Back to The Future: The Game (Episode 4 of 5)

Title: Back to The Future: The Game (Episode 4 of 5)
Platform Played On: iPad
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Date Played: October 2011
Time Played: 3 hours
Completed (Y/N): Yes
Score: 4/5


Opinion:
The journey continues! This is episode 4 of 5 of the Back to The Future 3 (the movie) sequel. We are back in circa 1930 Hill Valley, with Doc in his teenage years and unaware of the incredible inventions he is yet to invent.

To be honest I am getting a little tired of going back to this 1930's Hill Valley, yeah you get to see new environments and puzzles are different, but Id like to travel to more different times, like a time per episode would be great. Instead this is the 3rd time in 4 episodes where we spent majority of time in 1930's.

This episode is all about restoring the original 1985 timeline without it turning into what we saw in episode 3. I must give credit to Tell Tale for throwing in some emotional curve balls towards the end of this episode, which make you question if you are doing the right thing. I like that, it makes what you do carry some weight.

There have been some technical improvements, but the game is still not perfect on the iPad. Framerate is noticeably better, and there is hardly any stuttering anymore.  The textures are noticeably higher quality and the UI is more responsive than in the previous episodes.  There were a few instances where the music all of a sudden was louder than voices, so it was impossible to hear what the characters were saying, and there are some poorly placed triggers.  One spot in particular, which happens to be the most complicated and longest puzzle in the game you can be a few minutes into it and accidentally tap the wrong thing because its within a few pixels of the right thing.. and that wrong thing resets the whole puzzle.  It took me a good 10+ minutes to figure out why the puzzle kept resetting. A bit annoying.

Overall I am continuing to like this series and am looking forward to episode 5. Although they seem to have improved the iPad version, the PC/Mac version is still a better choice if you want to play through these.