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Even she doesn't play games
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And today we're counting down our picks for Top 10 time travel videogames
For this list, we picked games where the ability to travel through time is either a major gameplay mechanic
or a crucial part of the game's plot or story
So, games that bring a last-minute time travel element
Such as Earthbound or Bioshock Infinite (SPOILER ALERT) are out
And finally, altogether now, one per franchise
"This is the first time I ever try it on people"
To play the WatchMojo drinking game take a sip everytime we say the word "time"
"I like you, you're my new best friend"
Number 10: "Singularity"
"You must use it to go back to 1955 and stop Demichev from killing Varisov"
When Captain Nathaniel Ranko inadvertenly goes back to 1955 and saves Nikolai Demichev
who goes on to take over the world
Ranko must use it's time manipulation to defeat the mad russian to fix one hell of a screw up
"I think you'll find that impossible for a number of reasons"
"Our embassy, right no..."
By using the time manipulation device
Ranko can alter the time of specific things
like restoring ancient and old objects to brand new
or even reducing people to nothing but dust
For Ranko, time is literally on his side
"For all our sakes, I hope you got the TMD"
Number 9: "Braid"
At a glance, you may pass this off as a Mario ripoff
and while the plot involving a princess who was kidnapped by an evil monster sure supports that claim
Tim's ability to wind back time is what sets Braid apart from the plumber platformer
What's interesting about this game time traveling feature is that the rules of time-travel change in each world
One moment, time will always go forward and backwards when you move forward or backwards
then later you can travel back and see your past self help you with certain puzzles
Number 8: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time"
The evil Shredder has stolen the Statue of Liberty
So it's up to our favourite teenage reptile ninjas to stop him and get it back
In this classic arcade beat'em up, as the title would imply
The turtles battle the evil Foot Clan across various periods
Like the prehistoric jurassic, the wild west and the distant future just to name a few
The battles won't be easy but the turtles always manage to pull through
COWABUNGA!!!
Number 8: "Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time"
Ratchet and Clank are back and using the power of time to defeat their enemies
Clank wields the Chronoscepter
Which allows him to alter time around him and fight his enemies by changing the time around to Clank's advantage
With this new power and proper teamwork
Ratchet and Clank must fight to stop Doctor Nefarious from ruining The Great Clock
Which balances all time in the Universe
It's time to gear up because the fate of the Universe is on the line here
Number 6: "Back To The Future: The Game"
"Hey Trixie, look over there!"
"Why?"
Time travel and Marty McFly seem to go hand in hand
And in this Telltale Games point-and-click episodic series
Which takes place after the movie trilogy
Marty has to go back to prohibition-era Hill Valley to Rescue Doc Brown (voiced by Christopher Lloyd)
"It will be fine!"
Who will be killed if Marty doesn't intervene
"Great Scott, I'm going to be gunned down by gangsters on the steps of the courthouse!"
Along the way Marty will meet a variety of interesting characters
Like his granparents, the sister of his highschool principal and Biff's father
Who just so happens to be a mafia boss
"Make like a tree and die, rat!"
Cheer up, Marty, maybe things won't be so bad this time
Just kidding, it's gonna be bonkers
"Geez, we've been back together for five minutes Doc and you're already talking about the end of the universe"
"I've missed that"
Number 5: "Day Of The Tentacle"
The title of the game alone should warrant a look
But thankfully the rest of the actual game lives up to it
When an evil purple tentacle with a mind for world domination is born from toxic waste
Bernard and his friends are sent back in time to stop the tentacle
When the time machine breaks and leaves the characters stranded in different time periods
The heroes must interact with their environments and famous characters within them
To help each other in their various time periods return home and stop the purple menace
Number 4: "Time Splitters 2"
Considered a spiritual succesor to Goldeneye
Timsplitters sees aliens using time travel to take over the Earth by ruining the planet's past
And you've got to stop them
Sargent Cortez must journey to various places in time
Like 2019 Neo Tokyo (yeah we see what you did there)
19th century Notredame
And the good ol' Wild West to just name a few
Cortez must take back the time crystals and save his world's future from the aliens that plague it
Number 3: "Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time"
When the people of the Kingdom of Asad are turned into horrible creatures by the Sands of Time
It's up to the unnamed Prince of Persia to save his kingdom using the Dagger of Time
With the dagger the prince can alter time in various ways
Such as reversing it to make up for failures in the platforming challenges
Stopping time to avoid hazards and obstacles
and many other things
Between the wicked rewind mechanics and the never before seen parkour system
This one was hell of a - oh boy- time
Number 2: "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask"
Link is certainly no stranger to time travel
With four of its games utilizing the trope
but we went with Majora's Mask
As it makes the best use of the concept
Essentially an apocaliptic Groundhog Day on steroids
By using his ocarina, Link can relive the same three days again and again
To ensure that he has enough time to save the land of Termina from the falling Moon
He can also help others by altering their fates through trial and error
By doing things as varied as stopping a girl from being abducted by aliens
To helping out a young couple that are in love
Before we unveil our number one pick
Here are a few honorable mentions
Number 1: "Chrono Trigger"
A timeless epic -pun fully intended-
That was worthy enough to make our top ten games of all time list
Chrono Trigger starts off inocently enough with a time traveling accident
Before your party realizes their future is rot with despair
After an interstellar parasite has devastated the planet
On top of all that, the parasite's evolution is linked to their world's biggest moment in history
With a memorable cast, multiple endings and an amazing soundtrack
This RPG is one that'll stand the test of, ahh, time - that's the last one -
If anything else was number one of this list it would be videogame heresy
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