Dark Souls: The Complete Collection
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- Create Date：2021-12-08 06:51:24
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：George Mann
- ISBN：1787737276
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Chris Lemmerman
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I was a fan of Titan's Bloodborne comics， so when I saw they were collecting all of their Dark Souls stuff in one place I snapped it right up。We open with The Breath Of Andolus， from George Mann， which follows a heroine searching for three objects to summon a dragon and relink the flame。 Sounds familiar， right？ To say it's derivative would be being kind， it's literally the plot of any Souls game reskinned with a different character。 It's not bad， but it's hardly revolutionary - even the 'twist' I was a fan of Titan's Bloodborne comics， so when I saw they were collecting all of their Dark Souls stuff in one place I snapped it right up。We open with The Breath Of Andolus， from George Mann， which follows a heroine searching for three objects to summon a dragon and relink the flame。 Sounds familiar， right？ To say it's derivative would be being kind， it's literally the plot of any Souls game reskinned with a different character。 It's not bad， but it's hardly revolutionary - even the 'twist' at the end is signposted right from the off。 Alan Quah's artwork really sells it though， it's gorgeous， and well suited to fantasy settings。Winter's Spite， also by Mann， is a step up。 It's only tangentially Dark Souls related， but the set-up and ending give definite Dark Souls vibes。 It doesn't seem like the first two issues are related to the overall story until the last issue which puts everything into perspective， which is pretty neat， and there's a twist that should I have seen coming but didn't， so that was unexpected。 Again Alan Quah's on art， so it all looks great - the sweeping snowy vistas are especially good。Then there's Age Of Fire， from Ryan O'Sullivan， which is easily the best。 It's a deep dive look into the politics at the end of the fall of Lordran， and follows a minor character as he crosses paths with a series of other， bigger characters， shaping his own fall from grace after a trip to Izalith and a descent into the shadows。 The art here is sometimes a little too dark to discern what's going on， and there are a few dodgy faces， but overall Anton Kokarev does a very good job capturing the decline of the world。And finally there's Legends Of The Flame， which are some anthology issues collecting lots of shorter 6 to 8 page stories。 I think there's only one out of the twelve or so that I didn't enjoy - of particular note are Crossroads and Behold， Townsfolk！， both by George Mann and Piotr Kowalski （who will go on to draw the Bloodborne series）， and The Devoted by Dan Watters and Casper Wijngaard （which I had to go back and read twice because the twist is very clever）。The Dark Souls comics aren't bad， but I feel like they could be better。 The art's usually a good fit， but it seems like either the writers were too scared to embrace the rich mythology of the world or they weren't allowed to put things to paper that were only implied in the games。 Either way， this collection's got a lot of bang for it's buck， but you'll likely feel like you're missing something by the end of it。 。。。more
Lucas Hesse
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