The New World

Edgy as hell, check.
Constant grind of power, check.
Main Character basically a god but with overpowered villains to keep up, check.

Ok, i'm sold. Here is your five stars.
Btw, pardon my lazy and poorly written review, just wanna help the author 'cuz it is one my favorite stories.
(Not that anyone will ever see as it as it won't make it the top ones anyway)

The only thing I can think to say is keep up the amazing work I like this more than I do randidly ghosthound

The New World is a system apocalypse litRPG with a starting point and system loosely inspired by 'The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound'.  

The author quickly takes the story in a different direction and fleshes out the system until it's significantly better thought-out and more interesting than its inspiration. In my opinion, this story is much better than Randidly Ghosthound because it has a clearer idea about what it wants to be, an action-packed litRPG with a strong MC who rapidly progresses in power, and it sticks to that.

The highlight of the story is the way the litRPG system is integrated, since it is interesting, and most importantly, bonuses or powers gained have a clear and visible impact on the way the MC looks, thinks, plans, and fights. Very often in litRPGs, the MC gains lots of powers and abilities but keeps fighting basically the same way, whereas here we see how Daniel's fighting style and appearance change as every advantage he gets is incorporated and utilized.  Additionally, while Daniel is powerful bordering on OP, this is very well handled by giving him appropriately strong opponents that he has to struggle against, plan for, and adapt to. Finally, the fights scenes are very well done and consistently fresh and unique.

The story is well edited, the characters are sufficiently established for plot purposes, and the writing style is easy to follow.

If you're looking for a solid action-packed progression story that doesn't try to be much more, I would strongly recommend this story.

(As of Chapter 222)

This is the heavy metal of LitRPGs! In more ways than one, geddit? :D Also motivated my sedentary ass to go lift some heavy metal at the gym. It's THAT good!

Takes about 5-10 chapters to warm up, then ramps up for a great addictive action-packed ride! All the way up to Chapter 218 where I'm at. Looking forward to more!

Pros:
+ MC full of persistence and grit. Very morivating!
+ Intense fight scenes.
+ Increases testosterone production by 25%! :D
+ Improvement of MC and side characters are done gradually, and shown to be the result of hard work, sheer effort, sometimes even due to self-awareness and taking risks.
+ MC and side characters make mistakes (so real!), then LEARN from those mistakes. Well, most of the time. Which is again, very real.

Respect:
+ The System and Schema!
The well-planned elements, the story behind it, how well it relates to the story and character power progression, the math that must be going on behind the scenes.
+ How the author comes right out to say it's inspired by 'Legend of Randidly Ghosthound'. Other than the skill/path/perk system, The New World is very much its own unique story.
+ Things happen for a reason.
More on that later.

Tiny Nitpicky Stuff:
- Sorry Author, can't think of any except for some tiny grammar or spelling errors here and there.

Characters:
My opinion of the MC is that he's focused and determined. Could be seen as single-minded, which could be good or bad depending on the reader's perspective. Because of the ongoing situation, whatever emotions the MC has would natually be more basic and primal in nature. Something like the difference between watching the movie "Gladiator" and "Benjamin Button". This is definiely the former! XD

About the side characters, there are a few of them that I like. They're unique and interesting. I enjoy their character development, change of mindset, and the flashes here and there revealing more about their past or thoughts.

Even the villians are fascinating, especially the bigger ones. The big bads? Some are so well developed, it's easy to see how they started out before becoming what they were.

Things Happen For a Reason:
There were some things that made me go "Whuh?" or gave a tiny flash of disappointment, like the decline of a certain side character I initially liked, but those things were either resolved, explained or progressed well in another few (or 10+) chapters. Just had to have the patience to read on while reserving comment, and that side character gradually became awesome again.

The OP-ness in earlier chapters (pre-chapter 50+, I think) did sometimes make me go "Er...", but it was resolved later on. Without giving too much away, let's just say, the OP-ness of the character is good when it's needed to match the OP-ness of the upcoming challenges. You can be powerful enough to defeat the enemy of today, but what if you know you'll have to deal with enemies so powerful, they're beyond the power-horizon? I don't use the word "Epic" very often, but the scale that is eventually revealed, is that. Epic!

Also, absolutely awesome one-liners!

I hated the protagonist at first. He kept throwing all his points into endurance when he really needed more intelligence, perception, strength and dexterity. Then it turned out that his obsession with endurance gave him a very effective AoE skill, which was vital for his survival.

