Alpha Physics - Post Apocalyptic LitRPG

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2020

Author

Alex Kozlowski Author

• Chapter 2 - First Blood
  Dec 9, 2020
• Chapter 1- Alpha Particle Event
  Dec 8, 2020

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• Ziggy11Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Not much to say other than I enjoyed the book and wished it wasn't ending. It does a great job with character development and I felt the loss whenever characters were killed or left behind.
  (Filler words because my review is to short and it needs 50 words to post)
• Anafan01Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  First thing to get out the way, the grammer is not perfect but it has gotten better, and professional editing is promised in the future. Either way the mistakes aren't overly distracting and on this sit I've seen much much worse.
  Story itself is great though, when reading you see all the familar troops of litrpgs, THE SYSTEM, magic exploits, min maxing, etc. etc. But instead of feeling cliche and like someting I've litterally read 1000 times before, the novel felt fresh and interesting. Never once had I got the feeling that I knew exactly what was going to happen next, and I am really looking forward to the second book.
  In my opinion, if your like me and like litrpgs but need a fresh take on the genre Alpha Physics is well worth the read.
• WecareRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Marvelous story. Loved it. Good writing. Drew you right along. Looking very much forward to Book Two. I liked how the MC progressed.  There was a nice sense of ethics ( looking at the greatest good for all rather than just for himself), within the story, including his failures and determination to do better.
• CrowbeRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I enjoy this series a lot! I read most of it over on kindle but what I've read here has been similarly enjoyable.
  I would recommend it for the world building, relatable characters and quality writing. I'd even suggest it to people who don't normally go for litrpg, as I think the author has managed to incorporate it into the story well, in contrast to other litrpgs where the system can heavily drive the narrative.
• bwfoster78Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is exactly the kind of story I love - a System Apocalypse that is progression based. The power curve isn't as steep as I usually like, but the author really makes it work. The author also does a great job with the pace, balancing tense scenes with exposition well. I also really dig the character. He seems like a real person with real reactions, neither murderhobo or too glib. Overall, this author has done a fantastic job with this story.
  That being said, if you're turned off by a poorly edited story, you probably should avoid this one. It really feels like the author didn't even give this a cursory once over before uploading.
  ETA: After reading a bit further, a story twist happened that I hated so much that I had to give up on it. I can no longer recommend this story. That being said, I don't feel great about changing the original ranking, so I'm leaving that as is.
• 123whothatbeRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I love the more realistic take on human reactions to a massive disaster, the stupid trope of everyone instantly dropping everything and murdering each other has always annoyed me. The main characters reactions to it always seem more grounded and realistic, which i love; no instant badass emotionless leveling monster. I do think the general speed at which the communities are getting used to it is a bit unrealistic, seems like quite a few people are acting like they've been in this situation for weeks rather than the 2 days that actually passed. But yeah general realism and reaction seem really grounded and realistic.
  The general system is pretty standard, i like the pathways - they seem a bit more unique. The fact that people have different systems should probably be explained bit more, seems a bit needless. There's some a bit info dumping done, for some reason by just some random people he met instead of the system which is designed to fast track them into surviving the apocalypse, not so sure about that. Honestly i think the system needs to be streamlined a bit, the hodge podge of different things is a bit strange and feels unwieldly.
  Characters and interaction are generally pretty solid, nothing to complain here.
  All in all really good, could do with some editing and general stream lining; but everythings there and just needs that last little bit. Defintely a step above the standard on royal road.
  Note: I do thoroughly dislike the fact that alot of people seem to be knowledgable of gaming terms and act like they're in an mmo. I understand a lot of people like this aspect, but you're mixing and matching realistic world views and standard litrpg world views; im not sure if it'll work out or not.
• CimmerianRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I enjoyed the first couple books of this series.  The latter parts of Book 2 and 3, and all of Book 4 (that I've read thus far) are very "adventure group" oriented rather than individual focused; this means that the protagonist does lots of awesome stuff and keeps giving all of the loot/benefits/crafted goods to his largely ungrateful teammates.  Personally, I find it difficult to believe a protagonist in a life-or-death situation would put up with it and would consciously choose to be personally much weaker and less safe in order to promote the collective strength of a group of non-relatives (which could simply fracture or have individuals who die off; not a family, or military unit, just a friendly hiking group moving in the same direction).  That said, the story is in progress and there is hope for the protagonist to get sock of it all... he is putting up with a lot of @#$% to get home to his wife Emily.
