History VideoGame / TitanicAdventureOutOfTime

** The painting [[spoiler:is a real one that Hitler made...[[AnachronismStew in 1914, two years after the sinking]].]]

** ''[[StableTimeLoop Historical]]'': [[spoiler:Vlad leaves with Rubaiyat and/or Diamonds, Painting and Notebook are lost. With the sale of the valuables, the Black Hand movement is funded and assasinates Archduke Ferdinand. World War I breaks out. The painting is lost to sea, and without the notebook the Russian Revolution continues. Both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia form, and the timeline continues as it did before; World War 2 begins. Frank laments that things stayed exactly the same, and dies when his house is bombed in the Blitz.]]
** ''Soviet Takeover'': [[spoiler:Vlad gets Black Hand Funding, leave with Painting but without Notebook. Black Hand funded, World War 1 happens. The painting is saved and becomes treasured, leaving to its creator - Adolf Hitler - to a fruitful career in the trade. The Germans are beaten in WWI, but without Hitler to lead them, the Nazi Party fizzles out. Lenin establishes communism in Russia, and without the Germans to contest it, it spreads across Europe, eventually overtaking England. Frank is executed in his house by Soviets.]]

** ''[[DayOfTheJackboot Nazi]] [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Takeover]]'': [[spoiler:Leave ship with Notebook but not painting. Regardless of whether or not World War 1 happens, the Soviet Revolution is halted and the Tsars are allowed to prosper. When Nazi Germany is formed, they are no match, and fall to them, as does the rest of the world. Britain surrenders in 1942 and falls under Nazi rule. Frank is executed in his apartment by Nazis.]]
** ''[[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi Conquest]]'': [[spoiler:Vlad leaves without Black Hand funding, both Painting and Notebook are lost. World War 1 is averted, and the Russian Revolution is quashed. The Western Powers enjoy an odd peace, and thus grow complacent. The Nazis spring up and, completely unapposed, soar ahead in terms of technology and warfare, nuclear armamants included. A World War breaks out, and nukes are unleashed upon Europe. Frank is obliterated in his home by such a nuclear strike. Considered the worst ending.]]
** ''[[GoldenEnding Mission Acomplished]]'': [[spoiler:Vlad leaves without Black Hand funding, leave with both Painting and Notebook. World War 1 is averted, Russian Revolution is stopped. With the Great War, Soviets and Nazis removed from history, World War 2 never happens and the world is treated to a golden age of prosperity and non-aggression. Frank retires from the Army, free to live a happy life in a world at total peace, though not without musing just what might have happened had he failed a second time. Obviously the best ending.]]

But wait, there's more! Carlson has been given a second chance by unseen forces to travel back in time to the ''Titanic'', on that fateful night when it sank, in order to complete his mission. Despite not understanding how he's managed to return back to the past, he must now strive to set things right and, by completing his mission properly, change the future for the better. Literally.

** ''[[DayOfTheJackboot Nazi]] [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Takeover]]'': [[spoiler:Leave ship with Notebook but not painting. Regardless of wherever or not World War 1 happens, the Soviet Revolution is halted and the Tsars are allowed to prosper. When Nazi Germany is formed, they are no match, and fall to them, as does the rest of the world. Britain surrenders in 1942 and falls under Nazi rule. Frank is executed in his apartment by Nazis.]]

** ''Among the Perished'': [[spoiler:Fail to leave the ship when it finally sinks. Frank drowns along with the rest of the unfornate souls on-board, and the game returns to main menu.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Aside from the DistantPrologue in 1942, the bulk of the game takes place on the very evening that the ''Titanic'' sank. After being [[TimeTravel thrown back in time]], text on-screen notes that it is 9:30 PM on Sunday, April 14th, 1912 -- which makes it just over ''two hours'' prior to when the ship struck an iceberg and began its fateful sinking (Carlson is noted to have spent the whole voyage up to that point in his cabin, awaiting orders). Even before the ship strikes the iceberg, Carlson goes [[spoiler:retrieving the ''Rubaiyat'', all the way down to the cargo hold to find the painting, swapping the fake necklace for the real one in Sasha's cabin, unravelling the mystery around Zeitel and Haderlitz, playing cards, meeting up in cafes on board, sending telegraphs, finding cufflinks, fencing, and more]]. Seemingly mere minutes, for instance, pass between you [[spoiler:fencing with Haderlitz in the squash court to him suffering a HighVoltageDeath in the Turkish Bath]]. This continues when [[spoiler:after being knocked out right after the collision at 11:40 PM retrieving the notebook, Carlson awakes almost an hour and a half later, at 1:05 AM in the middle of the sinking, and ''still'' has loads to do before the end]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Each of the endings apart from Frank finding all of the items and getting off the ship. One ending has Frank unable to get into a lifeboat and thus going down with the ship. Failing to find any of the items results in history as it was, and Frank dies in the bombing not knowing that the Nazis will be defeated in just over three years. Any combination of not finding at least one of the items will result in Europe and possibly even the rest of the world in the grips of either fascism or communism. One of them even has the Nazis '''''dropping a nuclear bomb on London'''''.]]

** ''Nazi Takeover'': [[spoiler:Leave ship with Notebook but not painting. Regardless of wherever or not World War 1 happens, the Soviet Revolution is halted and the Tsars are allowed to prosper. When Nazi Germany is formed, they are no match, and fall to them, as does the rest of the world. Britain surrenders in 1942 and falls under Nazi rule. Frank is executed in his apartment by Nazis.]]
** ''[[NukeEm Nazi Conquest]]'': [[spoiler:Vlad leaves without Black Hand funding, both Painting and Notebook are lost. World War 1 is averted, and the Russian Revolution is quashed. The Western Powers enjoy an odd peace, and thus grow complacent. The Nazis spring up and, completely unapposed, soar ahead in terms of technology and warfare, nuclear armamants included. A World War breaks out, and nukes are unleashed upon Europe. Frank is obliterated in his home by such a nuclear strike. Considered the worst ending.]]

* InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler:It isn't necessary for Frank to escape the ship ''with'' the necklace or the Rubaiyat, only that Vlad doesn't leave the ship with them. Therefore, it is possible for Frank to lose the Rubaiyat to Buick Rivera and still succeed, as the book historically went down with the ship.]]

** ''[[CommieNazis Communist Germany Takeover]]'': [[spoiler:Vlad gets Black Hand funding, leave with both Painting and Notebook. World War 1 happens, but Hitler remains a painter. The notebook makes it to the Tsar and the Russian Revolution is crushed. After World War I, communists take root in Germany instead. They rebuild and manage to take over Europe in the name of Communism, England included. Frank is excecuted in his house by Communist attackers.]]
** ''Nazi Takeover'': [[spoiler:Leave ship with Notebook but not painting. Regardless of wherever or not World War 1 happens, the Soviet Revolution is halted and the Tsars are allowed to prosper. When Nazi Germany is formed, they are no match, and fall to them, as does the rest of the world. Britain surrenders in 1942 and falls under Nazi rule. Frank is excuted in his apartment by Nazis.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Even though it's not immediately obvious, it's arguable that [[spoiler: the so-called "worst" ending - I.E, where Frank utterly fails to get anything from the Titanic and history ends up proceeding as it actually did - is actually one of these. In real life, the old monarchies were overthrown, the Nazis were defeated, and the USSR eventually collapsed, albeit all at the cost of millions of lives and, of course, Frank is still killed in the Luftwaffe bombing from the opening.]]