Loose ends to tie up in Episode 5

Hey all, I figured I would start a thread for Telltale to easily gander. Eppy 5 is coming, while I am sure the bulk of it is lined out. I figured now that we played Eppy 4, we should point out any possible loose ends, comments and so that they may be able to address or clarify for us somehow in Eppy 5.

For me its:
1: Einstein statues at the clock tower??
2: How does Marty telling the younger Doc who he is change things in the future? Or was this how their friendship even started to begin with!
3: Do we get to see how 2 Deloreans even happened to begin with?
4: Now that Docs inspriation changed... seems even IF they get things back on track in the timeline, things are going to be a new altered state. Doc never saw the movie, but the clocktower did still set things back on track it seems. So does this alter in a sense the Doc we knew?
5: It seems 1885 was unaltered. So Its still odd.. that if Doc never built the machine to begin with, did those adventures still happen somehow? Kinda odd how this whole timeline thing is playing out after being so altered.
6: Makes me wonder (and suspect in my mind) who the real Speakeasy arsonist is... heh.

Misc Comments:
1: No Hoverboard? Comon now! lol
2: No mention of Ednas Brother after all this time?
3: Comon Clara! Use that Time Train already and slap Doc back into his old self! (Kinda bugs me that she isnt around)
4: You know... Edna really could use some happiness after everything we saw.
5: The way in my mind to fix the timeline right now... I have this thought in my mind, to Quote WOPR. "The only winning move is: Not to play" heh. Meaning somehow either destroy at the source the whole 30s adventure or something heh. This timeline really is already altered to where things will be diff in 1986. Tho its cool. =)

Anyways if others have loopholes and ends to suggest, might be a good time while its still early. =)

Comments

  • edited April 2011
    Couple things that are already explained (in my mind anyway ;) ).

    1. In episode one (?) Edna stated raising money to put something up there, and with the whole Einstein on the roof incident and Emmet as a boyfriend/hero that's what she/he/they picked.

    5. The current Delorean is a temporal duplicate, so technically it doesn't exist to begin with, so technically it's immune to the time changes, so they can screw up the timeline as much as they want (ex. doc's mental health destroyed before he invented it) and still have a means of timetravel lol. Although Citizen Brown mentioned Clayton ravine as the location of his lab, so 1885 reverted back to its unaltered state. As for where the movies fit in, hmm, they happened in the Delorean' past and current Marty's past, so that leads to the whole A leads to B, leads to Z, leads to F, leads to Y, leads back to A? *brain asplodes*
  • edited April 2011
    They already dubbed all the dialogue lines. Episode 5 is surely almost complete, little can be done, I think they're just giving beta-testing right now.
    And that's the most important thing. Beta Testing.
    And I hope they give us at least one episode without bugs and glitches.
  • Mysticales wrote: »
    Hey all, I figured I would start a thread for Telltale to easily gander. Eppy 5 is coming, while I am sure the bulk of it is lined out. I figured now that we played Eppy 4, we should point out any possible loose ends, comments and so that they may be able to address or clarify for us somehow in Eppy 5.

    For me its:
    1: Einstein statues at the clock tower??
    2: How does Marty telling the younger Doc who he is change things in the future? Or was this how their friendship even started to begin with!
    3: Do we get to see how 2 Deloreans even happened to begin with?
    4: Now that Docs inspriation changed... seems even IF they get things back on track in the timeline, things are going to be a new altered state. Doc never saw the movie, but the clocktower did still set things back on track it seems. So does this alter in a sense the Doc we knew?
    5: It seems 1885 was unaltered. So Its still odd.. that if Doc never built the machine to begin with, did those adventures still happen somehow? Kinda odd how this whole timeline thing is playing out after being so altered.
    6: Makes me wonder (and suspect in my mind) who the real Speakeasy arsonist is... heh.

    Misc Comments:
    1: No Hoverboard? Comon now! lol
    2: No mention of Ednas Brother after all this time?
    3: Comon Clara! Use that Time Train already and slap Doc back into his old self! (Kinda bugs me that she isnt around)
    4: You know... Edna really could use some happiness after everything we saw.
    5: The way in my mind to fix the timeline right now... I have this thought in my mind, to Quote WOPR. "The only winning move is: Not to play" heh. Meaning somehow either destroy at the source the whole 30s adventure or something heh. This timeline really is already altered to where things will be diff in 1986. Tho its cool. =)

    Anyways if others have loopholes and ends to suggest, might be a good time while its still early. =)

