Back to the Future: The Game

Greetings, Back to the Future: The Game was created by TellTale and is considered to be an official part of the original storyline, taking place after the events of the third film. Like other TellTale games such as Sam and Max, Back to the Future is a point a click episodic adventure with all storylines flowing into each other. Some of the original cast such as Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox return but Marty McFly is voiced by A.J. Locascio who gives a good performance in imitating a younger Fox. New characters are introduced with likes of Edna Strickland, an anti-delinquent activist, Marty’s grandfather Arthur, singer Trixie Trotter and Biff’s father, the gangster, Kid Tannen.

The story is predominantly set in Hill Valley during 1931 but does change periods and visits alternative timelines. In 1986, Doc Brown has been missing for several months and the bank begins to sell off his items.  A concerned Marty is startled to find a time travelling DeLorean has made it back to the present time without any sign of Doc. McFly discovers that this vehicle is a duplicate of the original that was destroyed in 1885 and that Emmet had travelled to 1931. Brown has been incorrectly imprisoned in suspicion of burning down a speakeasy belonging to Kid during the prohibition era.  Marty has to free Doc from prison before Emmet can be gunned down by Kid’s gangsters.

A lot of the story revolves around Brown’s past, with Marty attempting to get a young teenage Emmet to leave his family tradition of an occupation in law in exchange for science. Therefore setting in motion the events that would lead to the creation of the DeLorean time machine. The score suits the game nicely by incorporating pieces of the iconic themes from the movies while adding a fresh twist to some of them.  It was composed by Jared Emerson-Johnson, who walked worked with TellTale before on other projects such as Sam and Max as well as the Walking dead.

While most of the puzzles are relatively straightforward that didn’t stop me from enjoying the experience which was similar to that of the trilogy in terms of humour and in keeping with the well developed characters, as well as the general essence of it. I also liked the cartoonish design that TellTale uses for its games, believing that it captured the appearance of Doc and Marty nicely. If you liked the films you might appreciate this and due to the high probability of a sequel, I look forward to what will happen next in the much loved series.

Plot=9/10

Characters=10/10

Graphics=8/10

Overall=9/10

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