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@Argorrath

Alternate History is something rare to find in the Video Game world.

Sure, Futuristic settings allow you to be creative, setting up a world based on new technology (BOIII and Deus Ex with Augmentations, AW with Exoskeletons, BOII with Drones, so on), but Alternate History can allow a person even more creativity.

Bioshock, Red Alert, World in Conflict, and the recent Wolfenstein are good examples of how Alternate History can be used in a creative way. While Red Alert took it to a comical level and Wolfenstein and Bioshock were fantastical yet introspective looks into it, World in Conflict was an interesting, down to earth alternate history. And there's a million different scenarios you could base your storyline off of, so the possibilities are endless.