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(1) This is a graphic novelization of a video game. Normally, this wouldn't interest me at all. However, I've actually played this game, and I'm curious how the story translates.
- Naturally, many plot elements would be inserted simply for the sake of creating a puzzle or mini-game. I wonder if those work as straight fiction, or if they need to be altered or excised.
— Jun 06, 2023 07:20PM
Notes:
(1) This is a graphic novelization of a video game. Normally, this wouldn't interest me at all. However, I've actually played this game, and I'm curious how the story translates.
- Naturally, many plot elements would be inserted simply for the sake of creating a puzzle or mini-game. I wonder if those work as straight fiction, or if they need to be altered or excised.
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Jayson
is finished
Notes:
(1) Doc's middle name is Lathrop. I always wondered what the L in ELB stood for.
- For some reason, I always expected it to be German.
(2) Marty's Grandmother's Canadian.
- Fairly out-of-the blue fact.
(3) Having played the game, I can say there was a lot cut from this adaptation.
- Understandable, but maybe too much, as the ending comes off now like an afterthought.
— Jun 09, 2023 06:45AM
Notes:
(1) Doc's middle name is Lathrop. I always wondered what the L in ELB stood for.
- For some reason, I always expected it to be German.
(2) Marty's Grandmother's Canadian.
- Fairly out-of-the blue fact.
(3) Having played the game, I can say there was a lot cut from this adaptation.
- Understandable, but maybe too much, as the ending comes off now like an afterthought.
Jayson
is 60% done
Notes:
(1) After a pretty good first issue, the second and third start showing clear signs that this is a video game adaptation.
- I mean, the first one had video game elements too, but it also had a strong narrative framework, and wasn't just one side-quest after another.
(2) A lot of decent Easter eggs here, as well as the theme from the films of history repeating itself.
— Jun 08, 2023 06:55AM
Notes:
(1) After a pretty good first issue, the second and third start showing clear signs that this is a video game adaptation.
- I mean, the first one had video game elements too, but it also had a strong narrative framework, and wasn't just one side-quest after another.
(2) A lot of decent Easter eggs here, as well as the theme from the films of history repeating itself.
Jayson
is 20% done
Notes:
(1) Perhaps because I know this is a video game adaptation, the game elements stand out like a sore thumb.
- For example, favor trading: in order to complete Objective-A you need to do Objective-B, and to do that you need to do Objective-C.
- Here, in order to bust Doc out of jail you need young Doc's rocket drill, and in order to test it you need to acquire alcohol.
— Jun 07, 2023 08:05AM
Notes:
(1) Perhaps because I know this is a video game adaptation, the game elements stand out like a sore thumb.
- For example, favor trading: in order to complete Objective-A you need to do Objective-B, and to do that you need to do Objective-C.
- Here, in order to bust Doc out of jail you need young Doc's rocket drill, and in order to test it you need to acquire alcohol.
