Not Recommended

Primal Gaming - The Murder of Timothy Smithton: Part One

A satirical LitRPG erotica crime thriller novella. A lot of genres for one story, huh?

Shaun Winter, a detective in the real world who is just trying his best to stay off people's radars, and a Lady of the Night in game, and no, that wasn't his choice. Shaun hates the game, but when Timothy Smithton, a dear... acquaintance of Shaun is murdered and the only lead available is in Primal's 50s America mode 'Golden Age' he has to suck up his deep disdain for the game and pull on a corset and heels.

 

My Opinion: 127 pages, $0.99, Available on Kindle Unlimited

Priced ok but real simply not LitRPG. It’s not bad erotica but the VR mostly serves as a medium to explore sexual fantasy. A male detective goes undercover online as a female sex worker to get close to the bad guys. The extent of game stuff is that the story exists in a VR world. No game mechanics, no levels, no stats, no XP, nothing. It’s just a place the story takes place.

If you want to read some LitRPG erotica, I’d suggest reading Scottie Futch’s Galataea series and Freelance Saga.

Primal Gaming - The Murder of Timothy Smithton: Part One

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Ravenscroft Conspiracy: A LitRPG Thriller

A fantasy magical academy story masquerading as LitRPG. The first 20% is pure tedium. A 16 year old troubled kid is on death row after being wrongly convicted of murdering his parents. Turns out he’s actually a super genius, his parents are demigods in a full immersion VR game and that he’s being sponsored to go to Ravenscroft Academy, an academy in this game, if he agrees to try and break the game from within.

Goblin: a LitRPG Novel (Tower of Gates LitRPG Series Book 1)

The beginning is pretty well written. The 1st chapter of the story made me feel like the story had great potential: 3 kids logging into a forbidden VR game. Eric is in a wheelchair who gets full use of his limbs back in game. Sarah is his best friend and the girl that he’s secretly in love with. Josh is a jock that’s only there because his girlfriend is. Reading the 1st chapter, I could see a lot of potential, but it never pays off.

The Accidental Mage: The Orb of Agner: Book 1

I was ok with the few spelling and grammar errors. I was ok with the page count. I’m ok with the info dump. However, I’m not ok with the  abrupt ending where the best friend is suddenly killed by a group of thieves because they can ‘magically’ break the game rules by turning a PVE zone into a PVP area. Then somehow the main character survives by using the overpowered magical artifact they just happen to discover a page ago.

The end of the novel say that the author plans on releasing another story in this series later. I hope the story improves but I can’t recommend this one.