Back to the Future: The Game - Episode I: It's About Time Image
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

User Score

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

  • Summary: Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales of Monkey Island and the Sam & Max episodes, turns cult time-travel flick Back to the Future into an episodic adventure.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Jan 4, 2011
    91
    It's About Time sure lives up to its name. It's about freaking time we got to see a decent attempt at a game based on Back to the Future.
  2. Telltale has absolutely nailed the feel of the franchise and the charming visuals are a treat. Christopher Lloyd is great as Doc Brown and newcomer A.J. LoCascio's impersonation of Michael J. Fox's Marty has to be heard to be believed. The music, a blend of cues from Alan Silvestri's memorable original score with a hint of Huey Lewis, is near perfect. [April 2011, p.81]
  3. Apr 21, 2011
    71
    An oversimplified but enjoyable counterpart to the Back To The Future films. [Issue#204, p.96]
  4. It's an adventure best left in our (forgettable) past. [April 2011, p.85]

See all 13 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. 10
    Excellent game. Great story. Nice time wasting with adventure like this, especially for "Back To The Future" fans. Thanks a lot Talltale - it's exactly what I wanted. Expand
  2. Great game , Story seems a little silly and the game play can be a little frustrating at times but it is fun to see the back to the future story line continue on. For the price I would say buy it , Expand
  3. Sweet plutonium piles, this time travel adventure is one hell of a trip down memory lane. It's got everything: Doc's real voice! The DeLorean! Einstein the dog! That score! Well, everything except real gameplay. This is more an extended cut-scene where you occasionally get to press a button, move between locations or chat to NPCs. There's no risk of failing puzzles, only of taking a really long time to solve them - and even that's unlikely seeing as they're more 'show the dog the shoe' than 'attach cheese doodle to fly paper and throw at crocodile'. Still, BTTF! Expand
  4. Not happy here. Ep. 1 was pretty good. Doc and Marty looked and sounded legit. Music was from the movies. Characters seemed right. Story was just OK. I finished it but wouldn't go back and play it again.

    But now I can't seem to get Ep.2. Went to PS store and Telltale but no joy. Bad customer service from Telltale Games. Money back please. Sucks.
    Expand

See all 5 User Reviews