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A review by stonestrewn
Dishonored Vol. 1: The Wyrmwood Deceit by Gordon Rennie
3.0
In my dreams this comic had Martha Cottings as the sole point-of-view protagonist, and we got to follow her investigation seeing the City Watch from the inside, Corvo from the outside, and a very different take on the Dishonored universe from what we've gotten so far.
I'm not reviewing my dream comic, though, I'm reviewing this one. And, it's okay. There's some stuff I enjoyed - Cotting's character, especially - but the overall thing is, well, okay. The plot is okay. The art is okay. The characterization is okay. A bunch of pretty weak okays. The coloring is really dark and sometimes makes it hard to properly distinguish between different characters and interiors, and for some inexplicable reason the entire mystery is revealed by the end of issue one. After that I was mostly being dragged along while the characters were trying to find out something I already knew all about. Why not let it be a proper surprise at the end? There are many things in this world I don't understand.
I would have given this two stars were it not for the ending, and the appearance of the most exciting character in the whole franchise, opening up for a whole bunch of exciting adventures with them and Cottings. That bit was more than okay.
I'm not reviewing my dream comic, though, I'm reviewing this one. And, it's okay. There's some stuff I enjoyed - Cotting's character, especially - but the overall thing is, well, okay. The plot is okay. The art is okay. The characterization is okay. A bunch of pretty weak okays. The coloring is really dark and sometimes makes it hard to properly distinguish between different characters and interiors, and for some inexplicable reason the entire mystery is revealed by the end of issue one. After that I was mostly being dragged along while the characters were trying to find out something I already knew all about. Why not let it be a proper surprise at the end? There are many things in this world I don't understand.
I would have given this two stars were it not for the ending, and the appearance of the most exciting character in the whole franchise, opening up for a whole bunch of exciting adventures with them and Cottings. That bit was more than okay.