Worth it for the right player.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $0.99.
- Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 601 player reviews · updated 2 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 277 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
This remake endeavors to bring the classic adventure to life with updated visuals and controls, while preserving the atmospheric storytelling and challenging gameplay that made the original a cult favorite.
Given the game's lack of any real tone or narrative identity behind its consistently poor game design, I'm really just not sure who I'd recommend Flashback to other than people who have a truly profound appreciation for its particular Amiga spritework and aesthetic, it just isn't all that fun to play or all that engaging as a cinematic narrative experience and even if you find any kind of charm in what it is, it is a game that only continues to get more frustrating and nonsensical to play the further in you get.
I played with the oldschool soundtrack, which I think was the correct choice, since trying to make all new, high quality sound for an old game like that... well, it really just doesn't match, in my opinion.
I think this is an OK game that is probably more enjoyable just for the aesthetics of the game, than the gameplay itself, which is only alright.
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