What is your take on the impact the books will have on lore. I am sure some nitpicks will get discarded, but what is your overall happiness?
Personally I thing the sheer amount of pages might lead to the books overtaking the game's lore at some point. Also the characters might be radically different in design. In the game they are often single minded or share a "collective motivation" with the rest of their people. In a book I doubt we will see much of that. Overall the books will be a good thing for the lore and making the GW world more alive.|||Wait there is a confirmation of a name and writer? I need a source!
The impact of the books on lore will pretty much be the same as the Ecology of the Charr and the Movement of the World articles. Except, the books will be more precise in specific areas *as we most likely know the main idea of what happens*.
All I know is that I will be glad that the more outragous theories will be limited down. Overall, the amount of lore in the books will be greater than that of the games - as with the games there are so many variables, but with the book it is straightforward. With the book, there will be no "who's the real hero?" or "did xyz in quest zyx actually happen or is it just non-canon enjoyment?"
I doubt we will see much of the characters from the game. As, in my opinion, the main heroes of GW are Devona and her small group - and at the end of EN, some say they would like to retire *iirc* - also the books occur after GW1 and before GW2, some timeframes for the books may be after the heroes of GW1 die *whomever they may be*.
But if the heroes of GW are in the books, I doubt there will be a personality difference.|||Quote:
ArenaNet announced at least three books some time ago, the first of which Regina Buenaobra confirmed was called "The Fall of Ascalon" written by a Matt Forbeck.
What is your take on the impact the books will have on lore. I am sure some nitpicks will get discarded, but what is your overall happiness?
Personally I thing the sheer amount of pages might lead to the books overtaking the game's lore at some point. Also the characters might be radically different in design. In the game they are often single minded or share a "collective motivation" with the rest of their people. In a book I doubt we will see much of that. Overall the books will be a good thing for the lore and making the GW world more alive.
The topic of the book sounds right, and the author sounds right (he knows at least three writers in ANet according to his website).
Best Proof (ISBN Site seems pretty legit): http://isbndb.com/d/book/guild_wars.html
ADDENUM: http://www.amazon.de/Guild-Wars-Asca.../dp/1416589473 says it has a release date of 4/2010, so basically they don't know the date.
But I'm pretty sure it will be as close to canon as possible. As long as it lines up with what we know from Movement of the World (that Ascalon eventually falls and the King uses his sword power to reanimate the Ghost Army to drive the Charr out and that the rest of the Ascalonians move to Ebonhawke or Kryta).
As for characters, I think the book will be entirely based in Ascalon, with no outside "heroes" like in the game, but it will be about both the human and Charr armies and the inevitable fall.|||For those who want proof on the title and name of the author:
Proof Link by Regina B.|||better to wait to buy closer to release date... makes mental note... BTW some game novels don't actually follow game storyline, but i guess it would be a backstory of some sorts... I bet Cynn and Mhenlo are in it somewhere lol|||I heard the purpose of the three books will be to fill the gap in lore during the 250 years between GW1 and GW2. So we will probably see the rise and fall of many new characters in the adventures to be chronicled. They may however be the bloodline of some familiar characters. You figure if Ventari dies in 1165 AE then there are at least 200 years that need to be explained.
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