Review:Back To The Future:The Game

-A good back to the future game.....WHAT!?

Back in 2010 I was very surprised when Tell Tale Games announced that they would be making a back to the future adventure game. I do not have to much experience with these old point and click games and was a bit nervous on how one of my favorite series would end up. Well skip forward to February 2011 and when I saw the demo for episode 1 I couldn't help, but at least try it out. I was surprised how much I wanted to keep playing so I hurried out and bought a $20 PSN card to buy the access the rest of the season.

-I will not be discussing every episode but mainly talk about the series as a whole to keep thing short.

Story

The game takes place after the events of part three and Marty has been missing Doc as he is off having fun with his time machine. Now Marty finds out that the bank is selling off Doc Browns house since he has been gone. In his efforts to stop the estate sale Marty is greeted by the delorean with no Doc inside, but a message for Marty and Doc Browns dog Einstein. Marty finds out Doc is stuck in 1931 and of course needs Marty's help.

The story continuing through-out all 5 episodes is an enjoyable, but sometimes a bit to hectic at times. As expected there you only play in Hill Valley, but just in different time periods and paradox universes to keep it feeling different. If you have watched any of the movies and know the series well get ready for more inside jokes that you would miss if you have not where I feel like 50% of this games humor comes from. Little things like that make this actually feel like back to the futre 4 instead of just a game and I commend TT Games on delivering such a great story.

Gameplay

Since this is a point and click adventure game the gameplay really boils down to solving puzzles and dialogue trees with all the different characters you meet. Now when it comes to the puzzles they are fun but could have been much harder. In an attempt to make this very accessible it didn't end up being very fulfilling for everyone even a newbie to adventure games like myself.

The dialogue on the other hand is fantastic with one exception the lip syncing. The great cast for back to the future either returns or is given great sound alikes which is why the somewhat broken lip syncing kinda took me out the atmosphere. Either way the lines given are great with many memorable moments and discussions.

Graphics

As expected with TT games previous releases the product will look very stylized, but simple at the same time. Still this is the closest game that resembled the concept art the most in my opinion. Not much else I can really say about the game besides that.

Final Thoughts

This game can really work for two types of people either you like Back to The Future or/and adventure games that are well written. For $20 you can't go wrong getting this on PS3 or PC, Ipad if you have those to play on. Each episode is about 4 hours long to run through from start to finish giving you around 20 hours so at a $1 an hour you can't go wrong there.

7/10

-Could this be the last we see of Marty Mcfly?.....I DOUBT IT!