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Flashback

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31 July 2018

Flashback is an adventure developed by Paul Cuisset, released 31 July 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

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What Flashback is

Flashback is an adventure game developed by Paul Cuisset and released in 2018. It was published by Microids. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Flashback launched on 31 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.

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When did Flashback come out?
Flashback was released on 31 July 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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