You’ve done it. You built it! A time machine. It should be calibrated…
“Enter the portal? [Y/N]”
Do you know enough to save the past from the incoming cataclysm? Will you even be able to function with other human beings? Will they understand?
All of this is revealed via endgame text. Maybe even some [Y/N] prompts to sway your final path and test the skills and knowledge of your character.
Plenty of room for !!FUN!! stuff. Did you bring the infection back with you? OOPS! Do you have evidence to back your story of time travel?
Achieving the construction of something like this obviously needs to be a massive undertaking. Scavenge scientific journals, perform tests, sift through the garbage data, keep the machine powered…
A goal. Something to do when the late game’s getting you down.
[spoiler][quote=“Kevin Granade”][quote=“Kadian”][quote=“deadmerits”]At least you can try again.[/quote]
Could you? This is the interesting thing about time.
Could you actually >change< the past? It’s basically a Paradox, and I for one think that you really couldn’t change the past if you could timetravel. Everything you would >do< in the timetravel would already be written in stone, because it is the future you’re coming from. That means that, regardless of how often you try to travel back in time to make things right, you wouldn’t be able to, because you already KNOW the outcome of it all: The Cataclysm. You couldn’t change it, and even worse, you would probably realize at some point that you are the reason for the Cataclysm and you couldn’t do a thing against it.
That would be crushing for the character.
A different approach to the time travel paradox is, obviously, the Multiverse/multi dimension theory, where you would simply enter a different dimension/Universe. You could change things in there, definitely. you could potentially stop the Cataclysm before it starts.
But…is it worth it? It ain’t your Universe, your dimension. It’s not really your home, it’s a copy of it, probably with some small differences to your own dimension. While you could potentially rescue A human civilation, it wouldn’t be yours, and you’d never quite fit in it either way, because you’re marked by your past in the Cataclysm itself. One could argue that this isn’t worth it.
…sorry everyone. I love philosphy and debate, an time travel shenanigans are a great way to think about the Universe and Time :P[/quote]
This is the way I see it too, you can’t change what has happened, but what you can do is escape a bad situation. So for example if the thing you’re escaping is your family dying, well that doesn’t make much sense, they’re still dead, the best thing you can do is find another version of them to preserve your own happiness, but that requires some emotional and mental gymnastics that make the whole exercise rather sketchy.
With DDA though, the world has ended, your chances of finding peace and happiness are very small, so just starting a new life in a new world makes a lot of sense.[/quote]
^ This right here[/spoiler]