Most of his books are written like he’s pretty desperate for someone to make a video game adaptation. The metal (“fuel”) and “classes” in Mistborn, the way weapons work in the Cytoverse, etc., etc., it all seems specifically designed for a game adaptation.
Hopefully Mistborn goes to a studio that knows what they’re doing and the gameplay is actually fun!
Have you ever read a litrpg? It’s like that but more. It’s a whole genre and people do it in purpose… IMO it’s bloody awful. I read one by accident once.
That being said, if you look past the “gamified” world rules, his writing is really good. I enjoy the worlds he crafts, they’re pretty unique in design, the magic systems are interesting and fresh. And his narration style is also up my alley.
Most of his books are written like he’s pretty desperate for someone to make a video game adaptation. The metal (“fuel”) and “classes” in Mistborn, the way weapons work in the Cytoverse, etc., etc., it all seems specifically designed for a game adaptation.
Hopefully Mistborn goes to a studio that knows what they’re doing and the gameplay is actually fun!
As I recall Brandon Sanderson plays a lot of games, especially tabletop ones, so this would make a lot of sense.
His writing group all but started as a DnD campaign.
Have you ever read a litrpg? It’s like that but more. It’s a whole genre and people do it in purpose… IMO it’s bloody awful. I read one by accident once.
No, I wasn’t familiar with that term.
That being said, if you look past the “gamified” world rules, his writing is really good. I enjoy the worlds he crafts, they’re pretty unique in design, the magic systems are interesting and fresh. And his narration style is also up my alley.
I actually think his writing in the sense of his prose is mediocre. It’s like someone invented a world and then wrote a wiki on it.
It’s a conscious choice though; he has talked about “transparent” prose. (That is, in my opinion, dull prose).
But: he writes very good plots and if you like world building for its own sake, I’m sure it’s great.