bennyawesome's review
4.0
As a staunchest fan of the Mass Effect videogame series I've been looking forward to reading this for quite awhile and, while having almost unbearable weight, the comic did not dissapoint. All of the stories contained within provide a lot of additional background or origin information to well-established characters and events set well prior to the series timeline, in the gap between the second and third instalment of the video game or during them.
The artwork is superb in its variation and the slightly increased size of it allows for non-eye-strained enjoyment of all the scenes and environments presented. Another particularly cool aspect of the book were the author commentaries on nearly every other page that provided insight into how the comics were made, the stories and the artwork.
All in all this was a nice foray into comic book territory - a journey I seldomly undertake and I would recommend this book to both fans of the series and comic book officiandos.
The artwork is superb in its variation and the slightly increased size of it allows for non-eye-strained enjoyment of all the scenes and environments presented. Another particularly cool aspect of the book were the author commentaries on nearly every other page that provided insight into how the comics were made, the stories and the artwork.
All in all this was a nice foray into comic book territory - a journey I seldomly undertake and I would recommend this book to both fans of the series and comic book officiandos.
palwilhelmsen's review
This collection of Mass Effect stories live up to the games' high standards - both art and writing is good - but it suffers from the fact that the main story is already being told elsewhere. Recommended, but mostly for the fans.
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