History VideoGame / ANewBeginning

** [[spoiler: All, except Fay's and Salvador's teams, suffered an ill-fate when their time-capsule landed in 2050. Josep's team in Paris were caught in the Tornado with himself KilledInMidSentence by debris from the Eifel Tower. The second and third were implied to have died in crashlanding in India and Australia respectively. The fourth team was caught in a volcanic blast in Tibet. Hardy perished in frozen Moscow before announcing the mission failure. Dina's pod was adrift with no way to escape from flooded London. Sadi's last transmission in South America was her report on an irradiated area in the Amazon basin before the intense radiation caused it to shut off and possibly killing her in the process.]]

* HappilyAdopted: Fay was adopted by Nigel, who she liked as a result,after her parents died in an ill-fated weather observation routine.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:How Fay ultimately saves Ben's life by flooding the reactor chamber with her and Salvador inside, killing both of them and averting catastrophy.]]
* KidnappedByTheCall: Fay's fantastic time-travel tale - and her continued insistence that [[TheOnlyOne only his blue-green algae can save the future]] - causes [[RefusalOfTheCall Bent to show her the door]]. Bent's head is then shown a quick blow to the head by Fay's ally Ozzy, and Sven's now-unconscious body is dragged into their waiting helicopter.
* MundaneLuxury: Since Fay grew up in a post-apocalyptic world inside a bunker complex, she reacts to mundane things--such as wallpaper and cosmetic products--in the past with surprise. Two examples being her assumption of a large mattress owned by a homeless person as something from a wealthy estate, and a corporate headquarters as a living complex.

* MundaneLuxury: Since Fay grew up in a post-apocalyptic world inside a bunker complex, she reacts to mundane things in the past with surprise. Two examples being her assumption of a large mattress owned by a homeless person as something from a wealthy estate, and a large corporate headquarters as a living complex.

** Arguably the Phoenix Project in general, considering [[spoiler:an actual nuclear disaster would occur in the Ukraine in 1986 and aside from curtailing Nuclear Power(which doesn't give off Greenhouse Emissions that contribute to climate change) a bit,]] doesn't seem to have done much getting the Human Race to care much about the enviroment. Instead, they might have [[spoiler:Irradiated large parts of the Amazon Basin [[AllForNothing for nothing]].]]

* CluelessAesop: General issue with the game's environmental message seems to be convoluted as plot twists occur, [[spoiler: such as an attempt to sabotage nuclear energy, and later stopping it, being an attempt at critique on nuclear energy or a random plot point]] along with the lack of actual issues--such as fossil fuel industries and corporate corruption--taking a backseat as story progresses.

** Arguably the Phoenix Project in general, considering [[spoiler:an actual nuclear disaster would occur in the Ukraine in 1986 and aside from curtailing Nuclear Power(which doesn't give off Greenhouse Emissions that contribute to climate change) a bit,]] doesn't seem to have done much getting the Human Race to care much about the enviroment. Instead, they might have [[spoiler:Irradiated large parts of the Amazon Basin for nothing]].

* PlayerPunch: Towards the end, Salvador reveals to Bent [[spoiler: that the first stop they made in the time capsule was in the ''26th'' century, and that there is no immediate risk to the world's ecology...so the Phoenix Plan was to ''create'' one to force a solution early.]]

* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: The entirety of the Phoenix Plan is made of this: force humanity to recognize and reverse climate change by telling them their negligence will cause an ecological apocalypse in 2050 (when, in the original timeline, it occurred in the ''26th century'') and destroy the rainforests of South America by causing a nuclear power plant, coincidentally owned by a CorruptCorporateExecutive, to go critical to drive home the point.]]

** Arguably the Phoenix Project in general, considering [[spoiler:an actual nuclear disaster would occur in the Ukraine in 1986 and aside from curtailing Nuclear Power(which doesn't give off Greenhouse Emissions that contribute to climate change) a bit,]] doesn't seem to have done much getting the Human Race to care much about the enviroment. Instead, they might have [[spoiler: Irradiated large parts of the Amazon Basin for nothing]].

