LitRPG Podcast 250 - 20 Sided Eye Book 4, How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, The Nightmare Game System, Artificial Dungeon, Unbound Deathlord 3
LitRPG Podcast 250 - 20 Sided Eye Book 4, How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, The Nightmare Game System, Artificial Dungeon, Unbound Deathlord 3
Nov. 6th, 2020
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 250 of the LitRPG podcast. I’m Ramon Mejia.
I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 6 new reviews just for you, including the return of our contributor Ian Mitchell.
New Releases and Reviews:
Death Is the Destiny of All (The Twenty-Sided Eye Series Book 4) (09:00)
A nice return
Score: 7.5 out of 10
How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps (13:16)
Short, Mostly Parody Humor
Score: 7.2 out of 10
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (18:50)
RPG Apocalypse with neat twists
Score: 8 out of 10
Official English Webcomic - Webtoons
https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/omniscient-reader/list?title_no=2154
Ian’s (Eye-Ann) Picks of the Week (24:33)
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New Segment from Ian Mitchell a long time LitRPG community member who reads and reviews as much as me. He was nice enough to agree to join the LitRPG Podcast family as a new reviewer.
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The Nightmare Game System: A LitRPG Horror
The title says it all.
Score: 7.6 out of 10
Artificial Dungeon: For Sale By Owner
The merchant of death
Score: 7.2 out of 10
Unbound Deathlord: Corruption (Unbound Deathlord Series Book 3)
Wow
Score: 8.8 out of 10
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LitRPG News
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Out Now!
Crimson Sands: Sosaku Online - Book 1
City of Fallen Souls: A LitRPG Adventure (UnderVerse Book 3)
The Master of Metal: A LitPPG Wuxia Series (The Cards of Fate Book 1)
The Nightmare Game: The original MMORPG Murder, Mutilation, Offensive, Repulsive Player Game
The Wandering Inn: Volume 3 - Part 1
Dragon Heart: Land of The Enemy. LitRPG Wuxia Series: Book 8
Tales of Dungeons, All Hallows (Tales of Hallows Book 1)
Defend & Conquer: A 4x Lit Scifi Series
New LitRPG Audiobooks
Three in the Heart - Headshot Online, Book 3
(Wu Ji Chronicles, Book 3) A LitRPG Universe
Upcoming LitRPG:
Myriad Stars: Worship (Wu Ji Chronicles, Book 4). A LitRPG Universe (Nov. 8th, 2020)
The Trains of Keldora: An Automation Crafting LitRPG Adventure (Factory of the Gods Book 2) (Nov. 9th, 2020)
The First Peak of the Force: A LitRPG Wuxia Series (The Heavenly Throne 3) (Nov. 10th, 2020)
Date: A LitRPG Adventure (Monsters, Maces and Magic Book 6) (Nov. 10th, 2020)
Isr Kale's Journal (The Alchemist Book #4): LitRPG Series (Nov. 10th, 2020)
Imprisoned Online: Feeding the Trolls (A LitRPG Adventure Book 2) (Nov. 10th, 2020)
Bugs and Loopholes: A LitRPG Adventure (Beta Tester Book 3) (Nov. 11th, 2020)
Tallrock: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (Farming Livia Book 1) (Nov. 13th, 2020)
EXODUS: The Prodigal Son: A Real RPG Story (EXODUS: A Real RPG Story Book 1) (Nov. 13th, 2020)
Contingency (Star Divers Book 2) (Nov. 13th, 2020)
Hive Queen: A Dark Fantasy LitRPG (Trinity of the Hive Book 2) (Nov. 16th, 2020)
The Experimental Alchemist: A LitRPG Adventure (Nov. 17th, 2020)
Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel (Nov. 18th, 2020)
Fair Dinkum Dungeon Diving (The Aussie Mana Apocalypse Book 2) (Nov. 19th, 2020)
Lair: A Superhero LitRPG Adventure (Henchman Book 1) (Nov. 20th, 2020)
Biomedical Self-Engineering : Book 2 (Nov. 23rd, 2020)
Berserker - Book 1 (Nov. 24th, 2020)
The Twilight Hatchling: A LitRPG Adventure (Dream Stream Reality Book 2) (Dec. 1st, 2020)
The Broken Battlemage: The Doomsday System book 1, a LitRPG series (Dec. 1st, 2020)
DLC: A LitRPG Adventure (Beta Tester Book 4) (Dec. 2nd, 2020)
In Service of the Pharaoh (League of Losers Book #2): LitRPG Series (Dec. 3rd, 2020)
The Tribute (Project Stellar Book 3): LitRPG Series (Dec. 10th, 2020)
