The first three were written by Drew Karpyshyn - a lead writer on the games themselves - and have cultivated a steady following among hardy Mass Effect fans. Mass Effect: Deception, however, features the debut of a new author to the series, William C. Dietz. And while it officially releases on January 31, fans who have already sifted through early copies of the book are finding it to have the most ironic title since Jerry Sandusky’s Touched.
Kotaku first reported on a Google Docs page spreading quickly around the ME community where readers of the book are lambasting some rather obvious mistakes. The list has already reached triple digits (albeit, some are criticisms are more nitpicky than others), and you do have to wonder if BioWare wasn’t too busy working on Mass Effect 3 to hire someone for a thorough fact-checking job.
Oh well. Consider the Internet your humble servants, Bioware. Here’s just a smattering of the treasures compiled so far:
As Kotaku also discovered, the barbequing hasn’t just stopped at words. Some fans are literally applying their Mass Effect: Deception novels to an open flame, like this YouTube user who also pans the novel for poor writing and character development.
We should be fair to Dietz though (Because let’s face it, he’s not hearing the end of this for a long time). His previous works include Halo: The Flood and two tie-in novels to Insomniac’s Resistance games - all three of which have been enjoyed by some of the Game Rant staff. As writers, we wish him the best in his next pursuit… we’re just not sure if it’s going to be within Mass Effect canon.
Ranters, are you avid readers of Mass Effect fiction? Does the news of Deception’s deceptions have you reconsidering a purchase?
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Source: Errors in Mass Effect: Deception (Google Docs) [via Kotaku]
