Reviews of My Chaotic City
My Chaotic City
Phantom Moon Shadow
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Such a good book and a unique idea to the tower defense game when I was reading it I was first only going to read a few chapters to see how it is man I'm glad I did
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Story about a game where u can chose between city Lord or normal player. MC choose to become city Lord he has to defend his city from monsters that comes in a wave. He can build towers and post quest for other players to work as "towers" to defend his city. It's very tower defense like game as a city Lord. It's decent paced with good world background thus far, bit of mystery in reality. Hope it gets picked
The novel had a tough start but soon smoothen out towards the end. This review is based on the first 40 free chapters. Found two minor spelling errors (no Biggie) and the usage of Clone instead of Instances urks me as a gamer. There doesn't seem to have much storyline depth to it but it's a pleasurable read non-the-less for Tower Defense Fans.
This is a good read. Although it is a little slow at first, I really enjoy reading about the growth of the MC's Chaotic City. I also like the MC's laid back personality. He is not driven by any greed or obsessions. He is there purely to enjoy the game. This allows him to explore the game without pressure. He soon finds his own unique play style and has ambitions to become a factionless marauder. I can't wait until the MC evolves it into an independent city state/ pirate base! There are also hints that there is a mystery or conspiracy surrounding the death of his parents in the real world. Unfortunately, after checking the number of votes, I don't think this novel will be chosen. Is there anywhere I can continue reading?
Second video game novel within today! (am trying to explore that genre). Storyline is good and engaging, but I think what particularly stands out here are the translator's attention to detail. One of the things that I absolutely love is those little "translator note" thingies whereby the translator explains what something means. It really helps readers to understand the context better! Give this novel a chance!
Interesting premise of a Tower Defense game and the shenanigans that the MC gets up to while being the overlord for his city/tower defense. MC has the fairly typical archetype of being a scrooge while having some innovative ideas and getting by on a decent bit of luck. The character development currently is a bit shallow but it is mainly the world building phase with a number of different people interacting with the MC so it is understandable. The MC is a bit unique as his goal within the game is not to earn money - honestly one of the first gamer novels when the MC isn't ridiculously poor/greedy. The MC instead is 'casual' and aiming to have fun which shows in the novel in later chapters with some unique developments. The only issues I can really see is the some pretty thick plot armour with the MC getting some quite valuable things very early on - so for people looking at this review I would recommend to not take things to realistically. The other issue is the setup for outside the game is a bit dull with the dialogue usually the standard tropes you see in Chinese web novels - doting 'aunt' type character, person looking down on MC etc. The translator has done a good job with a fair balance presented between keeping Chinese slang/proverbs which provides some charm to the novel and keeping things digestible for a western audience. If you are into video game novels I would say check this out and I hope that this novel gets picked up as I am looking forward to future updates!