- #1
Two stars for the first 20 chapters.It's formulaic, MC is basically a god so he's super intelligent, OP in all aspects, everyone looks up to him, and he's so beautiful that people left and right would turn gay for him asap.ML seems copy-pasted from other "soul-split" infinite flow novels, he's attracted to MC every time, right from the start, without remembering him at all.Massive deduction of points for ML's r*pey behaviour, I'm just so tired of that shit.Generic side characters, generic bad guys, standard games, it really doesn't shine in any way, it's just another survival game story.Some parts made me chuckle, seeing that it's not tagged with humour, that might not have been intentional by the writer... but it made these 20 chapters more enjoyable, without it I would have dropped it much earlier.The first game already killed all expectations and fun I had when it became clear that the "mystery" was designed in a way that made it impossible to solve for everyone but MC who had supernatural help not meant to be in the game.Great that the players were outraged as well, still just an excuse from the writer who's unable to write a compelling mu*der case, it made no sense in the context of the story and there are several more hints that the writer implemented other easy ways out for themself to cover up their shortcomings.Second game pulls something similar, I'm not wasting more time on such a half-assed novel.Spoiler
The games are bugged, the system/boss just doesn't bother to fix them, because having whole batches of newcomers die in their first, unsolvable, instance isn't important, the other bugs that ruin instances apparently aren't either.
Relatively few instances are bugged to hell and back but of course MC's are.
That's honestly an impressive way to explain every plot hole that's going to pop up, instead of just not generating any and putting some serious effort into your story.
[collapse]If you are into lightweight survival stories (with r*pey MLs) like Face of the devil then you might find this one worth your time, if you expect something like I'm Really Just an Ordinary Person, then skip it.I honestly might have loved it if it was meant to be comedy, then all of this stuff would have fit well and made it hilarious, but that the writer thinks they can sell it to us as a serious story is downright insulting.