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[SKAR]

People thought ME3 would be "neat".

People think ME:A will be "neat".

People are idiots.

I would spend an inordinate amount of time in the angry dome.

that includes you right? You can't be pessimistic.

[Arcian]

that includes you right? You can't be pessimistic.

I'm more of a cautious realist.

[Iakus]

that includes you right? You can't be pessimistic.

A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist. 

[SKAR]

A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist.

Can't always expect the worst.

[Andrew Lucas]

Better be optimistic than live within a boring ocean of things you can't let go of.

[SKAR]

Better be optimistic than live within a boring ocean of things you can't let go of.

spoken like a true gentleman.

[Prince Enigmatic]

What does all this have to do with books? 

 

[Yggdrasil]

N. K. Jemisin seems like a good writer and was recently nominated for a Hugo award, but I read the review she wrote for DA:I.  She really didn't care for the game.  She had some specific concerns, but she ultimately seemed to not find it engaging.  BioWare doesn't strike me as demanding paramilitary-style loyalty oaths, but they are a business.  I would imagine they would want people associated with them to be excited about their brands.

 

Regardless, however, I have no doubt there will be at least one book coming out, and you can be sure I will snatch it up and read it.

[SKAR]

N. K. Jemisin seems like a good writer and was recently nominated for a Hugo award, but I read the review she wrote for DA:I. She really didn't care for the game. She had some specific concerns, but she ultimately seemed to not find it engaging. BioWare doesn't strike me as demanding paramilitary-style loyalty oaths, but they are a business. I would imagine they would want people associated with them to be excited about their brands.

Regardless, however, I have no doubt there will be at least one book coming out, and you can be sure I will snatch it up and read it.

I don't know. She better do a HELL of a job. I find it hard to trust someone who doesn't like DAI.

[ElitePinecone]

N. K. Jemisin seems like a good writer and was recently nominated for a Hugo award, but I read the review she wrote for DA:I.  She really didn't care for the game.  She had some specific concerns, but she ultimately seemed to not find it engaging.  BioWare doesn't strike me as demanding paramilitary-style loyalty oaths, but they are a business.  I would imagine they would want people associated with them to be excited about their brands.

 

Regardless, however, I have no doubt there will be at least one book coming out, and you can be sure I will snatch it up and read it.

 

I think it's kinda refreshing that they're willing to employ people who hold a (very) critical mirror up to their own work. 

 

I read the review and it seems like she's a little bit harsh, but I agree that some of the characters could've been fleshed out more. A novelist reviewing a game is probably going to be more critical if the plot or characters don't seem deep enough, just because a book doesn't have any of the constraints of game development (budgets, animation, art, cutscenes, voice acting costs, etc). 

 

It certainly should never be a disqualification for working for Bioware that someone didn't like one of their recent games. Her opinion of Inquisition really has no bearing on whether Initiation will be a successful Mass Effect novel. 

[Prince Enigmatic]

And surely if she was critical of Inquisition, and willing to write a book for Andromeda (I am getting a tad presumptive here but bear with) surely she must have some insight into what the plot for Andromeda is, and must surely think its good enough and worth her time to write a prequel novel for it? 

[Sartoz]

And surely if she was critical of Inquisition, and willing to write a book for Andromeda (I am getting a tad presumptive here but bear with) surely she must have some insight into what the plot for Andromeda is, and must surely think its good enough and worth her time to write a prequel novel for it? 

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Hm...

You know, the green back may have an inordinate amount of persuasion, insight or lack of.

[Statare]

N. K. Jemisin seems like a good writer and was recently nominated for a Hugo award, but I read the review she wrote for DA:I.  She really didn't care for the game.  She had some specific concerns, but she ultimately seemed to not find it engaging.  BioWare doesn't strike me as demanding paramilitary-style loyalty oaths, but they are a business.  I would imagine they would want people associated with them to be excited about their brands.

 

Regardless, however, I have no doubt there will be at least one book coming out, and you can be sure I will snatch it up and read it.

 

The review Jemisin wrote is critical of DA:I because it did not live up to the potential that Jemisin felt BioWare had/has. It was disappointment because it is pretty clear Jemisin believe(d) in the potential of BioWare to tell good stories and develop engaging characters . Which is a common sentiment felt by many fans of BioWare games about DA:I. This line makes this apparent when Jemisin wrote, "so unless BioWare recently fired all its previously-awesome writers and replaced them with Taster's-Choice, I can only conclude that the failure to develop these characters was a deliberate choice on the company's part." It was that disappointment you feel when you know something was not as good as it should have been. 

 

The better question is not why would Jemisin write for BioWare if she was previously critical of DA:I but if Jemisin writing for them means she feels the company is emphasizing good writing again, or if BioWare reached out to her because they took her criticism to heart. But then again, DA:I had three more or less "well-written" books that accompanied it, but the writing of the game itself was not BioWare's best. So.

[Yggdrasil]

I'm not really debating the quality of her review, even if I didn't agree with most of it.  My point is that when you work for a company, even contractually, that employer is going to expect you not to completely pan their product.  She didn't point out a few shortcomings in DA:I.  She basically said she thought it was crap and isn't sure if she could even be bothered to finish it.  I would be surprised if BioWare tapped someone so dismissive of one of their flagship products to write a novel for them.  Of course, her involvement may have predated her review or this whole rumor may be unfounded, so this is all idle speculation.

[ElitePinecone]

Maybe whoever handles licensing and IP stuff at EA doesn't spend hours on the internet finding old reviews

 

I really don't think it would be that big a deal to them, even if they did know about it before hiring her.