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Zsinj
February 4th, 2006, 10:00 PM
You know, one of my favorite rpgs of all time is Diablo II. I really love the backstory to it and the heroes/villains in it. So, naturally, when I've seen the novels based on this game, they've intrigued me, but, as I'm sure all of you know, 97% of the novels based on video games are unspeakably horrid. So I was wondering if anyone had read these novels, and if so, what the quality of them was.
Shehzad
February 4th, 2006, 11:16 PM
If 97% of the novels based on video games are horrid, then there is a 97% chance these novels will be horrid too.
Muess
February 7th, 2006, 03:35 AM
Insightful yet useless... touche :D
U-Borat
February 7th, 2006, 04:32 AM
so wats a book in the 3%?
Erfael
February 7th, 2006, 10:14 AM
so wats a book in the 3%?
I don't think there are any. That 3% would be like the Fountain of Youth or Atlantis....much-rumored, never found.
Jack
February 7th, 2006, 10:23 AM
As long as we are talking about games by Blizzard and the novels written based on those games...
I'd love to find a halfway decent book written in the Warcraft world, but from what I read on amazon, they are all terrible.
*sits patiently and waits for the RPG video game novel adaptation renaissance*
ValarMorghulis
February 7th, 2006, 10:37 AM
As long as we are talking about games by Blizzard and the novels written based on those games...
I'd love to find a halfway decent book written in the Warcraft world, but from what I read on amazon, they are all terrible.
*sits patiently and waits for the RPG video game novel adaptation renaissance*
Warcraft: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak isn't the most horrid book I've ever read, but it's a far cry from being ideal.
January Wolf
February 9th, 2006, 11:08 PM
I've read and own all three of these books and can say they don't provide any backstory to Diablo at all.
In fact, I didn't really like them. Out of the three, Legacy of Blood was the one I remember and liked the best.
I couldn't get into the characters at all.
As for books to games and the whole backstory thing, the Doom series was by far the best.
Swift
February 10th, 2006, 02:58 AM
i think most books, based on these type of games are a real let down. Its like most movies based off books fail to live up to the hype.
Muess
February 10th, 2006, 09:43 AM
Or even worse, video games that completely skip books and go straight to movies :eek:
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