The Soul Stone War

Meh. It reads more like fanfic written by a teenage edgelord than a proper CYOA game. Also, why is the protagonist so whimsical? I'm playing as a 6'11" guy which tries to hack every problem to pieces he encounters, yet I'm depicted as some femboy baby. Which isn’t inherently bad, mind you. But why offer all these choices to form your character when the game doesn't adapt to them? For example, why do people constantly refer to me as "kid" or "boy" even though I chose to be in my late 20s / early 30s? Wtf? And why does everyone want to touch, kiss, or molest me? The whole game has a weird, creepy almost predatory vibe to it. Didn't like the ending either. No, I'll pass on book 2–thank you very much!

If I hadn't been past the refund window when I started playing, I definitely would have asked for a refund. The story failed to hook me from the start, and I only stuck with it to get my money's worth. The MC is constantly portrayed as weak and in need of protection, which would be fine if consistent, but they can somehow kill armed bandits in the very first chapter and wield both weapons and magic with no training. It seems the game can't decide if they're helpless or capable—or rather, it insists they're helpless and hammers it in, yet lets them be randomly competent at times. You can choose the MC's age (from 18 to early 30s), which is neat in theory, but meaningless in practice as they act childishly regardless, and other characters treat them like a kid (despite being attracted to them, which is a whole other can of worms). The game forces a default MC personality on you, with long stretches of passive reading that don't even take your personality stats into account. On my sec...

Pacing is too fast for its own good. No chance to breath and enjoy things. Go go go non stop and every aspect of the story telling suffers for it, the characters, the world, and plot are all shoved aside to keep this break neck pace so we can get to... the end of the game I suppose? It feels like the author just desperately wants to get to the 'point' of the story, but I have no clue what it is. The plot is weak as we're too busy running around to really dwell and reflect on things, the romances stunted and way too corny as the game only takes place over a few days, and I have very little idea what the world is like besides everything important is stuffed in a cave somewhere(The author makes a joke of this, no it's not as funny as they think it is). The characters ARE nice. The plot COULD be 'good enough' to keep me engaged with it. I enjoy how we can roleplay our character. But the whole thing feels unsatisfying when most scenes are skipped through and we are just teleporting to ou...

This novel is.... subpar, to be frank. The story is dull and uninteresting, the world-building is extremely lacking, and where it exists it is equally generic and uninspired. The characters are archetypes rather than people, each of them possessing a trait or two that essentially comprises their entire personality; Morkai the temperamental himbo, usually jovial but quick to anger, Straasa the chill support, Daelynn the flirt, Eledwen the quiet and mysterious one, Mornie the disgusting minion, and Manerkol the personality vacuum that's evil for the sake of being evil. The MC spends most of the story being a useless wimp - I get that they're a rookie at the start, but is it really too much to ask that they go five minutes without becoming exhausted or laying about in a vegetative state while their companions rescue them for the millionth time? The writing is atrocious (Using 'noob' in a medieval setting? Really?) and treats you like an idiot, often stating the obvious and favouring telli...

Good enough

I loved this! I know a lot of people did not like the MC being so weak but it makes sense since this literally their first adventure and this a trilogy so i am sure we will get stronger and i found it a nice change of pace to be weak instead of strong. The characters are all amazing and i love em all. The story is a right mix of fun and epic and i have to stop myself from playing too much because of it lol. The dialogue is really good especially the snarky dialogue which is my fave type of dialogue. I give this game a 10/10

This is a really, really great story

It's not the worst out of all I've read, yet not the best. It's all right. The MC comes off a bit juvenile at times, despite the possibility to choose a more mature age bracket for them, so I always stick with "barely an adult" option for my playthroughs. The first book feels pretty short, and the main appeal is a promise of further development of the characters, their relationships and the lore in sequels. The third book is about to release as I write the review, the author's writing speed is pretty good, so the probability of us getting the complete series eventually is high enough.