Reddit Reddit reviews Life in the North: An Apocalyptic LitRPG (The System Apocalypse Book 1)

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7 Reddit comments about Life in the North: An Apocalyptic LitRPG (The System Apocalypse Book 1):

u/DaniScribe · 8 pointsr/litrpg

The difference is the addition of a game like system to whatever the current reality is, usually modern day Earth. Survivors get access to statistics of RPG systems, skills and spells, that sort of thing, to help them survive in a new harsh reality where might makes right again.

There are many different interpretations of the concept, but here are a couple examples to illustrate: Life in the North by Tao Wong is the first in a popular series titled "The System Apocalypse" that's set exclusively on Earth, and The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound is a long-running web serial where the system connects Earth to the larger universe.

u/Nudvik · 4 pointsr/litrpg

The System Apocalypse series might be what you're thinking of.

Advent (Red Mage Series) is a good first novel of the same type.

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Myself and others actually refer to this sub-genre as "System Apocalypse" just because it describes it perfectly and I can't think of anything better, even though there was other stuff in this style that came before Tao Wong's series.

u/drdelius · 4 pointsr/litrpg

My bad, didn't notice the audiobook part, just the exciting combat part.

Patch 17; locked in game story (or maybe portal into game-world?), lots of great combat and multiple audiobooks. Character gets glitch-stuck in a locked expansion surrounded by demon NPCs, right as everyone who plays the game gets uploaded into it (there are some unexplained non-scientific stuff about that, that make me wonder if it's actually an upload and not really a portal story).

Adventures on Brad; dungeon crawling fantasy story containing no earthlings. Easier/lower level story, a trilogy, but the fights are decent for what I consider a YA level book.

The System Apocalypse; real life apocalypse story. Fighting is good, as is the writing, and there are 4 (5?) audiobooks already (and a few more books already published that haven't gotten an audio treatment).

Codename: Freedom; VRMMORPG, with zero magic to start but lots of fighting. Decent for a VR book, I'm not usually a fan of those but I've listened to the first two books and am looking forward to the third.

Arcane Survivalist; apocalypse caused by a portal-story (scientist semi-accidentally sends the system back though his portal into the real world). Action is great, though writing could have been better. Same writer wrote another story I've read, but I can't remember how much action there is in it.

Forever Fantasy Online; VRMMORPG turned portal-story. I'll admit the whole thing wasn't amazing, but you're just looking for action and I liked the action.

You're Not Allowed to Die; end of life single-player VR sim turned portal-story (the MC doesn't know that, though). This one is hard, as I liked it but the character starts with some insane OP equipment. Still, this and the sequel were both enjoyable.

The Land; I'm not even linking this one, people here have a hate-hardon for it. Still, as long as you look past the bro-ish behavior and tone, great books with lots of action.

u/_The_Bloody_Nine_ · 3 pointsr/Fantasy

Not the one you replied to, but The System Apocalypse by Tao Wong is perhaps the best of the bunch, and one of the few thats published in book form.

Otherwise both The Genesis System and The New World on RRL are pretty solid.

u/Herko_Kerghans · 3 pointsr/litrpg

I'd recommend "Life in the North", by Tao Wong.

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It belongs to a sub-genre of apocalyptic LitRPG in which, rather than people logging into a game, the game system is actually imposed over Earth as a whole (leading to an apocalypse, Tao's series is called "System Apocalypse" for that reason).

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"Life..." is not particularly long, but there are currently 6 or 7 books in the series, so assuming you like it, it should check your "boatloads of pages" box. =)

u/DLimited · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

I'd like to add the works of Benjamin Mandrano to that list:

  • Ancient Dreams is a Dungeon Core series with an interesting twist (and heads and shoulders above the other Dungeon Core works out there)
  • Born a Queen and Down with the Queen are superhero novels about Lilith, the originally spare body of a notorious supervillain now conscious

    Also, I see you have A Thousand Li by Tao Wong, but it seems you forgot his System Apocalypse series! It's an awesome lit-rpg series about what happens when everyone on Earth gets a video-game-like Interface, full with stats, classes, and skills - and then monsters keep spawning everywhere.