Emerilia

Damn this is amusing, not really in the mood to write a long review but summarising it. 

It has a very unique viewpoint and not many novels do this anymore or I've just not been reading the right ones, I do not want to spoil anything but the idea is similar to 'The Matrix' but it is far more technologically advanced and they have multiple reasons in doing so such as military potential and scouting enemy territory, I'm still not sure how they managed to capture all the humans and place them in a simulation as this sort of ruins the plot being they're so spread out and hide in so many different places it would be impossible to wipe them out, but apparently they can be captured? (EDIT: It was updated and is included now.)

Also the MC has a high-spirited character who craves normality which makes him overwork himself without realising it and only thinking it's normal or he is just embracing the change and enjoying it, which is far more likely, either way I enjoyed the novel to the point I ignored my previous remark and made a long-ish review.

I'll be honest, this is my first advanced review on royalrodl and the only reason I feel the need to post it is because of all the hate coming towards the author simply because he posts and makes a small to medium profit on amazon.

I have a kindle unlimited subscription, and found royalroadl when I read his first book. The suspense left me wondering what was next and I googled the series, royalroadl is what came up. I was able to continue reading the book BEFORE it was officially released. This was awesome and something I had never come across before.

The series is a good read, the characters are defined, the plot is somewhat interesting, the action is often and while it needs some variation I would still give the action scenes 3-4 out of 5 stars. However the pace that this author writes leaves most authors in the dust, this comes at the price of MINOR grammar and syntax errors. If any other decent author released at this pace it wouldn't matter if it was then "hidden" behind a pay wall, they would keep up with the story and read it before it was publicly released.

For an author of this quality and this release pace to be put down simply because they want to make a possible career out of writing MORE it simply astounds me that some people can be so capricious and short sighted. 

Now then, if you are on the verge of reading this, read the first book,  even IF you have to buy it. It will hopefully draw you in like it did me and offer you hours of escapism/entertainment/enjoyment.

To the author: Keep up the good work. Hope to read more of your work.

Please, by all the gods above and below, do not drop this story. I am enjoying it a great deal, and I don't want to have to add it to the lengthy list of dropped fictions.

Even if your story isn't super popular, as long as you exist and keep going you will accumulate followers by virtue of being the metaphorical last man standing.

To get to the negatives,  your story is not amazingly original. The concept has been done, and done both better and worse. However, it is extremely well done and avoids all of the worst pitfalls of the genre.Just the fact that it is still going makes it good.

On a mechanistic side, your grammar is superb. I can hardly claim to be an expert on the English Language, but I didn't notice any glaring mistakes.

Have been reading since the first chapter was posted....loving it!  

I have to agree with Meurlorg. As someone who read the prologue, I love the idea, but I'm completely conflicted on the reasoning and outcome. I mean, if you have technology that lets you simulate a virtual reality and RESPAWN people, why would you use such technology on a race you'd want to eliminate? "Give the humans a purpose or exterminate them" the alien Emperor commands. So you use that to justify spending a ridiculous amount of resources on respawning and "leveling" humans instead of your own race!? "Let the humans die in place of my own troops" the alien general comments. HOLY SHIT! You have a huge, highly trained army of YOUR OWN SPECIES and instead of using this expensive respawn and leveling tech on them you'd use it on humans instead? What are they thinking!?!?

Not only all that, the reasoning behind wanting to eliminate humanity is mind-boggling! "We make a peace treaty with one human group yet others raid our ships or attack us, so we'll kill all of them". WTF!? I think I wrote in the comments of the prologue "have these aliens never experienced civil war? betrayal? banditry? criminals? are these concepts really that 'alien' to these aliens!? They decide to eliminate or manipulate humanity because humans have different factions? They then make a "VRMMORPG" for these humans to make STRONGER, RESPAWNABLE, human factions? I really, really, wanted to read this story, but my mind just can't get past the prologue without some help. Please, please! Please help me by fixing these logic errors and loop holes so I can read this story! Going by the 4.6 star rating, this should be really good, so please fix it!

Amazing is all i can say .

At first i thout it would be a mind f*ck story so skipped it

.Now that ive read it omg its good .

I gave it 5 stars becouse you deserve it .

AMazeballs. wicked start hope the following chapter's flow fast and are of the same quality

Original Idea and good development. Characters are interesting. Definitely going to keep reading!

Well... Mister Chatfield is incredible. His update speed is insane and the story is by itself wonderful !

Voilà !

My top favorite so far, though there are competitors coming for that spot. 

Style: Nothing to add, I devoured all chapters in 2-3 (working) days. Your frequent releases (and including communication in the form of author notes) are impressive. Solid and steady release schedule. Consistently putting out high-quality work this frequently is not something easy to do.

Story: Count me hooked. You can easily spot the influences from the classic fantasy monuments, such as the Elder Scrolls, LotR, and so on. But it only adds to the universe. Initial premise is something I can relate to very much, as it's the same as I imagined how our actual reality could end up in a game-like setting (referring to the nano-tech, rather than the aliens).

The only thing I am missing a bit is town building, but that is rather personal because I enjoyed it in other stories. That being said, I am spotting some hints that it might come in the future. The Aleph arc later on starts to counter this a bit.

Given the overall premise of this story, I see the potential for this one to go on for quite a while (i.e. get class, establish city town, conquer planet, go into space. Everything before actually going against the Empire could potentially be considered introduction).

Grammar: Nothing to remark anymore.

Characters: I like the characters, they seem rather well fleshed out. No nonsense in the romance department. No endless will-they, won't they; no drama; just a solid relationship. I get my fix of romance while it not being the overpowering theme of the story. A definite plus.

True deaths, well appreciated, and add more emotions to the story. However, the impact is lessening as the story now focuses more on the players who are immortal. Almost feels like the early deaths are in vain.

This being the second review on RRL which I dedicate time to, should highlight how much I enjoy the story. Keep on fleshing it out!