Reviews of A New World, an immersive game experience by Breuno - Webnovel

Hello there 👋 ( be aware this review contain some slight spoiler but no major ) Okay so normally, I don’t write review very often, it’s my first to be exact Why could you expect from this book ? Pros : World backgroung : -Your typical western fantasy world with goblin, dwarfs, elves, but with many different races in the same species ( moon elves, sun elves, wood elves... ) Also the map is massive with tons of empire containig even more kingdom, at a point I loose myself sometimes. The lore of the world has not been fully explored but it will come in time... Character development : -First our MC is one of the most human like I’ve ever read, he has anger, embarrassment and all the emotions which define who we are. He is also a lamba human, not some son of mafia gang and all. He will passe several ordeals which will make him mature and affirm his will as well as his goal. He is a 19 man, little bit introvert and clueless in relationships but definitely not your typical nerd who is more dense than mercury. He will open more to others with the game and even through there is no romance until now, there is one main ship which is only waiting to sail. Story development : -*Spoiler* Our MC arrive in a world where a beast tide is about to rase every empire, estimed in the next couple of years if not months, so it’s a rush to becoming strong with a player community completely disorganised. * End of Spoiler* Character design : -There are several others side characters well made, they didn’t feel bland like i’ve seen in some other novel. *Spoiler* Some will die, some will lives, and the despair of the MC will be fully felt.* End of Spoiler* Plot armour : ( what i’m considering plot armour is heaven sent opportunity, like he has nothing to do. Because he will have oppotunity but at a cost he is not willing to shoulder if he was to have a redo) -There is little to no plot armor in this story, the first one will be he met a powerful guy ( at the start ) but this guy will train him like a normal soldier, not like a family heirloom and giving him all the secret techniques he don’t even has. The guy is powerful but only in the city he is. Also the path of the MC will not be a smooth one *Spoiler* , he will choose a very difficult race which magic is blocked so he will experiment many way to unseal it, also he will use every advantage his race talent give him, so if you kinda like jack of all trades it’s for you. Also regarding how he can use magic, he will not have the final solution from the beginning, he will experiment many different way, some wrong, some half-wrong and he is still not accustomed to his final form Also with these experiment, he will become quite special, not overpowered but he has the potential to be* End of spoiler*. Cons : -The pacing of the novel may be boring for some people, it’s a day to day pacing with IRL elements ( not massive but good enough to understand he is not only playing). Also,he will not become OP in tens of chapter. I’m currently at chapter 196 and he is still at the bottom of the barrel, just slightly stonger than normal player and normal soldier. Also the strength mesurement can be quit confusing for beast and human alike: There is your typical level which you gain by killing ennmies and it give you stat. There is also the job (like swordsman and magician) wich are in Tier ( from 1 to 10, each more difficult to pass with a qualitative change at Tier 5) it also give stats And beast have an other factor( player also has it if they choose a difficult race, powerful advantage but the sytem give no help ), the strength of their body : normal animal->magical beast->demonic beast->bloodline beast->ancient beast-> mythical beast So you have to understand strength is like : body strength*job*level with each less important tha the other : body strength>job>level for example a human tier 7 mage level 50 will be completely destroy by a mythical beast Tier 4 level 30 ( also beast don’t have job just tier) ( maybe not but i’m giving an example ) And finnaly the biggest problem this novel has for me is..... NOT ENOUGH CHAPTERS 🤬😡 (Even through the chapter are really lenghty)

