Luigitornado wrote...
jasonsantanna wrote...
**SPOILERS!**
How completely worthless is this novel when the entire plot contained within is MEANINGLESS? The only major outcome that occurs in Deception is that the three characters previously created in the novel Ascension - Gillian, Hendel, and Nick - are all randomly killed off at the very end for no other purpose other than to erase their existence from the Mass Effect universe. Other than that, nothing matters in this novel to the plot of the Mass Effect series, NOTHING - Anderson and Kahlee make no progress into investigating either Cerberus or the Reapers, the Council still actively dismisses the existence of the Reapers, there is no mention of the events of Arrival or the escalating tensions between the Alliance and the batarians over it, there is no active effort by Cerberus into any of their secret projects... none of the characters grow or evolve, none of the conflicts previously established in other Mass Effect media are resolved, nothing is any different for the Mass Effect universe or its characters from the beginning of this novel to its end, not a single darn thing..
To be fair, all of the books, with exception of the first one. Have had minimal effects on the main story.
They were used to setup things for fans before the games came out, while also expanding on the universe. In the second book, it introduced the Collectors, TIM, Omega, and the politics going on between the Quarians. In the third book, it introduced Leng, Anderson losing his job but also getting back together with Sanders, and Cerberus experimenting with Reaper Technology on humans.
We also take comfort in knowing these are canon. That we're being setup for something.
This book? Doesn't add to anything from what I can tell. And we sure as hell can't trust anything this writer wrote as ME canon.
Modifié par TMA LIVE, 02 février 2012 - 02:47 .