Recently, I finished a novel called Mass Effect: Revelation, by wondrous author Drew Karpyshyn. And it was good! That's right! Something good based off of a video game! The suspense builds.
So, the discussion value here is; Have you ever read a video game novel? What was it? Did you like it?
I have read the Halo books. They are quite good. Those are the only ones that come to mind, really... well, there are also the W40K Dawn of War books. those are... ok.
I did want to read the Mass Effect books though... I suppose I'll buy them next time I go to Forbidden Planet...
The 40k books, but those don't count because they've got video games and of course they came from a tabletop RTS already so it seems reasonable that they would expand into written media.
I have read the Halo books. They are quite good. Those are the only ones that come to mind, really... well, there are also the W40K Dawn of War books. those are... ok.
I did want to read the Mass Effect books though... I suppose I'll buy them next time I go to Forbidden Planet...
agreed. the halo books are some of the few books i actually read anymore, school books are so fucking boring they completely threw me off reading until i read a few of the halo books
ill have to check out that mass effect book...i love books built around video games with good stories
I read the Baldurs Gate book many years ago when I was a kid, it was crap because it followed the story of the game except the main character in the book was completely different to who I was in the game due to all the customisation and I lost interest halfway through because I knew how it ended from the game anyway.
I've read all the Mass Effect books (not the comics though, need to find them), but my absolute favorite (and best books based off of a game/series IMO) are the Perfect Dark books and comics. A bit hard to find, but they are very well worth the time to track down.
It seems that books made from video game franchises turn out quite well. I've read a few and enjoyed them even if the writing styles are sometimes less that stellar. Why can't it be that way with movies?
I read both the Mass Effect books. They were very good in my opinion. I've also just started reading one of the W40k books "The Founding". Pretty good so far. As I've said before, I don't think I'll read the Halo books, I'm trying to put that behind me.
I read the first of the Starcraft books (can't remember the title). It was written by Jeff Grub who also wrote a few of the Magic the Gathering novels (which were fantastic btw). If memory serves me correctly, it was actually really good.
There was also a series based on Doom. I know it doesn't seem like it would have a lot of substance, but it was a fun read.
I have read the Halo books. They are quite good. Those are the only ones that come to mind, really... well, there are also the W40K Dawn of War books. those are... ok.
I did want to read the Mass Effect books though... I suppose I'll buy them next time I go to Forbidden Planet...
agreed. the halo books are some of the few books i actually read anymore, school books are so fucking boring they completely threw me off reading until i read a few of the halo books
ill have to check out that mass effect book...i love books built around video games with good stories
Blarg I was completely ninja'd! Did you read my mind or something!? Anyway, I agree, the Halo books are fairly good and I want to go buy those Mass Effect books sometime. Would've bought them by now, but I still have no money from buying ME2 ironically.
Recently, I finished a novel called Mass Effect: Revelation, by wondrous author Drew Karpyshyn. And it was good! That's right! Something good based off of a video game! The suspense builds.
I've actually been thinking of getting those books. Mind you, last time I read a book was 5 years ago, and I stopped about half way in because I got so bored. If the writing is half as good as the games' though, I reckon they'd manage to keep my interest up. Quite interested in space and the likes. I'm still put off though, my economic situation isn't the best and I just got hit with a 100 euro fine, too.
Don't really know when I'd fit in time to read books in my daily schedule though.
I have all the Halo novels, and have read them all. I have both Gears of War books, despite the supposed 'bad' writing the VG Cats comic accuses it of, and enjoy them. I have both Mass Effect books, with Ascension actually being a good precursor to Mass Effect 2 in my opinion. I also have the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed book, and I'm at least happy to say it's better then the game...story-wise anyway. I also own two Tom Clancy game novels in HAWX, and Ghost Recon.
I find that the books, sometimes, excell because they don't limit themselves to just one character's viewpoint throughout. Case in point is Halo: The Flood, which is basically
a retelling of Halo: Combat Evolved, but from the points of view of Captain Keyes, Jenkins, the various Marines in the game, Cortana, ODSTs, a couple of key Covenant here and there, and even the title Flood; though in the form of a Flood controlled Jenkins and Keyes.
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