Copyrights and trademarks
Les Miserables is a public domain book. It is also the basis of numerous unofficial sequels, dozens of movies, and at least six different plays. One of those plays is a very successful musical.
This game has no connection with the musical, or any of the other adaptations.
The producers of the musical have trademarked the music, lyrics, images, font, etc., for use with their musical. They can legally stop anyone from using the music, lyrics, images or font. They can stop anyone making another musical. But they cannot stop people using the book to write their own plays or movies or games, as long as they look nothing like the musical. This game is designed to be as different from the musical as possible:
The name:
The game is subtitled "the game of the book" so nobody can possibly confuse the two.
The story:
The game is closer to the original text: Valjean is not such an appealing character (at least at first); he does not particularly like Marius; Thenardier is not a lovable rogue; the young men are not heroes.The game features characters like Mabeuf and Gillenormand and the nuns, people who do not appear in the musical.
The look:
The musical uses dark backgrounds and intense colors, so the game uses plenty of white and pastel shades. The musical uses an antique font, so the game uses a modern font. The musical has small scenes that will fit on a stage, so the game has wide open spaces.
The music:
The musical features songs especially written for the production. The game features classical music and instrumental pieces that are completely different in mood and tone.
The web site:
The site emphasizes Enter The Story and the other stories, it doesn't contain any imagery or other material from the music.
In short, this is the game of the book, not the musical.
Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is one of the world's great classics, a story of love and death and passion and sacrifice. It stars Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving children. In this game one of those children was called Peri.
Your mission: save Jean Valjean
Your task is to save Jean Valjean's soul, avoid police inspector Javert, rescue Cosette, save Marius' life, and help many others along the way, thus helping Peri, his guardian angel, to earn her wings.
The game features over two hundred and fifty different characters. Including...
This is the first time the story of Les Misérables has ever been made into a game: The first time that readers can enter the world of Les Misérables and just explore in any direction they want. But it isn't the first time the book has been adapted:
Jean Valjean, imprisoned for nineteen years... for stealing a loaf of bread.
Monsieur Mabeuf, who lives a tragic life but dies a hero...
Sister Simplice, the nun who's life has been defined by never telling a lie.... until now
Gueulemer, a hercules who rules the Paris underworld
Inspector Javert, the most feared law man in all France
Enjolras, the leader of the revolution...
Fantine, an innocent who is driven to unspeakable things...
Thenardier, the last man in the world you should entrust with your children...
Fauchelevent, who is saved when seconds from death... and is later able to return the favor
Eponine, who gives everything, but never has a chance....
Marius, who discovers his whole life has been a lie...
And Gavroche... well, we can't have Les Miserables without Gavroche, can we?
In Les Miserables: The Game of the Book, every character can interact with every other character, and with every item in the game. Come and see...
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