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[Reluctant-Hero]

I know it's totally being captain obvious, but the hardware requirements for this game aren't that heavy. Most people could easily play it on their PC and get a better experience out of it, including hooking up a console pad and using it.

You're right, the sys reqs aren't that heavy. But TT has Vern stepping up their tech with each game they've been making in the last few years. My late '07 MBP can run Monkey Island and Sam & Max Ep. 3 without a problem. But it isn't powerful enough to handle BttF.

I'm glad I have a decent gaming PC laptop to run it. But I'm bummed to hear that PS3 version looks crappy.

And what?! BttF has native '360 pad support?! Sweet, didn't know that. I played through the first episode with KB&M, but I'll definitely tackle the rest of the season with my pad.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

You're right, the sys reqs aren't that heavy. But TT has Vern stepping up their tech with each game they've been making in the last few years. My late '07 MBP can run Monkey Island and Sam & Max Ep. 3 without a problem. But it isn't powerful enough to handle BttF.

I'm glad I have a decent gaming PC laptop to run it. But I'm bummed to hear that PS3 version looks crappy.

And what?! BttF has native '360 pad support?! Sweet, didn't know that. I played through the first episode with KB&M, but I'll definitely tackle the rest of the season with my pad.

Ok just played the PS3 version and it looks pretty damn good I think. Course I'm not a graphics whore mind you and don't notice little things. 20 bucks and trophy support are nice bonuses too.

Helped me decide which version to buy and PS3 it is.

 

[Henchmen21]

Just saw the trailer for episode 2. Looks like the Delorean retains it's hover capabilities. Sweet. God I wish I had the money to buy this.

 

[Massa]

I know it's totally being captain obvious, but the hardware requirements for this game aren't that heavy. Most people could easily play it on their PC and get a better experience out of it, including hooking up a console pad and using it.

I can play it on my low end PC but it's definitely not a better experience on it. I'll get the PS3 version for episodes 2-5.

 

[bengraven]

So if you buy BTTP, you get all episodes in that package right? This isn't $25 per episode? Because I don't see an option to buy eps individually on the Steam page. And if every episode is "free" after you buy the game, $25 is a steal and I'm going to buy it like RIGHT fucking now.

Posted before, but the annoying music from the NES version is actually super sped up version of Power of Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTY93ZxTZpY

Though I think the youtube guy might've edited it a bit to fit better.

MIND BLOWN.

 

[Xater]

So if you buy BTTP, you get all episodes in that package right? This isn't $25 per episode? Because I don't see an option to buy eps individually on the Steam page. And if every episode is "free" after you buy the game, $25 is a steal and I'm going to buy it like RIGHT fucking now.

Yes for 25 bucks you get all the episodes.

 

[Iadien]

Greetings Time Traveler,

Strap in, rev up your DeLorean and get ready for 121 gigawatts of
adventure: Your FREE episode
- Back to the Future - Episode 1: It's About Time -
is now available!

Yay.

 

[GuessWho]

Yay.

Did they send you an email? I still haven`t received anything.

 

[Maddog]

Did they send you an email? I still haven`t received anything.

Yup. I got an email.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Did they send you an email? I still haven`t received anything.

It's up though. Go to your telltale page. It was up yesterday for me to download even though I didn't get the email till today.

 

[GuessWho]

It's up though. Go to your telltale page. It was up yesterday for me to download even though I didn't get the email till today.

sweet! thx

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Okay my wife and are looking at getting Back to the Future. I tried out the PS3 demo and didn't notice any graphic problems, is the iPad version any better or worse?

I just don't know what version I should get. I'm just wary of trusting Telltale to fully support a series on the iPad. PC isn't an option for spec reasons (and its not as fun to play with another person). Any rough ideas how quick EP 2 may appear on the iPad or PS3?

 

[Like the hat?]

Steam copy of ep2 loaded. Too bad I can't play until this weekend probably

 

[Ghost]

Just finished it, it's shorter than the first and there's basically 2 new characters, but it works for me. There's a couple of tedious puzzles (spoiler)

Spoiler

I cant tell if 'I need to find someone! I know, einstein smell this random object!' is supposed to be a joke or not, i think it's been used 4 times in 2 episodes now

but theres some good stuff too when you figure it out without the hints.

I wont spoil the end but I'll say I'm really excited for Ep 3.

 

[stryker1138]

Wow, Episode 3 is going to be off the wall. Talk about thematic departures.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Got my free episode. Had to turn the graphics quality down a notch to make my laptop run it smoothly. I like the semi-caricatured/cartoony style they've gone for, but so far it's been pretty easy, far moreso than old point n' click games like Broken Sword or Monkey Island.

 

[HadesGigas]

Got my free episode. Had to turn the graphics quality down a notch to make my laptop run it smoothly. I like the semi-caricatured/cartoony style they've gone for, but so far it's been pretty easy, far moreso than old point n' click games like Broken Sword or Monkey Island.

Well it's episode 1, but yeah it's not going to get THAT hard even late in the series. Theres no item combination, theres no pixel hunting, and there's a hint system.

