10 Insane Time Travel Moments in Video Games
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Time travel is awesome and these video games make it even cooler.
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0:00 Intro
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7:28 Number 6
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10:55 Number 4
12:38 Number 3
14:02 Number 2
15:31 Number 1 - Hry
Titanfall 2 and Dishonored 2's time bending levels were both amazing. They created fun new challenges and really opened up the creative potential on how to get through them. Kudos to both dev teams.
See this has come up before and they missed it there as well.
The time travel mechanic was ripped off from Prince of Persia sands of time and Warrioir Within.
Especially the second one where actively moving backwards and forwards in time progress the levels and changed the areas.
As in on section where you do a water puzzle and then later needing to go back in time to undo it so that you can progress. But this then impacts you again later both if passing through or in the second cycle. The game has you replay sections it as different characters in different parts of the timeline.
Dishonored 2 had so many great levels, but the time travel one was probably my favorite of all the missions from the Dishonored games.
love that it was mentioned. 2 great games. Pure enjoyment and total badass.
Just when I felt Dishonored 2 was starting to get a little dull and repetitive they pulled that out. It was perfect timing (no pun intended).
This just reminds me the time when two guys invented the Calculus almost at the same time, but one is known more predominantly than the other
Falcon is getting more and more entertaining in his videos and I'm all for it..
I was gonna say falcon was on one in this video 😂
I was gonna say more and more unhinged😅
I’m pretty happy he’s not monotone anymore
That bad French impersonation had me chuckle pretty loud. All my coworkers think I am coming unhinged, too.
He’s getting more wacky and unstructured I wouldn’t say it’s good
InFamous should have been on this list. Kessler being revealed as future Cole trying to mold him into being the superhero he failed to be is still one of the best endings to a video game or story in general.
That ending is still one of my all time faves. What a gut punch of a reveal. Really well played. You HATED Kessler by the end and then that rug pull finding out it was you all a long was amazing. Maybe it's not original but it was IMO well crafted and came out of the blue enough to surprise me.
The sad thing is that the people who made the 2nd game seem like they never played the 1st game, and everything important and interesting that was done in the 1st game was forgotten in the 2nd game...
@@horakawe6091 I still remember when the first gameplay footage for 2 came out and Cole was completely redesigned. I don't understand why they changed so much about the game.
@@Sabbalab92yeah I remember as well i think tbey got a little backlash so they toned down cole a bit to his origin
Oh, man, that was pretty twisted. I forgot about that. Sounded so grim and ominous.
…and because we sadly can’t have nice things. Gamers of the times mostly ignored how cool that twist was, and instead just bitched about how edgelord raspy Cole’s voice actor had become.
Like dudes, the guy is going through a Hell of a lot right now! If he wants to talk like the stepchild of Clint Eastwood and solid snake, He’s Earned It!!!
Honestly the dishonor 2 level where you travel between timelines is my favorite, not only does the area change depending on the timeline but you can also get behind enemies and stealth them through the other timeline
Yeah that level is so cool once you kinda figure out where you are going.
People shit on the sequel, but I think it's equal - if not better - than the first one. That mechanic was used for ONE LEVEL, and other developers would make a whole game out of this mechanic alone. It was implemented extremely well into the story and gameplay fabric of the game.
I LOVE THAT LEVEL, I think dishonored 2 was better then 1
@@Apethantos I liked both games, I preferred the story in 1 more but they were both great.
Soundz dope
Chrono Trigger has the best implementation of time travel in any videogame. Not just a one time sequence but a main part of the gameplay.
I am surprised he did not mention that, its my fav game of all time
Agreed though I find Prince of Persia Warrior With in didba great job as well.
The whole cyclical nature and yournimpact on the story and world as you progress.
@@user-wt1zv3gm2j the point of the video was games with time travel elements, not as core mechanics
and it's time travel on PS1 game NGL.... those game kind of deep.
Falcon's pronunciation of Jean Reno was terribly great 😂 Great video as always, guys.
Gene Rheeno
My French mum wept….
Singularity was such a great game. The time travel was actually interesting and if you watch the trailer and read all the notes you realize there is no way to "fix" the timeline cause your character is already in an altered version.
Back before the developers got sent to the CoD mines.
This game doesn’t get enough love. I enjoyed it a ton.
I was lucky enough to be able to grab a copy of this game from Fan Expo in Toronto for 99 cents! EB Games had a booth and it was in like the super discount bin under countless sports titles and I went on to beat that game like 3 times. Very unique and probably one of my favourite FPS games of all time!
