Last week, we brought word that fans were correcting the numerous, borderline insulting errors in Mass Effect: Deception, a tie-in novel by William C. Dietz. The novel's earned an avalanche of complaints and has been Amazon bombed, so it's unsurprising that BioWare has had to respond.
"The teams at Del Rey and BioWare would like to extend our sincerest apologies to the Mass Effect fans for any errors and oversights made in the recent novel Mass Effect: Deception," said BioWare community leader Chris Priestly. "We are currently working on a number of changes that will appear in future editions of the novel. We would like to thank all Mass Effect fans for their passion and dedication to this ever-growing world, and assure them that we are listening and taking this matter very seriously."
It's a testament to just how much people care about the universe of Mass Effect that one rubbish tie-in novel has become this big a deal. People love their Mass Effect, and I'd say it'll be a brave writer that takes on the next book.
BioWare responds to Mass Effect: Deception outcry [Eurogamer]
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11:00 AM on 02.06.2012 | 
Some of the RE ones weren't bad. The non-movie ones :p
Haha, DA2 wasn't -that- bad. However, it was the worst RPG ever made by BioWare, so I guess it's all relative. I really hope they take the strengths of DA2 and apply them to the breadth and depth of DA1.
Bad game or horrible job handling the lore? Both?
We Done Fucked It Up Edition
I know she did them for the money, which I won't hold against her, but it showed in the quality.
See the creative vision as it was 'intended' (honest).
Feel the burn of one thousand raging fans.
Watch as the original, erroneous version becomes a collector's item.
Well played Bioware. Well played.
The very thing people are often afraid to do because they feel it is a waste of time and will result in nothing.
Wish this happened more often :)
...Clever girl.
The gears of war books are actualy pretty good. I takes the none characters of the games (i love the games and they got a intresting setting but thats about it) and give them some depth and meaning.
Hahaha, Hell's Satans ftw.
AND they can patch books now?
whats next, choose your own adventure DLC?
Seriously, I don't know who writes these books, but BioWare needs to nail down like 1 to 3 writers and just keep them leapfrogging titles over each other. Blizzard does this with 2 writers for the Warcraft books and it seems to serve them well. The writers know their shit and because they aren't just two random people, they're better able to confer back to Metzen on things, or Blizzard has given them liberty to go where they want because they've come to trust them.
It's really not all that hard to fill in the blanks or even create new stuff when you should have a series bible/encyclopedias with all the official canonical knowledge they need that needs to be adhered to so this shit doesn't happen.
"Heaven's Ice Cream Fixin's Bar"
"Heaven's All You Can Eat Country Buffet"
"Heaven's Exhibit on the History of the Thimble"
"Heaven's Dress Barn Outlet Store"
"Heaven's Fire Works Stand"
"Heaven's Taco Truck"
Glad this one came out at a time when I had a stack of books to read already though. I'll see what people say about the reissued version before picking it up.
I'm not saying writing a book is easy,
Then there's the whole KotOR retcon list... sooooo retarded...
The legacy system where all alien species can be part of the same family (somehow?), the inaccurate portrayal of certain aliens, the fact that somehow Hoth is relevant (I can understand Tatooine, it has a criminal background and a lot of plot related instances, but really, do we have to go back to Hoth in every game? The reason the rebels picked it in the movies for a base was BECAUSE it was a good place to hide, no one would look there). There's more, but I don't wanna rant for too long.
tl;dr fuck bioware...
'Shepard Shepard who was Commander Shepards brother was an office when he received space internet email. Come bro there are aliens and monsters in planet Liara the email said signed Commander Shepherd. Shepard Shepard got up and said, I must help my little brother! then he fired the space shotgun at 101% the speed of light so it shot the wall so fast it was shot before he fired but it fell on him and he couldn't not move. Oh no I must help my b rother and kill the aliens. he said. No shepard a voice said, you are the aleiuns. And then Shepard was a husk.'