[Music]
why learn about history when you can
rewrite it okay you wanna war you God
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
alternate histories in videogames I will
make sure you get all necessary
information about our efforts to restore
peace and stability in your troubled
country this list will be looking at
video games that are set in a timeline
where historical events took a drastic
turn and us veered off into a far
different present or future nobody
threatens my planet keep in mind that
will only be including histories that
alternate from our own so Criss crossing
timelines that take place in fantasy
universes like The Legend of Zelda
obviously won’t be included number 10
civilization series
prepare for war what better place to
start them with a game that literally
makes your own history from the ground
up starting as a small cluster of life
players have to chart a course if
they’re growing populous is to flourish
into an actual superpower
[Music]
depending on which route they choose to
take to achieve this whether it be
through focusing on diplomacy economics
technology or conquest the outcome will
vary in to something far removed from
historically correct the amount of
content will ensure that no one
playthrough will ever be the same and
the civilization you eventually create
will either be built on great
achievements or the bones of your
enemies
number nine freedom fighters there is
one here freeze don’t move remain calm
whoa hey stay cool man I’m just the
plumber turns out when the Soviet Union
jumps the gun everyone suffers after
beating everyone to the punch by
dropping the first atomic bomb
the Soviets effectively end World War
two except this time it’s on Berlin that
they drop it
we waken up under a Russian flag and you
won’t think it’s conspiracy crap then so
from that point onwards communism starts
to go global
even making its way to the States I
stand before you today a free man and I
vow to die a free man assuming the role
of plumber turned resistance fighter
Christopher stone players have to push
back against the Soviet occupants
stationed in New York City participating
in guerrilla warfare while recruiting
more and more allies to take the Big
Apple back from Stalin’s Russia citizens
of New York a dark chapter in your
history is drawing to a close number
eight stalker shadow of Chernobyl
why stop at one explosion when you can
have to set 20 years after the initial
Chernobyl disaster a meltdown leads to a
new wave of radiation that doesn’t just
eliminate all life it mutates it as such
the area dubbed the zone becomes
uninhabitable though it didn’t stop the
likes of rogue thieves and explorers
from venturing to hunt for anything of
value you do some jobs for me and we’re
even
unfortunately for them they aren’t
exactly venturing in alone as all people
and wildlife caught in the second
explosion have evolved into grotesque
monsters with a taste for blood
needless to say Chernobyl’s radiation
isn’t the only thing that’s hazardous to
your health in their numbers haven’t Far
Cry 3 Blood Dragon the year is 2007
nuclear war has nearly destroyed our
planet everything you love about the
cheesiness of the 1980s you’ll find
right here from the toxic ashes of
Vietnam War to a new breed of renegade
soldier is born part man part machine
set in a dystopian future albeit with a
very retro feel to it this standalone
expansion to the gritty realism of far
cry 3 has players take on the role of a
cybernetic soldier with one mission kill
the bad guys and get the girl
the hilariously simple premise is equal
parts satire and homage to campy fun of
the early action movies 2007 would have
been a very different year if mechanical
dragons were on the prowl
he’s more hero than any man on earth I
know he will fire policemen janitors
those real heroes number 6 Assassin’s
Creed 3 the tyranny of King Washington
you know Washington went mad with power
long ago I tried to stop him buffet
and now I have brought down his wrath
upon my own people it may be
non-canonical episodic in nature and
stray away from Connors path to becoming
an assassin but we’ll be damned at this
idea to have you defeat the villainous
first president isn’t an awesome one Ben
Johnny G on monarch after coming into
contact with the apple of Eden
Connor awakens to see that while he
originally believed the United States of
America to be finally free of monarchic
rule a new king has been crowned and his
name is George Washington won crown
one ruler
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and one man to stop King Washington be
surreal scenario new combat abilities
and the fact that you have to kill the
founding fathers for the sake of peace
made this a hidden gem in the Assassin’s
Creed series number five resistance