    For me its:
    1. already answered by a previous poster
    2. does young doc believe him? And even so, pretty much EVERY time they went back in time changed the future somehow.
    3. we know how at happened and the duplicate ending up in the future and it is implied the future is shown in the next episode so we may
    4. it probably does inevitably; while we dont know his original 1930s timeline, doesn't seem that he ever had a relationship.
    5. it seems at this point the 1885 adventures did not happen (so for instance if marty wanders over to the delgato mine in 1931 he would NOT find the delorean buried). They did make a point of adding the clayton ravine dialogue. And if it is called clayton ravine, that means clara died in that ravine. In the timeline with time travel it is called 'eastwood ravine'
    6. that's been discussed to death since the first episode, I would rather wait and see at this point :p

    misc comments
    1. well we did see marty ride the flying tire and did make a hoverboard reference
    2. he was mentioned in the episode 1 scene with old edna
    3. that could still happen but marty has no clue when clara is. And in this timeline she dies in 1885 and has no clue who doc is
    4. honestly i would be fine with edna getting the same miserable timeline she had at the beginning so i'm thinking hers will go one of 3 ways a) doc gets her a better timeline b) marty gives her the same timeline against docs will c) edna does something worse to make doc realize how evil she is and leaves her timeline alone
    5. you may be onto something, I do think that we will see marty travel backwards in 1931 to the speakeasy burning to find old doc.

    personally i think the biggest set up to the last episode is the miscalibration of the time circuits; this was hinted at in the dream sequence of episode 1 and is still happening here. Same with the automatic retreival settings. So marty may have to chase FCB through time.
  • edited May 2011
    I don't know what you guys think, but I feel that Episode 5 will/should be huge in size...at least it better be to cover everything that has been left in the air...I thought I knew what was going to happen but after Double Visions I have no clue!

    * Where did the automatic retrieval send the duplicate Delorean?

    *Can there actually be two versions of Doc (FCB and Original) co-existing in different years?

    * How will we get our Doc back?

    * When will we get to see the Hoverboard, and will we get to use it? (Btw I thought we'd see it by now)

    * Do we get to travel to the year 2015 or 1955?

    * How do the time circuits become operational?

    * Why did Doc act reluctant to answer Marty's questions in Episode 2?

    * Is Trixie Trotter really who she says she is?

    * Will Young Emmett succeed at the science fair?

    * Where the hell is Biff?

    * How can Marty get back to 1986 when FCB turned on him and has the delorean?

    * What is the significance of Marty's dream in Episode 1?

    * Who is the Speakeasy arsonist?



    Ugh! So many unanswered questions, and every episode before this has been fairly short. I just hope that Outatime delivers and is a long game. I just don't see how this is going to end! :confused:
  • edited May 2011
    One thing I'm wondering:

    * Did Doc also get duplicated with the DeLorean? If not, then why?
  • edited May 2011
    Iggman88 wrote: »
    Couple things that are already explained (in my mind anyway ;) ).

    1. In episode one (?) Edna stated raising money to put something up there, and with the whole Einstein on the roof incident and Emmet as a boyfriend/hero that's what she/he/they picked.

    This was one thing I was always confused about.. (not the time travel paradoxes.. that stuff is easy to understand.. ppfftthhh!!).

    1) If Edna hates dogs (especially Einstein) so much, why did she make the statues of him?

    2) I understand that if Edna was in fact involved with putting the statues up, that they are there in the alt. 1986 in Ep 3. But why are they in 1931 in Ep 4? Did she save the money and have them build that in the 2 months that was skipped when they went back to 1931? (Sometime between Aug. and Sept.)? That's pretty fast!
  • edited May 2011
    Somehow the best way to fix everything seems like to do the same things as in the movie, you know the whole alternative 1985 with biff. go back to the point where the time line going down.

    everything has just become to messed up, not sure if he could rescue Doc from prison or maybe influenze events through the episodes to another outcome.
  • edited May 2011
    bttf4444 wrote: »
    One thing I'm wondering:

    * Did Doc also get duplicated with the DeLorean? If not, then why?

    I figured we would get this answer, and have to deal with 2 Docs of the same age, in Ep 4, hence the name "Double Visions" and everything pointing it would be about Doc.

