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Random Gamer's Review of Gears of War: Aspho Fields

Reluctant_Gamer writes, "I must say that I was pretty reluctant to read a book based on a video game, no matter how awesome that video game is. I mean, come on, with the exception of most Star Wars books, stories that are based on some form of entertainment (movies/video games) suck. Luckily for us, the Gears of War book was written by Karen Traviss, who also wrote many of the good Star Wars books..."

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Published: 368 days 23 hours ago | Review | Xbox 360 | Gaming

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CrAppleton - 368 days 23 hours ago

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I HAVE to pick this up!

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CrAppleton - 368 days 23 hours ago

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I love the game.. so this would make sense to pick this up too.. I haven't read the Halo books yet.. But I hear great things about them all the time

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ammonator - 368 days 23 hours ago

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I need to get on this reading gaming books thing. I read the first Mass Effect book after playing the game and it cleared up some of the questions I had regarding the pre-history of the game.

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bgrundman - 368 days 23 hours ago

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It is cool to see them flesh out a universe like this... Books are a perfect medium for it.

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ammonator - 368 days 23 hours ago

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Coming from the guy who refuses to read books... Way to go bgrundman...

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bgrundman - 368 days 23 hours ago

1.5 - @Ammonator

be nice, the internet is enough reading for me on a daily basis.

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matt1991 - 368 days 22 hours ago

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yea i got this book, it really is an awesome read and this is coming from someone who hates reading

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joemayo76 - 368 days 17 hours ago

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this book sells like hot cakes where i work (Chapters), might have to pick it up to see why sounds interesting...

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JimmyJames70 - 368 days 23 hours ago

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I wonder how long it would take to read this book if I only pick it up during loading screens?

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ammonator - 368 days 23 hours ago

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Depends on if you are referring to multiplayer loading screens or single player :P

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CrAppleton - 368 days 23 hours ago

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LMAO.. depends on how quickly you can read =)

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roblef - 368 days 23 hours ago

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Read it during Half Life. THose loading screens took forever. Almost as long as the elevator rides in Mass Effect.

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bgrundman - 368 days 23 hours ago

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You should definitely be able to pull it off.

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bgrundman - 368 days 23 hours ago

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LOL that is hilarious... It actually is a pretty quick read. Big words with large pages. Lord, it made me feel like a senior citizen.

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CrAppleton - 368 days 23 hours ago

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And LOTS of pictures??

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roblef - 368 days 23 hours ago

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I guess I'm too much of a literary sf snob. I see Gears as perfect for what it is, a background and environment for some shoot up adventure. I'd place it above Halo, though, for a story that resonates with me. I dunno. I'd be embarassed as a sf reader to be seen with this book. Like seeing me with a Star Wars novelization. Eeek.

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reluctant_gamer - 368 days 23 hours ago

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@roblef I would normally totally agree about be a SF fan and reading this book, but I found that it is just the same as any other SF book, stories, characters... Except that most SF turn into movies/games/tv shows after being published. This just happened to go the other way. I just finished the first Halo book and I must say that the Gears book is much better.

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Rocky87 - 368 days 23 hours ago

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this game is so awesome ...

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bgrundman - 368 days 23 hours ago

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Did you actually read the book review?

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Rocky87 - 367 days 7 hours ago

4.2 - aha

I don't care about any review this game is the best action game ever made.

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bgrundman - 368 days 23 hours ago

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Are there any other games that would lend themselves well to being made into books?

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boodybandit - 368 days 22 hours ago

1.1 - The 1st game that comes to mind is

God of War but I am sure there are a lot of games that might make decent books.

Hell if Hitman can be made into a movie.....

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iMarcus - 368 days 13 hours ago

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There is only really about two games that come to mind that I would read a book about, Gears Of War and BioShock would make good reads.

Max Payne would as well, but that's past gen I guess.

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THELANDOFSAND - 368 days 20 hours ago

2 - sorry, couldn't resist...

Well, it must be more multi-player friendly than GOW2! at least you can pass a book around

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