Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #1

If you're on the fence about the upcoming game, this might be the thing that tips you over into making a purchase. If you're already sold, jump in anyway. Read Full Review

Cyberpunk 2077 #1 makes the bold but wise choice to make a fantastic comic set in the 2077 world without just being an edgy advertisement for the much hyped coming franchise. Read Full Review

Overall, the creative team did a marvelous job with this first issue. The art and coloring are gorgeous and, for anyone who is a fan of cyberpunk, youll enjoy the themes in this comic. Nadia is an interesting character so far, but whatll be more interesting is just how shell settle the conflict between her morality and her job. Read Full Review

Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team mixes frighteningly real action and the trauma that comes with it into a slick design well worth exploring. Read Full Review

Based on a video game or not, Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #1 is exciting, dramatic, and everything that it intends to be, making for a worthwhile reading experience. Read Full Review

Its a story weve all seen before, but it separates itself from the pack by being an absolutely gorgeous book to look at. Read Full Review

I would recommend this if you are a fan of the cyberpunk setting and want to see something different. Read Full Review

I might be slight biased, but I loved this issue from start to finish, and the very distinct art style only enforces what hype I had built up for the game. The comic is almost the stop gap between the original Cyberpunk 2020 Tabletop Role Playing Game and upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 video game. This is definitely going to be an emotional journey of blood, neon and bullets. Read Full Review

Whether your keen on cyberpunk science-fiction or not, Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #1 draws you in with aesthetics and a compelling story. Read Full Review

Cyberpunk 2077 comes to comic book form! Explore the world of Night City through the eyes of Nadia; a member of the Trauma Team. Read Full Review

If this was under a different name I would gladly give it a higher score. Yet it is supposed to be tied into a game that hasn't been released yet and not having that reference to understand the story makes this issue a disappointment. After the game is released this is something worth revisiting as it will make more sense and should be graded on a complete scale rather than the partial one I am forced to use.  Read Full Review

Here's to Comics

Nov 11, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team is a welcomed addition the the lore of this franchise. Issue #1 starts smooth, with Nadia talking about what exactly happened weeks before the events that take place on this issue, related to a rescue mission gone south. The way the angles and colors blend together results in visuals that just draw you in. I want to see how Nadia evolves. Definitely recommend this read, specially if you are excited about Cyberpunk 2077.

I Review Comics

Oct 02, 2020

I don't have much experience with Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk franchise aside what has been released about the upcoming game from CD Projekt Red. Based on this initial offering it doesn't appear that the story here ties so closely to the game that you can't follow the narrative. I imagine you see these Trauma Units in Cyberpunk and that this story covers a slice of life for one of the characters in the universe similar to what you'd see if Star Wars pointed the camera at a random stormtrooper after an encounter with a Jedi. The comic follows Nadia and covers a mission in which she loses her squad during a rescue attempt. It's a very intense series of events in a job that would be hard to go back too. Nadia on the other hand is itching to get back into the field. I think there is more to Nadia's reasoning than simply being anxious but that's a working theory and I believe the "Trauma" aspect of the series is what the book will be focusing on. Nadia successfully saves her client in the end. The comic documents the extraction and see her psychological evaluation and redeployment back into the field with a new Trauma unit. The story is interesting and features frenetic action throughout. The downside to the art direction is that the comic has a lot going on and due to the Trauma team uniforms it's hard to distinguish the characters from one another. I'm guessing the layouts and design choices are based on level and character design from the upcoming game. It's a distraction but it doesn't hurt the flow of the book which moves at a brisk pace. There isn't much else to the comic, it's a fun 5-minute read. There isn't much to latch on too aside from getting a deep dive into where Nadia is at the start of the story. It's a decent jumping-on point into this world with a nice cliffhanger. more

HallowsEveCat

Mar 30, 2021

Not a fan.