@@MrSpartan993 This made me chuckle quite a bit 😅
Ioved playing it and I remember going in with no expectations or knowledge of the game. Which made me like it even more. And I'm not even a FPS fan!
Quick correction: the rift in AC syndicate takes you to WW1 (the one America wasn't involved in). That's why you encounter Winston Churchill as a chap in his 30s , rather than the more familiar figure. It was for a similar reason, to feature Tower Bridge, which hadn't been built in the Victorian period.
The US was involved. They just didn’t get involved until ‘17.
Whether it’s phenomenal writing or the improv skills of Falcon, I love the mix of scripted structure and just absolute chaotic ADHD of Falcon in the newer videos. A great balance and such a comedically gifted bird
These videos are probably semi scripted. As in, they have an outline of what they want to talk about and what they want to say about it, but how they say it is improved
i actually hate the new way he talks! it is not funny and not original, just trying to force him self into being funny..my God watching the other video about "things you shouldnt laugh at in video games" was horrendus experience with him forcing him self to laugh
One of my favourite birds
@@NasserGamerZoneI hate this word, but it’s… cringeworthy.
I personally hate it.. it's cringey to me. I liked the grouchy dead pan falcon more. Good on em if he's just feeling himself more..but man lol the eye rolls I give some of the last few videos during his unscripted moments. Ugh is what it is I suppose lol
Titanfall 2's time mission just caught me off guard and blew md away. It will always be stuck in my memory.
Life is Strange has the best time travel mechanic. That story is insane.
I think the storytelling with time travel was excellent in Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. That got me so excited when I first played it.
Playing all the way I always wondered who was this dark dude but when it gets revealed it was so awesome
@@haysack1662 Yeah. 13 year old me was blown away.
Almost forgot about that one!
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Yup that one is pretty awesome
Great list. I would personally have added the Ringed City from Dark Souls 3 too. Traveling to a future where the world has finally come to its end, where you and Gael are the only souls left. Gael mutated and driven mad in his quest for the pigment of the Dark Soul was heartbreaking and you are the only one who can save him by putting him to rest. In my opinion, it’s the greatest boss fight in games and a perfect final confrontation for the trilogy. The time travel backdrop may not be obvious at first but boy was it perfectly executed.
Was really expecting this at some point. Also the time travel moment in ocarina of time really woowed us when we were kids
Falcon trying to explain weird stuff sounding like a madman is just great. And as always, the mixture of games is awesome. I just love this channel for throwing in games I never heard of in EVERY video.
I bet this could have a part 2. I'm surprised there was no honorable mentions 😂
Yeah, I'd have nominated the Alexander battles in FFXIV where your future self keeps your past self from getting killed, which is a serious, "Wait, what? How does that work?!"
Been loving the Falcon quips lately. Keep it up boys!
Life is Strange 1. Love the time travel mechanic and the twists
Still the best in the series.
Is it just me or is Falcon having a lot more fun with these videos than in the past? Because I'm here for it.
Falcon seems like he is in his prime, the jokes the expression in his words is just top of the line and it is increasing in every video along with the quality, great work gameranx keep it up.
Never played dragon quest but that honestly is such a cool mechanic and I love how they revert your character back to that point skill wise. Those kind of wild rpg mechanics are the ones I love
The main character actually is not reverted back, he keeps all of his skills, and he carry all of their friends equipments too. Only their friends got reverted back to low level, and you can immediately give them your better equipments. It's not really a bad thing, because you can just gain their level and relearn their skills faster after reaching the point of story where it start to differ from the original timeline, and it's not really that lengthy, because despite most of your heroes are getting reverted back to low level, your main character isn't, he can solo all of the enemies even bosses after that certain boss, then suddenly the random enemies are totally changed from the original, giving lot of exp to make your party catches up fast to your main character.
I'm a bit Dragon Quest fan, and there's always a post-boss section of the game. Often just an extra dungeon with leveled up enemies and some extra bosses, or a boss rush mode. DQXI was almost an entire other half game; not only do you get to go back in time and redo one of the most pivotal and emotional plot points, but you're OP as hell (the hero retains his items and abilities, it's just the rest of the party that's leveled down) and get to continue a whole new time line with new missions and enemies. It was genuinely so cool to see them do something so ambitious and new for a series that's been going for 30ish years.
@@illburnmydread no, iirc, he is, he's just in his own body again.
there's a way to duplicate stuff you had on your party when this happens - it works for the mc, too, iirc, therefore he's gone 'back' into his own body at the time. he just also has all the stuff since then, in their magic backpack, as well
edit: nevermind, you're talking levels, for some reason i assumed you meant, he didn't actually travel back in time.
