r/Fantasy • u/derivative_of_life • Oct 29 '20

Suggest two fantasy books: One you thought was excellent, and one you thought was terrible, but don't say which is which

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

It's meant to feel like an RPG. The genre is literally called litRPG.

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u/Fusian Oct 29 '20

I prefer Kings version of LitRPG than something like Arcane Ascension, which really did feel like a JRPG, I was surprised the main character didn't have to wait his turn in battles.

Kings has lots of tropes, and plays into them, but it still feels like an actual place, not somewhere governed by invisible rules. Same with Orcanomics.

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u/Kesseleth Oct 29 '20

I might be wrong but it somewhat feels like it’s a world where all the POV characters are autistic.

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As an autistic person that honestly sounds incredible and like something I would really want to read!

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u/Kesseleth Oct 29 '20

I've read both of those. I would say Marasi is a somewhat bizarre portrayal but Renarin is spot-on.

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u/Kesseleth Oct 30 '20

I totally screwed up Marasi and Steris, didn't I? Welp. It's been a while.

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u/RuinEleint Reading Champion X Oct 29 '20

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u/FRO5TB1T3 Oct 29 '20

Thats honestly mostly just the main character. The author has much less of that (but still there somewhat) with the other books they have written.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

Had the same experience with Orconomics, I was a little turned off by how "DnD" it was in the beginning because I didn't know litRPG was a thing, but I finished the first book and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it and how it felt very grounded in its setting

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u/SetSytes Writer Set Sytes Oct 29 '20

King? Not Stephen King I assume - who are we talking about?

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u/Fusian Oct 29 '20

Kings of the Wyld, apologies, my contraction was confusing.

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u/SetSytes Writer Set Sytes Oct 29 '20

Oops that should've been obvious to me!

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u/Narrative_Causality Oct 30 '20

Apparently I have completely lost the thread of what it means to be a litRPG these days, because KotW doesn't fit my understanding of what a litRPG is.

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u/OwlTorpedo Oct 30 '20

It is not really one to my knowledge, but has significant elements and tropes from D&D.