Well yes, it would be, since the novel was written after the game.underwearskids said:Betrayal at Krondor was one of the earliest Novel to PC translations, and the game for those who remember it, was actually quite close to the novel.
Well yes, it would be, since the novel was written after the game.underwearskids said:Betrayal at Krondor was one of the earliest Novel to PC translations, and the game for those who remember it, was actually quite close to the novel.
"Checks Wikipedia" Now that's an interesting fact. Seems Stalker was based both on Roadside Picnic and a film called Stalker which was also based on Roadside Picnic, which was subsequently novelised. Not sure how that works out but there you go.LimaBravo said:Sturgovsky brothers guys that wrote Roadside Picnic, which inspired STalkerBeltom1066 said:Remembered another one, there's a game based on the book "Hard to be a God" written by some Russian brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Be_a_God#Computer_game
I've got this game on my shelf but i've never played it, i'll have to install it at some point.
True, both Discworld and WoT are based on series of books rather than single books. Im note sure i know of one game based on a single book (unless it's a play-the-move game).metagaia said:Well, if you're being strict, things like Betrayal at Krondor and discwolrd don't count since they are based of settings rather than a specific book.
I suppose it makes things easier for the purposes of the thread. When you enter murky territory like LOTR games, you have to decide of the game was based primarily off the book or the movie version.swaki said:i dont get why it doesn't count if it where a book first and then a movie than a game, a movie is likely to peak the interest of the public (because as we all know books where so 1940, now books are for teaching and making movie writers life easier) which will lead to game designers wanting to milk the cow and thats how we get games.
Actually, BG, NWN, IWD are all games from the begining. Old style pen-and-paper RPGs, any books were inspired of them first i think.Chipperz said:Well, the old Neverwinter Nights games were based on books. Icewind Dale was damn good, too...
true, which is why in my second part of the reply i try to know how much of the book must be present in the game, should it have the same basic story, young guy meeds older guy and old guy befriends young guy and they go into the woods together whit some other young guys to meet other older guys that can tell them where they should go next, or does the game need to be named after the book and all the npcs in the game needs to have the same names as the characters in the book.metagaia said:I suppose it makes things easier for the purposes of the thread. When you enter murky territory like LOTR games, you have to decide of the game was based primarily off the book or the movie version.swaki said:i dont get why it doesn't count if it where a book first and then a movie than a game, a movie is likely to peak the interest of the public (because as we all know books where so 1940, now books are for teaching and making movie writers life easier) which will lead to game designers wanting to milk the cow and thats how we get games.
Secondly, the purpose of the thread was to enquire if such games based solely off the books do exist, and means the OPer does not have to dredge through 10s and 10s of posts naming obvious ones like half the James Bond games etc etc.
Yeah, it's based loosely on his short story Shadow over Innsmouth but used the name of one of his other short stories for some reason. Might be because the name Cthulhu is one of the more well known aspects of his books.Malicious said:Actualy i think "call of ctulhu" was based on HP Lovencraft,i dont know if necessarily off a book but it sure is influenced by him. (so ive heard at least,im not a fan)
Technically, they were all a single group's D&D sessions. One of the group was a writer who got their adventures (and several based on the world - Forgotten Realms) published. Technically, that means that the books came first in the franchise, because the Forgotten Realms books inspired the Forgotten Realms P&P RPG which in turn inspired the games.heniv181 said:Actually, BG, NWN, IWD are all games from the begining. Old style pen-and-paper RPGs, any books were inspired of them first i think.Chipperz said:Well, the old Neverwinter Nights games were based on books. Icewind Dale was damn good, too...
Me too; I actually saw my wife playing it the other day. Cute game, funny, but I don't think it's based on any one of the Discworld books in particular.MaxChaos said:Good god. I had that on the Playstation. What an epic game.heniv181 said:Terry Pratchets - Discworld http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_(video_game)