Honestly, I had the game spoiled for me when someone made a Reddit thread explaining how DQ11 is actually Dragon Quest Zero - a prequel to the original - and how it links them altogether in one universe. It sounded hokey as fuck and I just HAD to buy the game and figure out how it was all pulled off, and they did it brilliantly - especially with the time travel mechanic. Most games that muck and meddle with time travel always leaves you with a void - a cognitive dissonance that leaves you hollow from the inherent contradictions of the very concept, but DQ11's implementation gives you a sense of finality simply because that "do over" allows the MC to rescue and preserve the entire DQ universe and it's specific line of heroic descendents. The nostalgia and emotional rollercoaster you as the MC go through to establish yourself as the FIRST in the Erdrick line was just so phenomenal that I've been considering a second playthrough of it for the last few months.
I went to Paris, and the Eiffel Tower once. The French threw food at us and called us french names I’m sure weren’t very nice. 9/10 experience
I’d add Soul Reaver 2. Not only does it turn out that Raziel was present during the inciting incident of the original Blood Omen, but it turns out that he himself is the soul trapped in the wraith blade he’s been wielding for two games
I’m so happy that Singularity got a mention in this video. That game is SO amazing, and extremely underrated. It was definitely an inspiration for that time travel level in Titanfall 2.
Also, the Dragonlord Placidusax boss fight from Elden Ring is crazy, especially with how hard the boss is to find
One of the most epic boss fights I've ever encountered. Real adranline rush!
I'd heard so much about the Clockwork Mansion level of Dishonored 2 that the time travel piece took me totally off guard. Such a fun level.
I have never heard someone butcher Jean Reno's name in quite that manner....well done Full Cone the Gyro
I was actually stunned as well. I could have never imagine someone pronouncing him like that. If this was a joke, Wow - well done, but i highly doubt it 😉
Gene Reno.. Lmao
Chronotrigger had one of the best time travel elements. You can actively change the story while doing it
I am glad you are shining a light on some forgotten games like Singularity that were awesome release on the twilight of Xbox 360/ps3 era!
I like the part at the end of bravely second where the traveler takes the ability to use bravely second back to the first game and gives it to the character you played as in the first game.
The bravely series is full of time loops and using meta knowledge at the end of the game.
Love it when falcon records videos after day drinking
This has been the best video in months. We need more videos like this. Like maybe moments in different games related by something, in this case that something being time travel.
Singularity needs a remake, damn i loved that game!
Loved the 2nd Bayonetta game where you traveled back to the 1st game and teamed up with that Bayonetta.
Good energy in this video bro. Keep it up 🤙
Thanks
When I first saw the video title I first had prince of Persia warrior within in my mind, and then dq11. I still enjoy PoP’s time travel to this day, the way that you use the mask, dahaka chasing you as a consequence, and the secret ending with the water blade. Aaaannnddd you actually get to take the queen home! All dreams fulfilled
TIME GAUNTLET!!!
*I really love how they let Falcon record VO while stoned out his gd mind 😂
Titanfall 2's time switching level was mind blowing when I first played it. You have soldiers shooting at you in the past, and dinosaurs attacking you in the future, and you are frantically jumping back and forth fighting two battles at once.
I just played titanfal 2 this year and only knew that everyone loved the mech. Cause and Effect blew my mind and yes it is really crazy that the time mechanic really only exists for that level. It feels next gen. Super good (of course most people already new that).
Magicka's time travel was pretty cool, going back in time and taking a completely different route, and learning about a bunch of mysterious dialogue, I really enjoyed it
@Falcon brother i hear a definite pep in your recent videos and I'm really loving the fact your truly finding your way of bringing your awesome comedic entertainment to the news of games! Thanks to all you @gameranx
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I love it when falcon does the french accent.
Dragon Age Inquisition has an entire Timey-Wimey quest called "In Hushed Whispers". This is the quest you choose to do if you want to recruit the Mages. It's good enough, though most people felt it was just a way to shoehorn time travel into the game..."for some reason" ;) . One can only assume it's because it's going to be some mechanism for DA4's story. That being said, the quest to recruit the Templars instead was far superior story wise.
That's why I go with the mages almost all of the time.
@@caliburn1123Really? I think it's a vastly weaker quest. The Timey-Wimey stuff doesn't make sense...it's a terrible macguffin that really has no place in DA. It's never properly addressed, especially all is said and done, and don't get me started on haw Fiona is supposed to an educated Grand Enchanter but does stuff that is profoundly stupid and nonsensical. I DO prefer Samson as far as the secondary bad guy, but Calpernia is good as well.
