June 27, 2023 - Day 178 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 197

Game: Flashout 3D: Enhanced Edition

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 3, 2022
Library Date: Sep 9, 2022
Unplayed: 291d (9m18d)
Playtime: 18m

Flashout 3D: Enhanced Edition is a third-person Wipeout-style track racer. Race hover-ships, upgrade them, win races, etc.

After getting out of the game and checking the release date, I had to double-check the details, and then hit Google.

This does not play like a game released in 2022. Per the game description it's a free re-release to celebrate the developer's release of Flashout 3.

The reason I didn't recall the original Flashout is because it was released in 2012, and it was mobile-only.

That makes more sense of the "Enhanced Edition", but the gameplay is very much 2012, and there's just not a lot to offer here, even for free, that isn't bettered by more recent games.

They didn't put any energy into even providing mapping information for the controller buttons, let alone configuration, and I had to quit the game and turn off Steam input for it to even register any buttons other than the left control stick.

If you've got a gaming budget of zero, or want a free game for your kids' PC, it's not terrible, but it's not great either.

Flashout 3D: Enhanced Edition is just:

2: Meh

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