A Grim Demise and Even Worse Resurrection : Boneknight Series Book 1 (A Dark Fantasy LitRPG)
(Dec. 11th, 2020)
The Keepers of Limbo (The Range Book #1): LitRPG Series (Dec. 14th, 2020)
Drawing the Line: A LitRPG/GameLit Novel (The Underhill Chronicles Book 2) (Dec. 15th, 2020)
The Dark Champion (Interworld Network Book #3): LitRPG Series (Dec. 16th, 2020)
The Guild Core 2: Core Sworn (A Dungeon Adventure) (Dec. 17th, 2020)
Sidekick: A Superhero LitRPG Adventure (Henchman Book 2) (Dec. 18th, 2020)
High Gloom: A LitRPG/GameLit Adventure (Bad Guys Book 6) (Dec. 22nd, 2020)
Small Unit Tactics (Volume #2): LitRPG Series (Dec. 28th, 2020)
Keys of Four Elements (Primacy Online Book 5) (Dec. 30th, 2020)
Spear of Destiny: A LitRPG Dragonrider Adventure (The Archemi Online Chronicles Book 5) (Dec. 31st, 2020)
Labyrinth of Fright (Underdog Book #5): LitRPG Series (Jan. 4th, 2021)
Reborn: Evolution: A LitRPG Series (Warlock Chronicles Book 2) (Jan. 12th, 2021)
Shadow Seer (Rogue Merchant Book #3): LitRPG Series (Jan. 18th, 2021)
Watcher's Repose: A LitRPG Saga (Life in Exile Book 4) (Jan. 19th, 2021)
Player Reached the Top. LitRPG Series. Book IV (Jan. 20th, 2021)
Ascension: A LitRPG Journey (Legends Online Book 8) (Jan. 31st, 2021)
Onto New Releases and Reviews
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New Releases and Reviews
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Death Is the Destiny of All (The Twenty-Sided Eye Series Book 4)
The gloves are off, and the invasion has begun.
Rook has turned his attention onto the newly-formed Kingdom of the Iron Dice. In his mind, Joe has become a nuisance that must be squashed. How will Joe’s castle prevail when not one, but two armies march upon it?
Joe and Zoya no longer have a shield of ignorance to hide behind. If they face Rook, it will be with the full knowledge of their own true mortal peril. They may be Champions, with near-immortality, but they are still just two micro-sentients facing a god-like being.
The adventure continues as Joe and Zoya journey back to their kingdom in hopes of bringing order to a dungeon that has been falling into chaos. How will they prioritize which fire to put out? Or will everything they have built burn down to ashes?
If Joe and Zoya don’t build levels, strength, and abilities quickly, then the kingdom will fall.
From an Amazon Bestseller in Superhero Science Fiction, Kip Terrington continues The Twenty-Sided Eye Series. Combining his various passions, this series involves: world building, an Artificial Intelligence, LitRPG / GameLit, merging with the machine: Cyberpunk, science fiction, fantasy, character development, booger humor, and some moral dilemmas to boot.
My Opinion: 378 pages, $2.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
Even without a recap, it was easy to fall back into the story and remember why I liked the characters and general world. I’ll admit, the story has lost some of the grand world building sections but they existed to build up the world and that’s been done. The story more closely follows the main character (MC) and his adventures leveling, building up and defending his kingdom, and his interactions with the various forces that want to take over his place of power. There’s good action-adventure and kingdom building and fun interactions between characters I liked. Overall, a good read.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
Death Is the Destiny of All (The Twenty-Sided Eye Series Book 4)
How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps
For thousands of years, there has been a cycle: a Demon King rises and conquers, and a Hero is reborn a hundred years later to defeat him. Each time, civilizations are ground to dust beneath the Demon King's hordes, but humanity has remained secure in the belief that a Hero of legend will always save them. There's just one slight problem. It's only been 23 years since the Demon King's latest rise, and this time, he's already conquered more than half the world. If humanity simply waits for the Hero's return, there may be no world left for him to save.
And so, Yui Shaw sets out with an ambitious plan. A 10-step plan.
