Books As Games
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Then there were the old TSR Gold box series (Pool of Radiance (the original one), Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pool of Darknes). Quite old all of them (C64, Amiga 500 and DOS) but still good games.xitel post=9.73405.794980 said:
P.S. You forgot Neverwinter Nights I and II
I think that Arthur C. Clark's "Rendevouz with Rama" would make an interesting 'Myst' style like game of discovery and puzzles. It begs for beautifully illustrated and painted backgrounds and a very stylized and epic score.
With the exception of Snow Crash, I'd say none of them. Books offer a level of depth in terms of character and motivation that video games, because of their nature, can't match. If you get a video game made from a book you're not really getting the book. You're just getting the outer shell, the first layer of the onion, it's never going to be as good.
Add the Witcher to the exception list.
Generally, any good book, that is a book that isn't atrocious action laden sci fi or fantasy, will not make a good video game, most of the time.
Add the Witcher to the exception list.
Generally, any good book, that is a book that isn't atrocious action laden sci fi or fantasy, will not make a good video game, most of the time.
A game based on The Dark Tower series by Stephen King could be interesting. Though, those books may be better to make a movie of, than a game. But who am I to judge? I'm just nearly done with volume IV, Wizards and Glass. What might be a more interesting game than a game based on the story in The Dark Tower, is a game simply set in the world of The Dark Tower. Could be either before or after "the world moved on," both would work great I think.
The downside to making great novels into games is that the game may become very popular, thus making good money. If it makes good money, it would probably be milked to the point where both the book and the series of games (and other things that may come with it, such as trading card games and such nonsense) both become really boring and/or annoying (e.g. Star Wars, though I still find the original movies entertaining).
The downside to making great novels into games is that the game may become very popular, thus making good money. If it makes good money, it would probably be milked to the point where both the book and the series of games (and other things that may come with it, such as trading card games and such nonsense) both become really boring and/or annoying (e.g. Star Wars, though I still find the original movies entertaining).
At the mountain of madness is really one of the best (perhaps because its long) also Dunwitch horror is one of the more messed up ones and at the same time resting on my list favorites.[/quote]zachatree post=9.73405.794921 said:
Oh really? [http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2007/01/at_the_mountains_of_madness_sc.html]
Would it be bad if I made a thread: Which porno would you like to see made into a game?
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