Where is the "I've read maybe one or two because I'd much rather be reading something that isn't a book based on a video game"? I'd pick that one.
Question of the Day, November 1, 2010
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Not really a fan. I've read a few, and while they make decent light reading I tend to prefer looking for an actual book. Kind of on the level of good fanfiction, straight to store movies, and bad paperbacks (which most of them are anyways), but they're still (usually) better than movie games, most fanfiction, and your average 'romance' novel.
I've read most of the books for Resident Evil, and I've read the first three for Halo. I really enjoy both series, and it makes me want to read more novels based off a video game. As long as they're well writen.
I'm another person who's read and highly enjoyed the Halo novels. Although I wish William Dietz had written more than just one of the novels...
I'm reading the Doom novels, and I'm not sure about the new sidekick chick who manages to get naked once or twice each book (at one point it's Pinky's fault), but it's still interesting, even though now it's not Demons, it's "Genetic experiments" designed by some things all named fred. I'm not kidding. They're called freds.
Either way, I enjoy reading about Cyberdemons and Pinkies in class and getting away with it.
When I read books in class about demons being killed with shotguns, who cares, but when I play the Doom flash version, I have to turn it off.
Teacher: "Are you killing people?"
Me: "No, Just zombies."
That got a laugh from me and my friends.
Ahhh, Doom. How boring would everything be without you?
Either way, I enjoy reading about Cyberdemons and Pinkies in class and getting away with it.
When I read books in class about demons being killed with shotguns, who cares, but when I play the Doom flash version, I have to turn it off.
Teacher: "Are you killing people?"
Me: "No, Just zombies."
That got a laugh from me and my friends.
Ahhh, Doom. How boring would everything be without you?
well i know its a backwards example but i have been playing a heap of mechwarrior lately and i got the saga of the grey death legion and i have loved every page i might get a few of the other novels from the battletech series to read also
Sounds boring to me. The game generally conveys the story better then the more passive written word but the written word can of course do more. I really don't have an interest in reading game novels though since it smacks of fanfic to me and that's not really interesting to me.
I've only ever read the Mass Effect novel, which was a mistake..
as long as the novel aint trash, then its cool
as long as the novel aint trash, then its cool
I'm afraid that I must smack you now for calling the 40k books videogame novelizations instead of tabletop miniature wargame novelizations. Yes, Dan Abnett the Emperor demands that you must pay for this heresy.sms_117b said:
Does the Doom comic count? 'Cause that should have been an ongoing series.
I haven't read a game novel since Worlds of Power: Mega Man 2. Not out of any kind of Cinema Snob "I'll take my stories in videogame format, thank you very much" attitude, but more because it's so hard to tell the well-written stories from the cash-in fanfic.
I haven't read a game novel since Worlds of Power: Mega Man 2. Not out of any kind of Cinema Snob "I'll take my stories in videogame format, thank you very much" attitude, but more because it's so hard to tell the well-written stories from the cash-in fanfic.
I don't read fiction books, only non-fiction. So as a result I prefer the stories to be in game format. It's a lot more engrossing being a character than simply reading about what they are doing.
One of the things that made me go off fiction books were the chapters that sort of set the scene before story took off proper. In a game that would take only a fraction of the time a book would (obviously, because it's being played out infront of you - instead of reading reams of words).
I'm not taking anything away from fictional books, but when you are cursed with a hyperactive mind it gets unbearably monotonous.
To be fair the ME books have piqued my interest but I have yet to decide on getting them.
One of the things that made me go off fiction books were the chapters that sort of set the scene before story took off proper. In a game that would take only a fraction of the time a book would (obviously, because it's being played out infront of you - instead of reading reams of words).
I'm not taking anything away from fictional books, but when you are cursed with a hyperactive mind it gets unbearably monotonous.
To be fair the ME books have piqued my interest but I have yet to decide on getting them.
