Once upon a time, fluidly realistic character animation was a new thing in gaming. In 1989, Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia gave us a groundbreaking rotoscoped avatar. In 1991, French developer Delphine Software pushed the medium into cinematic territory with the brief but dazzling Another World. The following year, Delphine delivered their masterpiece: Flashback. But it needs to be seen in context – like many gaming greats, returning to it today reveals a flawed experience.
There are shades of Total Recall in the cyberpunk plot, which involves your character, Conrad, trying to recover his memories and return to Earth. He begins in a jungle and works his way to New Washington, where he earns money doing mercenary jobs. After fighting through the “Death Tower” TV show (the best section), Conrad makes it back to Earth. But then – spoiler alert! – we discover that aliens are trying to take over the Earth, so he...
There are shades of Total Recall in the cyberpunk plot, which involves your character, Conrad, trying to recover his memories and return to Earth. He begins in a jungle and works his way to New Washington, where he earns money doing mercenary jobs. After fighting through the “Death Tower” TV show (the best section), Conrad makes it back to Earth. But then – spoiler alert! – we discover that aliens are trying to take over the Earth, so he...
- 6/28/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
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