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I thought this one was really fun, and I desperately hope they make Trauma Team into a spinoff game series. At the core of this is an ethical dilemma of following one’s sworn duty to save the life of a despicable person, and this is buried under all sorts of other social pressures like revenge and protecting one’s livelihood and career. It’s really difficult to make graphic novels satisfying, but I feel like this one is a rare success.

shyshy's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

Didn’t expect much of this, but added to the lore of trauma team well

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zare_i's review against another edition

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4.0

Well this was one action packed ride.

Story wise I have to admit it was truly a good read. Nadia, our protagonist, is member of Trauma Team International, paramilitary medical-extraction team that acts as cavalry for their clients when they find themselves between rock and hard place. After surviving pretty bad extraction and returning back to one of the teams she will find herself in a very bad place while participating in new team's deployment.

Action of people involved are clear and understandable (especially when you take into account general dystopia of Cyberpunk universe) - people are losing it under fire, split between helping teammates or their client, gangs that attack them are as savage as they get and in general, compared to this universe, movie Raid looks like pretty optimistic story. Ending is quite a downer to be honest but then again it seems that everybody is taken route of cyberpunk-ends-with-a-downer-always.

Art is pretty good, and most importantly consistent throughout the volume. There are quite a few panels with great content that are just epic. Artists managed to truly bring to life entire PTSD horror show that takes place in Nadia's head on these pages, you can just see how she gets paralyzed every so often as firefight with the gangs gets ever more serious.

Coloring is very good, does not come up as too flashy and distracting, everything is just the way it should be if you ask me. I am still black and white art fan, but if coloring needs to be done then this is how I prefer it.

Very interesting, highly cinematic, action filled story. Definitely recommended for fans of Cyberpunk and in general technology-infused dystopian future (which I hope will never come to life).

Recommended.

sweetopheliac's review

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5.0

I loved this more than I thought I would. The story is exciting and emotional. Personally I think the shorter length of the story works well; keeps the pacing balanced without dragging things out. I love Cyberpunk 2020 & 2077, and this was a great exploration of the established lore! I have to say, the art is probably in the top rankings of my fave comic art ever.

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