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[SomeDude]

Outside of the well known Chrono Trigger and Day of the Tentacle, are there any other good games out there based on traveling through time?

 

[Ferny84]

Most games allow you to travel to the future.

Usually it's just a day or two.

 

[bridegur]

Turtles in Time

 

[temp]

Most games allow you to travel to the future.

Usually it's just a day or two.

Hahaha

 

[Tritroid]

:lol

Zelda: Ocarina of Time maybe?

Hello?

 

[bjork]

Shadow of Destiny was one I had a lot of fun with, but I know a lot of people don't like it.

 

[lexi]

Majora's Mask was a cool time-travel game, even if it was only a few days.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Shadow of Destiny was one I had a lot of fun with, but I know a lot of people don't like it.

i could say the same thing about that holographic Sega game, but now that i think about it, i didn't like it either.

 

[borghe]

Sonic CD!!!!!!

j/k.. just want to see how many people respond to this post..

Chrono Trigger hands down.

 

[Project Midway]

DAY OF THE TENTACLE

edit:

 

[.hacked]

Flashback bitches!!

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Dark Cloud 2

 

[op_ivy]

Spoiler

breakdown

 

[djtiesto]

Time Killers
Back To The Future 2/3 (NES)
Final Fantasy Legend III/SaGa III

... well, I dunno if you'd call those games good (they're actually pretty awful!) :lol

 

[BuckRobotron]

Spoiler

Breakdown

on Xbox

 

[FnordChan]

All hail Infocom.

FnordChan

 

[syllogism]

Future Wars

Spoiler

for its time

edit: and Space Quest IV

 

[Killthee]

Terminator 3: The Redemption

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Sonic CD

I didn't like it, but I've never been big on Sonic.


There was some two-player arcade game involving a lot of time portals. Commando-esque. Time Runners?

TIme Pilot!

Timesplitters.

 

[Lord Error]

Day of the Tentacle is the best one I can think of.

Flashback bitches!!

There was time travel in Flashback? I admit I remember Another World more clearly, but in Another World you have been put on the, well, another world, not travelled through time.

 

[Fafalada]

This thread needs some Delphine Software love.

This was still back in the day when these adventure games came up original stories... While Day of the Tentacle is definately more humurous, I preferred this game overall (not too keen on the boxart though ).

 

[robot]

Spoiler

breakdown

Dont hide it! That game was awesome!

 

[bob_arctor]

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Mario's Time Machine

 

[Ceb]

Already mentioned, but once again: Shadow of Destiny. Great game.

 

[Borys]

Like millions of PC adventure games?

Try The Journeyman Project series.

 

[flarkminator]

DAIKATANA!!!!!!!!!!!!

my soul feels dirty after saying that

 

[Teddman]

Spoiler

Breakdown

on Xbox

Is it a big spoiler that the game is about time travel?

 

[Geek]

There was some two-player arcade game involving a lot of time portals. Commando-esque. Time Runners?

Time Soldiers. I loved this game.

 

[flarkminator]

Try The Journeyman Project series.

Oh man I remember those games. I only played the second one. I wanted to kill people in it heh, timeline be damned.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Shadow of Destiny was one I had a lot of fun with, but I know a lot of people don't like it.

This is my game of choice. Basically you get murdered and get to go back in time and prevent it. it's really cool, check it out.

 

[BuckRobotron]

Is it a big spoiler that the game is about time travel?

I would think so. I don't think it mentions it on the game box or in ads, and some of the stuff that was seen in previews looked only like someone had teleporting or camouflage capabilities, not something that ultimately is tied to a very well-written story involving time shifts.

 

[radrelic]

Look no further....

 

[Unison]

I wouldnt call it "really good" but Eternal Darkness has its fans.

 

[Teddman]

I would think so. I don't think it mentions it on the game box or in ads, and some of the stuff that was seen in previews looked only like someone had teleporting or camouflage capabilities, not something that ultimately is tied to a very well-written story involving time shifts.

