10 Books That Would Make Great Video Games

5. Solaris By Stanislaw Lem

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There is an argument to be made that this narrative has already found its way to the gaming sphere. The book follows Kelvin as he seeks to investigate a non-productive space station orbiting the strange titular planet Solaris. Almost instantly, he experiences the haunting phenomena that have plagued the other members of the crew, specifically the emergence of a figure from his life that should not be there.

The story of Silent Hill 2 has an eerily familiar connection to this concept, and there have been many essays exploring this similarity. Simply put, James' journey dealing with the reappearance of his dead wife mirrors Kelvin's experiences perfectly. What it means for a game adaptation is that Solaris already works. Take the world of Silent Hill 2 and switch the environment to an isolated space station, and the product created would be phenomenal.

The final property would be thought-provoking, and could help further the agenda to prove gaming as a legitimate art, much like the book did with the genre of science Fiction to begin with.

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