Ready Player One: What The Book Did Better Than The Movie

Anyone who has seen the movie adaptation of Ready Player One knows that director Steven Spielberg made some massive changes from the original text, many of which help to improve the characters and narrative as the fight for the future of the Oasis plays out. Not everything was an improvement, though.

GameSpot has dug through both the film and the book it's based on to figure out exactly what the source material did better. While the key quests Parzival (Tye Sheridan) and his friends went on in the Oasis were bigger and more visually impressive in the film, it's hard to argue that Ernest Cline's original novel was able to flesh out the world and bring more logic to the story.

For instance, did you know that in the book, IOI is actually an internet service provider that wants full ownership over the Oasis to control what users have access to? In a time where net neutrality has become such a major topic of discussion, it rings far more true than the idea of a technology company wanting to sell more advertising space.

Take a look at GameSpot's video above to find out everything we thought the book handled better than the movie. Be warned, though, it contains spoilers for those that have yet to see Ready Player One on the big screen.

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