This is heavy: Telltale making episodic Back to the Future game

[bluespace88 9]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/09/this-is-...he-future-game/

Where Telltale Games is going, it doesn't need roads (because its games are distributed digitally). In addition to the announced Jurassic Park games, the AP reveals that Telltale Games is crafting an episodic game based on Back to the Future, the classic '80s movie trilogy about a time-traveling Delorean, hoverboards, and Nintendo's Wild Gunman (also, people are in it). Telltale has yet to specify gameplay styles, but we expect adventure games similar to Sam & Max, as is Telltale's specialty. We're so pleased Telltale made that deal with NBC Universal.

"The games are going to exist within these worlds," Telltale's Dan Connors told the AP. "I wouldn't call these games sequels per se but a new interpretation of their worlds for a new medium." That means we shouldn't necessarily expect to relive movie moments, but rather experience new stories within the worlds of these games. For Back to the Future, that means that all of human history is open to exploration; for Jurassic Park, it pretty much still means running away from dinosaurs.

The AP notes that both series are due to debut this winter, on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC and Mac.

[Evil Morning Operator 0]

cool!

[Mike 214]

$20 says they make a complete balls up of it.

[♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17]

jus hope telltale dont try to give this mod a demand to stop. although only uni can do that because this is a non profit thing.

[RG 1]

They better make it good

[archer9234 20]

It's digital download. Limitations will be done. I just hope it's not crappy short.

[Orgcon 11]

Sam and Max!?

So it's going to be as stupid as BTTF TAS?

This game reaks of suck already!

[Nuke 0]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!

[TheCoolest2 0]

Awesome, I can't wait to play in winter during the snowstorms and blizzards!, Sit down, relax!

It would be cool if they thought of it from the GTA Series, wonder if they a KR mod

Edited June 9, 2010 by TheCoolest2

[Ashley+ 0]

they are gonna ruin it....

[ak907bttffan 0]

That would be really awesome, though I don't want to be easily disappointed like the NES did, I'll wait till it come out and hear the review about it

[Mike 214]

Based on their back catalogue, I don't hold out much hope in the graphics department, if you are wanting realistic, look elsewhere.

[Dave27 1]

Looks quite interesting. Don't know how their gunna expand much on BTTF universe that we don't already know. I'll wait and see till I shout their poo or great hmmmmmmm

[TranceLikeState 94]

If done like ghostbusters it could be "fun". But i think the real value is getting a game with freeroam so you can do all the things you've always wanted to do. Thats why this mod will be better than whatever they come up with i can tell you that right now.

[Flux Capacitor 0]

Screw that, I'm gonna get LBP 2 instead this winter.

[~Leaf~ 111]

maybe they'll do as maxis did with simville and just shut up and start making something else.... don't mess with great movies

[daangelo29 5]

Telltale? I don't like the looks of this.

[Mini-Me 24]

Me neither. I'm not looking forward to an even more cartoonic looking BTTF game than ours in GTA does. Especially the CSI game looked stupid (in that vid).

[♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17]

you never know uni might give them enough funding to make it look good.

[Ashley+ 0]

oh come on grim just cause you give someone with limited experience on making games a bunch of money doesn't mean its gonna be great

[♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17]

unless valve takes over telltale before the game comes out.

[Ashley+ 0]

is that even possible?

[RG 1]

everything's possible

[Mini-Me 24]

And that'd be better - a BTTF game in the Source engine might be cool (how about using the gravity gun in the BTTF universe ?). However Valve eating Tellgate wouldn't mean it using that engine for sure .

[carloscarlin 0]

I have never heard of Telltale before, I just don't know where they came from.