LitRPG Podcast 286 - Underdog Book #8, Third Apocalypse: A Generic Reincarnation Apocalypse, Connection Unknown
LitRPG Podcast 286 - Underdog Book #8, Third Apocalypse: A Generic Reincarnation Apocalypse, Connection Unknown
June 3rd, 2022
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 286 of the LitRPG podcast. I’m Ramon Mejia.
I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 3 new reviews just for you.
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It’s been a month since the Mechanical Crafter 3 came out and I wanted to thank everyone that took the time to give it a read. Especially if you were kind enough to leave a review. They really matter to an independent author. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, there’s a link in the show notes. It's a fun story.
https://geni.us/MechanicalCrafter3
For the full show notes visit us at: https://litrpgpodcast.com/litrpg-podcast-286
New Releases and Reviews:
Renegade (Underdog Book #8): LitRPG Series (15:23)
The end is finally here
Score: 7.4 out of 10
A good regressor apocalypse story
Score: 7.8 out of 10
Connection Unknown (Builder's Legacy Book 1) (27:33)
Good action. Combines FPS, RTS, Space Fighter, and Civ building game types in MMO story.
Score: 7.4 out of 10
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Onto New Releases and Reviews
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New Releases and Reviews
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Renegade (Underdog Book #8): LitRPG Series
The battle with the horde of necromorphs is lost. Foreston has been overrun by Dark fiends. The foxfolk have been forced to abandon their homes and seek salvation on the far side of Narrow Lake.
Its main city lost, the Order of Monster Hunters finds itself on the brink of destruction. And now deprived of their chief ally, the gnomes are left all alone to take on the army of the Steel King.
Eric’s attempts to halt his foe’s advance have all come to naught ― Alrak the Heartless and the other Dark primordials are simply too powerful.
To cover his friends’ retreat, Eric makes use of forbidden magic, for which the Great System strips him of his rank as magister and declares him an apostate.
In spite of the crushing defeat and grievous wound, Eric’s will is not yet broken. And although he has become a renegade in the eyes of yesterday’s friends and allies, Eric will keep up the fight against Darkness!
My Opinion: 543 pages, $6.99, Not Available On Kindle Unlimited
Full disclosure: I received an advanced copy for review. I purchased a copy when it became available.
The final book in the series sees some interesting turns in the story but ultimately ends like I’d expected. The path there was as twisty as it had been in previous stories but I couldn’t imagine another outcome without readers rebelling. The big story threads are all cleared up and there’s room for more adventures if the author chooses to continue the heroes adventures in a follow up series. It’s an entertaining read if you’ve come this far into the series and an ending that I felt satisfied with.
Score: 7.4 out of 10
Renegade (Underdog Book #8): LitRPG Series
Third Apocalypse: A Generic Reincarnation Apocalypse Epic LitRPG Fantasy Adventure With a System (Regressor Book 1)
Decades ago, the world was changed by the arrival of the system.
One day, monsters spawned across the world, gateways to dungeons appeared everywhere, and the blue screens heralded the end of days. The apocalypse. The ruin of the world.
Amongst the ruins of the world, they survive.
The players.
Those granted power by the system and led by the 2nd regressor, the King of the Crows.
He who mastered the system, learned the truth of the apocalypse, and seized the keys of absolute authority.
But even a King cannot stop the fall of mankind.
No power is absolute. An end is eventual.
The final calamity and coming of disaster.
To fight against the overwhelming power of a mad god, the mark of the regressor will be passed on.
Jax Nolan is picked as the successor, the man destined to go back to the beginning.
Back to the start of the apocalypse and the advent of the system.
And become the hero of the story.
My Opinion: 583 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
This is a pretty good regressor story once you get to the actual regressor part. The first 20% had lots of action and sets up the major powers of the apocalypse, but it was never really engaging for me because it was the last big fight of that timeline and I had no connections to the characters. Also, it just went on too long. But once the story does the regression part, where the main character (MC) goes back to an earlier point in his life with future memories, the story was very engaging. It used regressor tropes of the MC using his foreknowledge to avoid overwhelming dangers, take advantage of secrets not yet discovered, and connect with the people that would be important in the future. The authors regulate a bit of this foreknowledge by dribbling out the MCs memories between timelines and it was an effective way to stretch out this future information and tell short little scenes that gave background info for other characters or events that had happened in other timelines.
On the RPG side of things the story is just good after the 36% mark. There are levels, stats, classes, quest notifications, and RPG powers with plenty of details. The story is action focused and occasionally a little loose with some of the one shot kills the MC does, but after each fight (after the 36% mark) there are post fight exp gains, potential new powers, and notifications.
Overall, the story does a good job as both an apocalypse story and a regressor one. There are plenty of dangers with the scenarios and dungeons, terrible people, and the MC is very easy to root for without being overpowered or all knowing.
Score: 7.8 out of 10
Connection Unknown (Builder's Legacy Book 1)
Luke Tavares has dreamed of joining the vast gaming guilds of the hypernet. After recently graduating high school, his parents have given him the same ultimatum as his siblings; he has one month to get a job to pay for his air, gravity, and water aboard the Dahlia.
The freighter needs more hands, but Luke doesn’t want to be a trader-ship engineer. In Sphere World, he can mine asteroids, build bots, and make weapons to fuel the system-wide war between nodes.
As a free player, it is his own credits on the line. But when his opponents are the very guilds that he wishes to join, he’s going to have to use every trick he knows to win.
My Opinion: 671 pages, $5.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
This is a GameLit story that takes a FPS, Real Time Strategy, Space Fighter, and Civ building types of game genres and puts them together in a full immersion MMO story. I didn’t find all of the in-game stuff interesting but parts of it were enough that I kept reading. The PvP elements and the spaceship fighting just aren’t the kind of game I like, so they were less interesting than the crafting, resource gathering, guild v guild conflicts in game, and real world storyline.
I actually really enjoyed the real world conflicts as they had serious tension and consequences to what the MC was trying to accomplish. It's rare you see a court case and corporate espionage and conflict in a game lit story and it was a nice change to the conflict in the story. I also liked the space age real world that the MC lived in and the wealth consequences to doing well in the game.
On the game mechanics side of things, it’s pretty decent. I wish there were more RPG elements, like set classes, stat increases, and skill increases. Instead, players log into bots in the MMO that go onto setup their build and if they die they have to buy another bot which can be setup for whatever loadout they need for a mission. The missions themselves are nice with options for conquering nodes, defending nodes, protection, spaceship fights, drop-off missions, and more. The crafting and resource gathering elements are also a big aspect to the game side of the story and the conflicts between guilds was well written.
Overall, it's a good story. I found a little less enjoyment just because I don’t play the competitive team combat games. But readers who are interested in that genre will likely find a lot more enjoyment. Otherwise, the other elements of the story were interesting and the story was fun.
Score: 7.4 out of 10
Connection Unknown (Builder's Legacy Book 1)
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