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Also Known As: Back to the Future, Back to the Future: The Adventure Series
Also on: iPad, PC
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Telltale Games
Developer: Telltale Games
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I wasn't quite sure what to make of Back to the Future: The Game. On the one hand, I was psyched to see one of favorite franchises come back to video games. On the other hand, what the hell was developer Telltale Games thinking? Back to the Future III had a conclusive ending: DeLorean done, Doc happy, future safe. Was this game going to be another insult to the Marty McFly legacy like the short-lived cartoon that had the DeLorean back for no reason and Marty hanging out with Doc's kids?

The short answer is no. After seeing the first section of the game -- the setup to the five episodes that are about to rock the PC and PlayStation 3 -- I'm happy to report that it looks like Telltale Games has nailed this beloved universe and is set to give fans like me something very special.

Biff is back.
If you've missed our week of debut videos here on IGN, Back to the Future: The Game is a true follow-up to the film trilogy. An adventure game, it has you moving Marty McFly around the world, interacting with objects and using them to solve puzzles and problems -- oh, and you're traveling through time and dealing with the characters you know and love from the movies.

I don't want to spoil the setup of the game, but it begins with living out a very familiar scene from the first movie. Some sound effects were missing in the preview I was watching (sadly, I didn't get to play myself), but it still looked and felt like the scene I knew. Doc says some things, and you get to pick what Marty retorts with from a list of three. You can pick the line from the movie or you can deviate and begin to change what we all know. It was a weird thing to choose the wrong line and watch Doc respond like the real line had been said, but when this wraps up, you understand why things go off the rails.

Anyway, after all that, the year is 1986 and we're months removed from Doc and Clara saying goodbye to Marty and riding their steam time train into space. Marty wakes in his bed to the familiar tunes of Huey Lewis and the News and sets off to meet his dad at Doc's house. See, the city's moved in on Emmett's abandoned house, and today's the estate sale.

For a Back to the Future nerd like myself, stepping into Doc's house was a pretty awesome experience. Telltale has replicated the laboratory from the wall of clocks to the giant amp and packed the place with trinkets film buffs will recognize. There's the model of the area around the clock tower and Biff's walking around with a beer while wearing the failed telepathy machine Doc was rocking in 1955.

That TLC applied to the environment is also applied to the characters. I'm sure you've seen how good Marty looks and heard how much the soundalike nails Michael J. Fox, but George McFly and Biff look like perfectly cartoon-erized versions of their actor counterparts. George is in his blazer from that last set of scenes from the first movie and Biff is in that ugly track suit, too.

Marty has a conversation with his dad to and try to talk him out of selling all of Doc's stuff, but George won't have it. Defeated, Marty starts looking around the lab for anything that could be dangerous in the wrong hands. From the back of the clock tower model, Marty sees Doc's notebook -- filled with time travel diagrams and info -- poking out. Before our hero can grab it, Biff does, and despite Marty's slick talk, the butthead refuses to give it up.

After trying a few different tactics to get the big guy to drop it, Marty goes to his dad, grabs his guitar and hooks it up to the amp. If you couldn't figure out what to do after getting denied by Biff or just aren't familiar with how exploring/problem solving works in an adventure game, Back to the Future: The Game has a built-in hint system you can always click on to get a nudge in the right direction. After seeing Marty grab the guitar, Biff rushes over and wants to play. After a brief exchange, Marty lets him and the amp blows the villain over so Marty can nab the notebook.

About this time, the familiar DeLorean time travel noise happens from outside, Marty rushes out, and he finds Einstein the dog in the car. There's a recorded message from Doc stating that if Emmett's ever in trouble, the car had been programmed to return to this spot and get Marty.

This is heavy, Doc.Doc's in trouble in time, you're the only hope, and that's where my demo ended.

I realize I might have come off as gushing or whatever in this preview, but I'm really floored at how Telltale nailed the Back to the Future universe from what I saw. It was really cool to see Marty have a conversation with his dad and be a kid who respects his old man -- that's not something we ever saw in the movies, and it immediately showed that Telltale's expanding the characters we love in a very interesting way. Frankly, next week can't get here fast enough for me to jump into the first episode. From there, new installments will come on a somewhat monthly basis, but it looks like PC will always have the jump on its PS3 counterpart.