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beaundarrows's review
3.0
I ~really~ loved the art in these. They looked sort of like "Aliens" Xenogenesis." I much prefer this style. It also looks quite a bit like the art in the "Buffy" comics.
The twist right at the beginning was good. I was a little worried about keeping track of the seemingly large cast of characters.
The look of the Aliens themselves in this series was great - a bit like Elite Guards. Unfortunately there's really no explanation for ~why~ they look the way they do.
I was also intrigued by the 'city' the settlers had found. What was influencing them? How? There was only a vague suggestion of an answer to this also.
The ending was a little disappointing, and kind of felt a bit unfinished, or like there was going to be more, another issue, another story picking up at a later time.
This one get a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
The twist right at the beginning was good. I was a little worried about keeping track of the seemingly large cast of characters.
The look of the Aliens themselves in this series was great - a bit like Elite Guards. Unfortunately there's really no explanation for ~why~ they look the way they do.
I was also intrigued by the 'city' the settlers had found. What was influencing them? How? There was only a vague suggestion of an answer to this also.
The ending was a little disappointing, and kind of felt a bit unfinished, or like there was going to be more, another issue, another story picking up at a later time.
This one get a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
vigneswara_prabhu's review
3.0
You know, this story had potential. With the way that it started. Instead of the usual song of, Aliens being the Apex predators which hunt down hapless, scared humans in dark hallways, this showed promise to be something different.
The opening panels gave the picture of a world, which was already ravaged by the Xenomorphs, and brought to the brink of extinction. They however managed to turn the tables, to the point where now the Aliens were the one going extinct, and were treated as little more than persistent pests.
I was all set for a decadent society which uses Xenomorphs, and maybe the occasional Predator in gladiatorial rings, in Mengele level experimentation, or as dangerous exotic pets. Like that one Canadian Zombie movie 'Fido', I was expecting a version of Comorragh and the Drukhari. Ok, maybe that was a bit too far.
Point is, instead of an Alien story line, where humanity comes out as the worst monsters, we get yet another generic horror storyline, with a bunch of forgettable characters, all culminating in a rushed banal ending. 3 out of 5
The opening panels gave the picture of a world, which was already ravaged by the Xenomorphs, and brought to the brink of extinction. They however managed to turn the tables, to the point where now the Aliens were the one going extinct, and were treated as little more than persistent pests.
I was all set for a decadent society which uses Xenomorphs, and maybe the occasional Predator in gladiatorial rings, in Mengele level experimentation, or as dangerous exotic pets. Like that one Canadian Zombie movie 'Fido', I was expecting a version of Comorragh and the Drukhari. Ok, maybe that was a bit too far.
Point is, instead of an Alien story line, where humanity comes out as the worst monsters, we get yet another generic horror storyline, with a bunch of forgettable characters, all culminating in a rushed banal ending. 3 out of 5
jobby's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful artwork but a slightly muddled story. Are those pred-aliens?!
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