I've always felt we should have been able to do BOTH quests, with diminishing returns on how many people get from whichever we choose to do second- though to be fair, it's barely noticeable that we get anything with either one. We get Fiona standing around being worthless, and we get to promote Sir Barris, and have him involved in War Table missions, which was nice. Fiona should have been imprisoned and/or executed.
Really liked the dishonored one. Dishonored 2 was my first dishonored game and it just repeatedly blew my mind. One of my top 10 story games.
I'm glad Singularity is getting some recognition lately. It was such a good game but with a bad release date. Also we need a Titanfall 3.
Time travel in Prince of Persia Warrior Within was mind-blowing. I am surprised you missed this gem
So happy to see one of my favorite series mentioned, Onimusha!!! Such a good call out, loved the series growing up and been hoping for a remake with the REngine!
Okay we need a full video of Falcon pretending to be French😂
I think Prince of persia warriors within had some best time travel moment like when you realise this entire time the prince was only the sand wrath.
Radiant Historian did a great job with time travel
in bioshock infinite burial at sea episode 2, elizabeth comes back to columbia for a while. she takes an elevator and while the elevator is going down, she sees herself and booker talking to daisy (one of the missions of the main campaign).
i hope if there is a part 2 for this video, you consider this one too
Oh that 3rd Birthday one sounds rough. Hopefully Falcon got the rest of the day off to recover from that mental rollercoaster/stroke episode.
Love the intro 🤣🦅Titanfall 2 did it so well
Ayooooo super early to a video for the first time! Time travel is such an intriguing concept. Kinda hoping more of it happens in more games.
Titanfall 2 was seriously underrated! It would hold up well today!
the way you explained the event of 3rd birthday makes me wanna play the game to understand more xD
Missing from the list:
* Chronotrigger - Take your pick. The entire game is about time travel.
*Command and Conquer - Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge - Bonkers but fantastic game about changes to the past in a time machine.
* Day of the Tentacle - Time machine used to good effect.
AC Unity is my favorite game in that series.
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Oh Boy Time travel moment. Lotta love to Gameranx !! Armored Core is almost OUT !!!!
You definitely missed a good one. Gemini: Heros Reborn. The whole game is like that Titanfall mission. With the time travel, you can grab enemies from one time. And drop them in the other time.
Onimusha 3 was my jam back in the day! Always loved the series and when I heard about the story I knew I had to get it. That was the first game I ever pre-ordered.
Have to say Titanfall 2 gauntlet was/is amazing. Wall running and having to constantly switch between times was just beautifully done.
2:29 It's a pity that there isn't a sequel to Singularity.
It's been one of my favourite FPS ❤
DQ11 could have been explained a bit better, it's choosing to go back in time, lose all those memories with your friends, lose all those characterization changes to go back in time and save the one friend who sacrificed herself to save the whole group
You go back in time and your best friends are more cold to you, they haven't travelled the world with you as much, your enemy turned bestie hates you again, you're restarting a lot of your friendships to save one person.
Like if you could go back in time could you rizz your current partner? maybe maybe not
I also loved the conflict in the characters losing all their development. Particularly xxxx (no spoilers) who stepped up big time after the sacrifice. That was heartbreaking on both ends…
Titanfall 2 has my favorite example of integrating time travel in a level hands down
So glad you mentioned Dishonored 2 because when I played Titanfall 2 that's exactly what I thought of haha. Both of them did it hilariously so similarly but hey, they both were fun levels and done very well
I knew Unity and Titanfall 2 had to be here, great time travel bits in games. Loved those bits in Unity and Syndicate in particular, the closest we'll get to modern AC
Oh yeah? I time traveled from 1989 to 2023. It took me 34 years but I made it. Time travel is real!!!
Love especially in Dishonored 2 the fact that even if you aren't in the same time, you can "see" it using the glass part of the tool.
No mention of quantum break? The part where the sun and moon are hyperspeed rotating in the sky is incredible
Onimusha 3 so much memories. I still got it, still love it
It's a shame there's nothing from Quantum Break here. I was actually in awe at a couple of the 'time is broken' sequences, and there are some powerful story moments tied to the time traveling as well.
Wow. Was expecting dishonoured 2 to be number 1. The time travel part is so well thought out.
falcon genuinely sounds excited for this list, and im all for it
I wasn't expecting that twist at the beginning of Dragon Quest 11 where the dark lord just yoinks the Hero's powers and I'm like WHAT and it goes crazier from there. Although I didn't like the act 3 I felt like it went on a bit too long but other than that DQ 11 is sooo good.
