New Australia (A LitRPG)

Self-Published

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Description

The game-like alternate dimension of New Australia teems with life: humongous beasts, flourishing civilizations, and a bewildering array of lush ecosystems.

The only problem (aside from the constant war that plagues most fantasy lands): humans. The World Government is sending all its unwanted humans to New Australia. Murderers. Political Dissidents. Assorted felons. It's not technically the death penalty, and it saves a bundle on prison expenditures.

Then there's Jerome, who just happened to be at the wrong place (sneaking into a top-secret government facility) at the wrong time (when it was guarded, aka all the time).

Can he make it in this fantastic new world?More importantly, will he stay a child, or will he become the hero that New Australia needs?

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What should you expect?

* Tactical action scenes (LOADS of them)* Starts with some light-hearted comedy before getting serious* A mysterious world with bizarre but consistent internal logic* MC grows from bumbling idiot to whirlwind of death* Also some emotional character development, if you're into that kind of thing* Stat sheets!

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I have signedthe pledgeto finish this story. All I had to do was give them a drop of blood and my true name "just in case".

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2018
Author: monkeys_all_the_way_down

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.9/ 5.0
Followers: 448
Views: 344,755

Chapters(69 total)

Reviews

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Community Reviews(6)

DartmorinRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Very interesting characters and setup for both worlds described in this book. The dynamic between the 2 MCs is fertile grounds for future interactions and character growth. The Mcs op power is accuately described in Universe as potentially game breaking, if its owner could get his ass into gear.
Feuer der VeraenderungRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
What can I say. There seems to be character development going on, mc has a cheat but seems not to be op (just incredible strong for his level) and the background story also seems interesting (not too much is revealed as of chapter 22 since there are no infodumps).
Furthermore I find nice that the stats do something (strength makes the mc more muscular etc.).
MerenosRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Fun silly LitRPG romp
Unfortunately, feels only like the first act of a story and needs more to come after it.
There's tons of room to go from here and I am disappointed it has been 7 years since being published
Give the people more!
What I would like to see is potentially a revised beginning that give just a hint more detail of the state of earth, an exploration of the other races in this new world, and more wacky powers and to transition into civilization building.
Maybe one day we will see this expanded.
The main character starts rather unlikably silly but grows on you as the story goes on.
The writing doesn't have any deep philosophy to it, but it doesn't need it.
The system for the LitRPG side is pretty simple in my opinion, but it does everything it needs to.
The fight scenes are more like puzzles than punch fests, and that is where the story shows it's strength.
I would like yo see more abilities, and I'd like the scientist from earlier to return, it feels like an unused checkovs gun.
I wanted to see more intimacy bonuses for deep friendships, but unfortunately it becomes mostly a two person cast for practically all of the story.
I'd like to see more returning characters, and I would like the named characters to have more meaning.
Some of the boss fights in hindsight seem to be confusingly balanced, it's not very clear what is the real difference between some of the bosses and the average mob, other than the Main character struggling more. I also think there's some obvious things that the Main character could do that they don't, but the fact they don't try it is in line with their character.
Overall, two thumbs up.
Shadow8tingRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Has a good start. The mc is a bit on the annoying side but is already showing development. Has a great power that gives him the posibility to be very strong but only with work. The mc might become very strong but probably not op.
JustaknightRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Tough one to finish for me. Simplistic plot, one-dimensional and shallow characters. Progression and development were abrupt and contrived. Rough spots in world building and magic system. Too short to develop characters, but I would't want to get to know these. Intimacy scenes were juvenile, which may have been the point, but could have been handled more appropriately. Overall I'd recommend looking elsewhere for entertaining reads.
mordrethRoyal Road
★★ 1.5
In a world filled with generic fantasy, game element, hero summoning web novels, I don't expect to see much new. I do however hope to see something interesting. This just wasn't it. I found this story to be overly silly, simplified, and juvenile.
The MC lacks any depth, intelligence, or realism. He gains some world breaking super power with no effort. Totally bypasses the hero's journey unless you consider a page of fake drunken wandering to be a hero's journey.
If the author's goal was comedy, then I will say good start and keep trying. Comedy is a pain to write and takes a lot of work. Just try to focus on some more realism. Reality is comedic. If the author's goal wasn't comedy then...oops?