The Hammer

There's nothing "wrong", per se, with The Hammer and that's probably the reason I'm writing this review in the first place. It's to remind myself why I dropped it and why you, the person reading this review, might want to read or not read this yourself.

I'll be as vague as possible about the story itself because I don't have too many opinions about the content of the plot and will focus more about what it represents.

At the time of this review, The Hammer has a full season out and is in the midst of the second season with 100+ chapters under its belt. This is a good enough reason to even consider reading a webcomic as having a long backlog is better than diving into a brand new series.

That being said, The Hammer is "mid" and I mean that in the literal sense of the word. It is middle of the road. It brings nothing new to the table for someone who has read 100 regression webcomics but it also plays out the tropes in a decent enough manner(although decent might be too soft of a curve ball).

Tiny is very average as far as protagonists go and the joke about how his name doesn't match his appearance loses any charm it may have had for a one off character pretty soon. Thankfully it's not a main plot point and it's only brought up a couple of times in the 80 or so chapters I got through but it makes you wonder why even call him Tiny. It's clearly not a "regular" name as most of the cast has vaguely medieval European sounding names so it just seems out of place. As a character though, Tiny inspires no love from me. No hate either. I just feel nothing for him and that's a really bad thing for a character to be if you need to consume the entire story through their eyes.

All of the supporting cast is equally as bland. They suffer from much the same as Tiny. There is nothing new or very interesting about them so I found myself just rolling my eyes with each new archetype the writer tried to fit in. The villains are also kind of goofy for the most part(and not in a good way) and I just can't bring myself to care about anyone or the fate of anything.

The art is... Serviceable. It's nothing to write home about but it's also not the distractingly bad. It's just that coupled with how bland the story is, it does not help my drive to read more.

That being said, my complaints come from a place of subjectivity. I can say all of this because I've read so many webcomics with the same story beats that do them much better. The Hammer is just a pale imitation but if you have not read much in this genre then it's an OK read. I'm just personally dropping it because if I can get though 50 chapters of something and not find a single thing to look forward to when I'm reading it then it's just not for me.