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ITT: Video games based on books

>> No.11703531
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>>11703528

>> No.11703547
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Step aside real canon shit coming thru

>> No.11703572
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Ayn Rand btfo

>> No.11703722

>>11703528
What book is SH2 based on?

>> No.11703728

>>11703722
my diary desu

>> No.11703741

>>11703572
I'm still mildly impressed that this single video game possesses more emotional depth and philosophic validity than the entirety of Rand's corpus. Which, granted, isn't saying much for it.

>> No.11703743

>>11703722
Crime and punishment

>> No.11703749

The Metro series, to an extent.

>> No.11703761

>>11703528
stalker, loosely

>> No.11703849

>>11703743
Please elaborate, I don't quite see it

>> No.11703857

>>11703528
"We happy few" is a poor homage to Aldus Haxley's "A brave new world"

>> No.11703867

>>11703528
What book?

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>>11703572
I bought a copy of Atlas Shrugged because of this game, but I only read about a third of it

>> No.11703950

>>11703722
It's main influence was from the film Jacob's Ladder which in turn was influenced from the divine comedy and the stranger.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2mMyzCTFJg

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>> No.11703988

>>11703547
I thought the book was based on the game

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https://youtu.be/ghhzR1wu1Pk

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Ssssooort of.

>> No.11704032

>>11703528
No

>>11703531
Barely

>>11703547
Barely as fuck

>>11703572
No

>>11703761
Not really

>>11703954
Not really?

>>11703976
Sort of

>>11703984
No, it's a continuation

>>11704018
Not really

Has there seriously never been an actual adaptation of a book into a video game?

>> No.11704035

>>11704032
>Has there seriously never been an actual adaptation of a book into a video game?
Harry Potter games.

>> No.11704038

>>11704035
Then why didn't you post them?

>> No.11704042

>>11704038
I just did. Is something wrong?

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>> No.11704046

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_based_on_novels

>> No.11704062

>>11703722
Divine Comedy.

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>>11704069
good taste

>> No.11704086

>>11704032
look man i don't know how pedantic your ideas are for what constitutes "based on" but a lot of those are pretty clearly based on existing books.

>> No.11704105

>>11704086
dont indulge mass reply fags. it makes them think their ideas are worth hearing.

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>>11704069

Oh yeah there's this too

>> No.11704123

Mods please delete this shit right now

>> No.11704526

>>11703849
It was said by the creators

>> No.11704544

>>11703547
This game ruled

>> No.11704558

>>11703950
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was a big influence on Jacobs Ladder

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The Hobbit

>> No.11704577

>>11703857
A very poor homage

>> No.11704764

Mods?

>> No.11704840

>>11704035
The Hobbit.

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OP, designers have tried for years to integrate Lovecraft's themes and imagery into videa with varying degrees of success. Super Bunnyhop happens have a nice video about it on YouTube. The roguelike Infra Arcana is a favorite of mine since I love roguelikes.
the closest thing to what you're asking for would be Sil which is a variance of Angband that bases itself very strictly off of Tolkien's writings. don't have an opinion on it since I I'm a bit of a brain lit and haven't figured out how to compile the game.

I'd recommend either to /lit/ since thay are very popular writers here. The crude graphics of roguelikes also means you can envision things however you want much like in literature.
OP is also a faggot for reminding me that the literature board has better discussions than the actual video game board.

>>11704032
The storylines in literature tend to demphasize physical action so they don't fit into gameplay systems nicely. I'm saying this as the guy who might be the most avid gamer on lit by the way.
I always wanted a little more of the reverse. Some fans of certain games can get very invested in their settings to the point where I could easily imagine them buying even lazily written tie-ins if they containd new information or lore.

As a further aside, monopolization of Final Fantasy Tactics would be great since the events in the game are supposed to be told to you by a historian who pieced it together centuries later. The plot is basically about the Catholic Church summoning anime Cthulhu. It's remarkably Lovecraft-like now that I think about it. . .

>> No.11704854

>>11703531
>>11704032
It was based on Heart of Darkness as much as Apocalypse Now was.

>> No.11704882

>>11704848
>monopolization
sorry, I meant to say "novelization"
Seriously, the plot of that game is almost like HP Lovecraft decided to write Ice and Fire but had the decency to keep everything contained in one book.

>> No.11706117

>>11703743
Very VERY loosely. I bet you didn't even read Crime & Punishment, you just quote the designers, who themselves don't even elaborate on that statement.

>> No.11706304

>>11704854
The premise is similar, that's it.

Have you read Heart of Darkness? The actual story isn't similar to Spec Ops at all, neither are the themes.

>>11704086
Which then? Silent Hill 2 definitely isn't based on C&P. Spec Ops has a similar premise but barely has anything to do with HoD. Dante's Inferno is an adaptation in name only, the portrayal is radically different in any way. Bioshock is (trying to be) a critique of Rand, not based on Atlas Shrugged. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has very little to do with roadside picnic, again aside from the premise. Same with that Machiavelli's The Prince game. DMC definitely isn't based on a book.

To me, based on and inspired by are two separate things.

>> No.11706313

>>11706304
>neither are the themes.
The theme is the exact same you doublenigger.

>> No.11706331

>>11706313
> Dude there're fucked up things in the darkest corners of the world that civilized Europe is putting their fingers in their ears and shutting them out in order to properly function as a civilized society

> Dude the worship of violent heroes resolving every conflict with guns is dangerous, short-sighted and delusional

How are those two things related other than "dude dark things happen lmao"

>> No.11706353

>>11706304
>The premise is similar, that's it.
that's all you can really hope for, or perhaps that the game experience might get you to think about some similar stuff to the book.
It's impossible to faithfully adapt a book to the screen, why would it be any easier with a game.
whether they're 'based on' or 'inspired by' is semantics, but the list in this thread is about as close as you're going to get

there's a point and click adaptation of The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, i think.
Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword is based on the polish epic of the same name

>> No.11706356

>>11706331
>he doesn't get heart of darkness
fuck off pseud

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>>11706371
Loved the game, but different heart.

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How Lovecraftian

>> No.11706398

Are there any games based on any of Shakespeare's works?

>> No.11706438

>>11706371
I forgot this even existed lmao
I remember it being pretty good, kinda goofy but enjoyable if you like games like Another World and Flashback

>> No.11706469

>>11706356
Oh I'm sorry for not realizing Heart of Darkness was about American military worship in video games.

Answer me, have you actually read Heart of Darkness? It's pretty short.