Oh well. I probably wouldn't have ever gotten around to playing it if I hadn't known it was about that, but now my interest is piqued.

 

[jenov4]

Time Soldiers. I loved this game.

Hell yeah, travel through time fighting dinos, roman soldiers, etc etc. Best time travel game evar.

 

[duckroll]

Yu-No is an excellent Japanese graphical text adventure game on the PC and Saturn whereby time travel is the main gameplay engine. Basically your father disappeared years back and eventually among his things you find a letter and a portable time machine device thing. What made the game really really cool was that the time machine was actually a usable gameplay device even though it was a graphical text adventure. Basically what happens is you can use these orbs (limited quantity) to bookmark the game at any time, and as you play on, you can travel "back" in time to that bookmark to change things with knowledge you have already gained in the future. Really cool game and highly recommended if your Japanese is up to scratch. The game is LONG though, and there are a shitload of endings, which incidentally are more of "continued" endings since you can only get some from having already seen others, etc. Great concept, great art, awesome plot.

 

[Kyouji]

Yu-No is an excellent Japanese graphical text adventure game on the PC and Saturn whereby time travel is the main gameplay engine. Basically your father disappeared years back and eventually among his things you find a letter and a portable time machine device thing. What made the game really really cool was that the time machine was actually a usable gameplay device even though it was a graphical text adventure. Basically what happens is you can use these orbs (limited quantity) to bookmark the game at any time, and as you play on, you can travel "back" in time to that bookmark to change things with knowledge you have already gained in the future. Really cool game and highly recommended if your Japanese is up to scratch. The game is LONG though, and there are a shitload of endings, which incidentally are more of "continued" endings since you can only get some from having already seen others, etc. Great concept, great art, awesome plot.

Incest plz.



[that's the other thing Yu-No is known for]

 

[GaimeGuy]

Earthbound and FFVIII have time travel.

 

[el jacko]

Tales of Phantasia (SNES/PSX/GBA) is an excellent game full of time travel, and even though it's JPN only, there's a translated SNES rom out there.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Tales of Phantasia (SNES/PSX/GBA) is an excellent game full of time travel, and even though it's JPN only, there's a translated SNES rom out there.

It's a very shitty translation, though. They completely altered the script in several portions of the game (including every single sexual comment/ swear word you find in the "translation" )

 

[artful_dodger]

Ok changing this cause now I saw the OP's exclusion of Chrono Trigger....

Planescape: Torment had some time travel I believe.

 

[Santini]

Timesplitters: Future Perfect.

Also, not a game about time travelling, but a great use of the concept through game play and story:

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

 

[Wafflecopter]

Is it a big spoiler that the game is about time travel?

Yes. Huge spoiler.

 

[Teddman]

Bummer. Ah forget it then.

 

[Funky Papa]

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream had some freaky time travelling shit.

 

[Marty Chinn]

Oh come on GAF, you disappoint me. How come nobody even thought to bring up.....

Ok so its not great, but seems like everyone was naming anything related to time travel =)

 

[Azure Dream]

Well, The Legend of Zelda: The Oracle of Ages is a good game, although the time travelling in it is really just the same light world/dark world idea previously seen in Zelda games, for the most part.

Drat, Back to the Future 2 & 3 was already mentioned. That game deserves special note. I remember that game being ET-level in regard to, "What the heck is going on!?"

 

[Odnetnin]

CHRONO FUCKING TRIGGER

OCARINA OF TIME

MAJORA'S MASK

ONIMUSHA 3

 

[op_ivy]

Oh well. I probably wouldn't have ever gotten around to playing it if I hadn't known it was about that, but now my interest is piqued.

yeah it is (about time travel). sadly it is kind of the plot twist, or one of them, so sorry i potentially ruined that for you... but maybe it got you to plat the game now

Bummer. Ah forget it then.

by the way, the game is freakin great, despite some pretty obvious and glaring flaws. should be cheap too. play it!