BTTF Ep. 5 OUTATIME Discussion & BTTF Game Review

[Immamoonkin]

It was simply one of the greatest games I've played. I can only imagine that the people complaining about every little detail of this game weren't true BTTF fans. This game exceeded very expectation I had, and the ending was simply jawdropping.

I'll probably start over from the first game just to play all the way through to get that "complete" feel of it, but overall it left me awe struck and begging for more. In fact, when the "To Be Continued..." image appeared, I nearly squealed my head off. I seriously hope that it means EXACTLY what I think it means.

[dxdy]

not bad and i agree, is short.... i except game is on half when ended....

[Ghost Rider LSOV]

Short, but very very sweet.
I don't know, when a story ends, I usually can forgive many stuff (and the game did have some bad bugs). And yeah, it did give me a sensation of accomplishment at the end and some good laughs!

Of course, people will start making theories about this and that and probably analyse everything, but I really enjoyed it.

It's a good thing a pink Delorean didn't appear with a kinky Marty in it

[doodo!]

Did you guys play this on PC or Mac?

[Mino_Dan]

A bit of a convoluted mess but those last 2 minutes made up for it.

[Immamoonkin]

Originally Posted by doodo!

Did you guys play this on PC or Mac?

Mac.

[Faceslasher]

That episode was strange. But those Marty Clones were hilarious.

I really wonder if they will make a Part 2. Also i loved the BTTF 1 style ending.

[Mino_Dan]

Okay, could someone please explain to me...

...from where the hell did Doc and the DeLorean come from?!
And why the hell did Edna's DeLorean implode?!

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Immamoonkin

I can only imagine that the people complaining about every little detail of this game weren't true BTTF fans.

Having anything even approaching standards with regards to adaptations of a work you enjoy is nothing even close to "not being a fan".

[t_lyth]

It was a good episode with some good fun twists in it and having Michael J Fox playing 4 characters (if you count the three Marty clones separate characters) in the episode was a real bonus too plus the 'To Be Continued...' caption at the end which I hope means they will do a second season

[Immamoonkin]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Having anything even approaching standards with regards to adaptations of a work you enjoy is nothing even close to "not being a fan".

And, in my honest opinion, they haven't done anything that would come close to not being a great adaption to the movie. I felt like I was watching a 4th movie. All the twists and such were planned perfectly.

[Immamoonkin]

Originally Posted by Mino_Dan

Okay, could someone please explain to me...

...from where the hell did Doc and the DeLorean come from?!
And why the hell did Edna's DeLorean implode?!

If you go back and pay attention to the little details in the first game, you'll see the answer to your first question.

As to the second question, Doc explains it right there. The timestreams need to catch up.

[HoratioTMarley]

The game is a good adaption of the movies. I really liked it.

Although for my taste there were too many timejumps, especially towards the end. overdone a bit...

[jaispeed2011]

I loved the ending it was so hilarious and edna got what she deserved can't believed she ended up marrying kid tannen.. yep she was crazy as hell but it was very enjoyable for me and definitely worth the wait!

[caeska]

The episode got to be pretty good from 1876 and onwards.
That was a good puzzle in the saloon, with great ambiance. The only thing that drags it down is the awkward camera angles by the window and the fact that you couldn't walk over to the ladder in the narrow walkway behind the bar.
The Delorean chase puzzle was very clever. Again there was good ambiance and like the saloon puzzle there was a degree of suspense we haven't seen too much in these 5 episodes.

But there are many things that unfortunately make it a sub-par product.
First, my thoughts on the puzzles:

The first sequence is in essence just a movie with the only respite being chasing down the accumulator. And there all you do is run after it and climb the lamp post and use timing to grab it. That's not a puzzle, it's not even worth interrupting the collection of cutscenes just to click through that.

Another thing that bugged me is that I was trying to figure out "How to get these tickets so I can get through the turnstyles", and then I get very disappointed when all I had to do was...choose the right dialogue option and she just gives them to you. No unlikely combination of everyday items or unconventional puzzles involved.
Puzzles that are triggered by dialogue or puzzles that have you click on one thing to start an event are generally so by bad design, and there are quite a few of those.

There are a few glitches/bugs in the game as well; I got a glitch in the glass house: I magically teleported from the first to second floor and couldn't get out so I had to reload.
And the hat you have to put on the cactus; I was looking for it and it turned out it was lying on the ground way off the location where Edna placed it. And yet in the little cutscene when Marty picks it up it is in the correct location.
In addition to this there are a ton of invisible walls in the expo hall, very annoying to have to deal with that in addition to the bad camera angles.

Graphics-wise I have to say I'm very disappointed. The lip-synch is bad enough, but the animation of the characters walking and talking is laughable. The animation is so robotic you'd think the game actually was created in 1931. And that's no exaggeration. There is just no effort put into this aspect.

And I also want to poke holes in the actual story line. When Edna took the time machine, she went back and burnt down Hill Valley in 1876, right? And somehow the whole city magically disappears? Look...if Hill Valley was burnt down then there wouldn't be a whole bunch of nothing there, there would actually be ruins. It's impossible for there not to be remnants of the former Hill Valley. You can't erase everything.
And where would people live? You telling me they wouldn't rebuild? Surely there had to be settlements and people at the very least.
And Edna just supposedly goes nuts and abandons a working time machine, never to use it again? Yeah right. I don't think that story line was very well thought out. You sacrificed too much realism for the sake of convenience there, Telltale.

So that's my view. The ending was decent and there were some good moments with puzzles and good dialogue that actually were well designed. But a few good points cannot excuse the majority of the season that has undeniably been a complete failure.
I really hope that Telltale have learned from this and that they are actually clear-headed enough to see their own mistakes and where they went wrong in this endeavor.
I'd say learn from your mistakes and put this game in the past where it belongs now. Take the good aspects and use it to make better games in the future, avoiding the pits you stepped into in this project.

[StiX]

the game itself was ok, it felt a little bit rushed but it has a Amazing ending, wouldnt expect it in a million years! haha, really weird about all those marty's though =p

[jaispeed2011]

At the very end of the game after the credits.. TO BE CONTINUED.... Pops up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does this signal a green light for a season 2?

[Laserschwert]

Originally Posted by asyncus

any gamer even a fan would tell you that

Wrong.

I liked the series, even though it wasn't as strong puzzle wise. The writing, voice acting and the plot itself were fantastic though. And I'm both a gamer AND a huge BTTF-fan.

[Ashki]

Originally Posted by Laserschwert

Wrong.

I liked the series, even though it wasn't as strong puzzle wise. The writing, voice acting and the plot itself were fantastic though. And I'm both a gamer AND a huge BTTF-fan.

This, other then the bugs and such, I enjoy it, but you know, these people who complain about it such as that, I'm going to LOVE and TOLERATE the s**t out of them, mainly cause it's their opinion.

[irishhips]

Originally Posted by jaispeed2011

At the very end of the game after the credits.. TO BE CONTINUED.... Pops up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does this signal a green light for a season 2?

Who knows....the first film has this at the end.