  That said... The author has demonstrated that he understands how to tell a story through events and natural dialogue (showing not telling) and can keep the story moving forward while balancing action, story-building, and character development.
  Grammar & Style: I give this author 5 stars.  I give all authors full stars and start removing them for poor grammar, spelling, structure, transitions, and other technical elements THAT ACTUALLY IMPACT THE FLOW OF THE STORY... it must be bad enough to stop me from reading.  The author has managed, thus far, to keep his story clean from distracting issues. (For those who don't need to nitpick.)
  Setting & Worldbuilding: Author has created a decent scenario for a fantasy apocalypse, justifying the changes based on a "higher power" having created a universal system for "bailing out" civilizations who ignorantly engage in globally suicidal behavior.  Clearly we trip the failsafe and descend into system apocalyse hell.  The subsequent mana-storms and system overlays are the system coming in to neutralize potential deadly issues (
• KoboldPatrolRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  (as of chapter 31, i.e. arc 1 complete)
  An apocalyptic event destroys all technology and brings magic and monsters to Earth. As this event has happened to many advanced species in the universe, those that survived came up with artificial System Interfaces to help the survivors. These Interfaces activate as soon as the event occurs, each survivor getting a different version. Adrian is stuck alone in the wilderness, but at least his Interface is a very advanced one. Now he just has to survive the hordes of monsters around him, find other humans, survive more monsters, improve himself with the loot, reach his far-far-away family... sounds difficult, doesn't it?
  Story: It's a system apocalypse LitRPG story and, as usual for this genre, the MC lucks into an advantage at the start that makes him more successful than normal people. Nothing wrong with that, we don't want to read about random person #58867135 who dies to the first monster (a very short story) or his neighbor who manages to survive but will become average nameless town inhabitant variant 17B3 (most interesting event this week: sneezed on his lunch). We readers want to see the special people, those who have unusual abilities and use them, those who advance above the curve, we want to see them defy the odds and lead an exciting life. And this story has all that. The pacing is very good, the MC's special powers are unusual enough (it's NOT "Hulk smash very strong. Level Up! Now Hulk smash more strong"), the Interface is interesting, the monsters are varied, interaction with other people is fine. The MC's advancement is steady but not too fast. The Interface leads to some info dumps that feel too convenient, but that's not too bad and it's explained by the Interface being a very advanced one.
  Style/Grammar: The story is told in third-person style from Adrian's point of view. Descriptions are okay. There are many LitRPG elements (stats, skills, advancement paths, a believable loot system) that are mostly done well
• SanchoMontoyaRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  No spoilers included, but there is one major flaw that must be addressed whether this is commercially or individually published. That is the emotional state of the protagonist as he is leaving his original location in the story. That is in direct conflict with the emotional state that the character evinces over the last 2/3 of the story. This incongruity is particularly strong because the character has overcome several particular flaws in the first part, but then in the latter part, all of those improvements are suddenly gone, for no solid reason. The problem is that the second emotional state is important to the character's growth through the story, but it felt too contrived and unbelievable - a clear moment where author intrusion is bending the story away from the organic growth and flow that it had at the beginning. Fixing this problem will require significant revision, either to the original emotional state improvements, or to the triggering scene for the latter part. My opinion is that making the second sort of change will make the story stronger.
  Beyond that problem, the protagonist is outside of the standard moronic teenager who wants to build a harem and a guild and be in charge because he is strong, rather than smart. That is a good thing. Cleaning up the character errors will push the character score to 4.25 in my opinion.
  Not tons of typos, but enough to be distracting, as well as misspelled homophones, misuse or non-use of apostrophes, and garbled sentences where the author clearly had two different sentences for the same spot and failed to remove one of them.
  Descriptions are good, internal monologue and dialogue flow well, and pacing of the story also held my interest throughout the read. The System is hilarious.
  Overall, one of the better efforts that I have read on Royal Road, and I have read hundreds. Definitely in the top dozen.
• OlbidRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  I really like the concept, book 1 was very good, despite having not been edited but book 2 need to be rewritten. Too slow-paced, dramatic, and overall not that interesting, the MC constantly talks about his family and the need to go find them but keeps being sidetracked. The latest chapters are too short on content