It was definitely toned down. The plot focused mainly on the survivors a century after "Surprise Day" (as the crossed like to call it). It's centered around a archeological/historian/biologist as she tries to find out what caused the outbreak in the first place. The cross themselves are the intelligent ones who have created their own society hidden from the survivors so they can do a part 2. They're less impulsive and thus less prone to random acts of violence.
They're still infected, though, and the story picks up when they start a war after isolating themselves for a century.
iirc any violence served an actual narrative purpose rather than being there merely for juvenile shock value. So probably toned down a bit, but not in a way that felt out of place by diminishing the grotesque brutality of the Crossed universe.
Having read all of them, I think the only good one is the one by Alan Moore.
why would you do that to yourself?
Also was the torture and violence in that one toned down?
It was definitely toned down. The plot focused mainly on the survivors a century after "Surprise Day" (as the crossed like to call it). It's centered around a archeological/historian/biologist as she tries to find out what caused the outbreak in the first place. The cross themselves are the intelligent ones who have created their own society hidden from the survivors so they can do a part 2. They're less impulsive and thus less prone to random acts of violence.
They're still infected, though, and the story picks up when they start a war after isolating themselves for a century.
Sucker for anything zombie related unfortunately.
iirc any violence served an actual narrative purpose rather than being there merely for juvenile shock value. So probably toned down a bit, but not in a way that felt out of place by diminishing the grotesque brutality of the Crossed universe.