Back To The Future: The Game (Episode 5 of 5)

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

Opinion:
To be perfectly honest I was getting a bit tired of the Back To The Future: The Game. I felt that a lot of the scenes were pointless and were put in there to extend the playtime. A lot of the puzzles started to repeat and in general I was ready for it to be over.

This is the fifth and final episode of Back to the Future:The Game, and it is named Outatime. To be blunt... it starts very poorly.  All of a sudden Doc is a bad guy and your main enemy.  I understand the desire to shock and awe, but for Pete's sake Doc is half of what everyone loves about Back to the Future, it is all about him and Marty working together to outsmart Tannen or some other ill minded individual. The point at which you turn the duo against each other is when the love for Back to The Future starts falling apart.

On top of all that the first half of this episode takes place in one giant room, no change of scenery or anything, just a dozen puzzles or so on the same screen. While the story does progress the lack of variety becomes tiring fairly quickly.

At about 75% mark, Tell Tale (developer) totally redeems itself.  The characters are back on the same team, and the story takes a sharp left turn. In fact what happens is pretty damn unexpected and exciting. It was at this point that I actually felt 100% engaged in the story again. I was excited to see what would happen next.

Overall they tidy up the story pretty well (although in an expected, yet interesting way). They end this game simultaneously with a kickback to the movies, and in the Back the the Future tradition leaving room for a sequel.

As with the previous four episodes there are some technical issues on the iPad, most notably stuttering and freezing. The graphics look a heck of a lot better on the PC as well. I feel that the 15 hours or so that the 5 episodes lasted could have been compressed into a 5-10 hour story, perhaps 3 episodes. Nevertheless if you are a fan of the movies I would definitely recommend this game to you.  It is for all intents and purposes the fourth film. If you do play it though, grab it on the PC, since the iOS devices do not look nearly as good and have technical issues.

And so we reach the end of our journey through time (for now). We saved the future, by preserving the past... or did we???