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Jun 2, 2015 · The 11 games on this list are only a sampling of the games based on or inspired by books. There are also the Tom Clancy games, Sherlock Holmes games, and Lord of the Rings games, including...
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- 10 Video Game Based on A Book: Suikoden
- 9 Book Based on A Video Game: Alan Wake
- 8 Video Game Based on A Book: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
- 7 Book Based on A Video Game: Dishonored Series
- 6 Video Game Based on A Book: Assassin's Creed
- 5 Book Based on A Video Game: Pokémon Adventures
- 4 Video Game Based on A Book: The Witcher
- 3 Book Based on A Video Game: Halo
- 2 Video Game Based on A Book: Bioshock
- 1 Book Based on A Video Game: Temple Run
Granted it doesn't carry over a lot from its source material, but Konami's giant series was initially based on the classic Chinese novel Water Margin. It's how the developers came up with the idea to include 108 individual characters. 108 is an incredibly specific number, so when realizing it is a nod back to Water Marginit makes a lot of sense. It...
A simple one but a good one, Alan Wake has a novel adaption of the video game to call its own. So those who are interested in the story but don't want to get actually involved with the game, or those who want to understand what their friends are talking about but don't have the console can still enjoy the mesmerizing world of Alan Wake. It's really...
Talk about one intense set of horror games capable of putting all others to shame. I Have No Mouth And I Must Screamwas a startle even for fans of the horror genre, and was definitely well received. It's almost always recommended when looking for a suitable game within the genre, and it rightfully deserves it. What too few people know was that the ...
Adam Christopher wrote three books based on the hit video game Dishonored. They were The Corroded Man, The Return of Daud, and The Veiled Terror.They really feel like they are part of the games while at the same point being full of their own content. The trilogy is an excellent place to go for fans of the game who still want more content but don't ...
Assassin's Creed is another series that has bled into every form of media out there, but it all started when someone out there decided to love the book Alamut and start a pitch to develop the spiritual successor to Prince of Persia. RELATED: Assassin’s Creed: 5 Things The Modern Day Plot Adds To The Series (& 5 Ways It Ruins It) Nowadays the series...
There isn't anything quite like Pokémon as far as massive media giants are concerned. Card games, video games, manga, books, anime, movies, enough merchandise to make heads spin— it's got it all. Everyone knows about Pokémonregardless of if they are a fan or not. The Pokémon Adventures graphic novels were such an influence that when the remake of G...
Talk about a megaseries. The Witcherhas found itself plastered across all forms of media, but it started out with a book series, which then became a game, which then became a Netflix series. It shows that people out there are still interested in High Fantasy works, and they don't all have to be Lord of the Ringsknockoffs to get attention. The books...
It's not a shock that the Halo series has also inspired its own collection of books. There is The Flood by William C. Dietz, First Strike and Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund, Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten, The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckel, Cryptum, Primordium, and Silentium by Greg Bear, Grasslands, The Thursday War, and Moral Dictata by K...
While also being a spiritual successor to System Shock, the ever-popular Bioshock could easily be renamed Ayn Rand's Philosophiesand it wouldn't change at all. RELATED: 10 Controversial Video Game Endings Nobody Liked Seriously, Andrew Ryan is essentially Rand himself, the entire city of Rapture is based on the exact same self-interest principles l...
The mobile game that took the world by storm Temple Run has also inspired a number of novels from Chase Wilder. They are all Choose Your Own Adventurestyle which goes great with the theme of the game itself too. So if trying to focus heavily on swiping motions instead of enjoying the weird layouts and coming up with storylines isn't something that ...
Sep 14, 2016 · Novels are a huge untapped source of fiction for games—but which of our favorites could actually make good games?
One of the oldest and most influential books to have the video game treatment is Journey to the West, an epic tale written in 16th century Ming Dynasty, China.
Christopher was an established 1st Assistant Director and UPM on numerous feature films, including Canon’s The Godsend; EMI’s Not Now Darling; Universal’s Applause, originally with Bacall; NBC’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Kirk Douglas and Sir Michael Redgrave and CFF’s The Johnstown Monster.
There have been some great video games based off of book series, such as The Witcher and Metro 2033. I loved the way the atmosphere transferred over from the book to the game in Metro 2033, and how some of the world building turned into actual gameplay elements( such as bullets as currency).
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Aug 26, 2021 · Works of literature that have been successfully adapted into games prove there's plenty of potential for these two mediums to find success together.
