There are nine possible endings that can be obtained in Titanic: Adventure Out of Time. The ending you receive depends directly on which of the four key items Frank Carlson manages to save from the Titanic:
Saving all four of the items results in the best ending where both World Wars and the Russian Revolution are averted. Saving none of the items results in history playing out exactly as it had done before. Saving some of the items but not others results in drastic new consequences within Germany, Russia, or both.
Possibilities[]
Rubaiyat/Lambeth Diamonds[]
- If Vlad Demonic has either or both of these items by the end of the game, it is counted as a failure.
- If both items leave the ship with Carlson, it is counted as a success
- If both items are lost at cards with Buick Riviera, it is counted as a success.
Painting[]
- If the painting goes down with the ship, it is counted as a failure.
- If the painting leaves with Colonel Zeitel, it is counted as a failure.
- If the painting leaves the ship with Carlson, it is counted as a success.
Notebook[]
- If the notebook goes down with the ship, it is counted as a failure.
- If the notebook leaves with Vlad, it is counted as a failure.
- If the notebook leaves the ship with Carlson, it is counted as a success.
Endings[]
The endings are dictated through which items are recovered and which are lost. The following entries are marked with either an 'X' for failure or an 'O' for success. The items are in the order of their effects in the closing monologue; Rubaiyat/Lambeth Diamonds, the painting and the notebook.
1. Total Mission Failure[]
Regardless of what key items he has obtained, Carlson fails to find a lifeboat and goes down with the Titanic.
Though this not an actual ending as such, it still results in a Game Over and presumably has history play out much like it did if the past was unaltered.
2. If Only... (XXX)[]
- World War I occurs as Vlad is able to get his funds to finance the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
- World War II occurs as the failure to save the painting allows Hitler to rise to power.
- The Russian Revolution occurs as the list of radical names in the notebook never makes it to the Russians.
History remains unchanged from the original failed mission at the beginning of the game.
As Carlson narrates in his 1942 apartment, he muses if the past could be changed before he is killed in the original bomb blast that sent him back in time.
3. Nuclear Germany (OXX)[]
- World War I does not occur as Vlad escapes the Titanic without the means to finance the Black Hand.
- World War II occurs as the failure to save the painting allows Hitler to rise to power.
- The Russian Revolution occurs as the list of radical names in the notebook never makes it to the Russians.
In 1927, Hitler overthrows the Kaiser and channels the full power of a Germany un-weakened by World War I into industry and high-tech weapons. Germany develops the first atomic bomb in 1939. The West, weakened by several decades of complacency, now finds itself facing a nuclear-armed Germany, bent on world-domination.
As Carlson remarks that its not a question of if but when Hitler will use his weapons, he muses if the past could be changed before London is vaporized by a Nazi atomic bomb.
4. Soviet Tidal Wave (XOX)[]
- World War I occurs as Vlad is able to get his funds to finance the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
- World War II does not occur as the painting's fame as the sole artifact from the Titanic means Hitler becomes an artist.
- The Russian Revolution occurs as the list of radical names in the notebook never makes it to the Russians.
As a result of Germany being weakened by the first World War and the failure of the Nazis in their rise to power, the Communists seize power in Berlin instead of the Nazis, became powerful and take a totally off-guard Europe and Britain by surprise, conquering them and uniting them into a single Communist super-state.
As Carlson remarks how Britain has lost its freedom, he muses if the past could be changed before he is shot dead by a Red Army Serzhant.
5. Nazi Fury 1 (XXO)[]
- World War I occurs as Vlad is able to get his funds to finance the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
- World War II occurs as the failure to save the painting allows Hitler to rise to power.
- The Russian Revolution is aborted and its leaders killed after the notebook is given to the Russian secret police.
When Hitler comes to power and starts World War II, the Russian Czar’s regime is too weak to resist and surrenders to the Germans. With the Eastern Front won, Hitler turns the full might of the Third Reich onto an exhausted Britain, which is forced to surrender three days before the narration.
As Carlson remarks how Winston Churchill had been captured and hanged the previous day, he muses if the past could be changed before he is shot dead by a Nazi SS Stormtrooper.
6. Nazi Fury 2 (OXO)[]
- World War I does not occur as Vlad escapes the Titanic without the means to finance the Black Hand.
- World War II occurs as the failure to save the painting allows Hitler to rise to power.
- The Russian Revolution is aborted and its leaders killed after the notebook is given to the Russian secret police.
When Hitler comes to power and starts World War II, the Russian Czar’s regime is too weak to resist and surrenders to the Germans. With the Eastern Front won, Hitler turns the full might of the Third Reich onto an exhausted Britain, which is forced to surrender three days before the narration.
As Carlson remarks how Winston Churchill had been captured and hanged the previous day, he muses if the past could be changed before he is shot dead by a Nazi SS Stormtrooper.
7. Communist Russia (OOX)[]
- World War I does not occur as Vlad escapes the Titanic without the means to finance the Black Hand.
- World War II does not occur as the painting's fame as the sole artifact from the Titanic means Hitler becomes an artist.
- The Russian Revolution occurs as the list of radical names in the notebook never makes it to the Russians.
The Communists seize power from the Czar and Germany, weakened by the Great Depression and a decade long struggle against the warmongering Soviets, collapses in 1931. The Soviets invade and conquer a weak Europe. Britain is forced into surrender and Europe is united into a single Communist super-state.
As Carlson remarks that Britain has lost its freedom, he muses if the past could be changed before he is shot dead by a Red Army Serzhant.
8. Communist Germany (XOO)[]
- World War I occurs as Vlad is able to get his funds to finance the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
- World War II does not occur as the painting's fame as the sole artifact from the Titanic means Hitler becomes an artist.
- The Russian Revolution is aborted and its leaders killed after the notebook is given to the Russian secret police.
As a result of Germany being weakened by the first World War and the failure of the Nazis in their rise to power, the Communists seize power in Berlin instead of the Nazis, became powerful and take a totally off-guard Europe and Britain by surprise, conquering them and uniting them into a single Communist super-state.
As Carlson remarks how Britain has lost its freedom, he muses if the past could be changed before he is shot dead by a Red Army Serzhant.
9. World of Peace (OOO)[]
- World War I does not occur as Vlad escapes the Titanic without the means to finance the Black Hand.
- World War II does not occur as the painting's fame as the sole artifact from the Titanic means Hitler becomes an artist.
- The Russian Revolution is aborted and its leaders killed after the notebook is given to the Russian secret police.
With no wars or revolution to take foot in the world, peace and prosperity has flowed into every corner of the globe, elevating humanity to a level that only the privileged used to know of in the Titanic era.
As Carlson thinks back on how important his mission was, and how the Titanic took 1500 people with her, he is glad that a peaceful world would be their epitaph. The picture above the fireplace in Carlson's apartment changes to one of sailing boats as the sun shines in through the apartment window. He contemplates how events may have been different if he had failed.
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