoying. - On occasion, the controls make conrad feel like he is floating or laggy. I expect slightly awkward controls because of how the original plays, but this laggy feeling is something else. The Good: - It does have some nice graphics, and some areas are well made. - The music is good and sets the scene. - Some have said the shooting and aiming is terrible: I haven't had this, I think it works well. - I do get caught on some objects with the "3D" play area, however I just need to adapt to that. - I am enjoying walking around the larger environments and just exploring a little. - Conrad has a cool dash/roll/breakdance manoeuvre. It's probably lame, but I like it. Flashback 2 certianly won't win GOTY, but it certainly is not bad. The release seems like it may have been a little rushed, and after a few patches hopefully this turns out to be everything I had hoped for.

After the Microids logo's all I get is a black screen. NOT a great first day release

+ Very nice graphics that reminds of classical Flashback game. - Too many graphical glitches and stuttering, even on a very powerful PC config (i9, RTX 4080). Controls seem to be unpredictable and makes the play difficult.