* SolarFlareDisaster: What will finally do in humanity.

* Anvilicious: Even with the setup, Fays continued tendency to whine about the evils of pollution, nuclear power and modern civilization in general throughout the game can be really irritating.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: How Fay ultimately saves Ben's life by flooding the reactor chamber with her and Salvador inside, killing both of them and averting catastrophy.]]

* [[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator: Fay is revealed by Salvador to be this - the first time jump to '2050' was really the 26th century, Indez' power plants are completely safe and the Phoenix Plan's true goal is to cause a nuclear disaster in the Amazon to force the world to look to alternative energy sources.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Fay receives one from Sadi mid-game, pointing out [[spoiler: how much force she has had to use to progress, like inciting a peaceful protest to violence in order to crash an energy conference (and wrecking someone's car to get them away from an important console) to make it listen to her.]]

* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: The entirety of the Phoenix Plan is made of this: force humanity to recognize and reverse climate change by telling them their negligence will cause an ecological apocalypse in 2050 (when, in the original timeline, it occurred in the ''26th century'') and destroy the rainforests of South America by causing a nuclear power plant, coincidentally owned by a CorruptCorporateExecutive, to go critical to drive home the point.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Fay claims in her {{Flashback}}s, among other things, she used a red filter to increase power to her plasma drill to break through a wall. Bent [[LampshadeHanging points out]] the red filter should've actually ''decreased'' the power of the drill.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: How Fay ultimately saves Ben's life and stops Salvador by activating the gas and letting it kill herself and him rather than let the factory blow up.]]

* [[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator: Fay is revealed by Salvador to be this - the first time jump to '2050' (really the 26th century) is implied to have never occurred, the international energy summit held by Indez Industries and its parent company is also implied to be legitimate, and the Phoenix Plan's true goal is to cause a nuclear disaster in the Amazon to force the world to look to alternative energy sources.]]

* [[HeroicSacrifice: How Fay ultimately saves Ben's life and stops Salvador by activating the gas and letting it kill herself and him rather than let the factory blow up.]]

* SociopathicHero: Salvador is shown to be this in Fay's {{Flashback}}s, as the now-dead random homeless guy ''and'' the chief inspector of the World Energy Commission found out. [[spoiler: He's also shown to be this in the future, eschewing stealth for outright murder of security personnel at Inoz Indez's Amazonian nuclear power plant/HQ. This could be why he was chosen to cause said power plant to go critical.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Fay claims in her {{Flashback}} that she and her Phoenix Plan teammembers landed in 2050, only to discover the ecological apocalypse was in full swing. She also claims she used a red filter to increase power to her plasma drill. The implausibility of both are [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Sven. [[spoiler: She's lying about the former.]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Inoz Indez all the way. There's one thing he isn't, though: [[spoiler: cheap. If his Amazonian power plant/HQ are any indication, Indez invests big time in his power plants and their reliability.]]

* SociopathicHero: Salvador is shown to be this in Fay's {{Flashback}}s, as the now-dead random homeless guy ''and'' the chief inspector of the World Energy Commission found out. [[spoiler: This could be why he was chosen to cause Indez's Amazonian nuclear power plant to go critical.]]

-->'''Bent''': I know my life has become a silly science-fiction novel, but let's try something else!

->'''Bent''': I know my life has become a silly science-fiction novel, but let's try something else!

* DistantPrologue: Inverted since the introductory cinematic is set in the 26th century - almost six centuries after the main part of the game occurs.

->'''Sven''': I know my life has become a silly science-fiction novel, but let's try something else!

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sven and Fay, the only two playable characters in the game, occasionally do this when players try to do or combine things which won't work.

* KidnappedByTheCall: Fay's fantastic time-travel tale - and her continued insistence that [[TheOnlyOne only his blue-green algae can save the future]] - causes [[RefusalOfTheCall Sven to show her the door]]. Sven's head is then shown a quick blow to the head by Fay's ally Ozzy, and Sven's now-unconscious body is dragged into their waiting helicopter.

''A New Beginning'' is a point-and-click adventure game published and released by Daedalic Entertainment in 2010 for Windows and 2012 for Mac OSX.

