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Video Game Plotline Tester

Dark Herbalist Series, Book 1

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Video Game Plotline Tester

By: Michael Atamanov
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
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About this listen

Would you be prepared to work for free? How would you like to bust your hump for a large corporation 60-plus hours a week without a wage or a single day off for the vague promise of some mysterious perks in the distant future?

You'd refuse point blank, wouldn't you? But what if the job in question was playing a state-of-the-art fantasy MMORPG game? And what if this was the only thing you're really good at? Especially considering that your in-game partner is someone really special to you - and this person already lives a virtual life?

Knowing all this, would you consider the mysterious future bonus worth your while?

©2017 M. Atamanov; English translation copyright 2017 by Andrew Schmitt (P)2017 Tantor Cyberpunk Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Game Video Game LitRPG
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A simple enough concept, but executed well. Very LitRPG, but without all the repetition of having every popup read to you. Playful and fun, focusing on character types that the heroes normally kick out the way. The NPC's feel real and at home; and the player characters, particularly the antagonists, with humans behind them, feel shallow; which I find quite fitting.

Simple, but fun.

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I thoroughly enjoyed every passage, and I'm definitely hooked on the story. I hope the sequel lives up to expectations. Hopefully he starts levelling his herbalism though, tsk tsk. Great narration from Eric Summerer.

Very interesting

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I loved this series, The writer has a good imagination. This is a good story well thought out. The performance was clear and energetic with unique voices.

Loved the Series

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Kinda relaxing get the feeling big plot stuff will happen in next book (if there is one) but as to what it is?
really enjoying to slow build up to this though. hope for more

hope for more

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great book. interesting take being a game tester using in game currency as wages. worth a reread I think

good

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I don’t know what to say I listened to it in 1 sitting and didn’t regret it

Loved it

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Good start to the series, looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.

A good start

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This is a great series! A little slow in parts but we’ll worth the listen

Light hearted series. All other series turn super dark! Well worth the read

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thoroughly impressed with this story. Hoping for a sequel in the not too distant future.

Better than anticipated

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This is a fun, rollicking story that revolves around a regular gamer who's given a not-very-good character to test out by a video game company. Of course, he kicks ass, aided in no small part by his super smart sister. It's a fun take on the usual hero type with a great mix of online and occasional offline story.

The book isn't perfect - the love interests had me rolling my eyes, and there's a slightly disturbing r4pe sub-sub plot that I could have done without (it's literally like 2 paragraphs, where a girl tells the MC that their character occasionally gets abused 'but she's cool with it' and the videos make good money.

Even with these faults, this was still a highly enjoyable read. Perhaps not the finest in literature...think of it more like a six-pack of your favorite beer. Maybe not as classy as a fine wine, but so familiar and comforting that you're willing to forgive it's mistakes.

Just plain fun

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