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A review by adunten
Mass Effect, Volume 4: Homeworlds by Patrick Weekes, Mac Walters, Jeremy Barlow, Mac Deering, John Dombrow, Eduardo Francisco, Dave Marshall, Michael Atiyeh, Brendan Wright, Michael Heisler, Sylvia Feketekuty, Garry Brown, Chris Staggs, Shantel LaRocque, Omar Francia
3.0
After reading Redemption, Evolution, Invasion, and Homeworlds, I think I like Homeworlds the best. It contains four short stories that flesh out the background of four beloved Mass Effect characters - James Vega, Garrus, Tali, and Liara - and in some cases, fill in a few backstory details about in-game events.
I like the art in Homeworlds the best of all four of these graphic novels. The characters are very well drawn and true to the game for the most part, although James Vega seems a bit off. I was very happy to see that for Liara's story, illustrator Omar Francia took a very different approach than he took in Redemption and drew Liara just the way she looks in ME3 - no gratuitous T&A this time. In my hardcover omnibus edition, he admits in a comment at the bottom of the page that he intentionally stayed more on-model for her this time around.
James Vega has always been one of the more mysterious characters, perhaps because he wasn't a possible romance interest and so his personal story was less developed, so it was good to learn more about his background and the unhappy family life that drove him to the marines. I wish there had been a bit more to Tali's story, as she has always been one of my favorites.
I like the art in Homeworlds the best of all four of these graphic novels. The characters are very well drawn and true to the game for the most part, although James Vega seems a bit off. I was very happy to see that for Liara's story, illustrator Omar Francia took a very different approach than he took in Redemption and drew Liara just the way she looks in ME3 - no gratuitous T&A this time. In my hardcover omnibus edition, he admits in a comment at the bottom of the page that he intentionally stayed more on-model for her this time around.
James Vega has always been one of the more mysterious characters, perhaps because he wasn't a possible romance interest and so his personal story was less developed, so it was good to learn more about his background and the unhappy family life that drove him to the marines. I wish there had been a bit more to Tali's story, as she has always been one of my favorites.