Yes, yes -- I am a fangirl for Gears of War.
I love the games, but above all, I adore the books. Three books in the series are currently on sale, with the third -- Anvil Gate -- hitting our shelves only a few weeks ago on August 31. The books, written by Karen Traviss, are amazing. They take what the game provides in the way of history, characters, and story to a much richer and deeper place.
The fourth book, Gears of War: Coalitions End, is apparently set between the third book, Anvil Gate, and the soon to be released Gears of War 3. No specific details on the story have been released; Gears of War: Coalitions End is due for release on March 1st, 2011.
I may or may not have read the third book twice already.
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5:00 AM on 09.13.2010 | 
BTW How long till the first unoriginal idiot comes along with a post like ''omg gears has a story? lulz''?
Wow, how shit can a game be?
Despite me being the Sony fanboy yall know and love, I do enjoy a little bit of Gears of War, well, I like to blast through the co-op campaign with a buddy of mine.
Books, nah i only read screens.
I believe they have the author of the novels writing the story this round. Karen Whatsherface (damn my memory)
If the novels are anything to go by it will have a more personal feel with less GIANT WORM!!!!!
That's good to hear. I actually found the story/ universe of the first game very interesting in that they seemed to compliment what was going on with the gameplay very well. The second one just seemed like the new writer was trying WAAAY too hard in focusing on the one big plot twist when, speaking for myself anyway, by the time the it arrived I felt little to no emotional attachment to either of the characters that it happened to.
I would say they are mature. They certainly don't just focus on headshots and breasts.
The novels shed a lot more light on the characters and their motivations. If you are a fan of the games and like the worry they are well worth a read.
Ah well....
I haven't read a book that came to life out of a video game universe in years. I can't shake the feeling that I'll start reading it, and it will seem so detatched from the world and characters developed in the game that I'll just hate it. I wouldn't want to read a book that did a poor job of representing the kind of awesome story created in a game like Gears.
That's perfectly acceptable because Hollie is HAWT! I had a dream that Hollie caught me playing MAG naked after a fictional NARP in a Sweeny Todd type olde London.
Only downer was that Anthony Burch was there too.
Muderously Hot!!!! I can't say I've ever had a dream where she has walked in on me playing MAG in the nude, but I wish I had that kind of imagination.
Honestly, it still bugs me why developers put their mythos and depth to tie-in novels only. It makes them look lazy when they know or know people that can make their games be more then toys.
And yes, more Baird is definitely warranted.