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The Alterra Project

Author: LordSputnik
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*This review was written after reading up to the 9th chapter--and it's already part of my collection. One thing that makes this original novel standout from the dozens and dozens of MMORPG literature found all over this platform is how WELL-WRITTEN it is. I can find no real fault in the writing apart from its pacing, and I'll get to that later, unlike the many interesting stories that have grammar that disrupts the reading. As a personal bias, I love the pop culture references, a lot of which was 90s nostalgia goodness. "By your powers combined..." LOL The world building is also well done. You can tell that just from the first three chapters. But, that's also why I gave this less of a score than I originally intended. There is a lot of exposition that discusses the mechanics of the world or the game that is really just blocks of text and it can mess with your pacing. At chapter 5, you're still in pre-launching and we haven't even seen the virtual wirld we'll probsbly be spending our time in. My advice, figure out a way to work the rules naturally into your story. You don't need to info dump them right away in the beginning. Try spreading them out so your readers are discovering the rules slowly along with your character. Speaking of the characters. I like them. From the assistant A.I. to Grey and to our friendly workmate who sounds like Cartman, they're interesting and they don't feel flat even if Grey sounds like your typical gamer in a MMORPG story. :) Keep it up, author. And I wish you the bedt of luck. I'll be reading this story more thoroughly too.