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#76. Back to the Future: The Game (2010, PS3)
GREAT SCOTT! I know, this is heavy. I am a huge BTTF fan, so this game was perfect for me.
As I said in my hint, this Telltale game does an absolutely fantastic job of showcasing what a 4th movie would've been like... or really, there's probably at least 3 movies of content in these 5 episodes, if not more, but we can consider it a 4th movie! It being a Telltale game you know exactly what you're getting as gameplay, and it's fine there. The point and click style "puzzles" are satisfying if not really challenging at all in what you're supposed to do, but still remain clever. Other than that, the rest of this is me talking as if it were a movie! No spoilers though, just the basic plot.

The story starts right after the end of the 3rd movie (well technically after a fakeout dream sequence where Marty re-imagines the start of the first movie going a bit differently), with Doc having gone on his train adventures, but not returning, so everyone believes he is missing and start estate selling his stuff off. The DeLorean somehow shows back up empty with a message from Doc needing help from Marty at... some point in the past as, naturally, it turns out he's been killed at some point. So another adventure awaits!

It's everything you'd expect a several-plot BTTF movie(s) to feel like (I believe the directors were at least modestly involved). It hits all your usual beats from the movies, a lot of the same types of jokes, a fantastic set of humor, but introduces its own freshness to the mix too. So it really is not like a re-hash of the old movies like you could argue the 2nd and 3rd movies were (only in the sense it does dip its pen into the going back into a timeline we just fixed because we also fucked something else up so we have to fixt he timeline again, though still different from the way BTTF2 did it). We get some new characters and relatives, they're pretty entertaining for the most part as characters. The overall plot and writing is simply outstanding, keeps you compelled the whole time with high stakes. It has good twists and turns, good references to the old movies, and the one little bit of things that characters will remember in a Telltale game is present in the alias Marty chooses for himself in the past (I chose Michael Corleone). The story takes place in several different time periods, and it weaves together well, and as always, this series does a great job with making sure inconsistencies and time travel related stuff all makes good story sense, doesn't get overly confusing for a time travel story, and has impeccable attention to detail in keeping the story accurate. The ending is a bit silly, but I guess the movies endings are too!

The voice acting is excellent. Christopher Lloyd reprises himself (and possibly other versions of himself). They got someone else for Marty and his Michael J Fox impression is impeccable (MJF does have a cameo at some point). Everyone else does a great job as well.

If you liked the BTTF sequels and the way that trilogy carried itself out, this is a must play. Although I'm not sure it's still available, but watching the "movie" version on youtube should still get the job done pretty well!



All in all, a fantastic love letter to the movies, with a ton of care put in.

Next up: A boss in this game is un-cannon-ically a Mets fan?

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