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Lately I have been on a video game novel reading kick, so I have read a few and recently just bought a few more. So far I have read Deus Ex: Icarus Effect, Bioshock: Rapture, and Halo: Fall of Reach. Most of them have been surprisingly pretty good and engaging. One of them even got a direct video game sequel made out of it, even it was lovely. The best of the bunch is easily Bioshock: Rapture. Takes place shortly before the first game and kind of talks about life in Rapture before it fell apart. Some very good characterizations that covers both Bioshock 1 and 2, although Bioshock 1 takes the forefront. If I were to say that any of them were worth reading it is this one. The worst for me was Halo: Fall of Reach. It's odd because it is the one that I see a lot of people recommending. But then again, I also think it was one of the first out there that were decently written. But for me, it feels like fanfiction about how awesome Master Chief is. Adding to that, I was kind of disappointed that the actual Fall of Reach was covered so quickly. By the time I felt that it started, it was already over. I will admit that I am kind of biased because after playing Halo: Reach, that is closer to what I expected the book to be. In the middle was Deus Ex: Icarus Effect which introduces the villains of Human Revolution and talks about them in more detail. Pretty straightforward book, but it did actually get a direct sequel in Deus Ex: The Fall which apparently is a lovely mobile game that was for some reason released on PC as well. I don't know what else to say about this book other than its solid Books I have on the backburner to read: Killzone: Ascendency Deus Ex: Black Light Some of the Splinter Cell novels Any other recommendations from goons? Edit: Also, how could I forget! I also read Metro: 2033 but that is a case of a video game based off of a book and not the other way around. Definitely worth a read if you like the video game. Although it is miles different in tone since in the book, Artyom is basically a wimp. blackguy32 fucked around with this message at 10:00 on Aug 27, 2016 |
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tithin posted:I love the resident evil novels Even City of the Dead? I heard that one was actually pretty decent.
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Aug 27, 2016 09:58
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Bloodly posted:I remember reading the novel for Rise of The Robots at one time. I never realized Rise of the Robots was popular enough to even warrant a novel. What a lovely fighting game. That being said, fighting games seem perfect to write stuff about considering what little backstory most of them have.
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Aug 27, 2016 14:24
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Has anyone read any of the Splinter Cell books? Im looking to try at least one of them out. Most likely conviction since I really liked the plot of the game. I wish there was a book that followed Double Agent.
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