series I’ll give a sound of thundering
crashes that I thought could only be an
earthquake who woulda thunk it but it
turns out if you add technologically
advanced aliens into the mix history can
stem off into some really violent
directions following the Great War the
alien threat known as the Chimera begin
to destroy Russia from within eventually
leaving the Soviet Union is nothing more
than a collection of ghost towns as such
world war ii is avoided completely but
the battle against this new menace
leaves the world devastated
as the rest of Europe falls into ruin
and allied military forces are left
scattered all that remains of humanity
is left cluttered inside the United
States with the chimeras slowly forcing
mankind into a corner out of all the
alien invasions and games this one is
definitely the bleakest
number four all-out series war war never
changes the 1950s was an interesting
cultural point in American society :
where the hot rage the wonders of
nuclear energy gave rise to crazy
theories for the future and there was
the ever-present duck-and-cover fear of
communists dropping an a-bomb on the US
I don’t want to set the world but what
if the cultural mindset stuck around
that’s exactly the scenario that the
follow games drops its players into a
world where the culture of the 1950’s
never went away and neither did the
obsession with nuclear power although
this obsession created new technological
wonders it also resulted in a quite
literal nuclear apocalypse down the line
but hey now the wasteland that you’re
left with has a retro 50s charm so
that’s a plus
let’s go pal number three Bioshock
series with a sweat your bra rapture can
become your city as rapture and Colombia
stand is two of the most incredible yet
frightening settings in all of
videogames
in an attempt to get away from the
restrictions of government’s as well as
the escalation of the Cold War
Andrew Ryan created an underwater utopia
that soon unraveled into an undersea
hell build with splicers and Big Daddy’s
enemy he’s still breathing
Zachary Comstock took this a step
further with his flying paradise home to
a whole slew of prejudiced religious
violence as well as Elizabeth a girl
cursed with the power to rip open time
itself to the point where you’re not
sure when or where you are anymore that
was it’s got nothing to do with a job at
hand
number 2 Wolfenstein the new order
you just can’t have alternate timelines
without talking about the Nazis the face
of mass genocide and discrimination have
made for great enemies in video games
over the years but their vicious nature
was perhaps best captured in an
alternate history in which Hitler’s
Germany wins world war two crushed
beneath an iron
they’re stealing our future as veteran
soldier BJ blaskowitz guns his way
through war machines and mechanized
giants it’s the moral insanity of the
Nazi operatives and scientists that
create the genuine horror and fear that
a possible future like this would bring
us – you might be well-versed in the
culture of the 60s but you’ve never seen
the 60s quite like this I like you
such a resilient specimen before we
reveal our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
glass my
yes yeah this is the place you’ll be
safe here for now but the norc’s will
tear the district apart looking for us
got to make contact with another
resistance cell
number one command & Conquer Red Alert
series whatever it is is too late with
respect general you are wrong hey
remember what we said about the Nazis in
the last entry now imagine what would
happen if Albert Einstein traveled back
in time to kill Hitler before he could
bring the Nazi Party to power Nick first
a but the resulting power vacuum now has
Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union
unopposed to launch a full-scale
invasion of Europe on a single front
Stalin is defeated in the first game but
his successor Alexander Romanov is able
to rebuild the Union and this time watch
an invasion of the United States we
Romanovs have out a legacy to consider
ever it’ll give a good nickel about your
legacy
then in Red Alert three things get even
more crazy when the Soviets travel back
in time themselves to kill lions time
resulting in the nuclear bomb never
being invented and Japan becoming an
unopposed superpower Wow that all
escalated really quickly Los Angeles is
the hub of the Allied propaganda machine
if we capture the centres of production
we take control of their hearts and
minds do you agree with our list he’s on
our side used to be on thoughts it was
on the morning what’s your favorite
alternate history and video games with
new top 10s published every day be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com and he’ll
tell sooner or later
I’m give death
[Music]
