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If anyone is wondering if there's any relation with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, like me: > While not a direct adaptation, the video game series S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
by rickstanley 3y ago
If anyone is wondering if there's any relation with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, like me:
> While not a direct adaptation, the video game series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is heavily influenced by Roadside Picnic. The first game in the series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, references many important plot points from the book, such as the wish granter and the unknown force blocking the path to the center of the zone. It also contains elements such as anomalies and artifacts that are similar to those described in the book, but that are created by a supernatural ecological disaster, not by alien visitors.
from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic#Adaptations_and_cultural_influence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic#Adaptations_an..., unfortunately no concrete reference to actual interview or statement from the developers is provided in the page.
Also, about Metro 2033 (game):
> The book is referenced in the post-apocalyptic video game Metro 2033. A character shuffles through a shelf of books in a ruined library and finds Roadside Picnic, he states that it is "something familiar". Metro 2033 was created by individuals who had worked on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before founding their own video game development company. The game was based on a novel of the same name which also took influence from Roadside Picnic.
- thriftwy 3y agoThe game is more like the Stalker movie than the book. In the book there were research missions and active urban life as well as smuggling, whereas the movie is spearheaded on going through the Zone while uninvited. The movie also has the post-apoc vibe whereas the book does not. The whole point of book is co-existence of the unknown with normal(ish) human society.
- the_af 3y agoI don't think S.T.A.L.K.E.R. bears much relation to Roadside Picnic. There are no monsters in the novel (the zombies are "returned people" and are harmless), and the deadly traps are unknowable and nonsentient things more like forces of nature rather than beasts hunting people. Plus there's no radioactivity nor connection to Chernobyl. The plot happens in an unnamed American city, even! The novel is not a horror novel. It may be considered existential horror, though.
- dclowd9901 3y agoDang. Now this makes me wonder if Annihilation is based on Stalker.
- ConceptJunkie 3y agoIt's based on the first of 3 novels by Jeff VanderMeer, although it's definitely influenced by "Stalker" and/or "Roadside Picnic".
- AdrianB1 3y agoI read the book and played all the STALKER games, the games are based on the aproximate universe but that is all.