Do you read books based off games?

Do you read books based off games? I read a few Warcraft and Diablo books myself. I might pick up the Dragon Age prequel.

I stay far away from books :)JigglyWiggly_

I do. but I have to be really into the game to do so.

Never have. How are the WC and Diablo books though? I've seen them at the Blizzard store and have been tempted to buy.flipin_jackass

I've read the halo books

No, but I plan to read the Mass Effect books at some point.

If the author is good enough then sure but it has to worth picking up. The Witcher books (game based on the books I know but still) are fantastic for example but the Forgotten Realms books...

Besides the Halo books and one about Warcraft(Forgot the title), I haven't read anyhing else based off games.

I have read both the Mass Effect books.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]I stay far away from books :)ProudLarry

I have the Mass Effect books coming in with Star Wars 501st, I'll get to them after I finish Winston Churchill's The Second World War which I just got. I unfortunately made the mistake of reading Force Unleashed and I really wish I hadn't, they didn't do a really good job on it. Wasn't really thrilled with the Starcraft, and Warcraft novels either. The Dawn of War novels were great though, but then a lot of the novels from Black Library are excellent.

If you can't already tell I read a lot!!! ~grin~

no but i play games based off books (warhammer 40k: fire warrior for an example (big mistake there))

I bought the book that The Witcher is based on after playing the game.

It's good if you like The Wicher but the game, unsurprisingly, craps all over it.

I haven't, but I have been thinking I might pick up a Warhammer or WH40K novel

I haven't, but I have been thinking I might pick up a Warhammer or WH40K novel

Bedizen

best use of your money in the 40k universe without getting involved in the tabletop.

i recommend the following series: grey knights, gaunt's ghosts, soul drinkers, the horus heresy, ultramarines, space wolves, and finally warhammer40k: fire warrior. if in the event you like chaos i also suggest pools of blood & storm of iron.

So far i have read all the resident dvil books and both MAss Effect books.

I read the three books that complemented the Jedi Knight game, and they weren't too bad. Helped to flesh out the characters you see in the game, ie, gave them more depth. Other than that, I haven't read any other game tie-ins, although I might try the Mass Effect novels, and there's supposed to be an Elder Scrolls novel coming out as well.

I'm reading Odom's Exodus, the first of the Hellgate London trilogy. I may also pick up The Black Road - also by Mel Odom - if i can find a copy in the library.

yes i do; for those who played Warcraft i suggest you to read Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy

yes i do; for those who played Warcraft i suggest you to read Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy

-DaNuTz-

the warcraft, starcraft, and diablo books arent that exciting there about as archaic as cave drawings, they arent real books.. there something thats ment to keep someone interested in a franchise for 15 minutes more (because thats how long it takes to read one (well for me anyway)).

nope

I've read some Star Wars books. Planning to read Guild Wars novel once it is done.

Haven't read anything based on games yet, but the Halo ones look good, as well as the Warhammer 40k ones.FPS_Gamer123

I've read the Halo: Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghost of Onyx, and Mass Effect: Revelation.

nope.

i would like to read the assassins creed one, i think theyre bringing out a book to explain some of the backstory.

i would like to read the original witcher stories as well

The first StarCraft novel, Liberty's Crusade, is hands down the best novel based on a video game.

It's essentially the entire plot of the Terran campaign in novel format with a new protagonist. Everything else that's been translated into a novel is just garbage compared to that.

No,i don't read much fiction.

The first StarCraft novel, Liberty's Crusade, is hands down the best novel based on a video game.

It's essentially the entire plot of the Terran campaign in novel format with a new protagonist. Everything else that's been translated into a novel is just garbage compared to that.

Cynikal17

I'm not really a book person but i'm dying to read the The Witcher's novel.

No, but I have read books upon which games have been based. Like The Witcher, for example.

I stay far away from books :)JigglyWiggly_

I've tried.. but the ones I have tried generally weren't any good. When I was a kid I read some of the Shadow Warrior books and an Unreal one, last year I tried the Gears of War book, and I'm just reading through the first of the two Dragon Age prequel novels.

The Gears of War one was pretty bad... I liked the setting since I like the concept behind Gears, but that was about it. Dragon Age one was underwhelming for 3/5 of it, and then started getting better. The Shadow Warrior books were a joke but were also entertaining in their ridiculousness :)

The main problem I noticed with game novels is how freakin expensive they are. Slap a shiny franchise on an unknown author and it doubles the worth of the book, apparently. Unless it's a franchise I'm REALLY interested in, I will most likely stick to Robin Hobb, Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin novels :)

I read Blaster Master when I was young. But I honestly don't remember much of it, but now that I think about it, it's not that surprising. ;)

The first StarCraft novel, Liberty's Crusade, is hands down the best novel based on a video game.

It's essentially the entire plot of the Terran campaign in novel format with a new protagonist. Everything else that's been translated into a novel is just garbage compared to that.

Cynikal17

i take it you never EVER read the epic that is warhammer 40k: dawn of war.. that book packed some punch.. it follows captain thule and his misadventures in the defence of blood raven territory, rescue of a librarian and the defence of all life on an eldar CRAFTWORLD im sorry but when you get to be the first person to set foot on the well guarded craft worlds you need to rethink what your doing.