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- Video games draw inspiration from classic Gothic literature elements like vampires and tragic romance.
- Some games, like «Frankenstein: Through The Eyes Of The Monster,» take liberties with source material.
- Games like «The Sinking City» and «The Wolf Among Us» introduce Gothic narratives to new audiences.
Gothic literature is an incredibly popular inspiration for video games. Gothic literature provides fantastic building blocks for intriguing narratives and spooky adventures. Creatures such as vampires and werewolves, and tragic stories of romance and madness are the foundation of gothic literature and video games borrow these elements liberally.
Some games just adopt a general Gothic literary feel, but others draw their inspiration from very specific source material. Video games based on Gothic literature not only benefit from the legacy of the original text, but they may introduce these narratives to a new audience. These games are essential for lovers of Gothic literature.
Some games listed here are not 100% confirmed to be inspired by Gothic literature, but are included due to evidence or references that seem to indicate so.
8 Frankenstein: Through The Eyes Of The Monster
An Adaptation Of An Adaptation
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- Разработчик: Amazing Media
- Дата выпуска: 1995
- System: PC, Sega Saturn
- Genre: Point-And-Click Adventure
Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster is by no means a great game, but it is a must-play for lovers of the Gothic. This first-person FMV classic stars a brilliantly creepy Tim Curry as Victor Frankenstein and the player as his creation. Mary Shelley would barely recognize this story as her proto-sci-fi classic with the game being incredibly liberal with the source text.
Shelley never called the unfortunate creation a monster, and this naming convention is indicative of the inspiration that the game takes from the Universal monster films. It suffers from the same adaptational decay as many other Frankenstein texts, taking a turn away from Shelley’s poignant exploration of the hubris of man, instead opting for an unexpectedly psychosexual adventure game.
7 Call of Cthulhu
Investigating The Cthulhu Mythos
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