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[Havoc2049]

I first played it on the SNES and didn't realize the drastic slowdown until I picked up the Sega version. The speed difference made it miles better in my opinion. The only thing that wasn't up to par was the music and sound effects.

The SNES version is also censored....lame...

There has actually been TONS of debate about this over the years, but the best versions of the game are arguably either the MS-DOS (CD version, not the 3.5 disk version), Sega CD, 3DO or Atari Jaguar versions. The Jaguar version was the last port made and has a slightly larger color palette and if you look REALLY close, it looks slightly better than the other versions, but there is also slow down in one level for like 30 seconds...so people bitch about that...lol All the versions are pretty damn close though and it's a good game no matter what platform you play it on.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Flashback? Good. Now where is Out of This World and its sequel?

 

[ShutEye]

I'd pick this up. I just played the SNES version the other day & was thinking wouldn't it be great for this to get remade and for the controls to be modernized!

I never realized there were so many versions.

 

[Polk]

Flashback? Good. Now where is Out of This World and its sequel?

OOtW is way less forgiving than Flashback. I don't think people would love it, at new to the game.
Heart of the Alien isn't even good game.

 

[HueyFreeman]

Heart of the Alien isn't even good game.

I pined for HOTA for years... literally years.. until I finally read about it's development, namely the fact that Chahi wanted nothing to do with the game and it was ultimately a huge disappointment critically. Made me feel much better.

 

[XaosWolf]

Wanted to post this yesterday, but Junior Member says no.

Flashback is in my top 10 favourite games, and as much as this is exciting and unexpected, the dev team doesn't fill me with confidence.

And the screenshot certainly doesn't help either.

Though if it includes a revamped version of the classic as an extra then I'll buy it anyway. =)

 

[metsallica]

Flashback? Good. Now where is Out of This World and its sequel?

It doesn't have a sequel, and they did a lovely new version of Another World for its 15th anniversary.

 

[Lord Error]

This could be a good place to remind people that AW 20th year edition was released on iOS and is a really good port.

It doesn't have a sequel, and they did a lovely new version of Another World for its 15th anniversary.

Another World has a sequel. Chahi was not involved with it, but it's a sequel which continues the story and has you playing the Alien guy from AW. It's called Heart of Alien and was a very obscure game only available on Sega CD as far as I know. It was also bad compared to AW.

 

[Jonnyram]

Looks fine to me (compared to similar areas in the original).
They need to drop the HUD though. That ruins it, imo.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Don't like the character model at all. He looks way too Nathan Drake actiony, and nothing like the schmoe transplanted into another world he's supposed to be.

 

[Lord Error]

Looks fine to me (compared to similar areas in the original).
They need to drop the HUD though. That ruins it, imo.

It's not bad, but that picture posted a page back is like a knife twisted right into the wound when you think it could have looked like that with different people making it -_-

Also, as far as I know this remake is handled by the same people that made a terrible game Amy on PS3, so that doesn't instil confidence..

 

[Bedlam]

The SNES version is also censored....lame...

There has actually been TONS of debate about this over the years, but the best versions of the game are arguably either the MS-DOS (CD version, not the 3.5 disk version).

I prefer the disk version. The overproduced CD soundtrack is not nearly as good as the actual midi/synthi music tracks.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

At first I was really excited, but seeinng the shot has me really worried. I mean a HUD? Why? There is no reason for it.

 

[metsallica]

This could be a good place to remind people that AW 20th year edition was released on iOS and is a really good port.


Another World has a sequel. Chahi was not involved with it, but it's a sequel which continues the story and has you playing the Alien guy from AW. It's called Heart of Alien and was a very obscure game only available on Sega CD as far as I know. It was also bad compared to AW.

Oh I know, believe me I know... I own it.

...

It doesn't have a sequel.

 

[Willy Wanka]

I loved the original on the Amiga but I think that was mainly due to the amazing visuals for the time, rather than the gameplay. If it's reasonably priced then I'll probably buy this remake.

 

[Satchel]

Holy fuck yes.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I'll tell you this much, the action for going from a roll to drawing your weapon and firing better match up to the original. So good.

 

[Fularu]

If it includes the original (like the MI remakes) it's day 1 for me.

I still have my boxed amiga copy

 

[Sinatar]

 

[ThreeSixty]

This is one of those classic Megadrive/Genesis games I missed. A friend at work showed me the original Flashback running on his iPhone saying it was his favourite game as a kid. Perhaps I should give the game a go. As for this remake; cool that they're making it but I think some of the charm of the game is lost in translation. It's reassuring knowing the original creator is behind this but I think those screens could look better.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

This is what makes the original so amazing. Remake should've ATLEAST be cell shaded.

 

[joker]

Great game, not sure about the new version. Played last year the reminiscene port on my psp.
Possibly the best version and best way to play it today, mixes the vga-graphics of the ms-dos version with the amiga sound files.


http://cyxdown.free.fr/reminiscence/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0hiT6-lUtc

 

[HueyFreeman]

The soundtrack to this game also gets way too little love - the audio from these scenes is burned into my memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v01h0Kq2Enw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v01h0Kq2Enw

This could be a good place to remind people that AW 20th year edition was released on iOS and is a really good port.

Although the music never worked on mine Maybe I should re-download or something, cuz God, the music in AW is incredible.

Oh I know, believe me I know... I own it.

...

It doesn't have a sequel.

lol

 

[Messofanego]

Didn't these guys make AMY? One of the worst games of 2012?

 

[Bedlam]

The soundtrack to this game also gets way too little love - the audio from these scenes is burned into my memory.[/URL]

My favorite tracks:

Opening the Holocube
Getting your memory back from Ian
The music sounded somewhat better on PC though. Still good.

