Artisan

Though the extra Style, Grammar, Story, and Character scores can be kinda confusing, I believe this story truly deserves 5 stars for all of them. The pacing is good, the characters have depth, even the ones that are only introduced briefly, no grammar mistakes that make me stop and think the author is an idiot, which is all you can ask for on RoyalRoad. And the story is fantastic. It is setup so that it can go anywhere, and the content is interesting and engaging. Will be reading as long as the author keeps posting.

Like the hero series and this is one of the better I have read. Hope it starts up again soon! MC chose an AI race and has a background I can't wait to find out more about. It is a great read. Has some stats but less than you think.

10.07.2017 / Cleaning Up part 6

Overall: There are only were few stories that are good enough that I read more than the first few chapters. This is on of them. nuff said.

Style: Not exactly what I personally would have used, but nevertheless worth five stars.

Story: Really like the story so far. The only thing I have to critisize is the pacing. The story starts slow-ish with an introduction to the basic concepts and mechanics and a highly disorientated MC that struggeles to survive. There are few interactions with the outside environment, but they are deliberate and short, the real focuse is on him getting used to his powers. Then there is a shift, in a matter of a few chapters he has a working workshop, equipment and gets actively involved in fights. The story suddenly becomes way more action focused and faster paced. I really hope that once the first battles are over we will get back to him building his company and staying more undercover.

Grammar: I am impressed. This isn't even comparable to usual 5 grammar-star stories on RR. And the few mistakes that get into the chapters are usually quickly corrected.

Characters: We haven't heared much about most of them, but so far they are quite good. I only gave 4.5 stars because it feels like there is a break in Artisan's character. At first he is extremly concerned about staying under the radar and only manipulating others into doing his dirty work for him and a few chapters later he actively starts a hero team and takes part in battles. I would have expected (and prefered) if he instead interacted with the team through a proxy (Division maybe?) and left them in the dark about his existence and abilities at first. Especially letting Shift figure out his identity was a big no go for me.

I am also wondering why he insists on being a shining white guardian. From what we have heared about him so far I expected him to at least seriously consider to be an anti-hero villain/vigilante, bending the law for the greater good.

Blueboxes: There are quite a few of them in the earlier chaps but after that there aren't really that much. (Which I think is a good thing) I personally always have a problem with LitRPGs, but the author managed to reasonably explain the system (it's a game. duh) while also hinting at some hidden connections between game and reallity (mechanical knowledge outside game/hinted at higher intelligence) that keep things more interesting.

Simply beautiful - the amount of work put in each chapter truly represents how much knowledge the writer already had on the subject. It presumably takes a large amount of time to research on the background knowlege put into it. It even delves into problems such as politics, organizational subterfuge, and economcis as a whole. I wish that there was more to read right now... Anyway, sell this on Amazon, and it'll be a great hit.

so far i love this story. The main character is cool and his supporting cast is multi-dimensional, which adds a lot of depth to the story. the pace of progression is good to. 

my only complaint isn't really even a complaint and its that i want more. give me more!

please come back i miss you.

This was a good story and even two years later i hope that you will return

What more is there to desire? This here tells the story of somebody enjoying their life in a supower-hero VR simulation, having the time of their live as they gather teammates and take the battle to those who have done wrong. It's a great read, and I really do support anybody who wishes to take a gander at it.

It's all just that great. 5/5 from me. Wish I could give it more.

it is very nice.

a simple review:

a super hero rpg story, not seen that before, so that is a plus.

many refreshing parts, but also a bit of the cliché part of super heroes, you know they win so far rather easy, not that that is bad per se.

Overall: The premise of the story appeals to me a lot. Crafting focused, detailed skill progression, good use of blue screens, and great start. It is very early in the story at the time of this review (only 28 pages up) but the story is high quality.

Style: The author's style is easy to read and the reality is full of future possibilities.

Story: Only just begun but it has had a good flow of tension.

Grammar: A few slight mistakes, but they've been promptly fixed leaving the story flawless so far.

Characters: The main character so far has been depicted well, showing his potential flaws as well as virtues.

 Quite possibly one of the best tech base stories I've read so far. The characters are likable seem like real people the writing style is concise easy-to-understand and when Justin is confused we are confused which is something that I appreciate you considering his different point of view overall a very good use of blue screens. I will be reading this as long as it is posted. Good job.