why learn about history when you can
rewrite it okay you wanna war you God
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
alternate histories in videogames I will
make sure you get all necessary
information about our efforts to restore
peace and stability in your troubled
country this list will be looking at
video games that are set in a timeline
where historical events took a drastic
turn and us veered off into a far
different present or future nobody
threatens my planet keep in mind that
will only be including histories that
alternate from our own so Criss crossing
timelines that take place in fantasy
universes like The Legend of Zelda
obviously won’t be included number 10
civilization series
prepare for war what better place to
start them with a game that literally
makes your own history from the ground
up starting as a small cluster of life
players have to chart a course if
they’re growing populous is to flourish
into an actual superpower
[Music]
depending on which route they choose to
take to achieve this whether it be
through focusing on diplomacy economics
technology or conquest the outcome will
vary in to something far removed from
historically correct the amount of
content will ensure that no one
playthrough will ever be the same and
the civilization you eventually create
will either be built on great
achievements or the bones of your
enemies
number nine freedom fighters there is
one here freeze don’t move remain calm
whoa hey stay cool man I’m just the
plumber turns out when the Soviet Union
jumps the gun everyone suffers after
beating everyone to the punch by
dropping the first atomic bomb
the Soviets effectively end World War
two except this time it’s on Berlin that
they drop it
we waken up under a Russian flag and you
won’t think it’s conspiracy crap then so
from that point onwards communism starts
to go global
even making its way to the States I
stand before you today a free man and I
vow to die a free man assuming the role
of plumber turned resistance fighter
Christopher stone players have to push
back against the Soviet occupants
stationed in New York City participating
in guerrilla warfare while recruiting
more and more allies to take the Big
Apple back from Stalin’s Russia citizens
of New York a dark chapter in your
history is drawing to a close number
eight stalker shadow of Chernobyl
why stop at one explosion when you can
have to set 20 years after the initial
Chernobyl disaster a meltdown leads to a
new wave of radiation that doesn’t just
eliminate all life it mutates it as such
the area dubbed the zone becomes
uninhabitable though it didn’t stop the
likes of rogue thieves and explorers
from venturing to hunt for anything of
value you do some jobs for me and we’re
even
unfortunately for them they aren’t
exactly venturing in alone as all people
and wildlife caught in the second
explosion have evolved into grotesque
monsters with a taste for blood
needless to say Chernobyl’s radiation
isn’t the only thing that’s hazardous to
your health in their numbers haven’t Far
Cry 3 Blood Dragon the year is 2007
nuclear war has nearly destroyed our
planet everything you love about the
cheesiness of the 1980s you’ll find
right here from the toxic ashes of
Vietnam War to a new breed of renegade
soldier is born part man part machine
set in a dystopian future albeit with a
very retro feel to it this standalone
expansion to the gritty realism of far
cry 3 has players take on the role of a
cybernetic soldier with one mission kill
the bad guys and get the girl
the hilariously simple premise is equal
parts satire and homage to campy fun of
the early action movies 2007 would have
been a very different year if mechanical
dragons were on the prowl
he’s more hero than any man on earth I
know he will fire policemen janitors
those real heroes number 6 Assassin’s
Creed 3 the tyranny of King Washington
you know Washington went mad with power
long ago I tried to stop him buffet
and now I have brought down his wrath
upon my own people it may be
non-canonical episodic in nature and
stray away from Connors path to becoming
an assassin but we’ll be damned at this
idea to have you defeat the villainous
first president isn’t an awesome one Ben
Johnny G on monarch after coming into
contact with the apple of Eden
Connor awakens to see that while he
originally believed the United States of
America to be finally free of monarchic
rule a new king has been crowned and his
name is George Washington won crown
one ruler
[Music]
and one man to stop King Washington be
surreal scenario new combat abilities
and the fact that you have to kill the
founding fathers for the sake of peace
made this a hidden gem in the Assassin’s
Creed series number five resistance
series I’ll give a sound of thundering
