Back to the Future: The Game

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 75 Ratings

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  1. Basem101
    Oct 20, 2013
    6
    i was so excited to play this game because i love back to the future movie a lot one of my favorites but this game wasn't that good i played it after playing the walking dead and though that back to the future would be awesome as it is from telltale games but i was disappointed
  2. EmuChicken
    May 9, 2013
    6
    Probably one of the better movie based games, but that said, I'd only go as far to say "better", as its not a "great" title. The past few weeks I worked through all the episodes and finished the game.

    Its very difficult to point at pro's, or con's as its a fairly average affair. The main reason I wanted to play through the game was to see what happens- not because I loved the game, as    Probably one of the better movie based games, but that said, I'd only go as far to say "better", as its not a "great" title. The past few weeks I worked through all the episodes and finished the game.

    Its very difficult to point at pro's, or con's as its a fairly average affair. The main reason I wanted to play through the game was to see what happens- not because I loved the game, as such- but because "Back to the Future" is one of my favourite movie sets. Nostalgia.

    The first thing that everyone notices are the "standard" telltale graphics. I've had enough "Sam & Max" style goons (remember there are three seasons of that series), and they kinda flow into "Tales of Monkey Island". For once I would have liked to see some form of realism. Not because I hate cartoon, but because variety is the spice of life- that, and to top it off, its from a hollywood movie. Old lucasarts games, like the Indy series aced it. Even that free flash Tim Schaffer game.

    Cheese is quite frequent, as you hear the same lines from movies, and then again. Not that the voice actors were bad, they were actually brilliant. Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as Doc, Michael J Fox as Marty's grandpa (or was it great-grandpa?), and A.J. Locascio who performs amazingly well as Marty. It falls flat on the writing, mainly.

    I encountered some bugs, one stopped the game from continuing. An old save did the trick. Other noticeable ones were when characters would miss animation sequences. Marty would talk even though his mouth wasn't moving, and at other times, you would see marty speak but not hear him. Textures would be badly stretched on characters (arms etc), gah.... Not game breaking, but I'd expect at least a little professionalism. Or a few more patches to fix these issues (review May 2013)

    Bottom Line:
    Telltale games continually churn out these adventure games, some are great, no doubt about it (Strongbad!), but most just seem to rely on a strong franchise which can rake in fans. Monkey Island, Sam and Max, Wallace and Gromit.
    It seems Telltale usually go wrong in their graphic style choices (average at best, but always too similar, not much style, too generic), story-line (average again), and its puzzles (average at best). I haven't yet tried "The Walking Dead", but if Telltale don't get some new blood into their team, I fear that their games will be like the next Fifa game, the same average game, only in a new package.

    Outcome: 6/10

    + Great voice cast
    + Back to the Future!
    - Characters too generic
    - Average everything else    … Expand
  3. eTurkey
    Apr 29, 2012
    7
    If you're looking for an extremely true-blue and faithful adaptation of the original 'Back to the Future' films then my advise would be to look no further than these honorable episodic titles. Each installment is very reputable to the franchise but even if you've never watched the movie trilogy you should find these games to be VERY fun. They are of the point-and-click adventure genre andIf you're looking for an extremely true-blue and faithful adaptation of the original 'Back to the Future' films then my advise would be to look no further than these honorable episodic titles. Each installment is very reputable to the franchise but even if you've never watched the movie trilogy you should find these games to be VERY fun. They are of the point-and-click adventure genre and contain plenty of puzzles to solve and a great storyline to follow!… Expand
  4. AstiX
    Jul 12, 2017
    7
    If you're not a BTTF fan, you can skip this. If you are, you might enjoy the game.

    The humour is good, the story is kinda boring in the first few episodes, lots of plot recycled from the movies. It's only after Chapter 4 that the story got more serious and emotional and hooked me in.

    All in all not a very exciting game, but fun for killing time.
  5. GamingSoldier
    Aug 10, 2013
    7
    Back to the future is up there with some of the better license games along with riddick wolverine batman begins and walking dead (telltale not activision) but that's not saying it has no problems. Pros: excellent voice acting is the first thing you notice, the humor, the funny and likeable characters, a good adaption of a good series, time traveling,Back to the future is up there with some of the better license games along with riddick wolverine batman begins and walking dead (telltale not activision) but that's not saying it has no problems. Pros: excellent voice acting is the first thing you notice, the humor, the funny and likeable characters, a good adaption of a good series, time traveling, every time doc says "great Scott" while Michael j fox does not play Marty Aj does a good impression of him, feels like its back to the future 4. Cons: puzzles are d@&m easy, some of your dialouge choices don't matter like you select an option but somebody cuts you off before you can speak or I lied my name is Harry Callahan but when meeting younger doc I said my name was Michael corleone so everybody is like "oh hey Michael" even the person I said my name was Harry to, some lag my brother said there were bugs in the walking dead but I didn't notice them but here I noticed them… Expand
  6. bskierys
    Jun 2, 2019
    7
    What this game does really well is handling the world of the movies. The story of going back in time to save the Doc once again is engaging, fun and full of plot twists.
    It was good to get into this world once again.
  7. Dco326
    Sep 7, 2022
    7
    Prva epizoda mi je bila dobra, imala je neke slabije delove ali sve u svemu bilo je zanimljivo :)
  8. nintendo-sekta
    Jan 22, 2019
    6
    Игра не зацепила, сюжет не интересен хотя даже играл в скучные в которых нравилась вселенная игры, но даже это не помогло это игры. Игра понравиться не всем.
  9. Bloodnes
    Nov 7, 2021
    7
    Игра для фанатов одноименного фильма, сюжет неплох, но не захватывает как в других сериях игр компании. 7/10
  10. spencerplewe
    Mar 12, 2020
    7
    The animation is certainly dated, and the voice acting is occasionally spotty, but it's the intensive script, puzzles, sly humor and fresh nostalgia that still make this a worthwhile treat. It pleased me as a life-long "Back to the Future" fan.