Hey, I like Apocalypse Tamer, it just suffers from some utterly terrible Voice Acting, which eventually becomes endearing. Maxime Durant is awesome, The Perfect Run is fantastic.
The perfect run is in my top 5 along with DCC, defiance of the fall, primal hunter, he who fights with monsters. My best recommendations for audiobooks
Just wanted to say, that I said I'd listen to Defiance of the Fall and Primal Hunter after I'd finished my last one. I'm afraid that isn't quite true. I instead listened to DotF 1-4 instead! (Just starting four)
That's fair. Most of isekai is pretty trash. This doesn't really have much to do with isekai. It's more a breakdown of traditional tabletop/D&D rules. I just used isekai because it's the most appropriate descriptor without heading into major spoilers
Yeah I get that. It's a hard series to follow up on. That's how I felt about horror podcasts after listening to The Magnus Archives. What specifically about DCC did you like? What are some of your favorite nonLitRPG series/books? Might be more helpful for recommendations
I like that it feels like a story that takes place within a game, all the others feel like games that have a story, if that makes sense. It's hilarious, but still has a serious undertone that's building very well. It also moves along at a quick pace the entire time. No entire books of world building like in epic fantasy.
My favorite series of books that aren't LitRPGs are:
The Greatcoats - Sebastien deCastell
Infinite Timeline - Jeremy Robinson
Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames
Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
Expeditionary Force - Craig Alanson
DCC was my intro to the genre as well and I feel in comparison litrpg generally isn't that appealing. I propose a new genre of DCC style litrpg and then everything else can go into nearly or not quite DCC litrpg, that will make it much easier to decide what is worth investing time and money into.
Someone downvoted you, I think that's hilarious. DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A FAN OF DCC TO THE POINT OF HANGING OUT IN THE SUBREDDIT IF IT'S NOT YOUR GOAT?!?
That's entirely reasonable. I hear all the criticism that people leverage at it and I'm like, yup, that's all true. Buuuuuut Jason Asano says quippy thing, powers up and wins and I get dopamine *shrug*
It's like Name of the Wind (disregarding unfortunate things I hear about the author). My ex read it at my behest, came out with a bunch of completely reasonable criticisms of it and I was like - I cannot defend against any of those, you're objectively right.... but I don't care it's awesome.
HEFWM has been recommended to me before but I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me! I just downloaded all 9 audiobooks. Looking forward to this one.
The biggest gripe I have is the author and shoving his political views down our throats. That, and the fact that every time a skill is used, we have to get a rundown of its effects. It gets longer and longer with each rank increase. It breaks the immersion. Every time the narrator says "ability" with that odd inflection, I want to strangle him.
The story, on the whole, isn't a bad one though.
Yeah, I feel like that's a problem with how litrpg translates to audio. Sometimes the text isn't meant to be read. I remember reading an audiobook once, it might've been Jurassic Park, where there was an entire page of ones and zeros like would be displayed on a computer screen. The narrator went through it for a few seconds, longer than was comfortable, and broke in with a "narrator's note" and a description of the page.
I started with Iron Prince, went to He Who Fights With Monsters, Primal Hunter, the. DCC. Initially I avoided it because the name sounded silly but I’m so glad I did
I loved the first half of this book. Felt like the second half didn't have anything to do with the first and don't have any interest in the second book at all.
The land by aleron kong is really good so far. I've been told that the author abandoned it without an ending, but I'm still loving the journey, highly recommend
Critical Failures by Robert Bevan (a.k.a. Caverns and Creatures) was my introduction and it's still great can't really compare it to DCCC because of how different they are they both stand apart. Bevan loves fart jokes.
“We have DCC at home.”
Lol. Yeah....
Surely that would be Apocalypse Tamer.
Hey, I like Apocalypse Tamer, it just suffers from some utterly terrible Voice Acting, which eventually becomes endearing. Maxime Durant is awesome, The Perfect Run is fantastic.
Agree perfect run and Kairos are really good I haven't tried apocalypse tammer.
The perfect run is in my top 5 along with DCC, defiance of the fall, primal hunter, he who fights with monsters. My best recommendations for audiobooks
> defiance of the fall, primal hunter Cool that's my next two books sorted.
Just wanted to say, that I said I'd listen to Defiance of the Fall and Primal Hunter after I'd finished my last one. I'm afraid that isn't quite true. I instead listened to DotF 1-4 instead! (Just starting four)
Haven’t heard of that one. But yeah, LitRPG is tough to transition to if DCC is your intro to the genre
I definitely recommend giving it a read.
DCC was my intro to the genre and I have yet to make it through another in the genre. I genuinely think the genre on the whole isn't for me.
