Review: Not quite up to vol 1-3
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2012
<might contain spoliers>I know most of the reviews here are positive, but for me Judgement was a bit of a disappointment. I read the "Mystic Saga vol 1-3" compilation and I truly enjoyed it. "Judgemen"t comes off as a great idea for a sequel, with a seriously creative twist to the entire saga.I do like the characters, I like the whole "fitting into the timeline as we know it" storyline, with the usage of Roswell incident and all.However I do find parts of it lacking in believability:The thought that a robot with three imprinted minds of "judges" choosen out of many for just this particular mission, would almost immediately get romantically involved with the locals. And actually do it well, albeit...Not only do they manage to get around, despite repetedly claiming to know "nothing of the culture and society of Earth", they even come out as truly nice adjusted model citizen. They don't know what "navy" or "army" is, but still manages to pass as a discharged army doctor.The idea that a USA of the -40's without any space faring, nothing that can go higher than the airplanes of that era, still would manage to detect no less than two separate alien satellites - before there even were "satellites" in the world.Also, the civilization that are to judge Earth, on one hand acts on the premise that the oppression (unclear what it consisted of, since vol 1-3 doesn't really develop this particual story arc) by the earth colonizators, is so vile it means the whole civilization must be judged (hence "Judgement"). On the other hand their solution is sun-shattering, solar system-destroying genocide. They actually even ponder it might mean hurting the neighboring solar systems as well.Sounds to me like a civilization ready to do that, might actually like their peers on Earth, rather than judge them.