Flashback is coming back into your home after 20 years updated and redefined for a new generation of gamer’s. The original sci-fi classic was known for its amazing life like animation which was thanks to the team rotoscoping themselves doing all the motions to get everything just right. While the game is still a sidescroller the team has gone back and moved from classic 2D animation into a fully realized 3D environment.
From everything they’ve shown off the new game looks great but truthfully it does loose some of that charm the 2D animated original has. Seeing a simple pixel representation of a man move so lifelike is just a sight to behold. Now in 2013 there’s lens flares, rain in the backdrop, flashing neon signs, dirty streets, cold steel and a dystopian future straight out of Blade Runner, Strange Days and Akira.
Give the developer video below a look to check out some of the new game in action. I know with all that new paint it sure doesn’t look like your sweetheart from 20 years ago but with the original team behind it I have high hopes it will live up to its predecessors legacy. Flashback is coming to Xbox 360 on August 21st 2013 for 800 Microsoft Points with PlayStation 3 and PC ports to be released in autumn.
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PRESS RELEASE
FOR ITS 20TH BIRTHDAY, FLASHBACK IS BACK ON AUGUST 21ST
This new version in 3D and HD, releasing in XBLA as part of Summer of Arcade, will also include the original 90’s game
London, UK – July 17th, 2013 – Ubisoft® announced that Flashback, remake of the iconic 1992 title, will be released on August 21st as part of the XBLA Summer of Arcade, for 800 Microsoft Points. It will also release on Playstation Network and Digital PC this autumn.
The original Core-Team revamped their own creation, leveraging the best of today’s technology while remaining true to the classic side-scroller that set the standards of the genre in the 90’s. A new generation of players can now experience a game that helped define sci-fi Action/Adventure games.
In addition to the updated version of the game, Ubisoft is pleased to announce that the original Flashback will be included so players can play the original game that started it all. Now is your chance to play the re-imaged cult classic hit as well as the original game you may have missed.
Conrad is back to save humanity from an invasion of alien Morphs set on absorbing our minds and incorporating our species! Rolling and shooting, always ready for another fight, help Conrad save the world and his girlfriend.
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