    I still don't get the title "Double Visions"
  • edited May 2011
    Yeah, that what I was predicting last month - but, as it turned out, I was wrong. It seems like pretty much nobody understands how the title "Double Visions" pertains to the episode.
  • edited May 2011
    SchottGun wrote: »
    I still don't get the title "Double Visions"

    I thought it was referring to Emmett and Citizen Brown being in the same time period and you having to deal with both of their issues.
  • edited May 2011
    It just clicked. I think it has to do with Marty and FC-Doc's conflicting interests. Marty wants to bring the timeline back to "normal", or as "normal" as it can get - but FC-Doc has other ideas.
  • I don't know what you guys think, but I feel that Episode 5 will/should be huge in size...at least it better be to cover everything that has been left in the air...I thought I knew what was going to happen but after Double Visions I have no clue!

    * Where did the automatic retrieval send the duplicate Delorean?
    2025 or 2026
    *Can there actually be two versions of Doc (FCB and Original) co-existing in different years?
    there's conflicting opinions. I personally believe that there can only be one version of a person at any age. But there could be old doc popping up in different time periods he's already travelled to; 1885, 1931, 1955, 2015, and 2025/2026. Again there's conflicting evidence whether these events happened; The ravine name is called Clayton ravine implying the previous time travels did not happen but old doc is still in FCB's picture of kid's arrest implying that time travel DID happen
    * How will we get our Doc back?
    that's the big mystery. Either marty has to get young emmett back on the track that makes him turn into old doc instead of FCB or marty travels to a point in time old doc went to intercept him

    * When will we get to see the Hoverboard, and will we get to use it? (Btw I thought we'd see it by now)
    Marty did reference the hoverboard in episode 3 when he used the delorean tire to fly. We have no clue where the hoverboard is, doc is the ast one to have it

    * Do we get to travel to the year 2015 or 1955?
    anything is a possibility, 2015 I'd say is unlikely, if we get the future it'll likely either be 2011 andor 2025/2026
    * How do the time circuits become operational?
    what do you mean? They are working but not calibrated properly
    * Why did Doc act reluctant to answer Marty's questions in Episode 2?
    which one?
    * Is Trixie Trotter really who she says she is?
    that is the great debate
    * Will Young Emmett succeed at the science fair?
    It's about 50/50. Him succeeding would likely avoid the FCB timeline but i'm thinking he gets sabotaged by Edna and/or his older self
    * Where the hell is Biff?
    citizen plus station

    * How can Marty get back to 1986 when FCB turned on him and has the delorean?
    that's the major question; my theory is that with the time circuits on the fritz and the automatic retreival system, the delorean shows up somewhere. Or FCB knows better to strand him in 1931
    * What is the significance of Marty's dream in Episode 1?
    doc indicates he miscalibrated the time circuits and his fading likely signifies what happens to him at the end of episode 2
    * Who is the Speakeasy arsonist?
    thats the magic question

    Ugh! So many unanswered questions, and every episode before this has been fairly short. I just hope that Outatime delivers and is a long game. I just don't see how this is going to end! :confused:

    please see my comments in italics
  • edited May 2011
    I don't think ALL answers gonna be answered... There is gonna be a season 2 surely.
  • edited May 2011
    the don't have to tie everything up. Sometimes questions are left unanswered
  • edited May 2011
    Yeah really, since when does life hand you all the answers... there's always going to be unanswered questions anyways to raise interest in another season.
  • edited May 2011
    Will BTTF be Telltale's "Lost?" :eek:
  • edited May 2011
    * Is Trixie Trotter really who she says she is?
    I'm quite confident that Trixie Trotter actually is (or will be) Sylvia McFly
  • edited May 2011
    bttf4444 wrote: »
    One thing I'm wondering:

    * Did Doc also get duplicated with the DeLorean? If not, then why?
    I thought that the "Double Visions" title was meant to be related with Doc's duplicate...
  • bttf4444 wrote: »
    One thing I'm wondering:

    * Did Doc also get duplicated with the DeLorean? If not, then why?

    I'm sure we'll find out the answer to that in this episode.
  • edited May 2011
    Lot of questions.
    To me I will have to say the major things will need to be addressed for me to somehow believe in TellTale Games and their work.
    - Will OG Doc come back and finally explain the whole going to 1931?
    - Who is the speakeasy arsonist?
    - Will everyone have a happy ending?

    All other things will either be explained in some weird theory or be left for a second go.
  • edited May 2011
    maybe Edna will end up with a Tannen?
  • edited May 2011
    maybe Edna will end up with a Tannen?

    I think she'd be better off alone with her cats. :p
  • edited May 2011
    maybe Edna will end up with a Tannen?

    Or the Soup Kitchen Guy.

