Well. we'll get to see if Walters can outsuck Dietz and his Deception novel. At least he should know the lore a bit better.
Mac really isn't as bad as people make him out to be. Yeah, he was part of the ending fiasco but so was Casey Hudson and we all love him. Mac's been on the team since ME1, he really isn't that bad of a writer and he knows the universe well (obviously).
Mac really isn't as bad as people make him out to be. Yeah, he was part of the ending fiasco but so was Casey Hudson and we all love him. Mac's been on the team since ME1, he really isn't that bad of a writer and he knows the universe well (obviously).
Didn't he also write the Mass Effect: Foundation comics?
Didn't he also write the Mass Effect: Foundation comics?
He did, though I didn't read all of it. It wasn't awful, but not amazing. He did the Redemption comic which I quite liked. He's not perfect, but he's not the devil people make him out to be. I think he'll be fine as the author of this book
They better not do anything like that. I swear, that's got to be the most pretentious thing about tie in novels that include major lore and characters.
You run into a character that you are expected to know from the novels, or you encounter an event that was only mentioned in the books, and when you (rightfully) criticize the main platform for lacking in properly explaining those things you get the whole "this was all covered in the book series".
It's like the creators of the setting are insinuating that you aren't a 'true' fan if you haven't read the mountains of tie in material.
Yeah, the games should have all plot critical material contained in the game. Having tie ins from books are fine, but not if knowledge of the books' contents are required to get a full picture of what's happening in the game.
Hopefully it'll sort of work out in the way Kahlee Sanders was implemented in Mass Effect 3.
You can encounter Kahlee, complete Grissom Academy, and come out of it not feeling like you were missing out on important stuff that was explained in the books.
However, for those that did read the books, Kahlee's appearance was slightly disappointing, but I understand her not becoming too much of a big thing, since that role was relegated to her appearances in the books.
Anyways, I'm excited for more Mass Effect books. I liked the first three from Drew, avoided Deception, and I'm hoping the fourth one by Mac is good.
Yeah, Kahlee is a good example of book related content done right. She wasn't vital to the main plot, her presence was still explained well in the Grissom mission without feeling like we were missing any information, but someone who's read the books could go "hey, cool! I already know a bit about her from the books!" Or Anderson's history with Saren. He mentions they have a past in ME1 and that's as much as we need to know, since we have other sources of information on how Saren's a bad dude.
I'm not convinced it did. It's not a good quest when you've read the books either.
It always seems to me that bad writing gets blamed on outside media when its really just bad writing.
I think WEWH was hobbled by relying on the content of ME. If the book hadn't been written, DAI would have had to supply more of the characterization and motivations for Celene/Briala/Gaspard. The devs designed that quest with the content of ME in their minds; even subconsciously they could have thought that the quest was explained since they already knew more of the backstory.
That's great! I love the Mass Effect books. I hope that Dark Horse also gets the go-ahead to give us a few more comics as well. I really enjoyed...
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I think the comics featuring her came out after Citadel was released.
Mac really isn't as bad as people make him out to be. Yeah, he was part of the ending fiasco but so was Casey Hudson and we all love him. Mac's been on the team since ME1, he really isn't that bad of a writer and he knows the universe well (obviously).
Is that the overall consensus? I really don't know but I wasn't aware that Casey retained goodwill from fans while Mac didn't. I personally was never pleased that Casey seemed to be a key player in not wanting a gay Shepard and caved in ME3 due to Bio/EA influence.
The last one will probably be a chose your own adventure with three endings.
LOL.No it will be a colouring book that way we can have any ending we want.
Is Mac the one who was responsible for the Cerberus plot in ME3 and the endings? The Cerberus plot was terrible but I don't really put that all on the shoulders of the writers. Well, it was on the writers but seeing as they established how powerful the Reapers were in ME1 it was hard for the new writers to get around that. Took an entire fleet just to take 1 Reaper down so they had to design an enemy for the player to mow down waves with somewhere. One of those gamey things they have to write in. Must suck for a writer knowing he has to compromise like that. But yeah, I'm not familiar with Mac's work other than ME3...so not sure how I feel about him writing a book.
I wouldnt be surprised if the fourth novel was about how Cerberus somehow manages to show up by sending their own "ark" into the Andromeda, the exact location we are in of course, and Illusive man is on board, brought back by Project Jesus or whatever. And it all goes downhill from there.
Unless of course their already in there *shudders*.
Yeah, this is not a good trend. Everything you should know about Andromeda should be in the game, and not relegated to the novels. Novels are good for filling out details or for side stories, but they should never, ever, be part of the main story. That's why the sudden insertion of characters from the novels in ME 3 was so jarring; we didn't know about them or care about them because they didn't appear in previous games, where the main story always was.
Given that we're scheduled for a novel a whole year ahead of ME:A's release(probably around the time of the last DLC release). This makes me think that there might not be such a long wait between instalments this time. We'll at least have a little more support during the drought.
Given that we're scheduled for a novel a whole year ahead of ME:A's release(probably around the time of the last DLC release). This makes me think that there might not be such a long wait between instalments this time. We'll at least have a little more support during the drought.
It would be amazing if ME:A would be a base game and 'future games' would be big expansions for that base game
Just found this on amazon but I guess it will come out when it comes out...
Just found this on amazon but I guess it will come out when it comes out...
Mass Effect: Andromeda 14 Nov 2016Currently unavailable
It's been there for quite a while. Might be that they changed book release date, or that translations will be published after the english version.
Damn it. That's what I was afraid would happen. I figured the novel might be delayed to match the game delay. That sucks.Just found this on amazon but I guess it will come out when it comes out...
Mass Effect: Andromeda
14 Nov 2016
by N. K. Jemisin
Currently unavailable
There's actually news!
http://www.ign.com/a...gy-to-andromeda
Wait no, it took IGN this long to pick it up
There's actually news!
http://www.ign.com/a...gy-to-andromeda
Wait no, it took IGN this long to pick it up
That cover is different, yet again, than the others I've seen. They've all had the same art, but this is the third title I've now seen.
Often covers are just there in the brochure to give an idea (these are brochures to sell the translation rights to foreign publishers).
Late 2015 the title was Mass Effect: Pathfinder Initiative
Early 2016 the title was Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiative
This one says, "Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiation". That's why I said "third title" I've seen. I wonder what the final title will be, at this point.Often covers are just there in the brochure to give an idea (these are brochures to sell the translation rights to foreign publishers).
Late 2015 the title was Mass Effect: Pathfinder Initiative
Early 2016 the title was Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiative
This one says, "Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiation". That's why I said "third title" I've seen. I wonder what the final title will be, at this point.
Stupid book tie-ins…. sigh. Probably gonna read this crap anyway. Maybe it'll reveal that Emliy Wong faked her own death and snuck aboard the "ark".
The only thing I want the first book to do is explain when the construction of the arks begin. This has been bugging the hell out of me.
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