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Translator: Wjin
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RPG Forum
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[Lost Ark Season 14!]
Our VR system’s raids offer new thrills for those bored of cyber raids.
Comments:
ㄴ Why not just make a Marine Corps camp?
ㄴ LOL
ㄴ Invite the devs to the camp, too, damn it…
[Mushroom Village Story – 25th new area appears]
[Level up from 1/2 to level 700!]
Comments:
ㄴ Waah, newbies have to do 25 daily quests?
ㄴ No, no. If you clear through the 23rd area, it’s reduced to 12 daily and 5 weekly quests.
ㄴ Then what if you cleared it without knowing that?
ㄴ You did well, clap clap
ㄴ Thanks to you, Mushroom Village has been saved LOL
[Dungeon and Fighter – The final, strongest apostle, the 1st apostle appears…]
Comments:
ㄴ Since Apostles 4,5,7 and 8 drop good items, fight them first
ㄴ After that, learn the patterns of Apostles 2,3 and 6
ㄴ When an elite team starts fighting the 1st apostle, you should start fighting it too. That’s how newbies save time.
“This is dizzying.”
I scratched my neck and yawned.
These days, RPG games seem to lack… that thing.
That is to say…
‘Romance’
‘Foundation’
That’s right. I’m what you would call a romance + foundation maniac.
It’s a fact that the beginning of an RPG, which ignited your adventurous spirit, was the most enjoyable part.
Isn’t there a saying that you should leave while the applause is still loud?
This was true for movies as well.
Action, thriller, romance, regardless of genre.
First installments were often enjoyable masterpieces, and sequels were unlikely to surpass them.
Riding on the coattails of an already reputable series was way easier than developing something new.
However, sequels led to brain-dead releases 8 or 9 times out of 10…
Furthermore, as someone who had seen the demise of numerous games, I couldn’t help but feel nostalgic for the first installments.
“Sigh… Are there no games with a strong foundational smell?”
I moved the mouse around and browsed the various mediocre K-RPGs.
Of course, no games stood out or hit you with a bang.
Games were known to be comparable to all-you-can-eat buffets when they were first released.
Low-level content, lifestyle content, boss raids, instance dungeons, numerous quests…
Everything was intricate and diverse, reminiscent of a full Korean meal.
Although there would always be users with both issues and likes, from stir-fried eggplant to grilled ribs, the game was incredibly diverse.
In other words, it was a balanced meal that allowed you to have fun picking and choosing what to eat.
However, even for newly released games, something inevitably occurred with each new update…
‘Power inflation.’
This was, of course, a natural order of things, just like people getting old and dying.
With the creation of new builds and the rise of high-level item circulation, low-level content gradually became obsolete.
This was like the laws of the market.
Unlike the initial release, game companies now had to develop content within a limited time frame, so it was unavoidable that they’d end up serving dishes that catered to their users’ demands.
In the end, the only thing that changed was the main dish.
Could you call a dish a perfect blend if its base remained Korean and only the main dish was changed to pasta?
No.
The emotions you developed at the beginning of the game would eventually fade away.
So, you could say that today’s games lack both romance and foundation.
As a professional gamer holed up in my room, a small sigh of acceptance escaped my mouth before I moved my cursor to my bookmarked novel site.
Click-
“I should catch up on what I’ve missed.”
Abbreviated as:
“Reincarnated Academy”
I enjoyed this web novel, which is a fanfic of the game “Reincarnated Hero.”
Reincarnated Hero was…
A fairly typical story where Edwin, an adventurer and reincarnator destined to defeat the Demon King, traverses an open world, defeats monsters, completes quests, and gradually regains memories of his past life…
In a way, it was a game with a generic plot.
But it was a game I enjoyed so much that I played through all the content multiple times.
Of course, the sequel
Still, in a way, I could console myself, believing it fortunate that the original wouldn’t be desecrated any further simply because
In that sense, “Reincarnated Hero” was a game that fulfilled my beliefs well.
Aria, the healer, seemed cold and blunt but was warm and conflicted between choosing me or her old lover.
Selena, the elven archer with whom everyone had a hard time due to her cold-blooded personality, later became the most reliable comrade.
Finally, Yeriel, the elemental mage, devoted to me from beginning to end as the main heroine character.
They were the starting members who made your heart swell with a sense of ‘foundation’ just by looking at them.
There were many other three-dimensional characters, so the emotional impact in the latter half affected me quite profoundly.
I read the fanfic “Reincarnated Academy” because it depicted the past stories of the characters from the original “Reincarnated Hero” and their days at the academy.
Of course, the foundation was severely lacking as the author’s tendencies were added to the settings and characters…
But what could you do?
This was all that was left of a discontinued game’s novel.
[Ep. 470 updates in 1 day]
[Continue from Ep. 435]
It was nearing the end.
While I was anxious about the ending, I was also looking forward to how they would connect it to the next story, “Reincarnated Hero,” given the time frame.
With a smile on my lips, I clicked continue.
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“What the fucking… Damn thing.”
However, the novel’s content completely differed from what I had expected.
-Hurry, cast vision magic!
-Yes, understood!
Vision magic was the first magic that became the origin of all magic.
But they were using it for the first time this late in the story?
And where did Aria, who was in charge of healing magic, go?
-For now, Lily will heal!
Why was Lily, the dragon tamer, chanting high-tier healing magic?
Using two attributes only appeared in
-I’ll go!
-[Critical hit!]
What the fuck?
Was the slaughterer Caeran wielding dual swords and triggering assassination criticals?
As a rule, assassination requires concepts like stealth, silence, swiftness, and concealment
and the weapons optimized for that were, of course…
‘Daggers or hidden weapons!’
