Flashback

July 31, 2018 Paul Cuisset Microids
Platform Adventure
PS4 PC Mac XONE Switch
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Flashback, the hit action-adventure game is back!

On its 25th anniversary, rediscover this classic, consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time! It was one of the first games to use motion capture technology for more realistic animations, with backgrounds that were entirely hand-drawn and a gripping science-fiction storyline.
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2142. After fleeing from a space ship but stripped of all memory, the young scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonized moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnappers are snapping at his heels. He must find a way back to Earth, all the while defending himself against the dangers he encounters and unravelling an insidious extra-terrestrial plot that threatens the planet…
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Release Date July 31, 2018
Developer Paul Cuisset
Publisher Microids
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Science fiction
Flashback

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