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Fay claims in her {{Flashback}} that she and her Phoenix Plan teammembers landed in 2050, only to discover the ecological apocalypse was in full swing. She also claims she used a red filter to increase power to her plasma drill. The implausibility of both are lampshaded by Sven. [[spoiler: She's lying about the former.]]

ApocalypseHow: The future is the result of a class 2 as shown in the introductory cinematic and conversations with Fay and Salvador, with a class 6 imminent.

ArtisticLicensePhysics: Fay claims in her {{Flashback}} that she and her Phoenix Plan teammembers landed in 2050, only to discover the ecological apocalypse was in full swing. She also claims she used a red filter to increase power to her plasma drill. The implausibility of both are lampshaded by Sven. [[spoiler: She's lying about the former.]]

BreakingTheFourthWall: Sven and Fay, the only two playable characters in the game, occasionally do this when players try to do or combine things which won't work.

CorruptCorporateExecutive: Inoz Indez all the way. There's one thing he isn't, though: [[spoiler: cheap. If his Amazonian power plant/HQ are any indication, Indez invests big time in his power plants and their reliability.]]

KidnappedByTheCall: Fay's fantastic time-travel tale - and her continued insistence that [[TheOnlyOne only his blue-green algae can save the future]] - causes [[RefusalOfTheCall Sven to show her the door]]. Sven's head is then shown a quick blow to the head by Fay's ally Ozzy, and Sven's now-unconscious body is dragged into their waiting helicopter.

DistantPrologue: Inverted since the introductory cinematic is set in the 26th century - almost six centuries after the main part of the game occurs.

SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The whole point of the Phoenix Plan.

SociopathicHero: Salvador is shown to be this in Fay's {{Flashback}}s, as the now-dead random homeless guy ''and'' the chief inspector of the World Energy Commission found out. [[spoiler: This could be why he was chosen to cause Indez's Amazonian nuclear power plant to go critical.]]

[[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator: Fay is revealed by Salvador to be this - the first time jump to '2050' (really the 26th century) is implied to have never occurred, the international energy summit held by Indez Industries and its parent company is also implied to be legitimate, and the Phoenix Plan's true goal is to cause a nuclear disaster in the Amazon to force the world to look to alternative energy sources.]]

UpdatedRerelease: ''A New Beginning: Final Cut'' is the translated, international release of the German original.

[[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: The entirety of the Phoenix Plan is made of this: force humanity to recognize and reverse climate change by telling them their negligence will cause an ecological apocalypse in 2050 (when, in the original timeline, it occurred in the ''26th century'') and destroy the rainforests of South America by causing a nuclear power plant, coincidentally owned by a CorruptCorporateExecutive, to go critical to drive home the point.]]

It is the 26th century, and [[CrapsackWorld Earth is a wasteland]] thanks to mankind's failure to protect the environment and reverse climate change. Worse yet, thanks to future Earth's lack of an ozone layer, the last remaining humans will soon be wiped out from a massive solar flare. With their options dwindling, a rag-tag group of survivors, including idealistic radio operator Fay and her roughneck team leader Salvador, is sent off into the past to execute "The Phoenix Plan", which will hopefully [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong prevent]] the ecological Apocalypse.

Meanwhile, in 1982 Finland, Bent Svensson, a pessimistic, reclusive retired bio-engineer recovering from [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Chronic Hero Syndrome]], is trying to fix his fogging machine as part of his preparations to cut down an old tree for firewood, only to be interrupted by a mysterious young woman who just arrived on his front lawn in a helicopter and is asking him to come out of hiding...

A New Beginning is a point-and-click adventure game published and released by Daedalic Entertainment in 2010 for Windows and 2012 for Mac OSX.

[[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator: Fay is revealed by Salvador to be this - the first time jump to '2050' (really the 26th century) is implied to have never occurred, the international energy summit held by Indez Industries and its parent company was legitimate, and the Phoenix Plan was really to cause a nuclear disaster in the Amazon to force the world to look to alternative energy sources.]]