Reddit reviews Mass Effect: Retribution

If you liked Mass Effect the books are very well written...hell even if you didn't like Mass Effect, that are fun books to read.

Ascension

Revelation

Retribution

Deception comes out at the beginning of 2012

i found you!


one for me,


and one for Internal_Cannon!


actually, just get her these and dont get me anything. :D

Stick with it! And don't lose motivation on the Citadel. Everyone I know who started the game got discouraged by all the running back-and-forth on the Citadel. It will get better after that and you will get the chance to do more exploration. Stick with it!

And, personally I like to read, and I found that the codex added a ton of depth in the game. I was devouring every article in it. And unfortunately they butchered the Codex interface in ME2 and 3 as you could no longer tell which article you read and which one you didn't after you had to scroll).

If you wait too long with the codex it might become a bit daunting to read through everything.

In ME1 it was easy to keep up with the added entries. Just every so often in the game take your time to read the few articles that have been added and it will never be too much to read.

I especially liked the articles about the races as it really fleshed out the universe much more in depth. I really liked the article on the Elcor. It was a fun read. The Hanar were quite fun too to read.

If you want to go the extra-mile in reading I also highly recommend the books (Revelation, Ascension and Retribution). They add depth to some key characters like Saren and Anderson (in Revelation) or the Illusive Man (in Retribution) and in Ascension you get some nice insights into the Asari and all that is "biotics". Anderson is present in pretty much all books.

Personally I would suggest going in this order:

• ME1
  
• Revelation (although that might also be good a good read before ME1)
  
• ME2
  
• Ascension
  
• Retribution
  
• ME3
  
  The nice thing about the books is that they don't directly interact with the in-game story. They just give the characters you meet in game much more depth. The Shepard story-line is not touched in the books so you can really read the books in any order you like. They don't form a trilogy that must be read in order.
  
  After having read the books you are bound to come across areas in the game where you think: "Oh this must be that research station from the book" (or thoughts along those lines). Or it might explain why certain characters interact with others in a specific way. For example the interactions between Saren and Anderson right in the beginning of the game. All the things they hint at (things that happened in the past) are from the book "Revelation" and will never be explained in detail in the game.

uhh.. I totally read them... but.. they.. all... blended together, so.. I don't remember which title he's in... Yeaaah....

::hides Amazon Wishlist behind back:: >>

All joking aside, there are 4 books. The 4th book has been revoked from canon, because apparently some guy just came in and made shit up that makes no sense. Or something. I don't know, I'm waiting for my birthday so I can order one on kindle. :3

Here is the first one, second, third.


...And the red-headed step-child

Well. I'm not well versed in space opera literature - but I bet you could start with the Mass Effect books!

http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-Revelation-Drew-Karpyshyn/dp/034549816X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311852811&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-Ascension-Drew-Karpyshyn/dp/0345498526/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311852811&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-Retribution-Drew-Karpyshyn/dp/0345520726/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311852811&sr=1-2