Reddit Reddit reviews Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1: Silent Grove, Those Who Speak, Until We sleep

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8 Reddit comments about Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1: Silent Grove, Those Who Speak, Until We sleep:

u/ninetozero · 6 pointsr/dragonage

Pick up the trilogy written by Gaider and published by Dark Horse and read them in this order: The Silent Grove, Those Who Speak, Until We Sleep. Alternatively, the Library Edition compiles the three comics into a nice hardcover already in the proper order and with interesting marginalia by Gaider himself explaining the thought process behind a lot of the decisions in the comics.

The comics miniseries Dragon Age written by Orson Scott Card and published by IDW you can pretty much skip. It's really badly written, it features no known characters, it connects to no plot at all that we currently follow through the games, it piles up Twilight level of terribad romance clichés and it's just... really not good mmkay.

As for personal opinions of the Gaider series... there are soft spoilers here, kay. I can dig where he takes Alistair as a character, although his Alistair is clearly a softie, because a hardened Alistair comes to that same place about ten years earlier during the Blight itself. So there's definitely some cognitive dissonance with my personal playthroughs there, but well. I enjoy seeing Alistair beyond DAO in any form, so I just deal with it. I like that Maric's story gets some closure, even if it's... let's just say, not anyone's ideal scenario, for the sake of avoiding major spoilers. I don't have to necessarily like how a character's fate turns out to acknowlege that this is what happened to them and it's what we have to deal with. I like the deeper insights into Varric's and Isabela's pasts and how it's shaped them, for better or worse, and find it very humanizing that there are some secrets we hold so close that even Hawke never managed to get it out of them.

I don't like that we have an adventure set entirely in Antiva, involving the Crows, and all Zevran gets is a teeny tiny namedrop and that's it. I don't like that we have an adventure entirely set in Tevinter, involving magisters and slaves, and Fenris doesn't even get a teeny tiny namedrop for his trouble. I don't like that in the only chance we'll ever have of seeing Alistair, Cailan and Maric interact, Cailan is reduced to a namedrop. What a wasted opportunity for a truly punch-in-the-nuts emotional scene, damn. These things are rather minor, but missing details like these make the universe of the comics seem disconnected, like they exist in a bubble of their own. I would have appreciated a little more effort to make it seem like the things and people that shape these characters' lives matter more.

But overall, I enjoy them. I love that we get to see Antiva and Tevinter first hand, even if only for a brief glimpse, it's much better than relying on third party narrative forever. Some scenes in the Fade made me cry, I won't even front it. Maevaris is the baddest bitch in the place, I would play a whole spinoff series based solely on her. I love Yavanna, and I love that, in true older sister form, she thinks Morrigan is just a whiny brat. I love the full circle of mutual respect that Alistair and Sten's sort of not-really-friendship comes to. I live and breathe for Varric lampshading His Royal Highness Alibooboo's special snowflake syndrome in his most perfectly timed deadpan. The comics are not without fault, but there is certainly a lot to like in there.

u/beelzeybob · 5 pointsr/dragonage

It doesn't look any different from the Library edition comics which have already been out for a while https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Age-Library-David-Gaider/dp/1616553847/ref=pd_sim_14_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1616553847&pd_rd_r=7CDGNF5C7SBD4Z4HX8GB&pd_rd_w=0IXLP&pd_rd_wg=wGjfT&psc=1&refRID=7CDGNF5C7SBD4Z4HX8GB

And is even the same price. The Omnibus is a bit smaller and more portable, however.

Otherwise, yes. It's a good read, especially if Alistair, Varric, and Isabela are some of your favorite characters. There's also some story about Witches of the Wild , Flemeth, and info about Dragons of Thedas. The art style is eh, but I prefer this over some of the DA novels but less than World of Thedas vol.2

u/cmd735 · 4 pointsr/dragonage

Here's a link to comixology if you want to buy/read it online. If you want a floppy you check to see if your local comic shop has any in stock, if not they can generally order it for. Or you can wait for the trade where they collect all the single issues into one book, but that won't happen until the series is finished or has a certain amount of issues. Also you should check out the comic trilogy by Gaider which has Alistair, Isabella, Varric, and a few others.

u/TeaMistress · 2 pointsr/dragonage

Her name is Yavana. She appeared one of the books in a trio of DA graphic novels written by David Gaider.

u/atouchofyou · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I am so fucking obsessed with Dragon Age. I love it. I love it. I love it. I recommend/demand everyone I know who even likes games a tiny bit play it. I can wax poetic about it for hours. I proselytize about Dragon Age, and I won't even do that about my religion. Just, the depth of the storytelling and the care Bioware puts into it. It's everything I want in my games, including something more to strive for. I am stoked about the next one! So, this comic collection is super related, because it bridges Origins to Inquisition and I haven't read all of them yet. My local comics shop doesn't carry this series and I hate looking at comics on the computer. It's just barely under the $30 limit, but prime gets you free shipping, yes? I want this so bad it's hard to breathe! Thank you for this contest!

u/WafflesInTheMorning · 1 pointr/masseffect

Only a few more months till part 2! link

There's also a Dragon Age one: link

u/Captainlunchbox · 1 pointr/PS4

I got the big Darkhorse hardcover at my comic shop last week. I don't know much outside of this book- but it seems like a really big, awesome universe.

u/cldrgd · 1 pointr/dragonage

Just to add the the above post, most of the art in WoT volume 1 is new but volume 2 reuses a lot of the DAI art (the tarot cards and some of the end slides at least). I mean, volume 2 has quite a bit of new art, and what art it has that is new is pretty nice, but it has a lot of reused stuff too.

There's also a graphic novel that has an all-in-one hardbound edition that has some sidebars by the artist/author about the process of making it and the characters and whatever. It's still not quite what I'd call an art book, but depending on what you're looking for, it might be an option.