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ratgrrrl's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I've been reading a whole bunch of great comics recently and I can confidently say that this is one of the best I have ever read! As we all know, perfection is a myth, but this is literally in spitting distance.
I was calling this watercolour Mass Effect when I started because it shares a lot of DNA/ Codex with the sci-fi future with a multi-planet government with a variety of aliens, the Harvesters are big, largely artificial harbingers of apocalypse, much like the reapers, there's an adversarial robot faction, though they seem more like the Underground Railroad than the Geth. You get the picture. I was a disrespectful summer child, this is so much more than Mass Effect in so many ways, and I loved the trilogy (friendly reminder, ACAB includes everyone in those games, but especially your space boyfriend, Garrus. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news). There is also an Aliens/ Promethius element, which is really cool. It's kinda got elements of Brazil and Star Wars too... What I'm saying is, like pretty much every work of Sci-fi in at least theast 100 years, there's a lot of influence and inspiration. The things about good sci-fi is not it looking like or doing something you've seen before, but taking all those elements and exploring human questions and telling exciting stories with new perspectives. Descender absolutely has that in spades!
There's something for everyone:
- Hopeless Doctor
- Grumpy military femme and her rock meat friend (he's human, he just looks like rock meat)
- Adorable and genuinely heart-wrenching robot boy
- Cute and annoying, but in a lovable, not done to death Star Wars kind of way, robot... Dog?
- Big ole prejudiced working class killer robot with a heart of gold
- An empire compromising purely of Tories
- Govermental-Military-Family dynamics and nepotism
- ancient anvanced robot mystery
- genuinely full on gore and action
- Great scripting and storytelling
- possibly the most original, effective and fucking gorgeous art a comic has ever had.
As you can tell I'm absolutely obsessed and will be consuming all of this and the sequel Ascender, as soon as possible!
I was calling this watercolour Mass Effect when I started because it shares a lot of DNA/ Codex with the sci-fi future with a multi-planet government with a variety of aliens, the Harvesters are big, largely artificial harbingers of apocalypse, much like the reapers, there's an adversarial robot faction, though they seem more like the Underground Railroad than the Geth. You get the picture. I was a disrespectful summer child, this is so much more than Mass Effect in so many ways, and I loved the trilogy (friendly reminder, ACAB includes everyone in those games, but especially your space boyfriend, Garrus. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news). There is also an Aliens/ Promethius element, which is really cool. It's kinda got elements of Brazil and Star Wars too... What I'm saying is, like pretty much every work of Sci-fi in at least theast 100 years, there's a lot of influence and inspiration. The things about good sci-fi is not it looking like or doing something you've seen before, but taking all those elements and exploring human questions and telling exciting stories with new perspectives. Descender absolutely has that in spades!
There's something for everyone:
- Hopeless Doctor
- Grumpy military femme and her rock meat friend (he's human, he just looks like rock meat)
- Adorable and genuinely heart-wrenching robot boy
- Cute and annoying, but in a lovable, not done to death Star Wars kind of way, robot... Dog?
- Big ole prejudiced working class killer robot with a heart of gold
- An empire compromising purely of Tories
- Govermental-Military-Family dynamics and nepotism
- ancient anvanced robot mystery
- genuinely full on gore and action
- Great scripting and storytelling
- possibly the most original, effective and fucking gorgeous art a comic has ever had.
As you can tell I'm absolutely obsessed and will be consuming all of this and the sequel Ascender, as soon as possible!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Torture
jazhandz's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
camillou's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Child death
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