User blog comment:SolitaryReaper/Paragon Lost: How was it?/@comment-4950455-20121225095131/@comment-1388547-20121227063745

In the case of video games, I'd say that most adaptations to other media in general (not just anime) are not very good. Live-action films based on games tend to be either so-bad-it's-good, or just plain bad. Tie-in novels are hit-or-miss as well -- Karpyshyn's Mass Effect novels are decent (though not spectacular), but the Dietz book got such bad reviews I haven't touched it, and the Halo tie-ins generally range from middling-decent to firestarters in my opinion. I wouldn't say it's impossible to do a good adaptation, but it's all too easy to do it badly.

In any case, I've stayed away from Paragon Lost, not because I dislike anime (I often like it), but because I don't expect any sort of video game tie-in movie to be good. And also because I don't like Jimmy Vega, but that's a different issue.