Drunken Master, Back to the Future: The Game

On 12/20/2017 at 09:51 AM by KnightDriver

I watched Jackie Chan's 1978 movie Drunken Master and played new Games with Gold freebie, Telltale's Back to the Future: The Game.

The Drunken Master is a classic. Jackie Chan's ability to mix humor and martial arts is unmatched. A thoroughly enjoyable film. Jackie did another one called the Legend of the Drunken Master in 1994, which I saw in the theater, and was completely enthusiastic about. It was a rollercoaster ride of increbible, and funny, choreography - Buster Keaton meets Bruce Lee.

Then I downloaded Back to the Future: The Game for free on Xbox One and played the first chapter. Telltale does great stories but the controls always infuriate, or bore, me. It's like they took the mechanics of a not very good 1993 point-and-click adventure and stuck it on a great animated tv show. Many times I couldn't see where I could click because nothing is highlighted. You have to sweep your right analog stick around blindly to uncover clickable things. Really annoying. Also, movement is highly restrictive and slow. Finally there is precious little to actually explore or look at. You mostly watch, click dialog choices (thankfully no time limits in this one), and guess what things might be clickable. Well, with that, I still enjoyed it. I finished the first chapter and will be going through the rest of it.

I wouldn't have been playing this if it wasn't free though. I'm not the biggest Back to the Future fan even though I was a teenager when it came out and saw it in the theaters. I never quite understood the raving fandom for the movie. It's alright, I still enjoy it.

That was yesterday. More today perhaps. Once chores are done of course.

Cary Woodham

12/20/2017 at 01:58 PM

I reviewed the Back to the Future TellTale game. This was back when TellTale was actually making games, not follow your nose adventures. Back to the Future was one of their last games like that, before they started using the Walking Dead formula. The game is also the closest thing we'll get to a Back to the Future 4. It's an all right game, but it starts better than it finishes. I think the Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit, and Tales of Monkey Island games are better.

KnightDriver

12/20/2017 at 10:31 PM

I'm still interested in finishing it even though it frustrates me a little. I like hearing the original voice actors and there are actual achievements related to things outside just completing chapters in this one. I like that because it makes me search everything.

goaztecs

12/23/2017 at 01:06 PM

I like Jackie Chan flicks because of his martial arts. The guy is amazing especially when it has those comedic spots sprinkled in.

I played a bit of Back to the Future but I lost interest in I think episode two or three. I couldn't figure out a part and then went to another game. I like the graphic style and I should go back.

12/23/2017 at 09:12 PM

The remake, or sequel, he did of Drunken Master in '94, The Legend of the Drunken Master was perhaps even better. I saw it in the theater and it completely wowed me.

I was going to go back to Back to the Future the other day but ended up playing something else. Will I ever finish it? Maybe.

Ranger1

12/26/2017 at 12:31 PM

I got the first episode of Back to the Future for free for some reason from PSN for the PS3. I got the rest for wicked cheap, along with the Sam and Max games and Tales of Monkey Island during a Flash Sale. I've only played the first episode and started the second. Too many games, too little time. And I hear you about not really getting the love for the Back to the Future movies.

12/26/2017 at 11:09 PM

Each episode seems to take about 3 hours which is a little more than the other TellTale games I've played. The story is very good. I'm getting caught up in it even though I wasn't a huge fan of the movie. Time travel, unless it's also through space like in Dr. Who, is one of my pet peeves.

PixlBit