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A review by courland
Realmslayer by David Guymer
5.0
An astounding revival of one of the most beloved characters from the warhammer universe.
Thousands of years after his presumed death, Gotrek appears in the Mortal Realms and is absolutely livid with the state of things. We follow Gotrek traipsing across the realms trying to find his previous companion Felix and if there's time left in the day, maybe he can find his long sought after doom. Throughout the story we meet a varied cast of colorful characters who serve to keep the protagonist and the listener informed about the status quo of this new world. Guymer has done an amazing job at not only bringing Gotrek back to the Mortal Realms, but adding a lot of depth to him. He was always a brusque, humorous killing machine and that much has stayed the same, but the realization of how much he has lost starts breaking through his facade of barely contained rage.
The writing itself gets 5 stars, I absolutely loved it.
The voice work and sound effects are of another matter. Black Library usually puts out very high quality audio dramas, but even then I was stunned when I heard Brian Blessed as Gotrek, it just works so well! Blessed puts on an amazing performance as Gotrek, he is bellicose, loud, and completely over the top; everything you would expect Gotrek to sound like.
The other voice actors performances' range from decent to very good, I particularly enjoyed the performances of Rawlin and Seddon.
Overall I would give audio side of this story 4 to 4.5 stars, some of the voice work is quite lacking compared to the others, but it was still very solid.
Thousands of years after his presumed death, Gotrek appears in the Mortal Realms and is absolutely livid with the state of things. We follow Gotrek traipsing across the realms trying to find his previous companion Felix and if there's time left in the day, maybe he can find his long sought after doom. Throughout the story we meet a varied cast of colorful characters who serve to keep the protagonist and the listener informed about the status quo of this new world. Guymer has done an amazing job at not only bringing Gotrek back to the Mortal Realms, but adding a lot of depth to him. He was always a brusque, humorous killing machine and that much has stayed the same, but the realization of how much he has lost starts breaking through his facade of barely contained rage.
The writing itself gets 5 stars, I absolutely loved it.
The voice work and sound effects are of another matter. Black Library usually puts out very high quality audio dramas, but even then I was stunned when I heard Brian Blessed as Gotrek, it just works so well! Blessed puts on an amazing performance as Gotrek, he is bellicose, loud, and completely over the top; everything you would expect Gotrek to sound like.
The other voice actors performances' range from decent to very good, I particularly enjoyed the performances of Rawlin and Seddon.
Overall I would give audio side of this story 4 to 4.5 stars, some of the voice work is quite lacking compared to the others, but it was still very solid.