In short, this novel follows a in the beginning mostly average person in his adventure into the VR-game A New World (ANW). The story includes several deep topics, from AI over what is life to psychological topics. It also has a slow progress in the overarching story progression. Many different things happen and there is a good mix of action, adventure and training both in-game and out-of-game with an in-depth magic system. The MC does really not get any rest. ––– detailed with mild spoilers ––– Writing Quality: Some minor errors which do not hamper comprehension. Action scenes are exciting and even the complex topics are understandable (if you do not rush read through the chapters). Story Development: The MC and the whole story makes slow but constant progress, which I find a much more realistic flow for a VR Novel. There was only one big timeskip in about 500 chapters, but I did not miss any. Where would they come from? Games are designed to be exciting and the MC does more than what the average player would. This novel also developes the real life story, which is rare. Real life does not stop just because there is an in-game event and it is the same the other way arround. The different encounters and events/quest are always exciting and the whole feel of the VR-Game which is too real for what a game is supposed to be is integrated well. New storylines are always introduced in a sensible way and up till now none of them were abandoned. Character Design: All characters have depth to them but backgrounds are not just dumped on the reader and thus only told, when a character asks or feels the need to give info. This means, that the reader has to think about how characters act and interact to get a comprehensive picture of the characters. Update Stability: Very good. One to two chapters a day with even length. Small pauses only when significant problems occur. Direct reader interaction from small backlog. World Background: The most realistic VR novel I have seen. Both real life and the game world are resonable and thought out. Cool and interesting magic system which does require thinking by the reader and rereading of past chapters after long pauses in reading. Compared to go "Mages are too op": Magic system keeps this detailed description which was only present in the early chapters of MATO. 500 chapters in this novel might be about at 100 chapters of MATO by developement of MC.

Hello everyone: I thought it might be around time for me to do a new review of my story as it has developed far more and become so much more than I ever originally thought/imagined. (Especially being constantly in the top 100-150 was not something I ever imagined) Let's start with a, not sure what to call it. You will realize that my first few chapters have quite a few cliches or tropes. I will admit I relied on them to get started, slowly I moved away and now I harshly look at cliches and will really debate if I wish to add any or not.  If I do decide to do so, I will always attempt to do it in a way that will fit naturally in the world and story.  On that topic, this story is not a quick one diving into a plot and having the main character have a strong goal right from the start. Eldrian is just a person who was interested in this new type of game, and naturally he is our MC because he has some natural unknown talents. (You wouldn't want to follow an average joe, or would you?) He is not OP, he is not weak. Rather, he is. He grows with time and he learns with time. He forgets often and he does stupid and brilliant things almost at the same time. He is human, and I do my best to reflect that he is. I do my best to reflect this with all my characters, even the non-humans. Next, the story idea. It started as a more realistic game world, and become an 'alternate' world instead. It is most certainly still a game story and the world is indeed virtual and a game, but I do not focus on game elements. They are there, there are stats, there are weapons, spells, and item descriptions.  In the heat of combat, they are not brought onto the page. However, I do not neglect them. I always run my spreadsheets and do calculations to determine what effects what spell/attack will have. The stats are important, but I feel pushing them into a fight is distracting. So I almost never do, barring a few unique enemies who do not possess normal vitals.  This brings me to my magic system, I get that many feel it is similar to Mages are too OP. However, I started my story before reading that one, and I was at around chapter 30 when MTOP(?) reached chapter 100; when I started reading it.  I won't mention it more than this, but I want to make it clear that while it might feel(read) the same, mine is nowhere close. You should realize this after (not sure) chapter 50 maybe, chapter 100 for sure. Magic is hard, and it stays that way constantly. It is a constant pursuit of new and difficult knowledge and skills. Nothing comes easy, everything takes time and effort.  On that note, much of my writing dives into these topics in detail. I do not glance at details, but I also do my best to never repeat details. One spell might take one, two, maybe even three or more chapters to learn, but the next spell won't take more than a paragraph unless it is very different.  With this said, I also want to mention that the IRL world is constantly intertwined with the story. It is not forgotten, and it is part of the lore and background. After all, ANW was created with a very specific aim, and that aim is one a company in the real world has.  Next, a few things I see are often asked/questioned.  Romance: Some, but not really. I have introduced a romance early on, but I never really developed it as I am a stranger to the topic of romance.  (NTR, Harem): No on both Rewriting earlier chapters: I simply do not have the time nor will that really work, I have however gone through and fixed the obvious spelling and grammar mistakes.  Pacing: It is slow, I won't lie. As I said earlier, I go into details and things are constantly happening. There is almost no time skips. By chapter 500 only 6 months have passed, Eldrian is around level 30 (won't give precise level) and Tier 4.  However, levels do work differently in this game compared to normal worlds. The death penalty you will also find is really harsh, and my story is not one where the MC somehow never dies. (never made much sense to me, especially since dying in a game is normal for everyone) ------- Side note: I dive deeply into topics such as the emotional impact of events, philosophy, and realism. My aim with my magic system is and has always been to bridge reality and fantasy in a 'fantastical' way.  You will come to find with time the approach I took for this, I hope you come to love it as I do. If not, I understand.  ------- I think this is a long enough overview (almost a chapter's length), hopefully, it can help people decide if they want to give it a try or not. 