crashes that I thought could only be an
earthquake who woulda thunk it but it
turns out if you add technologically
advanced aliens into the mix history can
stem off into some really violent
directions following the Great War the
alien threat known as the Chimera begin
to destroy Russia from within eventually
leaving the Soviet Union is nothing more
than a collection of ghost towns as such
world war ii is avoided completely but
the battle against this new menace
leaves the world devastated
as the rest of Europe falls into ruin
and allied military forces are left
scattered all that remains of humanity
is left cluttered inside the United
States with the chimeras slowly forcing
mankind into a corner out of all the
alien invasions and games this one is
definitely the bleakest
number four all-out series war war never
changes the 1950s was an interesting
cultural point in American society :
where the hot rage the wonders of
nuclear energy gave rise to crazy
theories for the future and there was
the ever-present duck-and-cover fear of
communists dropping an a-bomb on the US
I don’t want to set the world but what
if the cultural mindset stuck around
that’s exactly the scenario that the
follow games drops its players into a
world where the culture of the 1950’s
never went away and neither did the
obsession with nuclear power although
this obsession created new technological
wonders it also resulted in a quite
literal nuclear apocalypse down the line
but hey now the wasteland that you’re
left with has a retro 50s charm so
that’s a plus
let’s go pal number three Bioshock
series with a sweat your bra rapture can
become your city as rapture and Colombia
stand is two of the most incredible yet
frightening settings in all of
videogames
in an attempt to get away from the
restrictions of government’s as well as
the escalation of the Cold War
Andrew Ryan created an underwater utopia
that soon unraveled into an undersea
hell build with splicers and Big Daddy’s
enemy he’s still breathing
Zachary Comstock took this a step
further with his flying paradise home to
a whole slew of prejudiced religious
violence as well as Elizabeth a girl
cursed with the power to rip open time
itself to the point where you’re not
sure when or where you are anymore that
was it’s got nothing to do with a job at
hand
number 2 Wolfenstein the new order
you just can’t have alternate timelines
without talking about the Nazis the face
of mass genocide and discrimination have
made for great enemies in video games
over the years but their vicious nature
was perhaps best captured in an
alternate history in which Hitler’s
Germany wins world war two crushed
beneath an iron
they’re stealing our future as veteran
soldier BJ blaskowitz guns his way
through war machines and mechanized
giants it’s the moral insanity of the
Nazi operatives and scientists that
create the genuine horror and fear that
a possible future like this would bring
us – you might be well-versed in the
culture of the 60s but you’ve never seen
the 60s quite like this I like you
such a resilient specimen before we
reveal our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
glass my
yes yeah this is the place you’ll be
safe here for now but the norc’s will
tear the district apart looking for us
got to make contact with another
resistance cell
number one command & Conquer Red Alert
series whatever it is is too late with
respect general you are wrong hey
remember what we said about the Nazis in
the last entry now imagine what would
happen if Albert Einstein traveled back
in time to kill Hitler before he could
bring the Nazi Party to power Nick first
a but the resulting power vacuum now has
Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union
unopposed to launch a full-scale
invasion of Europe on a single front
Stalin is defeated in the first game but
his successor Alexander Romanov is able
to rebuild the Union and this time watch
an invasion of the United States we
Romanovs have out a legacy to consider
ever it’ll give a good nickel about your
legacy
then in Red Alert three things get even
more crazy when the Soviets travel back
in time themselves to kill lions time
resulting in the nuclear bomb never
being invented and Japan becoming an
unopposed superpower Wow that all
escalated really quickly Los Angeles is
the hub of the Allied propaganda machine
if we capture the centres of production
we take control of their hearts and
minds do you agree with our list he’s on
our side used to be on thoughts it was
on the morning what’s your favorite
alternate history and video games with
new top 10s published every day be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com and he’ll
tell sooner or later
I’m give death
[Music]
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