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[The Fifth Horseman]

I've got Fade To Black, but didn't have time to play it yet.

[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by DonCorleone@May 19 2006, 02:08 PM
Do you mean "Fade To Black" or what? But no, I haven´t played it yet....

I've played the demo years ago... I remember that I liked it, but my PC wasn't able to handle all that uber-3D graphic

[Japo]

Originally posted by Eva02Soul@May 19 2006, 03:48 PM
Anyway, to make this relevant, did anyone play the flashback sequal and what did they think of it?

From the Flashback forum:

I have "Fade to Black" and it is horrendous compared to master piece that was Flashback. A earlier (predated TR by a year) and bad attempt at 3D graphics and gameplay [...]

I never did get far in Fade to black, I got so frustrated with the controls I gave up.

[ShadowXIX]

Originally posted by Bluntman@May 19 2006, 07:50 AM
Personally, I prefer "Another World". Flashback gets a strong 4/5 in my books, though. And I'm still searching for "Heart Of The Alien", which was the sequel to "Another World".

I kind of feel the same Flashback and Another World "Out of this world" (in the states) are two of my all time favorite games. But I lean alittle towards Another world since it was the first game of this type and something about the setting really drew me into the game. I was able to play through the entire game without dying a single time on the SNES becuase I played it so much They are both great though and both hold a great place in my book.

I had Heart Of The Alien on Sega CD infact that was the game I bought Sega CD for. It wasnt the same it was more like the orginal compared to the Flash back sequel which went off into 3D. But they lost something in the translation the controls were not as tight and story was not nearly as Movie like as the first game.


*SPOILER*

Plus they killed off Lester in the begining of the game After the ending fight in the first game I assumed he was just injured when he and the alien took off on that dragon. But in the begining of Heart of a Alien he is dead reduced to a skeleton and entombed in a stone coffin by his alien friend

That was a blow like killing off Solid Snake in the begining of the second Metal Gear game for a MG fan. I wanted to see him perhaps make it home to earth or atleast live a long life in his new planet.

[Bluntman]

Originally posted by ShadowXIX@May 19 2006, 04:28 PM
*SPOILER*

Plus they killed off Lester in the begining of the game* * After the ending fight in the first game I assumed he was just injured when he and the alien took off on that dragon. But in the begining of Heart of a Alien he is dead reduced to a skeleton and entombed in a stone coffin by his alien friend*

That was a blow like killing off Solid Snake in the begining of the second Metal Gear game for a MG fan. I wanted to see him perhaps make it home to earth or atleast live a long life in his new planet.

AAAAAHH CAN'T BELIEVE IT :blink: :eeeeeh: :not_ok:

You finished "Heart Of The Alien" ? Are you shure Lester was DEAD? Nothing brings him back to life at the end of the game? These are shocking news man...

Regarding Heart of the alien:
That game had little to do with original Another world developer Eric Chahi. Interplay completely screwed up the plot and not only that - the engine isn't very good, controls are stiff so the game is unneccessarily hard that you are going to die multiple times in each screen (no exaggerating). Eric himself said that HotA wasn't horrible, but that it lacked some kind of spirit. Indeed. In my opinion AW dosen't have a sequel.
Regarding Fade to black: I like that game very much. Altough compared with Flashback there may be some disappointement, it is pretty good. There is a very good soundtrack and quite good cutscenes as well. I give it 7/10, but that, strangely enough, dosen't mean that I don't think that it isn't a good game. One should be tough, n'est-ce pas... :tai:

[Sonicfan37]

Ah... Good ol' Flashback. I've got this game for the Genesis, and it's a great game! You people... you are awesome beyond recognition.

[Eva02Soul]

Originally posted by ShadowXIX+May 19 2006, 04:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ShadowXIX @ May 19 2006, 04:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Bluntman@May 19 2006, 07:50 AM


*SPOILER*
Plus they killed off Lester in the begining of the game* * After the ending fight in the first game I assumed he was just injured when he and the alien took off on that dragon. But in the begining of Heart of a Alien he is dead reduced to a skeleton and entombed in a stone coffin by his alien friend* *

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*MORE SPOILERS*

You've got the story a bit mixed up, i've played the game recently and Lester is alive at the start, albeit seriously injured. However as the game continues he dies heroically and the stone coffin scene takes place later on.

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*MORE SPOILERS*

You've got the story a bit mixed up, i've played the game recently and Lester is alive at the start, albeit seriously injured. However as the game continues he dies heroically and the stone coffin scene takes place later on. [/b][/quote]
But they screwed up the death scene so badly, most players didn't realise he had just died... there's a FAQ on gamefaqs explaining the ending, the "clues" to his death, etc

[Glal]

Yeah, from what I read their cinematic style [ie, vectors] was very time consuming to make, and they ran out of budget which resulted in the end cinematic being all of 10 seconds long and abrupt, while the start has a rather nice, long one.

I didn't feel HoTA was a bad game, but certainly not as good as its predecessor. And even less forgiving. I'm not sure I agree about the "wooden character, unlike in AW" comment though; Another World's controls were quite wooden themselves, both games pale in comparison to Prince of Persia in that respect.


Also, I seem to be the only person evar who liked Fade to Black. *g*