 

[HadesGigas]

Just finished it, it's shorter than the first and there's basically 2 new characters, but it works for me. There's a couple of tedious puzzles (spoiler)

Spoiler

I cant tell if 'I need to find someone! I know, einstein smell this random object!' is supposed to be a joke or not, i think it's been used 4 times in 2 episodes now

but theres some good stuff too when you figure it out without the hints.

I wont spoil the end but I'll say I'm really excited for Ep 3.

Spoiler

The Einstein things, basically it seems like any object that Marty comments on the "smell" of ("really smells like my grandpa!") is going to used to track them down at some point.

 

[Mkliner]

Holy shit ep3 is gonna be crazy!

 

[WillyFive]

I like how on the lowest settings it looks almost identical to the highest settings, yet runs like a million times faster.

 

[Splatt]

Better than episode 1, but still quite easy for an adventure game, even by TT standards. Either way, episode 3 should be interesting.

 

[deleted]

I don't want to spoiler myself reading through the whole thread, since I just started playing, so forgive me, if it is already already answered, but:
why is the DeLorean still intact? Will this be explained?
The game starts after BttF 3, but at that point the DeLorean should be wasted. Am I missing something?

 

[Jocchan]

I don't want to spoiler myself reading through the whole thread, since I just started playing, so forgive me, if it is already already answered, but:
why is the DeLorean still intact? Will this be explained?
The game starts after BttF 3, but at that point the DeLorean should be wasted. Am I missing something?

It gets explained, but in a dialog branch that's easy to miss.

 

[CecilRousso]

Can´t get the Mac version of episode 1 to play. When I click the "Play" button in the launcher nothing happens.

 

[Jocchan]

Played episode 2 last night.

Here be spoilers:

Spoiler

It felt better than the first, probably thanks to the club looking a bit more lively than the Hill Valley plaza and a few nice puzzles, but I still have the weird feeling I'm not appreciating the game as much as I'd like. Even with hints and goals turned off, it feels like it's holding your hand too much (probably intentional, I guess they wanted BTTF to be more approachable to casual movie fans) and there's not nearly enough stuff/people you can interact with to make the setting interesting. An empty and "dead" 1931 Hill Valley feels like a wasted chance. I know we'll probably see more setpieces as the episodes go on (given the way the episode ends, Marty will probably need to go back there yet another time to fix things).
That said, I like the setup for the third episode. It was already partially spoiled in one of the illustrations in the launcher, but I'm curious to see how it's going to pan out. Out of the story pitches in the old survey, this probably was the one with most potential. Fingers crossed.

 

[KingDizzi]

Can´t get the Mac version of episode 1 to play. When I click the "Play" button in the launcher nothing happens.

Have the same problem, anyone got a solution?

 

[Xater]

Can´t get the Mac version of episode 1 to play. When I click the "Play" button in the launcher nothing happens.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=25991334&postcount=596

 

[Big One]

Just finished episode 2 a few hours ago myself. I really liked the focus on the bar in the chapter, but episode 3 preview completely blew me away. Shit is getting real now.

 

[vocab]

I would like to applaud Telltale for finally optimizing their engine, and including advanced graphical options. Sam and Max Season 3 ran pretty random on my computer (mid to highend specs). Ran fine for the most part, but stutters when there's certain kind of shadows on screen. BTTF runs so god damn smooth on maxed.

 

[mclem]

One thing from the next time trailer:

Spoiler

The brief glimpse of Lorraine looked about right.

Thinking way ahead, I'm curious how episode 5's going to pan out. I think it's possible to deduce the basic premise of 3 and 4 now.

Spoilered; they're only theories about what's upcoming, but they feel about right.

3:

Spoiler

Doc not seeing Frankenstein meant he never got the key lessons about scientists thinking they were a God. Episode is probably focussed on getting away from the new 1986, controlled by Doc.

4:

Spoiler

Back in 1931, you have to break up Emmett and Edna, to prevent the future in Ep3 from coming to pass.

While this all makes sense, I really don't see how episode 5 stems from that. I assume there will be revelations in 3 and 4 which lead to 5.

Other small theory, although it all fits perfectly:

Trixie

Spoiler

is a stage name

 

[Jocchan]

mclem, I agree completely with your theories.

Other small theory, although it all fits perfectly:

Trixie

Spoiler

is a stage name

Spoiler

I think episode 2 already nearly confirmed that, with Marty (and George's picture) not disappearing after the kiss. She's very likely to be Marty's grandma.

 

[mclem]

mclem, I agree completely with your theories.

Spoiler

I think episode 2 already nearly confirmed that, with Marty (and George's picture) not disappearing after the kiss. She's very likely to be Marty's grandma.

That's what I was alluding to, yes. I assume they'll make it explicit at some point, although I quite like the fact that it's at the moment just something the player can deduce.

 

[Jocchan]

That's what I was alluding to, yes. I assume they'll make it explicit at some point, although I quite like the fact that it's at the moment just something the player can deduce.

Agreed.

