Oblivion Online (complete)
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Thanks for permission to use the cover by WanderingInPixels over on Deviant Art.
As of 12-15-18, the story is finished. I am planning to edit and will release the books as I finish in one big go, but there isn't a timeline on any of that.
Marty had a fairly easy life as a cook for Arctic Storm Entertainment headquarters when he gets an offer from the company to try out a new playstyle for their biggest VRMMORPG, Oblivion Online. Follow him as he makes his way through the game as one of the monster races trying to survive against the forces of light.
Author's note: I will update every Monday and Friday for sure, with the possibilities of bonus chapters through the week if I get extra writing done. I also did a disservice to several of my characters early on. I'm slowly working through a re-write, but it will be a while as I want to make sure I get it right this time around.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2018
- Author
- Mighty Moushie
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.5/ 5.0
- Followers
- 2,110
- Views
- 4,393,708
Chapters(178 total)
- Chapter 18Mar 2, 2018
- Chapter 17Feb 27, 2018
- Chapter 16Feb 23, 2018
- Chapter 15Feb 19, 2018
- Chapter 14Feb 16, 2018
- Chapter 13Feb 15, 2018
- Chapter 12Feb 12, 2018
- Chapter 11Feb 11, 2018
- Chapter 10Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 9Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 8Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 7Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 6Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 5Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 4Feb 10, 2018
- Chapter 3Feb 9, 2018
- Chapter 2Feb 9, 2018
- Chapter 1Feb 9, 2018
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Community Reviews(10)
- gh0st420Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0not sure why everyone is coming down on this, it is a really good book with great action and a cool system. it is obviously aimed towards a demografic looking for op mcs, so to give the book a bad review based on that is dumb. inuhoponpoblibulkbujbioyhuinobouilbuoipbyoljknbljbkopl;bnuiponuo;nupo;nuipounopinupounbopiubpou a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a . sorry had to reach 50 words.
- DropBearRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I've had the urge to play a trap focused kobold in D&D for the last couple weeks. This got me even more hyped to play one.
- kjoatmonRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Nothing is perfect but MM tries hard to make OO get there. The author responds well to suggestions, has reasons for the plot, and the development is not outrageous. This makes the story well thought out and mostly contiguous.
- DaveRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Be a player of monsters, begin in the Dungeon zone and level up. Some downsides to playing, but adaptive players can work this to their advantage. Excellent book, really liking how you evolve once you reach a set level and how you can become a variant.
- mad-nessRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Fun, steady VRMMO/litrpg adventure.
This story seems to do everything that it attempts pretty well but what sets it apart is that it seems to avoid all of the pitfalls that similar stories fall into.
There is no sinister, ridiculous real world conspiracy that dominates the story. There are hints of game balance and even corporate espionage issues but the out of game conent all seems to either be a positive addition to the story or a neutral addition and it never detracts from the story.
The other typical problems with similar stories (an overly angsty character falling into darkness, totally absurd evil guilds that operate more like clans in xianxia stories, etc.) are also avoided.
If you enjoy smooth, well-done VRMMO/litrpg stories then this is for you. - tomcatfeverRoyal Road★★★★ 3.5Good effort from a new writer. I can tell he hasn't taken a class. He should look into Brandon Sanderson's videos on YouTube.
Grammar is good, style is good. Story has progression.
Two things lower the story score.
1 Wierd / unnecessary digressions that appeal to 14 year olds but do nothing to advance the action.
2 First person POV shifts. Are confusing. Either rewrite from third person or shift to a second person impersonal narrator POV for the character POV change. Will make the work easier to follow.
The gags read more like Earnst Cline emulating Joel Rosenberg rather than John DeChancie emulating L. Sprague de Camp.
But good comedy in fantasy scifi takes 20 or 30 published novellas or years with a serial to master.
The Martian didn't write itself.
I've read up to the big dungeon fight in book 2. - Dj_DuckyRoyal Road★★★★ 3.5The Good
Top Quality Story--The entire premise of the book is just really solid. (sorta generic plot)
The magic system logically makes sense 90% of the time
I read it so obviously it has something going for it.
The Bad
Honestly this story is really giving me a headache because there are a lot of logical holes in the plot.
1. What's the point of a weekly quota of sacrifies if a. he never finishes it on time and there is no penalty b. it's constantly on the backburner with little importance except for leading into the next ark of the story... The whole idea honestly just feels like a big time sucks to me.
2. How is the MC so easily blowing through hard dungeons. He beats a dungeon that puts him ahead of the world and the only thing he has to do to get there is beat a puzzle over 3 days and beat up some trashy enemies.
3. The plot armor is way too dense and even if it wasn't there is no setbacks once he dies. Whenever they die we never see the materialization of the hardships that it should brings. The MC is always complaining about dying but I don't really understand why and it isn't explained in any meaningful way
4. The characters feel really bland because they just twiddle their thumbs and get OP. There is a strong disconnect between the people and I find myself just skimming over the dialogue in boredom.
5. Easily my biggest problems was the levelling system in the game. You nailed everything else the magic, fighting, and the crafting but the levelling is so stupid. If a level 1 dragon is better than a 100 goblin then why can't you sacrifice the dragon. The story instills at the beginning that level isn't the most important thing unless considered relative to the species and then it bumfucks it and goes on an entirely different path. - BadzRoyal Road★★★ 3.0The story is mediocre but enjoyable to read in my opinion. Though I have to point out that the last volume doesn't seem to focus on the MC too much and the ending is not that great. Still, I rate this book the same as 'Rising From The Depths". Both mediocre at execution and have awesome potential. Still, I enjoyed the book and I recommend it if you have some time.
- CamChowRoyal Road★★ 2.0Good/decent grammmar though paragraph spacing requires work. Sometimes you have these huge chunks of 400 words without a break
Good Storyline. imo an unoriginal backstory, but interesting premise to the "tutorial".
Style is weak. The dialogue is robotic and almost completely unnecessary. should have conversations with people IRL and see how unrealistic this sounds. Character can only do right. He can't fuck up. everyone in the world is dumb af, and exists to make the MC appear smarter.
Character. what MC? I don't remember anything about the guy because we're never told anything about him. he's not thought out at all. When you write a story you need to make your characters as well, not just think of the storyline . Give your characters motivations and backstories. This story lacks it - some total kretinRoyal Road★★ 2.0You know when you sometimes read books/watch movies/listen to music that are objectively not that good but otherwise struck a chord with you and you enjoy it?
I think we all can agree that this is not the greatest of stories ever written for the obvious unbalance of the characters. Otherwise it's like the 80s/90s cop TV shows or an A team. I'm extremely sensitive to OPness of the characters (there needs to be something to balance it). In this case the obvious OPness is offset by the light tone of the whole book. It's not trying to establish a dark fantasy world with underlying epic plot, if it did it would be a flop. Instead it's like the aformentioned TV shows - EPISODIC and LIGHT. I don't know about conversations, as they did not struck me too odd to complain about.
EDIT: Changed to two stars because at the end it gets to the exact tropes I was glad it did not have. Trying to establish an underlying evil plot and stopped being episodic and light.