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Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (Windows)
By shphhd on March 17, 2012
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 1: It's About Time (Windows)
A fun game for fans of the Back to the Future movies
The Good
It's year 1986 and Doc Brown has been missing several months. Marty arrives to the Doc's house and finds out local bank started to sell Doc's property for his debts and Marty's father is leading the sale. After a while Marty learns that Doc might in trouble somewhere in time.
Well-acted cinematic story kept my interest for its whole short length and difficulty is just fine for casual adventurers like me. Some seasoned players might feel the game is too easy for them.
I liked the voice-acting and music very much. They added to game experience more movie feeling as some actors and music were same as in movie trilogy.
The Bad
The biggest problem with the game is the controlling scheme. Sometimes when camera angle changes your walking controls reverses and that may cause additional turns. Fortunately speed and precise controlling are not important aspects in this kind of game.
The Bottom Line
The first episode of Telltale's new Back to the Future series brings back memories over twenty years ago. From the opening scene to the final seconds of game I kept thinking how well the game had captured movie trilogy's atmosphere. It's About Time! felt like a genuine feel-good game.
With Back to the Future Telltale Games has another quality modern adventure game in its roster.
By shphhd on April 17, 2011