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[Rapturian]

Setting up the story for ME3 eh? Sounds good, Drew did a good job introducing Collectors in Ascension. I'll buy this for shure

[TheBabeLover]

I'm getting the audiobook:D

[Tazzmission]

i pre ordered this 3 months in advance from amazon im so excited

[kraidy1117]

I will be getting it, I just hope Drew does a better job with his characters this time and uses the TIM Walters made in ME2, not that sorry excuse we had in Ascension.

[Tazzmission]

kraidy1117 wrote...

I will be getting it, I just hope Drew does a better job with his characters this time and uses the TIM Walters made in ME2, not that sorry excuse we had in Ascension.

you didnt like ascention?

[kraidy1117]

Tazzmission wrote...

kraidy1117 wrote...

I will be getting it, I just hope Drew does a better job with his characters this time and uses the TIM Walters made in ME2, not that sorry excuse we had in Ascension.

you didnt like ascention?

I liked the story and the introduction to the Collectors, Cerberus and the Migrant Fleet, but the characters where throw aways, I did't care for them at all. Mary sues, mustache twirling villians and bland characters.

[EatChildren]

Aulis Vaara wrote...

Gah, random sound startled me. Websites should not be allowed to autoplay stuff, ever.

Other than that, I have no interest in reading this. They cannot possibly incorporate the choices I have made into the book -well they can, but then someone else's choices would be ignored- so they'd have to resort to default choices. It's hard not to mention any of those details in the book, and I'd rather not find out what the standard Shepard is expected to be, even if only a few details are mentioned.

The books are written very specifically in that they never mention anything related to a player choice. They only deal with themes and source material that are universal to all characters, and thus can remain canon without impacting a player's particular decision in the games.

Both Revelations and Ascension did this, as did the Redemption comic series, so I figure Retribution will be exactly the same.

Sgt Lindog wrote...

god i hope bioware finally realises
how good these books are and what a waste it would be not to introduce
them into the games.. i wonder how drew is gonna go about explaining
david leaving to help kahlee if hes the human council member or
not..

They're canon, but they do need to remain seperate from Shepard's story I think, to help expand the universe without intruding on the player's game experience.

Besides, an event in Ascension is referenced in Mass Effect 2 anyway.

Modifié par EatChildren, 24 juillet 2010 - 01:37 .

[PARAGON87]

This is probably going to be the last Drew Karpyshyn novel, and even with StarCraft II coming out that day, I will be buying it.

[atheelogos]

PARAGON87 wrote...

This is probably going to be the last Drew Karpyshyn novel, and even with StarCraft II coming out that day, I will be buying it.

why do you think this will be his last?

[PARAGON87]

atheelogos wrote...

PARAGON87 wrote...

This is probably going to be the last Drew Karpyshyn novel, and even with StarCraft II coming out that day, I will be buying it.

why do you think this will be his last?

He's wrote three novels so far, and there's going to be one written by William C. Dietz (Halo: The Flood) due Winter 2011.

Plus since he's involved heavily with the Star Wars MMO now, he won't have time for novel writing anytime soon.

It isn't confirmed that this will be his last ME novel, but all signs are pointing to it.

www.joystiq.com/2010/07/22/new-mass-effect-novel-penned-by-sci-fi-writer-william-c-dietz/

Modifié par PARAGON87, 25 juillet 2010 - 06:21 .

[Kolos2]

hopefully Drew will write the main story behind ME3; aint a fan of Mac; i rather see a professional writer behind the lead 

Modifié par Kolos2, 25 juillet 2010 - 11:00 .

[kraidy1117]

Kolos2 wrote...

hopefully Drew will write the main story behind ME3; aint a fan of Mac; i rather see a professional writer behind the lead 

Ya because you know, they just picked Walters out of there ass and he was never involved with the first ME or did't work on any other Bioware gasmes or create any good characters <_<

[Kolos2]

as far i know hes not a writer but a programmer that had a hobby interest in writing ?

So yeah i have my doubts if someone like that LEADS story writing in a game

Modifié par Kolos2, 25 juillet 2010 - 12:08 .

[TMA LIVE]

So has anyone grabbed an early copy of the book at Comic Con?

[Rapturian]

Kolos2 wrote...

as far i know hes not a writer but a programmer that had a hobby interest in writing ?

So yeah i have my doubts if someone like that LEADS story writing in a game

What? Walters is not a programmer, he's a full time writer for BioWare. Well, that and managing editor. 

In my opinion, Drew is better at story and plot twists, but Mac is better at characters, a lot better. And I prefer an emotional engaging story. 

[Shurijo]

I just picked up Retribution at SDCC on Friday and as a bonus saw Drew there and got his autograph on Retribution and Revelation. They were giving out free copies of Revelation, even though I already have, own, and read it. It was still extra cool to get another copy with Drew's autograph.



I didn't even know the book was going to be released early there and I didn't know Drew was coming or I would have brought more of his books to sign. I just happen to walk by a book shop (novel not comic book) saw the cover and then I had to stop and ask if that was the new book or not since I thought it wasn't being released for another week or more. Luckily, they said it was the new book and that Drew was going to be at their booth in another hour. So I scored twice!



I hope to get started on reading the book soon, but I have a ton of other stuff I need to work on.

[InfiniteCuts]

  Thanks, Shurijo.  Did you get to speak with Drew at all about the book or his involvment in ME?  If you get a chance to read any, feel free to join the Mass Effect: Retribution group to discuss or summarize what you've read thus far in a spoiler thread.  Looking forward to your feedback.

[Tazzmission]

kraidy1117 wrote...

Tazzmission wrote...

kraidy1117 wrote...

I will be getting it, I just hope Drew does a better job with his characters this time and uses the TIM Walters made in ME2, not that sorry excuse we had in Ascension.

you didnt like ascention?

I liked the story and the introduction to the Collectors, Cerberus and the Migrant Fleet, but the characters where throw aways, I did't care for them at all. Mary sues, mustache twirling villians and bland characters.

i liked how they centered it around cerberus and i liked that the autistic girl was able to kick some butt with her biotics. kaylee seemed a bit boring a little with her charachter but she makes up for it when it got to the kidnapping part with jiro. if i had to give a rating id rate this novel a 7.5 out of 10

[LPPrince]

Can't wait. Already got it preordered, so I'll be patient. Should get to me probably by the first of August.

[InfiniteCuts]

^ has patience lol. I'm going to try to Paragon charm it out of an unsuspecting book store clerk today (I got Ascension early this way)... wish me luck.

[PARAGON87]

I didn't bother to preorder it. The Barnes and Noble by me always has plenty of ME books when they come out. I think Ascension had about 10 copies when I picked it up the day it came out.

[ElectronicPostingInterface]

Pre-ordered on Amazon, is coming on the 31st. I am now sad.

[Wolverfrog]

Bioware, what is this?



I just went to Amazon UK, in order to buy the book so it would come tomorrow morning. However, I find to my horror that Amazon UK lists it as being released on August 5th!



Why?

[Lord Coake]

Oh, look. Another reason to torture the Illusive Man to death in ME3.