    This is the final mention of him on this board. I promise.
  • edited May 2011
    how bout the guy that Marty gets in a fight with in the Speak Easy in episode 2 for supposedly making eyes at his Eunice? He's the guy on the front steps of the school in episode 4.... the one with the mustache...
  • edited May 2011
    SchottGun wrote: »
    This was one thing I was always confused about.. (not the time travel paradoxes.. that stuff is easy to understand.. ppfftthhh!!).

    1) If Edna hates dogs (especially Einstein) so much, why did she make the statues of him?

    2) I understand that if Edna was in fact involved with putting the statues up, that they are there in the alt. 1986 in Ep 3. But why are they in 1931 in Ep 4? Did she save the money and have them build that in the 2 months that was skipped when they went back to 1931? (Sometime between Aug. and Sept.)? That's pretty fast!

    The way I see it, Einstein being stranded on the roof marks the night Kid Tannen got apprehended. Its symbolic of that event and even though Edna hates dogs, its a whole lot classier than statues of Kid Tannen stuck in a rocket car lol.

    As for the funding, I believe it came from the very rich, especially by Great Depression standards, Brown family. Edna probably forced Doc to talk his father into paying for the statues if he doesn"t have access to that much money himself. And for the speed? Alot of out of work people that would jump at the chance for a job, it got done fast as a result.
  • edited May 2011
    I thought that the "Double Visions" title was meant to be related with Doc's duplicate...

    Yeah, that's what I also thought. Well, I hope to have the question finally answered in the final episode.
  • edited May 2011

    This is the final mention of him on this board. I promise.

    thank god.
  • edited May 2011
    Just, promise you folks won't blame Telltale if they don't answer certain questions. The Back to the Future franchise has a history of leaving plot holes and such dangling endlessly, it would be true BTTF style to have some unresolved paradox theories floating around.
  • Soeroah wrote: »
    Just, promise you folks won't blame Telltale if they don't answer certain questions. The Back to the Future franchise has a history of leaving plot holes and such dangling endlessly, it would be true BTTF style to have some unresolved paradox theories floating around.

    Well they dont have to answer every one but there are some that are mandatory; for one thing the speakeasy mystery.
  • edited May 2011
    Well if it werent for the age gap I would say make her hook up with Uncle Joey later in life.
    At least her attitude would keep him out of jail. :p
  • edited May 2011
    I dunno, but somehow I see the final episode doing on of the 'Lost' type twist things, where we'll end up back where we were in the beginning again. Very last minute Edna's shoe, and the automatic retrieval system will be explained. Then they'll go all the way back to when REAL doc arrives in the 1930's and stop him getting arrested to start with.
  • edited May 2011
    Soeroah wrote: »
    Just, promise you folks won't blame Telltale if they don't answer certain questions. The Back to the Future franchise has a history of leaving plot holes and such dangling endlessly, it would be true BTTF style to have some unresolved paradox theories floating around.

    With the way the releases have been? Buggy and glitchy. The story better be worth it. Cause if that is the case this would not be better than say the Back to the Future Saturday Morning Cartoon.
  • edited May 2011
    I don't know if anyone else has noticed this...I'm sure of it though, and maybe others have mentioned it on these forums but I haven't seen it.

    Throughout the game, a man and a woman wearing greyish clothes can be seen in 1931 and 1986 at various times and locations. Driving a green car around the Courthouse square, sitting in the speakeasy, at one point Doc or Marty accidentally bumps into the man(not sure when exactly), etc. etc. Anyone else notice them? These could just be "resident of hill valley" extras with no significance, because they never speak and you cannot interact with them. but they always have this blank, ominious look on their face...what a cheap trick if these two surface in OUTTATIME and turn out to be galactic timekeepers or some bullcrap.

    Seriously has anyone else noticed these people or am I just totally insane?
  • edited May 2011
    With the way the releases have been? Buggy and glitchy. The story better be worth it. Cause if that is the case this would not be better than say the Back to the Future Saturday Morning Cartoon.

    See, I haven't had that many glitches show up. And I love the story. And I loved the cartoon too.
  • edited May 2011
    Yeah, I guess I haven't really noticed the little details - but it does seem like they tend to reuse extras.
  • edited May 2011
    I am still wondering where Mr. Strickland is during all this.... Not around for his own sisters wedding, not really shown up anywhere. I think while if not voice acted, he needs to least maybe walk by in a scene and allow the other chars to comment on him. Least put the man in the game!
  • edited May 2011
    I agree! I was surprised to not see him in the game, so far.
  • edited May 2011
    marty should just hire the libyans to take out doc. Problem solved
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