She'll find a way to obtain the Hero's legendary sword. She'll earn obscure classes, gain levels, and increase her skills. She'll travel to the meticulously-crafted dungeons that seem designed for one specific Hero to complete. And, if she's truly (un)fortunate, she might even find a fairy.
She might not be a Hero—but if she can fake it long enough, she might still be able to save the world.
My Opinion: 151 pages, $2.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
This is a casual read that mostly pokes fun at chosen one hero stories. The setup takes place on a magical RPG fantasy world where the demon Lord is advancing more quickly than expected and the hero that's supposed to be summoned to defeat him isn't going to show up in time. So the MC decides he'll be the one to fight the demon Lord by cheating and exploiting his way to gather the traditional hero items. The story makes plenty of jokes poking fun at the genre with lots of Zelda references thrown in too.
On the game mechanic side, there's enough for this to be LitRPG. Levels, skills, classes, items, dungeons. However after the 20% mark, there's a lot of time jumping that bumps up the Mcs level in leaps and bounds. Which makes some of the level gains feel a little unearned. On the plus side, the MC uses less common classes and skill combos to power level and eventually gather the hero items he needs.
Overall, the story is fine. If the humor lands with you, you'll enjoy it. The parody got a little old for me and I found myself a little less interested once leveling started to feel predetermined and months of time were summarized to give the MC new powers. Still, entertaining enough. I’ll note the audiobook did a better job of entertaining.
Score: 7.2 out of 10
How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
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Back then, Dokja had no idea. He had no idea his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse' was going to come to life, and that he would become the only person to know how the world was going to end. He also had no idea he would end up becoming the protagonist of this novel-turned-reality. Now, Dokja will go on a journey to change the course of the story and save humankind once and for all.
My Opinion: 18 Chapters +, Free/Paywall, English Publisher
Note: There’s also a translated light novel version of the story that is ongoing. The review is for the webcomic.
Ok. This only has about 18 chapters right now, but it’s sooo good. Every chapter takes a twist I wasn’t expecting and even though the main character (MC) technically has foreknowledge of what’s happening with the end of the world he doesn’t feel OP. Such a good combination of elements: RPG Apocalypse, Reincarnator, Streaming, Intelligent MC.
Art is good too. Brings the apocalypse alive. A little graphic with the deaths, but its the apocalypse. What else would you expect?
I only wish there were hundreds of chapters for me to read right now.
Score: 8 out of 10
Official English Webcomic - Webtoons
https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/omniscient-reader/list?title_no=2154
Official English Translation - Webnovel
https://www.webnovel.com/book/omniscient-reader_12524375106746605
Ian’s (Eye-Ann) Picks of the Week
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New Segment from Ian Mitchell a long time LitRPG community member who reads and reviews as much as me. He was nice enough to agree to join the LitRPG Podcast family as a new reviewer.
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The Nightmare Game System: A LitRPG Horror
The title says it all.
For me, I found the beginning difficult. It wasn't the writing, just darker than I'm used to. I had trouble with resident evil 5 for a while. This book reminded me a bit of the Resident evil series. Maybe I'm a wimp about horror. If so, the horror aspect's pretty good. I found Blair the AI annoying. Once I got in a ways, I found my groove and by the end of the book I can see a pretty good setup for a series. I thought overall it was well written. It was also painful for me as I can get squeamish at times and well the mc won't win the nice guy of the year award. I'm more fond of heroes.
Score: 7.6 out of 10
The Nightmare Game System: A LitRPG Horror
Artificial Dungeon: For Sale By Owner
The merchant of death
This story is pretty much one long bad day for the merchant MC even though the story covers a longer stretch of time. His landlord/neighbor covets his store and will stop at nothing to get it. It's a decent read. It pretty much feels like the mc bumbles through things and doesn't make many choices of his own. Mix orphans, a dungeon, and an evil landlord then watch the blood and tears flow.
Score: 7.2 out of 10
Artificial Dungeon: For Sale By Owner
Unbound Deathlord: Corruption (Unbound Deathlord Series Book 3)
Wow
Some serious head bending things await readers. After finishing reading this I need to go back and reread parts to understand the ending. I enjoyed the read but now I've got an Inception/Slaughter House 5 feeling and wonder what just happened.
Score: 8.8 out of 10
Unbound Deathlord: Corruption (Unbound Deathlord Series Book 3)
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"Blip Stream" "Mighty Like Us" "Big Shift" "Vivacity"
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