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Restarting From Genesis

作者: TechnexGames
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Within the popular VRMMORPG "New Genesis", there was a ranker by the name of Arthur Holmes, commonly known by his in-game alias “Merlin”. Arthur was one of the few original beta testers still playing after 30 years, he was originally a ranker, a player whose entire goal was to stay at the top, ahead of everyone else. However after 15 years he sacrificed his player ranking in search of knowledge. Arthur became a lore hunter, a player who indulges himself with the world's vast lore and unexplored history, preferring to uncover the world’s secrets rather than endlessly fighting monsters. At the age of 48, 30 years after the game came out, Arthur uncovered the greatest secret of all, and yet, ironically, his negligence in levelling up was the one thing holding him back from realising his goal, he knew he would never be able to catch up to the rankers, a gap of 15 years was Impossible to overcome. If only he could restart… ----- Super gifts will grant you a dedicated shout-out within the story. (Gifts of 5000 coins or more, those that get announced globally.) And you can join us on discord here: https://discord.gg/Wh7F8yQ Thank you for all the support, I appreciate all of you!

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0 :Auxiliary Volume
1 :The Beta Test

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Saarlink
SaarlinkLv5

Original but boring. Things I liked: The MC is basically an in-game scholar which is a cool new take that I wish had more play. Their family owns the game in addition to a bunch of other cool sci-fi related products/labs which is both an interesting character background and could wow the reader with ideas about the future. (Unfortunately, so far it is way underused) The world is a mix of different cultures from around the world and throughout history which hopefully means breaking away from East Asia/Europe (which is the generic setting for many of these). The fights are interesting and well done. The downsides: All of this sounds amazing but the delivery just felt flat to me. The only two cool sci-fi things actually mentioned are the video game and something to generate energy. The world feels modern rather than futuristic because of this. The family isn't interesting. Nothing wrong with that IRL but in a story it means that the chapters with the father drag due to a lack of interest. The sister is so in and out that she isn't much of a character. Again it makes sense why this would be IRL but in a story we need characters that grow and are interesting. There are glimmers of this with the MC's schoolmates and the former rankers in game but they aren't given enough time/enough of a spotlight to develop into anything. The game story is really slow. I don't really care about him doing a quest that everyone else has to do, just slightly quicker. The ghost sub plot is great but is buried under ... an escort quest that he takes for ??? reasons? The quest to gain Gaia's interest was cool too but the rewards were uninteresting. Ultimately his rewards are bland (50 chapters in and there is nothing that stands out), his actions are uninspired (there are no cool finding hidden treasures or bosses, just knowing how to get a base class), and when he does get interesting quests he either ignores them (he ignores the ghost until he can't anymore) or declines them (The oracle's epic quest). When the author mentioned the world was a mix of ours, I was hoping for a hybrid and therefore new culture. Not just a copy paste of cultures in different places, and those places are just European ones we have all seen before. Verdict: Worth a read to see if it is for you. The author may well be on to something eventually but I'm not willing to slog through more chapters to get to 'the good stuff'.

TurtleOfRainbow
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Nemesis_T103
Nemesis_T103Lv1

I mean, this is the highest review I've given this site so yeah. I really like this story so far, the pacing is rather slow, but it really helps flesh out the world. There are so many stories where stuff is mentioned but never ever expanded upon, but here it all has a nice flow where each thing comes in phases and is never left in the dirt as the plot progresses. The characters are incredibly well written and you seem super connected with the readers and the stuff that you bring in is very realistic for this day and age, like the streaming system. Personally, for improvements I'd like, I'll be honest, I'm a sucker for love interests, so I'd like to see some of that. Another small complaint is the lore of the game. MC was introduced as a lore hunter, yet for most of the story we just have hunting, and grinding and then some plot and back to hunting. Don't get it twisted, as I really enjoy the fights, they feel well thought out, but they stretch on a bit too much sometimes. I'd like to see more interactions between him and the other characters, unless they aren't directly affecting the plot you had in mind, so do whatever. The conversations he has with people about the game or what he thinks of it always get cut short. He talks with Donovan in the car sometimes but there's no dialogue about what he thought about it, we just get a one liner before he's back to doing his stuff. Overall, the story's great. I really enjoy it and I hope to see it hitting the WebNovel charts soon! Thanks for the novel!

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