Aevum - A VRMMO LitRPG Story

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Description

The incredibly anticipated game, Aevum, has just released today. Arthur has been waiting for this game for a long time, as it is the first true virtual reality MMORPG to ever be released. The company has been quite secretive about the technology behind it, though...

Arthur will get to experience life in another world, along with fifty thousand other players as part of the first wave into Aevum. He will fight, learn, improve, make friends, make enemies, and uncover strange happenings in this new world.

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2024
Author: Purg

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SaucingtonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've been looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint. You put a lot of thought into it and I loved how physical and tactile the virtual world was.
Armor having gravity, being a pain to put on, snow being cold, inventory space taking up a certain amount of space... it was all really creative and having weight, and sensation, made full immersion feel much better than just stats and numbers. The cold and the panic were so much more real.
One way to make a protagonist likeable is to make them struggle with something simple. So Arthur trying to equip gear was my favorite part of this "It's not a power fantasy trope where the main character looks cool immediately". It let us know that this dude struggling to dress himself is not quite a hero yet, but a lost noob trying to figure it all out.
I liked that you let him choose a starting village. That revealed a lot about him. Why would he choose the cold, difficult mountains of Brackenhold? Because he's the kind of guy who would make that kind of adventurous, challenging choice, I reckon.
Tropes I loved:
1: "Twenty minutes into the future". It's the distant future. The year 2026. Just close enough to feel like reality, but fr enough to justify fat VR tech. He's got a job, a phone, a shitty apartment, and all of that makes the sci-fi feel tangible.
2: "Hard mode perk". He picks a harder experience, probably because it'll lead to faster levelling or better loots.
3: Underestimating the boss. "Oh that moose must be a passive herbivore" haha, great wake-up call