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And it is honestly incredible. The Invincible is my favourite book of all time, and I remember thinking as a 14 year old whether someone could make a game out o
by gambiting 2y ago
And it is honestly incredible. The Invincible is my favourite book of all time, and I remember thinking as a 14 year old whether someone could make a game out of it - and concluding that no, there's not enough "action" to make an interesting video game around the story. Boy, was I wrong - the game not only portrays the setting perfectly, the necessary creative liberties it takes to engage the player are "worth it" and I can only imagine S. Lem would have agreed to them(well, other than one of the endings....but it can't be perfect I guess).
I'd write a lot about what I enjoyed, but nearly all of it would be spoilers. Go, play the game - or better yet, read the book, it has recently received a modern English translation, much better than the previous English-translated-from-German-Translated-from-Polish edition. And there is a fantastic audiobook on audible.
- nfriend 2y ago> And there is a fantastic audiobook on audible. Unfortunately it seems like the audiobook has been pulled from Audible! (Unless I'm just searching for it incorrectly?) I saw this book recommended in another thread and have been checking over the last several months in hopes that it has been restored, but no luck yet. Tempted to just buy it from another platform.
- gambiting 2y agoOh no! You're right - I just checked and luckily it's still in my Audible library, but indeed, searching for it on the store yields nothing :-( I see it's available for sale here at least: https://www.audioeditions.com/the-invincible?sp=378507 https://www.audioeditions.com/the-invincible?sp=378507
- topato 2y agoHow bizzare, I expect this from streaming services, but I suppose I never considered Audiobook distribution "gatekeeping"... Delisting from Audible must be a massive hit to any audiobook's sales numbers