A review by silvae
Mass Effect Volume 4: Homeworlds by Mac Walters

4.0

This is probably the first book in the complete collection that I actually enjoyed. The stories, while not the most original or interesting, do their part to flesh out the characters. I bought one volume of this separately for Garrus' story a year or two ago, so I was excited to look at the other stories. Luckily, I was not disappointed! I can see where some of the critique for the book comes from, as the art isn't quite on the same level as the top notch sci fi action scenes presented in previous comics. Nonetheless, this proved to be a good thing in my eyes, as scenes felt more fun and emotional than the gratutious shooting and leering-at-women scenes we were presented with previously.

The weakest story of the bunch was probably James Vega's origin story, which didn't really bring anything to the table for me. San Francisco looked like any old cyberpunk city, so that I missed a lot of the curiosity and excitement that I felt with looking at panels of Palaven or the drell cities. Garrus' story still holds up very well - and is, to no surprise, my favorite out of the bunch - while Tali's was a fun start into the collection and upped the tragedy of her biography. Liara's story was the one story that really added to my understanding of the plot, bridging the gap between Mass Effect 2 - Lair of the Shadow Broker and Mass Effect 3.