Back to the Future - Episode 2 - Get Tannen
Back to the Future Episode 2: Get Tannen confronts Marty with an altered Hill Valley, using dialogue, disguises, inventory interactions, and logic puzzles to undo chaos created by the Tannen family.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.2 / 10
About this game
Back to the Future Episode 2: Get Tannen confronts Marty with an altered Hill Valley, using dialogue, disguises, inventory interactions, and logic puzzles to undo chaos created by the Tannen family. The changed timeline and transformed familiar characters create effective comedy, with natural continuity and film-like performances. Puzzles remain linear and heavily signposted, reused locations and limited animation become clearer, and the episode is incomplete alone. It works better as a serial chapter. This description covers the original ps3 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Back to the Future Episode 2: Get Tannen confronts Marty with an altered Hill Valley, using dialogue, disguises, inventory interactions, and logic puzzles to undo chaos created by the Tannen family.
The changed timeline and transformed familiar characters create effective comedy, with natural continuity and film-like performances. Puzzles remain linear and heavily signposted, reused locations and limited animation become clearer, and the episode is incomplete alone. It works better as a serial chapter. Overall, its main strengths are Altered timelines and characters create comedy; Continuity, voices, and film tone remain stable. Its material limitations are Linear signposted puzzles and reused locations; Limited animation and incomplete standalone structure. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Altered timelines and characters create comedy
- Continuity, voices, and film tone remain stable
Weaknesses
- Linear signposted puzzles and reused locations
- Limited animation and incomplete standalone structure
Who it is for: Players who value altered timelines and characters create comedy and can accept this release's limitations.
Play notes: Before playing, expect linear signposted puzzles and reused locations and limited animation and incomplete standalone structure; this assessment covers the catalogued release.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Continuity, voices, and film tone remain stable; Limited animation and incomplete standalone structure. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Altered timelines and characters create comedy; Linear signposted puzzles and reused locations. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Continuity, voices, and film tone remain stable; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original ps3 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Linear signposted puzzles and reused locations. | Reviewed | 6.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Telltale
- Publisher
- Telltale
- Release date
- 2011
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genrePuzzle
- Tags
- Linear LevelsHumorous3D GraphicsPuzzle SolvingTime TravelThird PersonStory-drivenInvestigation
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2011
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