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Back to the Future - The Videogame
Feb. 23rd, 2012 08:28 pmThe game we finished this week: Back to the Future - The Videogame (Steam, $24.99)
Huz and I have always been fans of point-and-click adventure games. We've played all the modern entries in the Monkey Island series, all the Myst games, and the more recent two Sam and Max games with varying degrees of enjoyment. With an adventure game, the two aspects that really count for us are the story and the puzzles. It's rare to find a game that executes both aspects flawlessly; most of them are strong in one aspect or the other. Back to the Future is no exception to the rule, but its storytelling aspects are so good that I'm more than willing to forgive its gameplay/puzzle flaws.
( Take me away, I don't mind... )
Overall recommendation: Come for the fan service, stay for the story, and have a walkthrough handy for the occasionally overly dense or poorly designed puzzle.
Huz and I have always been fans of point-and-click adventure games. We've played all the modern entries in the Monkey Island series, all the Myst games, and the more recent two Sam and Max games with varying degrees of enjoyment. With an adventure game, the two aspects that really count for us are the story and the puzzles. It's rare to find a game that executes both aspects flawlessly; most of them are strong in one aspect or the other. Back to the Future is no exception to the rule, but its storytelling aspects are so good that I'm more than willing to forgive its gameplay/puzzle flaws.
( Take me away, I don't mind... )
Overall recommendation: Come for the fan service, stay for the story, and have a walkthrough handy for the occasionally overly dense or poorly designed puzzle.
