Video Game . . . Novels?

[Audun]

I just finished reading Free Radical, a book by Shamus Young based on System Shock, it was fantastic. I have also enjoyed the Mass Effect books and a few others.

 

[Premonition]

Unfortunately the only books I managed to get my hands on were the Splinter Cell books.

Those are damn good books, though. The first two are written in first-person, I think, and they're especially awesome.

The first one by Tom Clancy himself. ^^ And yes, they're quite good. Though sometimes Sam is ... different.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

The only Video Game based books i've read are the Splinter Cell ones and we all know who wrote those. Other than those i've only read The Inferno by Dante and everyone know that was just made into a game sort of with a few things changed

 

[willard3]

Unfortunately the only books I managed to get my hands on were the Splinter Cell books.

Those are damn good books, though. The first two are written in first-person, I think, and they're especially awesome.

The first one by Tom Clancy himself. ^^ And yes, they're quite good. Though sometimes Sam is ... different.

The only Video Game based books i've read are the Splinter Cell ones and we all know who wrote those. Other than those i've only read The Inferno by Dante and everyone know that was just made into a game sort of with a few things changed

Ummmm....no. Tom Clancy didn't write any of the Splinter Cell books. He only created/sponsored the video games.

 

[Premonition]

Unfortunately the only books I managed to get my hands on were the Splinter Cell books.

Those are damn good books, though. The first two are written in first-person, I think, and they're especially awesome.

The first one by Tom Clancy himself. ^^ And yes, they're quite good. Though sometimes Sam is ... different.

The only Video Game based books i've read are the Splinter Cell ones and we all know who wrote those. Other than those i've only read The Inferno by Dante and everyone know that was just made into a game sort of with a few things changed

Ummmm....no. Tom Clancy didn't write any of the Splinter Cell books. He only created/sponsored the video games.

Score 0 for Belgian reporting I guess ...

 

[RyQ_TMC]

I read Baldur's Gate and it was bad. And I mean bad. The main character was pretty much impossible to identify with, and the author decided to toss in some pointless sex for good measure (which tends to put me off). A few years later I naively read Shadows of Amn. Bad again, and now decidedly straying from the plot of the game.

Now, changing the plot is not a bad thing in itself, since games, books and films operate on different narrative principles (something a lot of authors have yet to grasp, considering most adaptations out there). But if you keep faithfully to the plot in a novelization of a game, and then decide to take a turn in the sequel, mess results.

All things considered, I have yet to see a game-based book/film that has some actual quality to it, and isn't just an attempt to cash in on the game's popularity. I've heard some good opinions on a few books, although I'm not quite prepared to try them out yet.

 

[Outamyhead]

Darth Bane was bloody good, based around the character frequently mentioned in the "Knights Of The Old Republic" games.

Oh . . . OH FUCK YEAH! ANOTHER BANE FAN! *Hi-Fives*!

Ah, wasn't that one part at the end of the second book sweet as hell?

Waiting for my nephew to finish reading that one so I can go through it, and the third one.

 

[Audun]

Darth Bane was bloody good, based around the character frequently mentioned in the "Knights Of The Old Republic" games.

Oh . . . OH FUCK YEAH! ANOTHER BANE FAN! *Hi-Fives*!

Ah, wasn't that one part at the end of the second book sweet as hell?

Waiting for my nephew to finish reading that one so I can go through it, and the third one.

I loved those books! now i got the sudden and irresistable urge to read them again.

 

[SpaceSpork]

Darth Bane was bloody good, based around the character frequently mentioned in the "Knights Of The Old Republic" games.

Oh . . . OH FUCK YEAH! ANOTHER BANE FAN! *Hi-Fives*!

Ah, wasn't that one part at the end of the second book sweet as hell?

Waiting for my nephew to finish reading that one so I can go through it, and the third one.

Ah. Well, here's a tip for how to get it.

- Kill your nephew.
- Steal the book.
- Read the book.

No, seriously, just wait. The second book is as good, if not better than, the first book.