I like the story so far. I dnt like the death penalty. No game with this kind of penalty would survive for a long time, specially mmos. It takes time to collect equipment, especially the high lvl ones, so if we just lost all of it because we died then thats a bad game. He could have made it -1 level/ death or 1 item lost..but all items is just bad

MC is a beta and a simp don't read if you don't like MCs like that. I wouldn't have started this story if I had known that MC is beta and a simp. Author tried to be realistic but has successfully failed in doing so as everyone connected to MC gains special hidden classes like it's so easy yet the company who made the simulation has failed to do so yet after decades of trying. Every character has serious personality issues that's just feels wierd. MC goes onto tangents very often when contemplating and those tangents don't even makes sense most of the time.

Thanks for answering. So I think you misunderstood my question a bit. It's just that in the chapters after chapter 300, the Miracle tried to find out the secret of magic and because of this I had a question how real this virtual reality is and whether the knowledge from there is applicable in our world. It's just that otherwise it would be useless for the Miracle to try to learn from magic if that knowledge isn't applicable.

absolutely love the story eldrians journey so far has so many ups and downs it's always interesting only thing that's not doing to well is upload speed (but everyone has a life to live) I just wish we could get more than a few chapters a month

Hi all. The first thing I want to say is that on a scale of 10 I would rate this work 8.5. So about the work itself, I would like to say and warn that this work is worth reading more because of the fullness of the world than because of the development of the plot. For in this story the plot unfolds very slowly, but in return the reader receives detailed information about the world and the magic that fills it. I also think it is worth noting for many beginners to read this work in the hope that this virtual reality will become real like in the legendary mechanic and other similar works or virtual reality will eventually be something like learning before changing the world, then you are not here or rather I'm not entirely sure. That is, I read up to chapter 500, but I still don’t understand whether virtual reality is a real world or not, and this is very confusing to me. I ask the author to answer this doubt, as I am at a loss.

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if you are a "magic" nerd, this is for you. one of the most and best crafted magic systems I've ever red. the story is a solid 8/10 with an in-depth world building. as far as characters go i'd say the author mostly focusses on the MC, and, while the side characters are flashed out quite properly, they are never really "brought to life"

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Love it. pace is the only red light indicator. this novel is ambitious project, and i hope the author has the stamina to do it justice in reaching a satisfying conclusion .

Hi i just want to mention that i love the book you made and the fact that you go through your reviews makes it that much better. I just wanted to give some of my critiques and comments about the book so far. First: i am currently 198 pages into the book(just a heads up) So i just wnated to say that i really like what you did here with the world building and how much effort you put into making the game world seem both alive and massive at the same time. One thing i didt like about the book though is how much of a slow burn it is as in it takes a very long time for the mc to become stronger, to be honest i really like to read so this isnt much of a issue for me as it would be for some others so yeah. Another thing that i like about the book is mixing in the prespecive of multiple characters such as his freind erik or the leaders of the empires. So yeah i just wanted to give a quick review of the book so far.

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Fantastic novel, thoroughly enjoying the read. It might be slow for some but I truly enjoy the pacing. The MC is believable and not OP from the get-go which truly annoys me. Great read, so far, keep it up!

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the depth of thought that went into the world building is amazing. many have tried to tie a game world to the real one, but this takes it to a beautiful level. there is a solid reason the game world is so realistic and the struggle feels as heavy as it should to make the revelations really shocking. the pace can feel long but the payoff is worth it and the relationships are reflective of that. kudos to this story and wish I could blast it with gifts!

I think this is quickly becoming my favorite book on here. The story itself is insanely good, and it continues to amaze me the more i read. the detail that has went into this story is ridiculous, much respect to the author for being able to tie so many things into this story. thank you, cant wait for more!