 

[KittenMaster]

Does anyone else think that

Spoiler

Kid Tannen is the coolest of all Tannens?

"You're a mistake, all right!" is still one of my favorite lines.

 

[caligula13]

Why can i not buy this game in germany on psn?

 

[HadesGigas]

Why can i not buy this game in germany on psn?

That's weird considering theres a German dub version on PC.

 

[Peff]

It has only been released on the US PSN so far, no date for Europe yet.

 

[WillyFive]

I don't know if it has been discussed or not, but something about Episode 1 seemed important to me:

Spoiler

When we see Biff come out of the videostore, it doesn't look like he came out with a video, but a package of some kind. He was looking around as if it was something he didn't want to see he had. Could it be important later on in the story?

 

[KittenMaster]

I don't know if it has been discussed or not, but something about Episode 1 seemed important to me:

Spoiler

When we see Biff come out of the videostore, it doesn't look like he came out with a video, but a package of some kind. He was looking around as if it was something he didn't want to see he had. Could it be important later on in the story?

Spoiler

I thought that he had gotten a dirty movie.

 

[Alex Dee]

Slight problem with the free episode; it's not prompting me to log in, so I can't play it. Anyone having the same problem?

 

[Celine]

Ah ah nice Monkey Island reference.
The setting for the third episode is really curious.

 

[Jocchan]

Spoiler

I thought that he had gotten a dirty movie.

My thoughts as well.

 

[plagiarize]

just finished it, and i have to say it was better than episode 1. a bit easy but i expected that. i enjoy how dark thematically it is. the next episode looks really different too, looking forwards to that!

 

[gdt]

How much is this on PSN? Does it run fine? How many episodes are out?

And, are they good? I must know these things.

 

[plagiarize]

How much is this on PSN? Does it run fine? How many episodes are out?

And, are they good? I must know these things.

i think it's $20 on PSN for the whole season. i know that only episode 1 is out. don't expect lots of locations or difficult puzzles and i think you'll enjoy it quite a bit, presuming you're a fan of BTTF.

 

[ViolentP]

just finished it, and i have to say it was better than episode 1. a bit easy but i expected that. i enjoy how dark thematically it is. the next episode looks really different too, looking forwards to that!

Completely agree. Episode 3 looks like it's going to be quite interesting.

 

[RagnarokX]

Completely agree. Episode 3 looks like it's going to be quite interesting.

There's something about Episode 3 that bugs me a bit though.

Spoiler

Every other time Doc and Marty have traveled to an alternate timeline they coexisted with or replaced their alternate selves. When they traveled to millionaire Biff 1985 alternate Doc was in an asylum and alternate Marty was in a boarding school, but they didn't disappear and become their alternate selves and their memories never change from causing changes. The only way you disappear is if you were never born or die before the alternate present. But in episode 3 Doc disappears and becomes alternate Doc and Marty doesn't disappear and become alternate Marty. It's a minor thing I guess. The concept of Big Brother Brown is pretty interesting.

 

[Peff]

There's something about Episode 3 that bugs me a bit though.

Spoiler

Every other time Doc and Marty have traveled to an alternate timeline they coexisted with or replaced their alternate selves. When they traveled to millionaire Biff 1985 alternate Doc was in an asylum and alternate Marty was in a boarding school, but they didn't disappear and become their alternate selves and their memories never change from causing changes. The only way you disappear is if you were never born or die before the alternate present. But in episode 3 Doc disappears and becomes alternate Doc and Marty doesn't disappear and become alternate Marty. It's a minor thing I guess. The concept of Big Brother Brown is pretty interesting.

That's assuming that

Spoiler

Alternate Doc isn't dead as well and all that remains is an AI

But I suppose that

Spoiler

ot's most likely a little license that Telltale took to have Christopher Lloyd record less lines, like they've been doing so far.

 

[L00P]

There's something about Episode 3 that bugs me a bit though.

Spoiler

Every other time Doc and Marty have traveled to an alternate timeline they coexisted with or replaced their alternate selves. When they traveled to millionaire Biff 1985 alternate Doc was in an asylum and alternate Marty was in a boarding school, but they didn't disappear and become their alternate selves and their memories never change from causing changes. The only way you disappear is if you were never born or die before the alternate present. But in episode 3 Doc disappears and becomes alternate Doc and Marty doesn't disappear and become alternate Marty. It's a minor thing I guess. The concept of Big Brother Brown is pretty interesting.

BTTF's temporal logic have always been kinda shaky, and I think

Spoiler

Doc becoming that other Doc

makes more sense. But like I said, this is BTTF we're talking about.

 

[ColonelT]

Episode 2 appears to have overheated my 2.5-year-old gaming laptop, resulting in an immediate shutdown. (Previously the only game to have done that was StarCraft 2: Return of StarCraft.) I don't feel like Telltale has optimized these games very well at all; there's nothing happening here that should be taxing my system this much.

I ended up finishing it; I'll agree with the general consensus that Ep2 was better than Ep1, and that Ep3 has the potential to be better than both.