Has there ever been a game directly based off of a book?

[CriMs0nC0bra]

Sorry, I know this was mentioned on page 1.. But I wanted to state it again, since it's very relevant and I have links :3

The Witcher (book) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher]
The Witcher (video game) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game)]

 

[RazielDethAngel]

I also remember a really old pc game based off Alice in wonderland... was a pretty gory game too.. Cant quite remember the title but the cat looked like he was skinless. That didn't haunt me when I was little.... >.>

That would be an incredibly great game known as American Mcgee's Alice which I believe may be made into a movie.

 

[lava_lamp]

Theres a new Dante's Inferno game in production.
It looks like.. ugh. I actually liked Divine Comedy too...

the Divine Comedy is a masterpiece and it saddens me that EA is going to fuck it up

 

[GrinningManiac]

Theres a new Dante's Inferno game in production.
It looks like.. ugh. I actually liked Divine Comedy too...

I still can't work out how they're going to do this without offending the ENTIRE of christiandom AND making a half-arsed DOOM hell level rippoff

 

[chstens]

Since when was "Hte Hobbit" a spin-off of anything? It was written before Lord of the Rings!

 

[SnakeF]

The game "The Fellowship of the Ring" was actually based off the book instead of the movie. That and Dante's Inferno, but that game seems to be nothing like the original source material so I don't know. Another one I just thought of is "The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy". It is a very old text adventure game, similar to the likes of Zork.

That Hitchhikers one was the One where you could kill yourself at the start wasn't it? That was incredibly funny the first time playing.

 

[Lissa-QUON]

Theres a new Dante's Inferno game in production.
It looks like.. ugh. I actually liked Divine Comedy too...

I still can't work out how they're going to do this without offending the ENTIRE of christiandom AND making a half-arsed DOOM hell level rippoff

Not sure how Dante's Inferno the game would piss off Christendom any more than Dante did back when he wrote the original poem. The Divine Comedy has never been regarded as holy writs or anything, most Christians I know don't seem to regard it all. The game will probably just piss off people in the normal way any video game involving demons and hell does.

 

[sheic99]

American McGee's Alice is a continuation of the book Alice in wonderland.

I believe it's more of a continuation of Through the Looking Glass, than Alice in Wonderland, but now I'm just nitpicking.

 

[mooncalf]

Some for H.P. Lovecraft's stuff.
Parasite Eve was based off a book, too.

And Sam and Max came from a comic book, if that counts.

Yar, wasn't Bethesda's Call of Cthulhu: DCotE pretty closely modelled after Lovecraft's Innsmouth in plot as well as setting?

 

[Cortheya]

there should be a dragonlance game that would be great

 

[Wayne Insane]

there should be a dragonlance game that would be great

There was.for the NES.It sucked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_and_Dragons:_Heroes_of_the_Lance
some star wars games were based on EU novels, Dark Forces i.e.

 

[Reg5879]

The Darkness is based off a comic.

 

[Chiefmon]

There was a "The Hobbit" game...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(2003_video_game)

Read the full OP, you idiot.

Lol, nice editing skills...

Seriously OP, if your going to make a mistake and not realize there IS a game version of the Hobbit you could at least just admit it and include it in your OP - instead of trying to insult me after editing...

I didn't edit it.

 

[Chiefmon]

There was a "The Hobbit" game...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(2003_video_game)

Read the full OP, you idiot.

That's completely uncalled for and only makes you look arrogant and rude. I mean, he wasn't out to hurt you, and if it were a matter of "first post!" then he would have been banned long ago. It was a mistake. But we're human. That's what we do.

Sorry

 

[Curtmiester]

There was a "The Hobbit" game...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(2003_video_game)

Read the full OP, you idiot.

Lol, nice editing skills...

Seriously OP, if your going to make a mistake and not realize there IS a game version of the Hobbit you could at least just admit it and include it in your OP - instead of trying to insult me after editing...

I didn't edit it.

OK now you just lying.

 

[Chiefmon]

There was a "The Hobbit" game...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(2003_video_game)

Read the full OP, you idiot.

That was unnecessary, considering you edited your original post to cover yourself.

And technically there has not yet been a movie based on The Hobbit yet, and so D_987's post is accurate. Additionally, there was actually a game based on The Hobbit long before Peter Jackson did his grisly work and gave us the The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.

And let's not forget the game based off of The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, as well as various games based off of their Dragonlance series.

I DIDN'T EDIT IT!!! I MENTIONED THE HOBBIT BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY THOUGHT OF IT!!!

 

[Chiefmon]

Since when was "Hte Hobbit" a spin-off of anything? It
was written before Lord of the Rings!

It was?