Comments on: Top Video Game Novels Of All Time

By: tokie_mcbong

tokie_mcbong — Tue, 12 May 2015 20:13:00 +0000

This guy has included some of the worst examples of books based on videogames, while completely omitting some of the best – WHERE is Bioshock: Rapture? That book is incredibly good, not just as a videogame novel but as a book in its own right. If you read it not knowing it was based on a videogame, you wouldn’t even guess that it was.

Also, he includes 4 examples of Assassin’s Creed books, but only ONE Halo novel. The Halo series of books are exceptional, particularly the later, more recent ones. The Forerunner series by Greg Bear, again, don’t even read like ‘videogame novels’ at all, and are fantastic works of science fiction in their own right.

Dead Space: Catalyst, is not that good in my opinion, and is actually an example of bad storytelling – the author takes way too many liberties with the lore of the series, relies on ridiculous coincidence, and contains some of the most far-fetched and contrived events I’ve ever read. Martyr was actually really good (apart from the ending), which is bizarre considering it’s the same author.

I really resent even the implication that books based on videogames are somehow ‘banal’ – I have read some truly shockingly bad books that are original works, whereas some of the best books I’ve ever read were based on videogames.

By: Steven Greer

Steven Greer — Sat, 02 May 2015 02:22:00 +0000

Checked this list for just one reason, to make sure that Eric Nylund’s Halo novels were in it. Nylund is (this is just my opinion of course) hands down one of the best authors I’ve ever read. Seriously, for me it goes Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Kevin Hearne and Eric Nylund in the number four slot. It’s a shame he’s not here (again, my opinion only) as it feels like a catastrophic oversight. If you have even one iota of interest in Halo and dig reading as well, I strongly recommend Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. His Mortal Coils series, a planned quintology that’s fallen on hard times due to licensing and his new 9-5 with Amazon’s game story division, is also really, really good. Most people say that it starts a bit slow, which I never really understood – I swear this guy could write toaster instructions and I’d be enraptured, but it has so much subtle depth and really takes off after a few chapters.

Read ’em. Go on… stop looking at me like that. Gitcha some readin’!!

By: Radalan

Radalan — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:33:00 +0000

Since the events in Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne predate the events of Dragon Age Origins, it’s obviously a prequel. Not a sequel.

By: Paid Video Gamers

Paid Video Gamers — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:00:00 +0000

great article!