I have read the story until ch 540 and i like it very much BuT i realy dont like what happening now in ch 541 having him Being locked by mircale and Escaping by killing mircale soilders and his fears about what happend to his family

the chapter 447 make me go from completely love to completely hating this novel even if this fic is probably a 3.5. the motive is in the chapter in question(447)mc have his soul intertwined with a alicorn and they are tied to each other forever,it's extremely ridiculous how author make mc go for it without thinking in the consequences, mc is literally marry a horse(it's already who that the alicorn parents have this bond). I find it ridiculous to think that in the future his future lover will never have a relationship more intimate with him than a horse and the same go for the horse. I think author in trying to give mc a good pet only make unecessary drama in doing in this way

I have read some or all of hundreds of novels on webnovel. This is one of about 20 that have had me anxiously awaiting the next chapter. The other books are decent reads but this one has me hooked. Extraordinary world building with a pretty unique magic system. Character building and progression is exceptional. World building is focused on progression of the world's concept of magic and is unique beyond words imo. Right now this is my number 1 book and it kills me when the writer's real life interferes with chapter releases, but they always keep us informed.

This is a well thought out story. Interesting characters with great development and impressive world build. Definitely one of the top three stories I've read on webnovel.

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First things first I am dropping this book is great. The world building is well done and everything seems organic with nothing being too forced. There is nothing much to nitpick about. But unfortunately i am dropping this book as it is too slow for my liking and goes against the traditional power fantasy ideas. Its great reading power in numbers once in a while but this is just not my type. Hoping for the best for the author but I will have to sign out.

It's a great story far more logical than most of those VR-AI-Game like world. Like people throwing up for to much blood or carnage. This for itself is really nice, cause c'mon who enters a new body and starts fighting like a madman from day 1??? Although our protagonist is faaar more quicly than the rest is ok. I read about 200 ch. And the novel is preeeetty slow paced, which is nice, again, it makes much more sense.The thing that actually bothers me is that he is much more logical in game than IRL. In game he isnt the most cunning, but he doubts, he is quickly in catching strange things, not the most intelligente, but not dumb. IRL he acts like a child, gee, for someone that lives alone and is at the university is a miracle he isnt cheated at every negotiation you make. For real, like (not a spoiler), who would chat with a guy from the most powerfoul company in the o world without a lawyer? And who would trust such a guy? Cmon, thats stuff that kids do. Another thing, the special case that he is IRL isnt as well developed as the game thing. So the novel can have to notes: In game:8/9 IRL:6

Up to: Chapter 470 This is, by far, one of the best-written novels on this site, and it’s hard for me to find things I dislike about it, excluding two decisions Eldrian made that I found highly disagreeable, but I won’t go over that since I don’t want to dissuade you from trying this amazing novel for yourself and it’s not a huge deal at the end of the day. The MC is overall very competently written, and has a distinct personality not found in many of the bland OP protagonists that litter the site. Sometimes he messes up, but I prefer it that way as it shows he isn’t a mindless perfection robot. This is doubly so since the author made sure to give him some real, actual flaws that hinder him in ways he doesn’t realize and that the author doesn’t specially highlight. Even if it isn’t especially common that it happens explicity, his flaws are pervasive in all the ways he acts and he acts in character very consistently, though he does change over time. The only other novels on this site I’ve read that share similarly well-written MCs would be Supreme Magus and The Oracle Paths, and it’s a huge breath of fresh air. Other than the MC, the world and magic system in particular is super well thought-out, and most of the time unanswered questions are not left as loose ends. The novel is a bit of a slow burn, but it’s superbly executed; that extra time between improvement isn’t filler, but instead juicy bits of lore, IRL stuff, third-person tidbits, training, and tasks, with only a couple of minor timeskips. We’re almost at 500 chapters, and not even half a year has passed because we’re pretty much following everything Eldrian does in its entirety (again, minus a few time skips). This is a huge plus for me, as I really hate a majority of mid-story time skips even if they’re really well done and a one-time thing like in One Piece. Either way, I strongly recommend that you at least try to trad this hidden gem, I highly doubt you’ll regret it.

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