Falcon Def ate an edible prior to this recording....that whole Eiffel Tower bit sold me LMAO
Ah-hahaha! I totally lost it at Falcons fake french imitation 🤣🤣
I might have gone nuts if Singularity wasn't mentioned. It is an interesting game that I feel is rarely talked about.
My favorite time travel use is in Bravely Second where it's revealed the reason Deneb was the generic shopkeeper in the two games was because they needed to keep meeting you as much as possible to save Tiz's life, and the easiest way for them to do that was to just be the generic shopkeeper in an RPG. (It helps that they're also the save point) So they just time traveled to the start of the first game and became the one person you would keep running into since boundaries on space-time don't apply to them.
The Conduit 2 had the BEST dumb twist of all time. We need a remaster of Conduit 1 and 2, they weren't the best games but they were great for the Wii. 3 would complete one of my favorite FPS series ever.
Oh man i lost it when falcon did his french bit. Lmao
Hilarious video with a hilarious ending. Thanks for sharing.
Yup, I was so shocked by AC Unity's WW2 segment at that time, truly wholesome!
Once again… another banger 🔥🔥
The dishonoured 2 level was a master piece. Such a great game. Quantum leap from remedy is very underrated aswell when it come to time travel stuff in games
One of my favourite time travel moment in games is the russian campain in empire earth 1 . Such a timeless masterpiece
Thank you for mentioning ghost trick! I played it this year and good god it is incredible!!
Conduit 3 would be fascinating as a VR game, even if it falls short of living up to that ending lmao
I don't know how Falcon's doing in his day to day, but the sharp increase of ridiculous jokes in his videos is just fantastic! 👏😂
Falcon has one of the best SPY impressions I've heard.
Probably one of the biggest Time Travel events I remember is the ones from Final Fantasy XI and the ones from Final Fantasy XIV. Let's not get into the fact that FFXI also has parallel universe travel. (Which isn't the same as shard travel in FFXIV.)
“1 bullet left in his revolver! Huh Huh Huh!!!” ( in an exaggerated Falcon French Accent) Thank you for bringing that back!
Titan fall 2 and dishonored 2 did it so well. Glad to have experienced them both. I loved the onimusha games as well such a good time in gaming with original dlcs and God of wars. Dragon quest 11 is the game that just keeps on giving. You can put all your str + magic+ type items and to use them twice because it puts them in your inventory but they're still equiped. If you think way ahead
woah, i remember palying onimusha with my brothers when we were young. It was a very mind puzzling game for us at that time since you had to do sometings in the past to progress in the future. Good times
That shit was funny as hell especially the last one. This channel is addictive for some reason I like the sound that plays at the beginning of the videos Falcon's voice for some reason make things entertaining and the fact he just straight up says what he thinks & is funny makes it more entertaining. The videos where he crisizes game companies & games a lot of times I agree with him. The videos with Jake the before you buys & the gaming news are always pretty great too . This is one channel I watch regularly and is always great.
Darkest of Days Pompeii level was insane af, killing roman legions with laser guns and automatic rifles was amazing
So happy you mentioned Titanfall 2 😊❤
Singularity and Time Shift were the best time-travel games I can remember.
Onimusha sure as hell was weird, but calling Jean Reno 'Gene' is weirder... 😅 Great list though!
The last one was like trying to explain the story of MGS to someone who doesn't know who Snake is.
That WWII section in AC Unity made me want a full AC game set in WWII.
Also no mention of the time travel shenanigans of KH?
one encounter that never gets mentioned is in Fallout 2. theres a random encounter where you go back in time, to vault 13. you damage the water chip which is the reason the vault dweller has to leave vault 13 in the first game.
not nearly as worth mentioning, but there's a bit with time bs in shadows of loathing, too - not just, you're given access to a time gate ish door you cna move around to solve local issues, but also, you end up running into yourself, literally, and future you gives you stuff you're supposed to give up later, just because. like, the first one is meat (the currency - it's a weird game), and you'll eventually start running into copies of yourself and either giving the meat back or delaying it.
there's a few more events, too, as well as a boostrap paradox of, you giving yourself a shipment of medical bandages or something like that, then you tell yourself they're in the basement of your uncle's shop. to get the box to give to yourself later, you go back to your uncle's shop, tell the handyman ish guy, he goes down and finds them, except he has no idea they were down there, so shouldn't have found them.
normally, a paradox like this would be solved with 'it always worked out this way' except here, you're deliberately changing the timeline, so unless that's only true 'for you' it is a paradox.
course, this game is mroe interested in humor than seriousness, so, no biggie.