PS5
Flashback 2
PS5 Details
- Native PS5 application
- Yes
Reviews
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Good
- Presents a modern take on a classic formula
Bad
- Horrendous frame-rate drops
- Glitches and loading times
- Game-breaking bugs force a restart
- Restrictive 2.5D camera view hampers aiming and shooting
- Overly powerful shield makes combat pointless
- Conrad constantly gets trapped in the game scenery
- Poor enemy AI
- Low-quality boss fights and motorbike sections
- Blurry and overly busy visuals
- Environments provide no sense of exploration
- Poorly scripted and voiced story
- Dull fetch quests for missions
Good
- Paul Cuisset from original team is involved.
- Story maintains continuity of the 1996 sequel.
- Raphael Gesqua's music compositions are atmospheric.
- Death has no consequence in the game.
- Game offers opportunity for Platinum Trophy.
Bad
- Not a 2D cinematic platform game.
- Doesn't have subgenre's gameplay traits.
- Doesn't continue sci-fi themed video game tradition.
- Game is buggy and slowdown ridden.
- Cheesy and overly gabby voice acting.
- Boringly basic one-on-one mech fighting section.
- Battle with Morph Assassin diminishes iconic opening.
- Game becomes worse the further you progress.
- Graphical clipping of Conrad is common.
- Camera doesn't frame the game's final task.
- End of the game is abysmal.
- Most Flashback fans likely to dislike this sequel.
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Standard Edition
Videos
Microids
Flashback 2 – Launch Trailer – Paul Cuisset & Microids Lyon/Paris
Microids
Flashback 2 – Dev Diary: The Genesis of Flashback 2 – Paul Cuisset & Microids Lyon/Paris
PlayStation
Flashback 2 - Story Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games
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