LitRPG

Tuco · 2026-04-20T08:31:42-0400

Kiroy said:
Man, if you don't like primal hunter i'd have to say litrpg just isn't for you.

Hmm, I don't agree with that. Primal Hunter reallllly focuses on Jake as a hunter and alchemist in a story that strives to be more relaxing than intense, while there's a lot of more variety in LitRPG. Someone could find the fight and alchemy scenes in Primal Hunter boring and really shouldn't read it, because those are the parts the author lives to write for. If you haven't read about alchemy for a while in that book you can rest assured Jake is about to spend a dozen chapters crafting a new poison of malefic disconcordance of the ultimate reaping poison mushroom.

I could see someone not getting through book one of Primal Hunter and loving the series I'm reading now, Chrysalis, which

is much more focused on base (or colony...) building and the non-colony adventuring parts of the MC really just play a supporting role while almost all the fight scenes are brief and the MC doesn't really craft as much as make discoveries or observations that are then delegated to side characters who might have brief chapters about it.

Ritley · 2026-04-20T13:18:57-0400

Primal Hunter and DotF are “classic” litrpgs, and I think there is a lot of variety at this point to where even not liking those there’s still plenty of other types you could like. Also, I liked both of those for the first few books and eventually dropped both. They leaned far too much into their litrpg elements for me, instead of developing, you know, a coherent plot and good characters. But I realize that some really do like leaning heavily into that, so there’s nothing wrong them just not series’ that I am a big fan of.

Seananigans · 2026-04-20T13:22:59-0400

While I'm waiting for DCC 8 I decided to try some other series. Started book 1 of Ripple System, it's ... decent I guess. DCC being my only experience with the genre gives me a skewed perspective I'm sure. The Ripple characters are very one-dimensional so far, and I don't see that changing based on what I'm seeing of the author's writing. I'm about 50-60% through book 1, is it one of those that gets quite a bit better in subsequent books?

As for my next attempts at LitRPG, it seems like I should try Primal Hunter... any other good suggestions? Chrysalis I guess?

Void · 2026-04-20T13:56:08-0400

Seananigans said:
While I'm waiting for DCC 8 I decided to try some other series. Started book 1 of Ripple System, it's ... decent I guess. DCC being my only experience with the genre gives me a skewed perspective I'm sure. The Ripple characters are very one-dimensional so far, and I don't see that changing based on what I'm seeing of the author's writing. I'm about 50-60% through book 1, is it one of those that gets quite a bit better in subsequent books?

As for my next attempts at LitRPG, it seems like I should try Primal Hunter... any other good suggestions? Chrysalis I guess?

Ripple is good if you want to read about someone playing Everquest in immersive VR, essentially. And if you enjoy Frank. Frank is like 80% of the reason you read Ripple System. I love it, but it might not be for everyone. I feel like it gets better as it progresses, but I could be viewing it from a skewed perspective.

Primal Hunter is decent, as is Unbound, He Who Fights With Monsters, Defiance of the Fall, Path of Ascension, etc. You just need to accept that at some point one or more of those will start to bore you, and you'll just have to quit. I find Chrysalis fun and engaging so far, through like 8 books, and is enough different from those others that it deserves a try.

One I like a lot is Quest Academy, but I know others don't find it as engaging as I do. It is mainly about a guy that has a power that lets him be a super-duper crafter, so there is a ton of crafting stuff in it. And it is school stuff, which I'm a sucker for, so if you aren't into school and/or crafting it might not keep your attention. But again, I like it because it also is different than a lot of those staple series I listed.

1% Lifesteal is kind of different and more bleak. It started rough for me, but I like it a lot now. Kinda morphing into him being mega-powerful now, but then again all these series end up that way.

There are tons of others, but a lot of them fade into obscurity after reading so many similar books. There are a lot more failures than good ones, unfortunately.

Oh, if you haven't read Mother of Learning, you should. It isn't really litrpg, but close enough, and most people here really liked it. Groundhog day stuff, but that's not doing it justice.

Seananigans · 2026-04-20T14:01:41-0400

Void said:
Ripple is good if you want to read about someone playing Everquest in immersive VR, essentially. And if you enjoy Frank. Frank is like 80% of the reason you read Ripple System. I love it, but it might not be for everyone. I feel like it gets better as it progresses, but I could be viewing it from a skewed perspective.

Primal Hunter is decent, as is Unbound, He Who Fights With Monsters, Defiance of the Fall, Path of Ascension, etc. You just need to accept that at some point one or more of those will start to bore you, and you'll just have to quit. I find Chrysalis fun and engaging so far, through like 8 books, and is enough different from those others that it deserves a try.

One I like a lot is Quest Academy, but I know others don't find it as engaging as I do. It is mainly about a guy that has a power that lets him be a super-duper crafter, so there is a ton of crafting stuff in it. And it is school stuff, which I'm a sucker for, so if you aren't into school and/or crafting it might not keep your attention. But again, I like it because it also is different than a lot of those staple series I listed.

1% Lifesteal is kind of different and more bleak. It started rough for me, but I like it a lot now. Kinda morphing into him being mega-powerful now, but then again all these series end up that way.

There are tons of others, but a lot of them fade into obscurity after reading so many similar books. There are a lot more failures than good ones, unfortunately.

Oh, if you haven't read Mother of Learning, you should. It isn't really litrpg, but close enough, and most people here really liked it. Groundhog day stuff, but that's not doing it justice.

I mean the Frank *concept* is funny, but the execution is very one dimensional, at least so far. Does it evolve beyond him making jokes about Ned not being a fighter-type, and general murder-hobo-ness? Because it's just been that on repeat so far.

I'll look into Mother of Learning.

Void · 2026-04-20T14:14:36-0400

Seananigans said:
I mean the Frank *concept* is funny, but the execution is very one dimensional, at least so far. Does it evolve beyond him making jokes about Ned not being a fighter-type, and general murder-hobo-ness? Because it's just been that on repeat so far.

I'll look into Mother of Learning.

Frank is never going to stop being Frank, but he does "grow" a little as a person. The best parts of Frank are when he just can't even comprehend why other people don't think the way he does. But if you're looking for him to be a responsible grown adult...I don't see that happening.

Seananigans · 2026-04-20T18:54:31-0400

Void said:
Frank is never going to stop being Frank, but he does "grow" a little as a person. The best parts of Frank are when he just can't even comprehend why other people don't think the way he does. But if you're looking for him to be a responsible grown adult...I don't see that happening.

Don’t think that’s what I’d be looking for, just something more than the current one dimensional childish murderer. Like there’s only so many ways you can have Frank make fun of Ned for being [insert elf/magic-user/whatever here], or have him suggest killing is more fun than [insert anything here].

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