It’s been a wee while coming but PlayStation 3 owners will surely be looking forward to playing the first episode of the new Back to the Future games.

The title was released for the Mac and PC at the tailend of last year but seeing it come to the PlayStation Network will surely exite the legions of console gamers dying to play this game.

The popular, time-travelling movie franchise from the 1980s has been resurrected as Back to the Future: The Game, a clever, comical digital adventure featuring Marty McFly and Doc Brown.

The game takes place right after the 1990 film Back to the Future III. Marty is trying to stop his father from moving forward with the estate sale for Doc Brown’s lab.

Doc has mysteriously disappeared, but when his Delorean shows up with dog Einstein sitting inside, Marty learns his friend is stuck in an earlier time period and in need of rescue.

For those unfamiliar with Telltale’s adventure titles, such as the Sam & Max series, players must use their wits to accomplish objectives throughout the game.

The game requires exploration and interaction with objects and characters to complete each objective.

Telltale does a great job of being subtle with their solutions, requiring players to think carefully about the correct decision to make. If a player gets stuck, they can check out Hints to guide them to the proper path.

Equally impressive is the first episode’s superb writing and voice acting. Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as Doc Brown, and the voice work on Marty bears striking similarities to Michael J. Fox.

The writing is clever and humorous. Referring to himself as Sonny Crockett, Marty travels to the 1930s and meets a young Emmett Brown before he earns the title “Doc” as well as his and Biff’s grandfathers.

One particularly clever sequence requires Marty to create fuel for a rocket-powered drill while the younger Doc argues with his father.

There are four elements players will track to fill up a jug with fuel, such as maintaining an electrical current and stoking a fire.

To determine the right order, Marty must listen to Doc’s conversation, infused with puns in each reply to help figure out which element to focus on next.

Initially, the answers are obvious. However, as players progress, the references are more subtle and require players to really pay attention.

The episode – which lasts roughly two to three hours – leaves you yearning to know more about how Back to the Future unfolds.

If you’re a fan of smart adventure games, then it is your “density” to play this.