Still muttering imprecations at his idiocy, I read on, expecting to discover that the protagonist would stumble sooner or later and suffer the evisceration he so richly deserved for not allocating points the way I thought he should. The bastard proved me wrong, and I began to develop a grudging respect for him ... you know, the sort of grudging respect an Englishman has for Australian cricketers who are sledging yobs but have a knack for scoring centuries.

After a while, my eagerness to read the next chapter forced me to acknowledge that this is a damn good story with a frustrating but admirable main character. Hence this review.

This story is, to me, the gold standard all other litrpgs should follow. The MC is powerful and unique enough for you to truly enjoy the plentiful fight scenes and not powerful for the struggle and conflict to seem superfluous. Additionally, the main character(and company) are interesting enough for you to see them as their own character rather then an iteration of an existing stereotype. The author is also very consistent with posting new chapters, which is always a plus. You should definitely try it.

First off, I absolutely loved the premise - apocalypse occurs, and dungeons are born, with characters struggling to survive. Sure, it's been done before, but what matters is not the premise, but the execution. However, what stops me from giving this a full 10/10 is the fact the MC seems to be about the only character that matters and there's a lack of world building. Let's take the world for one. Sure, cataclysm occurs. Dungeons spawn, people get superpowers. And what happens next to the World? Nobody cares. As a matter of fact, the MC casually parties with a coupla folks, gets out and says "Heyy, I'm from yo town too, let's hang out and chill, mmkay?". Just imagine. There are monsters and tentacled horrors going about and our MC suddenly loses his humanity, sense of empathy and literally goes "Must get stronk!". 

Alright. moving onto the characters. For most of the story (at least around chapter 35 or so), the MC seems to have the emotive range of a doorknob and whatever determination he possesses in one internal monologue seems to all but vanish in the next. We're given a narrative deus ex machina in an initial chapter on why he found power in his hands, but the fact that he casually meets with walking armageddons who somehow end up looking at him favorably is just jarring. Let's face it, say you're a world-ending horror that literally enslaves and makes other creatures go insane by your very existence, then if an ant were to cross your road you'd be all like "step, step step, squish ant casually". Instead all such entities seem to support the MC for some reason that's not explained very clearly. And despite the utter zeal with which the MC is trying to become strong, all that the readers can see is the MC being subtly manipulated by all the teacher like characters around him. We see a chapter where the MC is pretty angry at this fact, but it seems to vanish the next moment and only to have all the elder like figures make a show of authority to the MC. 

The author had earlier mentioned about how a certain other character kept shitting on the MC of another novel, but honestly, I see the MC's character traits regressing slowly here as well. What's unexplained is how the protagonist suddenly rediscovers his humanity and sense of empathy the moment he loses his childhood friends. It felt forced and arbitrary. I feel it might have been better to simply say he was devoid of his human emotions and evolved etc, as it flows better with the plot. 

Of course, all this isn't to just shit on this novel. I like this novel and want the author to at least retroactively address some of the plot holes. I liked the leveling system, but characters acting much younger than their ages is off putting and the MC having no real motive of his own and instead of following his Master like an obedient slave is not the most inviting of settings. I mean, it doesn't matter if the MC is powerful or not, but whether he can truly carve a path of his own. The reason he's called the "Main Character" is for a reason. However, the overall ambience of a war against eldritch entities with a perk based leveling system is done very well and I can't praise the author enough for that. There is also an attempt at humanizing the antagonist and painting the World in shades of grey instead of a black and white and this is spectacular for a novel. Thanks for the work, author!

What can i say that havent been said about this story, I like it, I enjoy it, and most definitley have hope for it. Author is mature writer, we can feel from his words that he has a plan, so i hold my thumbs for Hearbringer and a story that started with Bang! to be finished at least that dazling.

Up to chapter 79.

Overall I recommend this story. It is definitely one of the most well-done stories of the LITRPG and reincarnation tropes. Even tho it's clearly inspired by the Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, it's clearly superior in some aspects in comparison.

Things I enjoyed: (1) The style of the descriptions of items and peoples (and beasts). Here the talent of Monsoon117 clearly shows. (2) The MC is relatable. He acts, thinks and speaks like someone who was sent into this without his goddamn conses. (3) The level system feels kinda unique. (4) Nice worldbuilding and unique places.

Some things to critique: (1) The style of the story itself is shifting. I think Monsoon117 clearly loves to describe places, people, and items, but everything else kinda falls short. (2) While the MC is clearly fleshed out, some side characters still remain hollow.
(4)  Spoiler: Spoiler

All in all, I follow this story and wait eagerly for new chapters. This alone means it can only be good.

I am giving it a full score due to Hod