 

[HueyFreeman]

My favorite tracks:

Opening the Holocube
Getting your memory back from Ian
The music sounded somewhat better on PC though. Still good.

Yeah Memory Implants is like fully a song I would listen to today, and I'm sure would come off achingly hip. Any idea who put this OST together? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

 

[dark10x]

It's not bad, but that picture posted a page back is like a knife twisted right into the wound when you think it could have looked like that with different people making it -_-

Also, as far as I know this remake is handled by the same people that made a terrible game Amy on PS3, so that doesn't instil confidence..

Again, as I've stated above, the creator of Amy is also the creator of the ORIGINAL Flashback (and many other Delphine titles).

 

[BlackLagoon]

Yeah Memory Implants is like fully a song I would listen to today, and I'm sure would come off achingly hip. Any idea who put this OST together? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

The music was composed by Jean Baudlot, who worked on most of Delphine's titles in the early 90s.

 

[HueyFreeman]

What made the original amazing were the animations. If the HD remake animates like that I will have no problem.

Unfortunately the animations are intrinsically tied to the weighty feeling controls, and the more I think about it, the more likely it seems the devs will want to "tighten those up" ie. ruin them by creating sped/artificial animation transitions.

*sigh*

There's so many ways this can go wrong - I know we don't know much, but the graphical overhaul it's getting suggests there's some serious reinvention at work here. Why not just up-rezz the fucking graphics and leave it alone, guys? Look to Eric Chahi, dude knows what it's all about.

 

[Ricky_R]

YESSSSSS..... My dreams may come true after all. Always thought this game deserved a remake so bad and I always wanted one.

Hope this projects gets done.

 

[Fularu]

Please remake :

Les voyageurs du temps
Operation Stealth
Cruise for a corpse
Fade to black

And by Lankhor :

Maupiti Island
Mortevielle Manor

Thanks!

 

[Andrew.]

Just bought the original Genesis version complete in the box with the manual off Amazon for 15 bucks. Itll be here Friday.

I haven't played this game in 20 years.

 

[Radogol]

Why not just up-rezz the fucking graphics and leave it alone, guys? Look to Eric Chahi, dude knows what it's all about.

He does, but if you look at this thread, people have no idea AW was remade like twice in the last ten years. So maybe, even if he does, he really doesn't?

 

[HueyFreeman]

He does, but if you look at this thread, people have no idea AW was remade like twice in the last ten years. So maybe, even if he does, he really doesn't?

I suppose. More a publishing problem though - I have no idea why the remake wasn't released on PSN/XBLA. Shit like this gets lost on iOS, people aren't looking for experiences like this.

 

[Sinatar]

I suppose. More a publishing problem though - I have no idea why the remake wasn't released on PSN/XBLA. Shit like this gets lost on iOS, people aren't looking for experiences like this.

It's on PC as well.

 

[BlazeHedgehog]

This is what makes the original so amazing. Remake should've ATLEAST be cell shaded.

But the entire reason you'd rotoscope something is for the sake of realism... anything else is just a limitation of storage space, color depth and sheer effort.

 

[Leonsito]

One of my favorite games ever, I have two copies of the Genesis version, i have beaten the game so much times, level 2 is my favorite.

That pic from the remake looks awful, it doesn't look like Flashback at all, it's similar to the GBA sequel, I think I have the BETA ROM somewhere...

 

[TheMan]

anyone here ever play heart of darkness? some of the people who made flashback also made that game, and as I recall it had a very long and tumultuous development process. I never did play it, but can someone who did give us some impressions?

(off-topic, i know. just seemed like a decent place to ask the question considering the connection)

 

[Figboy79]

Nice!

Flashback is one of my favorite games of all time, and I still own the Genesis cartridge and comic book instruction booklet to this day!

Only thing I'm not big on is the 2.5D presentation. I'd have loved some slick hand drawn art, or some high resolution sprite work, complete with the "rotoscoped" animations. Still, I've been hoping for an HD Flashback remake for a long, long time now, so I'm stoked either way.

 

[BlackLagoon]

anyone here ever play heart of darkness? some of the people who made flashback also made that game, and as I recall it had a very long and tumultuous development process.

Actually, Heart of Darkness was made by Eric Chahi, who as it has been pointed out was not involved with Flashback. Never got to play it myself, but I remember that teaser trailer did look amazing.

 

[Linkup]

Just finished Deadlight on PC. More of these types of games is a good thing.

 

[Ivan]

Amiga version is one of my all-time favourites...

 

[TheMan]

Actually, Heart of Darkness was made by Eric Chahi, who as it has been pointed out was not involved with Flashback. Never got to play it myself, but I remember that teaser trailer did look amazing.

actually, eric chahi did not work alone on heart of darkness...some of the other people at amazing studio also made flashback. if you're going to be pedantic at least be correct.

 

[ZodR_ARG]

YEAHHH!!!
FLASHBACK!!!!
i hope they include Fade to Black

 

[Haunted]

Good shit, good shit.

 

[Anticitizen One]

These remakes should always come bundled with the original version

 

[JCreasy]

New trailer is here: http://youtu.be/DKfaURkzJZQ

 

[s_mirage]

Hmm. I'm cautiously looking forward to this but I agree that it looks a little generic on the graphics front. Whatever the reason for the artistic choices back in the day, the smooth but minimalistic style of the original is what gave it a lot of it's character. More whizz-bang flashy graphics aren't necessarily better, as both the CD versions of the original and Fade to Black have already shown. That said, while I personally would have preferred something more along the lines of the Another World remakes, it is good that Flashback is making a comeback again.

 

[Bleepey]

I downloaded the demo, installed it, and then had the pleasure of being asked for uPLay details just to play a demo. Are you fucking kidding me?