7 famous games that were inspired by books

Mount & Blade, Assassin's Creed and other projects, based on historical and science fiction novels.

1. Assassin's Creed

When the first part of the stealth-action franchise developers were inspired by the book "Alamut" by Vladimir Bartola. It tells the story of the eponymous castle.

Once Alamut besieged by the Turks, and its owner, the captain Hassan i Sabbah to intimidate enemies ordered one of his subordinate to kill himself, and another - fold over the cliff.

Ubisoft took from the book this episode, as well as images of a besieged fortress and its fearless people.

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2. Enslaved: Odyssey To The West

Enslaved: Odyssey To The West - it is action from the authors DmC and Hellblade. In the story, the main characters - a great warrior and Monkey Girl hacker Tripitaka - one of the few survivors after the next world war. Together they go in search of the house of the evil robots much filled lands.

On many aspects of the game - from the name of the individual to the scene of events and characters - it is clear that the authors of Enslaved took as a basis the history of "Journey to the West". This Chinese-Fantastico satirical novel of the XVI century about how the monk reached the Indian company polucheloveka-polusvini king of monkeys and horse-dragon.

In Enslaved is not so unusual creatures, but as the primary source, there is a bit absurd humor and a general feeling of an exciting adventure.

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3. Spec Ops: The Line

The plot revolves around Spec Ops: The Line - Three fighters of special purpose, arrived in the ruined sandstorms Dubai to rescue stranded there by the military rebels and separatists.

In the course of the history of the villains and heroes repeatedly reversed, and the game is dedicated to the horrors war and their effect on humans.

Script shooter was very similar to the book in 1899, "Heart of Darkness" and filmed for her film "Apocalypse Now." All three works tell about how in certain conditions a person can capture primitive instincts - the desire to inflict suffering and killing.

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4. BioShock

BioShock - this shooter, which takes place in the underwater city of Rapture. Businessman Andrew Ryan I built it for the most talented and intelligent people in the world: scientists, artists, musicians and artists.

The city was almost no laws and regulations - one was a judge himself, and no one had any responsibilities. But something went wrong, and years later the inhabitants of Rapture of the bohemian become a loony addicts and psychopaths.

Delight - is the embodiment of the ideas of the writer Ayn Rand set out, for example, in the book "Atlas Shrugged." She suggested that the philosophy of objectivism, according to which no one should not nothing to anyone but themselves. The game developers have erected these principles to the absolute and showed that such an ideology can only lead to the decline of society.

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5. Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

In medieval action-RPG Mount & Blade the player in the role of commander travels between several states. It can rob or to liberate the village, to besiege castles and build relations with vassals.

Creating addition With Fire & Sword, the developers have taken as a basis for the novel of the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz's "Fire and Sword", dedicated to Bohdan Khmelnytsky uprisings against the Commonwealth in the middle XVII century.

The player can repeat exactly how history events, and rewrite them. For example, to suppress the uprising Khmelnytsky, playing for Poland. Or to become the ruler of the kingdom of Moscow, staged a coup.

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6. The Binding of Isaac

The Binding of Isaac - this roguelike, in which the player need to learn procedurally generated world, kill the bosses and ordinary enemies and avoid traps.

Looking for a creepy cartoon style game, it is hard to imagine that she had something to do with the Bible. But in fact, the story of action inspired by the Old Testament story about Abraham, who was to kill his son Isaac to prove his loyalty to God.

Only in the game will not save Isaac Angel, and so he has to escape. And not from the Father but from the distraught mother.

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7. Dynasty Warriors

Series slasher Dynasty Warriors is known primarily large-scale battle, during which the hero side by side with his army fought with dozens of opponents, using cold weapons and magical abilities.

Plots a series of games based on the classic novel "Three Kingdoms", which tells about the internecine wars in China III century.

Project developers have managed with the original very loosely - have introduced elements of fantasy and dozens of fictional characters. So in the historicity of the story he is lost, but it has become much richer. He even managed to stretch the adventure of nine games and several spin-offs.

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