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[ddv.rsa]

It's quite amazing. David Gaider's book "Dragon Age: Asunder" has been out for over a month and has just 8 reviews on Amazon, but all of them are positive. In just a day Deception has double that number of reviews, all of which are negative (except a very suspect review from one Harriet Klausner).

Both books are from Bioware. The difference? Gaider cares about the world he created. It was a mistake to appoint an outsider.

[ZLurps]

izmirtheastarach wrote...

Overall, I found the quality of the writing to be improved over the previous books, and this is likely the best of the series so far.

From Goodreads review.

[JoePilot]

Thargorichiban wrote...

izmirtheastarach wrote...

Overall, I found the quality of the writing to be improved over the previous books, and this is likely the best of the series so far.

From Goodreads review.

Yeah, that surprised me to no end reading that.

So Mr. Dietz has a Goodreads account huh? Hm. How about that.

[izmirtheastarach]

Goodreads

If everyone could pop over and rate this down on Goodreads, or write your own review, that would be good.

Modifié par izmirtheastarach, 31 janvier 2012 - 08:17 .

[MJvasNormandy]

AVPen wrote...

So apparently, the volus information broker Barla Von is one of Anderson's "old friends"... despite the two never having actually met before, according the first Mass Effect game. 

Are people still editting the google doc? I haven't seen any new additons in a while.

[Mike Shepard]

In all seriousness though: I hope that someone uses MS Sam to dub Kai Leng's lines when the game came out. That would be pretty awesome. I mean, think about it: based on what we know he's at least partially cybernetic (legs) so who is to say his voice isn't robotic?

and @JoeLaTurkey LOL yeah based on what I've heard I doubt that bloke has read the book. probably just a stock review.

[Ashira Shepard]

izmirtheastarach wrote...

Overall, I found the quality of the writing to be improved over the previous books, and this is likely the best of the series so far.

From Goodreads review.

Gather round, gather round, place your bets on it being a Bioware employee or Dietz himself! 

[XXIceColdXX]

Eski.Moe wrote...

The 'sweeping aside' thing can easily be applied to the lore thing as well. They can simply state that it's just a standalone novel based on the ME world and that the events occurring within are would could happen, not necessarily what really happened. Or something.

Its not what happened in the novel, its the implications of all the lore errors if this is to be considered canon.

[Dave of Canada]

I doubt the average employee cares much about the novel which they're not personally invested in.

[izmirtheastarach]

Fortunately the most common links on the Goodreads page that people would use to purchase the book lead to pages we have already addressed.

[Relix28]

roflchoppaz wrote...

Relix28 wrote...

JoePilot wrote...

JoeLaTurkey wrote...

AshiraShepard wrote...

JoeLaTurkey wrote...

I just can't bring myself to believe the tweets

There are tweets? As in responses from Bioware or...?

Endorsements from very high-up and thus responsible people (wink wink)

Someone like Casey Hudson.

Mother of god.

Honestly, ask yourself. Can you ever take Casey Hudson seriously? I don't think I can.

Immersion and full scale galactic wa- Yeaaah, now that I think about it, I don't think I can either.

As of right now, anything anyone from Bioware will say in the future will be taken with A MASSIVE TRUCK OF SALT.

[KnightOfTwo]

AVPen wrote...

So apparently, the volus information broker Barla Von is one of Anderson's "old friends"... despite the two never having actually met before, according the first Mass Effect game. 

Wait, Barla Von was brought up in this? Isn't he supposed to be dead?

[Dave of Canada]

He is.

[LPPrince]

KnightOfTwo wrote...

AVPen wrote...

So apparently, the volus information broker Barla Von is one of Anderson's "old friends"... despite the two never having actually met before, according the first Mass Effect game. 

Wait, Barla Von was brought up in this? Isn't he supposed to be dead?

I thought his death was retconned and not considered canon because it wasn't used in the game.

[LPPrince]

Dave of Canada wrote...

He is.

Is he now. *must investigate*

[omnitremere]

ZLurps wrote...

LPPrince wrote...

ZLurps wrote...

I bought Deception Kindle edition from Amazon.com

I knew this is bad, in fact, I knew this is damn awful but I thought I do proper read through just to get material to make a good review and then, I have some other uses for this thing as well.

I warn anyone not to buy this book. I have now learned about batarian wearing an eye patch, how damn stupid would that look?
Also we are starting to have eye implants now in the real world, sure they are rare luxury in the time of star ships.

Then the whole thing going on at that point, the cereal killer stuff is infamous for a reason but that really seems to be just a tip of an ice-berg.

Took one for the team. My condolences.

I have my ways to get even, it's just that reading this thing is almost physically painfull. It feels like twist one's brain. I know it's impossible but still.

Batarian eye patches?!! LMFAO Wow.  This thread/book is tops for unintentional comedy.  

[Zhuinden]

KnightOfTwo wrote...
Wait, Barla Von was brought up in this? Isn't he supposed to be dead?

Barla Von? Dead? Since when?
They mention Von once, then Dietz interchangeably writes Von and Zon throughout a page. It's quite funny.

Modifié par Zhuinden, 31 janvier 2012 - 09:42 .

[LPPrince]

Barla Von isn't dead. It was stated he was dead in CUT content. Therefore it doesn't count.

[AVPen]

KnightOfTwo wrote...

AVPen wrote...

So apparently, the volus information broker Barla Von is one of Anderson's "old friends"... despite the two never having actually met before, according the first Mass Effect game. 

Wait, Barla Von was brought up in this? Isn't he supposed to be dead?

There was a cut news report for ME2 which said he was found dead, but since it was never included in the game proper, it's considered non-canon. (just like the cut news material on the crime lord Darius or some salarian trying to break Shepard's score on Pinnacle Station)

Modifié par AVPen, 31 janvier 2012 - 08:25 .

[Dave of Canada]

LPPrince wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

He is.

Is he now. *must investigate*

He isn't, I'm just trying to find more reasons to hate Deception.

There isn't enough already.

I mean, Anderson being friends with a guy he never met who's dead just sounds absurd to the point of potentially being awesome.

[JoePilot]

Relix28 wrote...

JoePilot wrote...

Someone like Casey Hudson.

As of right now, anything anyone from Bioware will say in the future will be taken with A MASSIVE TRUCK OF SALT.

As it should in any situation when someone is asking you to buy something.  Not trying to be overly cynical, it's just the nature of business.  Bioware has shown they'll say anything if it will make you buy their stuff.  Most companies will.

[KnightOfTwo]

Ah, yes, forgot that part was cut, disregard my previous bit.

[LPPrince]

Dave of Canada wrote...

LPPrince wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

He is.

Is he now. *must investigate*

He isn't, I'm just trying to find more reasons to hate Deception.

There isn't enough already.

I mean, Anderson being friends with a guy he never met who's dead just sounds absurd to the point of potentially being awesome.

You're introducing chaos into chaos. Goodness. lol

[izmirtheastarach]

Barla Von death is not canon, as the content was cut from the game. Still, Anderson knows him by reputation, wheras in Deception he seems to have used his services a bunch.