That was why in “Reincarnated Hero,” only daggers and hidden weapons had uniquely high critical hit ratios,
And it wasn’t until
I was willing to overlook him using a hidden bow and arrow, even if it was sloppy and petty, but assassination with dual swords?
It was so lacking in foundation…
-Woooong!!!
But that wasn’t the end of it.
The more significant issue was with the story.
As it progressed to the latter half, the roles of the foundational characters diminished, and the story only focused on the author’s original characters…
In the end, the final party of heroes going to confront the demons of the Seven Deadly Sins was filled with the author’s secondary insert characters, except for Edwin.
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In front of the final battle at the [Sanctuary of the Fallen Seven Virtues]
The highest difficulty raid in the story, when someone had to stay behind, Caeran, the author’s favored character, spoke up.
-The one to defend this bridge with Edwin, stay behind. I’ll go finish that guy off. I’ll give you the choice of what to do.
-Th… that’s!
Does anyone want to come with me?
-……
When Caeran raised his hand, the surroundings fell quiet, and an atmosphere of the heroines being mindful formed.
The reason they were being cautious was simple.
Melissa, Aveline, Lily.
All three were part of Caeran’s harem and wanted to be with him.
In the end, Caeran smiled and chose Lily, who could heal, and pulled her by the wrist.
-This is perfect. I need a healer, so Lily comes with me. And the rest defend the bridge. Okay?
-Uh, I guess there’s no choice.
As Lily went to Caeran’s side, suppressing a smile leaking out, Melissa and Aveline also clung to Caeran.
-N…no! I want to go with Caeran too!
-S…sorry. Edwin.
-……
In this absurd situation, the one who spoke solemnly was Edwin.
“Everyone…”
“?”
“Thank you. For coming this far with me.”
“Edwin…?”
“The Archdemon will be strong. You all know that, right? Even one person missing will make sealing the demon difficult. That’s what we learned at the academy… So… I’ll handle this place alone.”
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What came next… didn’t even need further explanation.
[Dishwasher Ending – Bad Ending]
Because the foolish hero Edwin had properly raised his own death flag.
In a way, this could have been a magnificent sacrifice, dying here and being reincarnated, fitting for the story of “Reincarnated Hero.”
But Caeran was just a hero-sounding character with a pitch-black interior, created by the author to indulge his whims.
Actually, he saw the heroines as nothing more than ‘wh*res,’ ‘rags,’ ‘tools,’ and ‘consumables’?
Clearly… Edwin should have become the destroyer’s vessel instead of Caeran.
But the one who defeated the Archdemon and lived happily ever after was only Caeran?
‘What utter fucking trash.’
This couldn’t be real.
There was too much to criticize.
Not only was the power inflation contrived, shaking the novel’s foundation, but the story was also a mess.
Why were they suddenly pushing Caeran and indulging in the author’s whims instead of the original members?
I couldn’t take it anymore.
I opened a message of anger and typed away.
[Me: Excuse me, Author-nim, this is set in a period even before “Reincarnated Hero.” You’ve been following the original game’s settings well so far, so why are you making such a risky move now? And what’s with this ending? Aren’t you pushing Caeran too much? What has Edwin been doing all this time? And where did Yeriel, Aria, and Selena go? It’s also unacceptable that he couldn’t raise any flags with the heroines.]
Fortunately or unfortunately, a reply to my resolute feedback came very quickly.
Reincarnation: [It’s my novel, you know?]
Uh…what?
Reincarnation: [These days, the views aren’t coming in well, and as I’ve been accommodating readers’ feedback, it ended up like this.]
For a moment, I hesitated, not knowing how to respond.
It ended up like this because you neglected the foundational characters and only indulged in the characters you created!
I couldn’t point out facts like that.
It was clear that this web novel was dying.
Moreover, the author was in a state of mental and physical weakness due to the conflicting feedback from various readers.
He spoke as if blaming me for following until the end,
and if I add one more unpleasant remark here, the author might just run off without even making any revisions.
If that happened, my memories of “Reincarnated Hero” would forever remain tainted like this.
As I was hesitating, deleting and rewriting in the empty space, trying to figure out how to gaslight this person,
[Reincarnation: Hah, I guess I got a little heated. Please understand.]
He sent me a message first, speaking frankly.
Yeah, we both got too excited…
[Reincarnation: But… they’re builds that appeared in
[Me: Teacher…
[Reincarnation: Ah… you said you were a classic user, right?]
[Me: Yes. I’ve tried all the builds, but… the sequel severely lacks foundation.]
[Reincarnation: Then, do you really think the balance in the 1st game was perfect?]
Hmm… I couldn’t say there were absolutely no inconveniences…
But I was still able to answer with confidence.
[Me: Of course. It has so many unique systems! With foundation! And even romance. There’s not a single discarded character, right?]
[Reincarnation: Is that so…]
In fact, the reason the 1st game could receive praise was that even supporting characters with minor roles all had their own unique characteristics, narratives, and uses.
It’s fair to say that no character is absolutely inferior.
[Me: So if you could pay some attention to those original characters and give them an ending…]
[Reincarnation: In that case…]
‘?’
[Reincarnation: Why don’t you do it yourself? Let’s see if you can back up your words.]
Wh…at?
I wasn’t able to answer.
Because with those words, light rippled.
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*Ding!*
‘What… the fuck is going on?’
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Rip
What a whiny, petty, author.
They really said, “make your own ending, I am done with this”
I think next one is maybe You ?
BASED
“I’m a multiversal entity, how dare you a mere mortal commented on my well made story!” Ah type author.
Fan Fic Author is a God X
Author said, “Suck it bastard”