Turrican Flashback
SCORE: 70
I am thankful Family Friendly Gaming was
given a digital download code for Turrican Flashback on the Nintendo
Switch. Turrican Flashback can also be found on the Playstation 4. There
is a physical copy edition available for Turrican Flashback from
Strictly Limited Games. The four games that are a part of Turrican
Flashback are Turrican, Turrican II The Final Fight, Mega Turrican, and
Super Turrican.
The history of Turrican is interesting indeed. The games in Turrican
Flashback span from the Commodore 64 to the Genesis/Super NES. That is
quite the range. I noticed a nice graphical improvement from the first
two games in Turrican Flashback to the last two. Turrican Flashback
includes a really cool feature that will appeal to a variety of gamers –
cheats. Turrican Flashback tells the player what cheats work on the game
from the past.
Turrican Flashback is a 2D side scrolling video game where we play a
space marine battling against robotic and bio-robotic characters. The
player shoots them and avoids getting hit themselves. It is interesting
that I found more success in Turrican Flashback by taking it slow. Why
do I say that? Turrican Flashback is a fast paced game where one might
thing going as fast as possible is the way to succeed. I did better with
slow strategy.
The music in Turrican Flashback is fantastic. I was jamming to it while
holding the fire button down and jumping around. Be careful with
background water falls because they will knock you down. Our space
marine can jump a decent height though so it is balanced quite well.
There are a plethora of power ups in Turrican Flashback that make the
game easier. I loved some of the guns that hit more enemies, or bullets
that bounce off rocks.
Turrican Flashback reminds me of the Contra franchise in quite a few
ways. There are plenty of things to shoot and plenty of explosions. I am
normally not into retro 2D side scrolling shooters. For some reason I
actually enjoyed my time with Turrican Flashback. Maybe it is the
historical aspects to Turrican Flashback. I absolutely love how the
original cheats are included and shown in Turrican Flashback.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: PS4/Nintendo Switch(tested)
Publisher: ININ Games
Developer: Factor 5
Rating: ‘E10+’ for Everyone TEN and OLDER ONLY
{Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood}
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