Tag: Back to the future

Six months in the making, Back To The Future: The Game wraps up in its wondrously unsettling finale, OUTATIME.

Things were looking grim in the final few moments of episode four; Edna and Citizen Brown were plotting against Marty and even though young Emmett had committed himself to building a new invention for the Expo it was hard to say what was going to happen to the timelines, to Marty and to the Doc we all love from the movies. While it wasn't as easy to list out what was going to have to be fixed from the beginning this time around, things start falling apart quickly. Young Emmett goes missing, Citizen Brown goes off the deep end, and Edna, well, Edna's the same righteous verging on insane annoyance she has always been.

Surprisingly, taking place in the 1930's yet again wasn't such an issue this time despite being in familiar areas. The majority of this episode is spent in the Expo, which even gets its own special little theme song from Trixie Trotter. OUTATIME introduces one new character, who ends up being something of a letdown. Strangely, he doesn't even have a face, odd for someone (supposedly) as famous as he is. Jacques Douteux is an underwater explorer, who is perhaps appropriately dressed in a diving suit, that just so happens to help out with a situation later.

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As we build up for the finale, prepare for your mind to be blown.

When last we left our hero, Marty McFly, Citizen Brown was on his side, and although they were both prisoners it seemed like they were well on their way to making things right. From the looks of it, all they had to do was escape, go back to the 1930's, and ensure that Edna and Doc never got together. As usual, despite all the amazing feats the two had pulled off in the past (present? future?), things never quite work out they way you'd expect. That said, with the DeLorean needing major repairs and the 1930's being full of love, betrayal and heartbreak, this episode will leave you speechless. Granted, that description does sound a little like a cheesy romance novel, but honestly when the unthinkable happens at the end of this episode it will blow your mind.

Heading back to Hill Valley of 1931, although necessary, was a little worrying. There had already been two episodes having us trapped in the same small spaces for nearly the entire time and it wasn't all that appealing to look at. The space was generally lacking compared to the quality of the characters but mostly it was a been there, done that feeling.  Luckily after a brief, mostly unimportant stint in front of the courthouse, we were in two new locations this time around; the Expo entrance and young Emmett's workshop. Neither place had much playable area but they got the job done and were something new to look at.

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