Mass Effect: Incursion

by Mac Walters, Eduardo Francisco (Artist), Michael Atiyeh (Colors)

Mass Effect: Incursion is an eight-page mini-comic that follows Aria T'Loak's encounter with the Collectors one week prior to the opening events of Mass Effect 2.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Video Games, Space Opera, Aliens, Fiction

8 pages, ebook

First published June 21, 2010

About the author

Mac Walters is a writer, director, and producer, known for his work on Jade Empire, the Mass Effect series, and Anthem. He's an author of games, novels and comics including the New York Time's bestselling Mass Effect: Redemption series. He was nominated for a Bafta for his writing on Mass Effect 3.

Mac is known for his intricate, deeply detailed futuristic universes populated by memorable characters who find themselves thrust into extraordinary circumstances.

Reviews

[Oscar Climent · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is ok. As many have mentioned, there isn't much that can be told in eight pages. It is fun to see Aria as a protagonist however. As a standalone comic, you can pass on it. If you can get it combined with other ME content, it becomes more enjoyable. The great art and the fact that it's based in the ME world is enough to get a 3 for me.

[Pamela (Here to Read Books and Chew Gum) · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was nothing here. No development, no plot, but the art was good. That's about all I can say about it.

[Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

8 pages, not a lot to say. Just a few pages of firefight, no real development. Free though, so its worth a read for the Mass Effect fans. One thing that did bother me was that Aria seemed much more unsettled by the idea of Collectors in the following Redemption series while she seems relatively unconcerned with them here. I would have expected a much more horrifying discovery.

[Phil Nicolle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet, bit of a pre-story to the ME2

[Joe Davies · Rating 3 out of 5]

Realistically probably a 2*.

I enjoyed how this story ended. I'm a big fan of Aria too. This should have been fleshed out, 20 pages minimum and it could have been a cool mini prequel to ME2

[Matthew McAlpine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Short. Pointless. Adds nothing to the Mass Effect story.

[ur didact · Rating 3 out of 5]

uh, it's fine, i guess. i don't even know if this is supposed to add anything. i didn't realise it was a single issue comic so was very taken aback by it suddenly ending, and it's not even interesting in the way anything is found out here. aria just walks up to a deal and reads the information on a datapad.. lmafo. dumb. cool aria moments that highlight why she's still the kingpin of power on omega, but that's it.

[47Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't remember anything about the plot of the games to even place this one-shots. At least is was a fast read.

Aria T'Loak breaks up a failed deal between Blue Suns and Collectors. After kicking everyone's behinds (which was pretty cool), she obtains information that the Collectors are looking for slaves.

[Jess ✩ · Rating 4 out of 5]

*I love the game, so I've been trying to read all the graphic novels so I can get background on the world.*

I liked seeing Aria pre Mass Effect 2. it was interesting and not what I expected. She already knew about the collectors before ME2 started, or at least was suspicious about them.

[Adrian Montanez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exactly what the synopsis says it is.

[Queen of Stray Cats τ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Of course I will type a review when there's only one word I have to say: Boring.

[Rahel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know what to say about this because there is no real plot or relevance to the greater story but at least the art is nice. The colors by Michael Atiyeh continue to steal the show, Eduardo Francisco made Aria look like herself - badass and there for no one's gaze. Still: I feel bad as counting this as a "book read" for this year because it's only 8 pages.

[Vitor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not sure what to expect from this.
I mean, sure. It's only a mini-comic giving some insight about Aria T'Loak, Omega station's leader - one of my favorite characters of Mass Effect 2. And the artwork is in fact good, but it lacked consistency with the previous graphic novel "Mass Effect Redemption".

[This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For · Rating 2 out of 5]

A mini-comic which serves as a prequel of sorts to Mass Effect 2, it introduces one of the locations (Omega and the bar Afterlife) and characters (Aria T'Loak) one encounters in the game. The story is rather terse with little depth (but what can one expect from an 8 page graphic novel?).

[Eddie · Rating 2 out of 5]

In an 8 page comic you're not going to develop much of anything. So you get one short incident of Aria killing some collectors? Big Deal! Only gave it 2 stars because it has Mass Effect in the title & the familiarity I had with ME2. It doesn't add much to the overall story of Mass Effect.

[Dustin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointing ending.

[Emelie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aria is a cool character, and anything ME is fascinating. It's a short read, a few pages, and it's okay, just because it's ME-universe.

[Andrew Crouthamel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Huge fan of the Mass Effect universe and games. This is a great addition!