Flashback Reviews

This game feels somewhat incomplete unfortunately, but I still loved it regardless and want more of it! I really love the game's entire concept: the story premise is interesting and combined with certain odd events that the player encounters, I found the plot even more intriguing. The world-building is very chaotic yet captivating, especially during the first few playthroughs I just kept getting surprised over and over again. I didn't expect the events to actually be so random and even wild at times. Technically the story is pretty gloomy but gets often presented as a dark comedy sort of, due to the sarcastic writing / choice of words, which I honestly found quite entertaining. I particularly liked that I could still feel the somber atmosphere despite the lighthearted/relaxing tone of the game. The endings are possibly even weirder than the usual events and I loved them too for that, I'm just disappointed that they're all very short and serve as open endings, which on one side makes sense lore-wise but on the other hand the lack of conclusion left me even more curious and eager for more. I guess here I was hoping to at least get more information on the setting, since the world-building was overall not detailed enough for my likings but unfortunately a lot of questions got left unanswered. However I must say that I fully adored the direction of the true ending, despite its lack of details. The soundtrack is very pleasant and catchy, though it would've been great to have a broader variety, especially to support certain atmospheres. The art however feels very fitting to me, I love how it's beautiful and still has that "fuzzy" artstyle at the same time. It adds to the strange, blurred and uncanny vibes, in my opinion. Now about the gameplay itself: at first it took me an embarrassingly long time to get into the game mechanics and be able to reach any ending but once I managed to recognize the patterns, it got significantly less difficult. The gameplay success highly relies on luck though, hence one mistake can instantly ruin the entire playthrough. Despite it being frustrating at times, I still found the game very addicting and couldn't bring myself to quit no matter how often I died lol. I'm not very sure why exactly I enjoyed the game THAT much, but I think it's fun and has a great story!