Thirty years after the first installment’s release, the second will be here, and with Microids already showing gameplay from Flashback 2, there may not be another delay.

 

It’s safe to say that Microids is a big fan of Francophone licenses (they’re even making a new game adaptation based on the Totally Spies! cartoon series from the 2000s…). Since Flashback is from there (Delphine Software International and the designer Paul Cuisset is French), you can’t say they’re ignoring the “locals.”

Flashback 2 will be available in both Limited and Collector’s Editions. The Limited Edition includes a steelbook and the digital soundtrack alongside the game. In addition to the game and steelbook, the Collector’s Edition will provide a digital copy of the original Flashback, an 8″ (~20.3 cm) Conrad figurine, three lithographs, a badge, two sticker sets, and the soundtrack, again in digital format.

Quoting ourselves from last June: “Microids is behind the project (which isn’t that surprising since many IPs from the Francophone world are associated with them these days). Cuisset has been waiting a long time for this one: in 1989, at Delphine Software International (DSI), he had his first original game with story and programming work in Future Wars, followed by Flashback three years later. This movie-like platformer was also created by DSI and designed by Cuisset. He later worked on several games of varying quality (Shaq Fu, Time Commando, Moto Racer series, Darkstone, Mister Slime, Amy, Subject 13…), but now, he’s returning to Flashback.

Cuisset’s studio, VectorCell, put together the remake of the first episode for X360, then PS3 and PC in 2013, under Ubisoft’s publishing. However, now another French company is looking after the IP. After defeating Master Brain in the previous episode, Conrad and his allies face the Morphs species again, threatening all civilizations. Adding insult to injury, Conrad’s best friend Ian is being kidnapped before him… Another dirty trick from the Morphs? It will be up to you to determine who did it and their motivations…

Developed in close collaboration between Paul Cuisset’s team and Microids Studio Lyon, Flashback 2 will welcome players to discover a new story blending action, puzzles, and infiltration. This adventure will take you to familiar places like Neo Washington or the Jungle and new locations like Neo Tokyo or a mysterious space station. To work on this sequel and pay tribute to the original game, Paul Cuisset brought back some team members, like game designer Thierry Perreau and the composer of the famous Amiga soundtrack, Raphael Gesqua.

Flashback was praised for its innovative animation in the early 90s. The team wanted to keep that tradition for this new episode. To achieve their goal, the world-renown stuntman Jamel Blissat (Marvel’s Moon Knight Oscar Isaac body double) was hired to do Conrad B. Hart’s motion capture.”

Flashback 2 is coming in November for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Source: Gematsu