Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1992)

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#10924

I believe that it has been quite some time since we last did a cinematic platformer. While I can appreciate that this isn’t everyone’s favourite genre, FB is easily in the top 3 ever made.

It was originally built for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, but the MS-DOS floppy version received the highest quality port.

There’s lots of fun information on Paul Cuisset’s development of the game, and his truly execrable remake of it in 2013 which might be fun to talk about (rip on) as well. 😀

I grew up watching this playing on a high end 386DX PC in my local mall as a kid. The rotoscoped cutscenes and gameplay blew me away, and I was convinced it was a CD-ROM at the time.

It’s a fun game that can be finished in a couple of hours, with plenty of technical information on its development. The story is more developed than the story in Blackthorne, and has more cinematic elements and varied gameplay.

[TigerQuoll]

#10930

Definitely a great suggestion. Brilliant game!
I probably preferred Another World (AKA out of this world), and I’m still not 100% if flashback is a true sequel or just a spiritual sequel.
But I will say that Flashback was more “gamelike”, and had really good mechanics.

I never finished it though – my copy bugged and softlocked me when a door that was supposed to open didn’t. Never had the heart to try again.

[Tijn]

#10931

Indeed, we’ve not done a cinematic platformer in a while and this is definitely one of the great ones.

I’m not sure if I’ve ever completed it! I remember a difficulty spike somewhere along the way, perhaps after you get to the subway or something.

Might be good to have another go at it!

[jan0sch]

#10932

Great game! I found the mini quest part a bit tedious. However the game is definitely easier than Another World. 😉