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Flashback HD remake

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  • #32
    Myrddin
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    It looks nice, but can't help but think its gonna be a qte & handholding exercise. Thankfully the original is still very playable


  • #33
    gizmo
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    EnterNow wrote: »
    It looks nice, but can't help but think its gonna be a qte & handholding exercise. Thankfully the original is still very playable
    So, like Amy then? :pac:


  • #34
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    gizmo wrote: »
    So, like Amy then? :pac:

    Flashback is a remake though, it has a formula to follow/ape. Amy just got it wrong


  • #35
    gizmo
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    EnterNow wrote: »
    Flashback is a remake though, it has a formula to follow/ape. Amy just got it wrong
    You didn't get my joke, boo. :(


  • #36
    Lone Stone
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    loved that game when it came out, In the trailer for it though i found the voice acting in it just put me off right away.


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  • #37
    Myrddin
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    gizmo wrote: »
    You didn't get my joke, boo. :(

    The same company made a notoriously difficult game with no qte's or handholding...

    Edit - Insert I See What You Did There Meme


  • #38
    jaykhunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    New trailer up. Ah man I love(d) this game on the SNES. Marked out when I saw him getting up in the jungle. I'll be buying this. I can still hear the cube thingy chirping at me off-screen.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsL1E4zSNrA


  • #39
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    So it seems at least one element of the remake is staying routed in the 1990s - that voice-acting is horrendous.

    The game looks better in motion, though it still seems like there's a lot of visual noise & clutter in some of the levels. I am curious to know how it'll play, and how much/little they'll change the levels. I always enjoyed the portion set within the city, when it became a partial RPG, as you performed jobs to earn money for a ticket (iirc)


  • #40
    Retr0gamer
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    While the original had a unique art style with the gorgeous background are and the rotoscoped polygons of the characters this just looks so bland and boring, a bit like the equally bland looking Shadow Complex but worse. No sale for me especially since I only beat the original a while ago and while I enjoyed it I don't feel the need to go bakc to it.
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  • #41
    Big Knox
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    Loved the original, must have finished it 100 times on the Amiga back in the day but this just looks extremely meh unfortunately.


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  • #42
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Bumping the thread if only to note that this remake has hit the shelves & appears to be as bad as we all feared. Interestingly, you can apparently play the original game via the remake too, which probably doesn't help comparisons. It's a shame because I would have loved to play a genuine HD remake, upscaling the art-style and simply refining the core mechanics...


  • #43
    Mr E
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    Yeah I heard they made a balls of it. Shame.


  • #44
    Zero-Cool
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    Yupp, watched a review and it looked like a mess, shame. Why did they add those bike sections? Like above, a hd exact remake of the original would have done the job.


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