[kjjcarpenter]

But the themes alone wouldn't carry the story across a film or a series of novels either. Both would need to greatly expand the scope of the characters, the stories and the world to fit into either of those visual mediums and hold the audience for an hour plus. The only reason the video games got away with it, is because it's an interactive medium. For most people, that means the gameplay comes first, and you can disregard deep characters because you're constantly involved. Once again, Abe is a proxy.

I do appreciate what you're saying, and it would make a hell of a movie, I agree, but there is going to be more to the purely visual experience than "communism bad, nature good" and a blank slate of a main character.