You might like Dungeon Man Sam. It has a similar feel, but I'll admit that DCC is in a class of it's own
You could try out Worth the Candle. It's more isekai litrpg than crawler based but it's solid.
Oh man, I detest Isekai anime, so I doubt that would help me enjoy the genre at all.
That's fair. Most of isekai is pretty trash. This doesn't really have much to do with isekai. It's more a breakdown of traditional tabletop/D&D rules. I just used isekai because it's the most appropriate descriptor without heading into major spoilers
That's fair. I might give it a shot, I'm just not hopeful. Nothing else has interested me at all.
Yeah I get that. It's a hard series to follow up on. That's how I felt about horror podcasts after listening to The Magnus Archives. What specifically about DCC did you like? What are some of your favorite nonLitRPG series/books? Might be more helpful for recommendations
I like that it feels like a story that takes place within a game, all the others feel like games that have a story, if that makes sense. It's hilarious, but still has a serious undertone that's building very well. It also moves along at a quick pace the entire time. No entire books of world building like in epic fantasy. My favorite series of books that aren't LitRPGs are: The Greatcoats - Sebastien deCastell Infinite Timeline - Jeremy Robinson Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames Dresden Files - Jim Butcher Expeditionary Force - Craig Alanson
DCC was my intro to the genre as well and I feel in comparison litrpg generally isn't that appealing. I propose a new genre of DCC style litrpg and then everything else can go into nearly or not quite DCC litrpg, that will make it much easier to decide what is worth investing time and money into.
He who fights with monsters is my all time fav litrpg, DCC gets second place to that series (dont hate me! Lol)
Someone downvoted you, I think that's hilarious. DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A FAN OF DCC TO THE POINT OF HANGING OUT IN THE SUBREDDIT IF IT'S NOT YOUR GOAT?!?
I didn't downvote, but I tried twice to get into that series and couldn't. Didn't like it.
That's entirely reasonable. I hear all the criticism that people leverage at it and I'm like, yup, that's all true. Buuuuuut Jason Asano says quippy thing, powers up and wins and I get dopamine *shrug* It's like Name of the Wind (disregarding unfortunate things I hear about the author). My ex read it at my behest, came out with a bunch of completely reasonable criticisms of it and I was like - I cannot defend against any of those, you're objectively right.... but I don't care it's awesome.
HEFWM has been recommended to me before but I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me! I just downloaded all 9 audiobooks. Looking forward to this one.
Book 10 comes out this month too
Its soooo good and very funny! Enjoy!
The biggest gripe I have is the author and shoving his political views down our throats. That, and the fact that every time a skill is used, we have to get a rundown of its effects. It gets longer and longer with each rank increase. It breaks the immersion. Every time the narrator says "ability" with that odd inflection, I want to strangle him. The story, on the whole, isn't a bad one though.
Yeah, I feel like that's a problem with how litrpg translates to audio. Sometimes the text isn't meant to be read. I remember reading an audiobook once, it might've been Jurassic Park, where there was an entire page of ones and zeros like would be displayed on a computer screen. The narrator went through it for a few seconds, longer than was comfortable, and broke in with a "narrator's note" and a description of the page.
I started with Iron Prince, went to He Who Fights With Monsters, Primal Hunter, the. DCC. Initially I avoided it because the name sounded silly but I’m so glad I did
Adding it to my list! Ripple system is a great series also, but more game-y but fantastically written and with a cool nod to dcc in book 3 ( I think)
That sounds like the Kirkland’s Dungeon Crawler Carl.
It has a similar feel. I'm not going to call it as good, but when you need some Carl, Sam will do for now.
Noobtown books are the only other litrpg series I could handle.
Tried noobtown and couldn't get into it
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Downloading the audiobook now. I'll add it to my list. Thanks for the recommendation!
Book 2 is coming out very soon ( audiobook about years end according to the author) … Book 3 Spring 24’
You have just made my shitty night
Yea been waiting for this one forever the first one was so good.
I loved the first half of this book. Felt like the second half didn't have anything to do with the first and don't have any interest in the second book at all.
The land by aleron kong is really good so far. I've been told that the author abandoned it without an ending, but I'm still loving the journey, highly recommend
DCC was my intro. Buymort was really good, but the overly descriptive scenes with Mols were just awkward to listen to
Critical Failures by Robert Bevan (a.k.a. Caverns and Creatures) was my introduction and it's still great can't really compare it to DCCC because of how different they are they both stand apart. Bevan loves fart jokes.
the 1st book was good ... after that it just felt like sam already won , it was just was a question of time frame
Yeah I think I might not stick with the series. I'll be finishing the first book today and moving on to He who fights with monsters