Mass Effect: Deception was released at the end of January, since then Mass Effect fans have been able to get ahold of it, and read it..and find out that apparently BioWare made a huge mistake in picking Chris Diets to write this novel.. it has so many continuity, lore, and technology errors.. that it’s apparently the Mass Effect equivalent of “The Star Wars Holiday Special” and doesn’t deserve to be in the timeline.
Here is a link to the community compiled list of errors. It shows that 3 years between stories.. is enough time for characters to age 6 years, get cured of autism (with no mention of it at all), and have a total sexual orientation change.
The BioWare Social network forums have, obviously, been kinda blowing up about this… which led Chris Priestly to make this statement:
Mass Effect fans have been asking for a comment on recent concerns over Mass Effect:Â Deception. We have been listening and have the below response on the issue.
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. 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.
So… there you have it… BioWare is going to patch a novel. Granted.. you’re probably going to have to repurchase the novel to get the patched version… so if you haven’t already purchased Deception, wait for the next revision to be published so that the story actually fits.