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A review by sambora
The Witcher Volume 4: Of Flesh and Flame by Aleksandra Motyka
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
While the art style here wasn't my favourite style - it being rather plain (reminding me of budget "visual-novel" video games) the story I quite enjoyed. It ties in with the Hearts Of Stone DLC from The Witcher 3, and is our first glimpse of Ofir, which was pretty cool.
Geralt and Dandelion are involuntarily whisked away and brought before the King of this far off land. There are murders, curses and court intrigues, and the perspective jumps between our two characters at a brisk-pace.
While this story has a lot of the typical Witcher tropes and clichés, I thought it was fun, and while the artwork as a whole didn't appeal to me, the full page monster artwork was awesome.
Also, I liked the way the in-world language translation was handled. It would have been easy to skip it and not address it, but the stilted language really added to the feeling of being far away from everything familiar and comforting. So props for that.
Overall though this was rather middle of the road for me. Quite fun, a few great little easter eggs and nods to smaller moments from elsewhere in the series, but nothing staggering or philosophical or particularly thought provoking.
Geralt and Dandelion are involuntarily whisked away and brought before the King of this far off land. There are murders, curses and court intrigues, and the perspective jumps between our two characters at a brisk-pace.
While this story has a lot of the typical Witcher tropes and clichés, I thought it was fun, and while the artwork as a whole didn't appeal to me, the full page monster artwork was awesome.
Also, I liked the way the in-world language translation was handled. It would have been easy to skip it and not address it, but the stilted language really added to the feeling of being far away from everything familiar and comforting. So props for that.
Overall though this was rather middle of the road for me. Quite fun, a few great little easter eggs and nods to smaller moments from elsewhere in the series, but nothing staggering or philosophical or particularly thought provoking.