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The Player Blackout: A Superhero LitRPG Adventure
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Publisher's summary
In 2043, Capes Online is the biggest, most popular VRMMORPG in the world. With over one billion active players and counting, gamers can become brave Heroes or cunning Villains, their every choice determining their alignment. Everyone wants to play this game and almost everyone does.
Except for 25-year-old police officer Nyle Maxwell, who can't log out. Killed in a car accident on his first day on the job, Nyle gets his mind uploaded to Capes Online to save his life. But the one way mind-to-game upload process means Nyle can never return to his physical body in the real world. Nor is he allowed to contact his friends and family outside the game or else he risks deletion by the secretive government organization that put him in the game in the first place.
Things get even worse when a villain known as Dark Kosmos takes over Capes Online not long after Nyle's arrival. Trapping all of the players in the game and cutting off all contact with the real world, Dark Kosmos targets Nyle for death.
Now Nyle must become a true superhero and save his fellow players from Dark Kosmos while adjusting to his new digital life. All of which would be much easier if he didn't have a hyperactive sidekick overly fond of puns or if he even wanted to be here in the first place.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-17-19
maybe its my age but the MC...sheesh
Okay..maybe as a 54 year old and actually kno0wing a few cops (younglings and vets) I just couldn't get past the MC's atitude/moaning "this sux" basically. Great story concept but for me at least the MC should have been portrayed a bit differently. I made it thru about 2 hours and caught myself screaming "your an idiot" more than once.
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- Kaz
- 05-09-19
Yeah more superhero games
Fantastic book, I was very surprised as so few authors write superhero litrpg books. If your a fan or real heroes vs villains I suggest give it a listen. The book gives good details and starts off at the perfect spot introducing the world.
This review was left in trade for a free copy of the book. If you question about bias please my others as I’ve given out 1, and 2 stars when they deserve it.
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- Bryan S Guzman
- 05-15-19
how stupid can one be
a lot the answer is a lot this character is insufferable and frankly kind of a selfish prick also very very stupid oh how dare you separate me from my loved ones know dumbass you died he preserved your existence you didn't separate you also dumbass are you really saying that you can't figure out who the hell might have put you in the top secret government program when you have a high-ranking government official in your family that is powerful stupid
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- Natalie @ ABookLoversLife
- 05-09-19
Fun and entertaining read.
The extent of my gaming experience is playing the Lego games with my son, but I've enjoyed other LitRPG books before, and because one of my favourite narrators was performing it, I had to give it a go. And I'm so glad I did because I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
The plot was unique (to me) and easy to follow. Nyle Maxwell is a new cop fresh out of academy and is involved in a car chase on his first day, when both him and the suspect he is following are killed in a crash. Nyle gets his mind upload to the biggest game and is basically living in the game. I actually loved this aspect of the plot because Nyle reacted how I expect people to react when he finds out. The game is a heroes and villains game and every choice you make can lead you to become either one of them. Nyle becomes a hero and the book centers around that.
Not being a gamer, I enjoyed this so much because the author made it easy to follow. I felt like I was learning everything along with Nyle. Even the stats and the whole idea of the game was easy to understand and I never felt lost. I became lost in the world with the characters and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The characters were all well written and developed. I really liked Nyle and his hero alter ego. I loved his side kick and thought he was the best character. He was a chatter box and had me laughing a lot. I'm intrigued about the other characters and am looking forward to finding out more about them. In a hero and villains book, it's nice that the villains are all actually evil but I also really loved the fact that a villain can become good through his actions.
In all, this was a fun, easy and entertaining read and I'm really looking forward to more.
Joe Hempel is one of my favourite narrators and no matter the genre, he always gives a great performance. He has plenty of voices and tones for all the characters and brought this book to life with his inflections and cadences.
I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.
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- 07-15-19
Hitting way above where is possible
The story was alright, repeated stats way to often. The biggest issues I had with the book was the narrator and the story level aspect. The narrator was a little boring, but he did not hinder as much as the story did for me. I would say i listen to a lot of litrpgs and this one missed the basis. YOU CAN NOT TAKE ON A HIGH LEVEL BOSS AS A NEWBIE! When you open the book and say there are people who have been playing for years and are high levels, a beginner can not take on a boss that would trash a high level player and win. That is how this book is framed. The concept of the book is fine, even like the superhero aspect, but the fact that a newbie is beating a boss, a world game event boss, is total BS and took me out of the book. You can not do that in a game, so why would it be different especially if you give them no extra powers or anything, they are just the same level of player as a newbie.
Sad that a good concept is destroyed by a broken aspect of believably.
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- Zachary
- 05-22-19
... braindead
this fails at so many levels it's disappointing to even consider how bad it is, over two and a half hours in and and, in a litRPG, in a 24 hour in game period, we're led to believe that one, it is possible to level up from Level 1 to level 2 in one fight, and that the main character, in a entire day of play, does not manage to level a single time or do anything else aside from window shopping. this brain dead fool, fresh from police academy then waits hours before reporting that someone knew his Real name.
side note, apparently it is normal for a game to hand out 2/10 of a skill level per level: if you have never played rpgs, don't write about them.
Bad rpg elements weaken books, but this was a fail from the start.
the stupid is to strong. first time that I've been driven to seek a refund for an audio book.
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- colin
- 10-22-20
Just Terrible
Fails to deliver on every level. Character development, dialogue, party dynamics and way too much stats review. Even the narration is mediocre at best.
Spend your credit elsewhere.
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- JasonR
- 01-23-20
LAME
just awful. maybe appropriate for children. so redundant and predictable. I do not reccomend it
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- Bently
- 06-08-19
Not that great
The fight scenes were a little dumb. Who stops and has a conversation when the final boss is down and ready for a killing blow. When someone is about to be stabbed in the back, you don’t have enough time for a pun and then still have time to save them.
Also several writing redundancies, things like “the blow was hard enough to bring his health bar down to half his health bar”
The concept was good, and some of it was interesting.
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- Joe
- 05-27-19
Awesome New LitRPG Series
The Player Blackout: A Superhero LitRPG Adventure Capes Online, Book 1 is written by Lucas Flint. The story is set in 2043, Nyle Maxwell is a police officer killed in the line of duty on his first day. His consciousness is digitally uploaded to the worlds largest and popular VRMMORPG in the world, Capes Online. Nyle is part of a government program called Second Life he is unable to contact anyone from his past life without repercussions.
The story holds the listener’s attention as Nyle is learning to become a hero in the game and exploring the world of Capes Online. Dark Kosmos takes over Capes Online just after Nyle's arrival in the digital world. The villain traps all of the players in the game and cutting off all contact with the real world. People in the VR gear will die in a few days if the can not log off. Dark Kosmos targets Nyle for death offering all trapped players a choice of 2 world missions, the first is kill/capture Nyle and bring him to Dark Kosmos. The second is to defeat Dark Kosmos. The stakes in the game become real for everyone.
The narration is provided by Joe Hempel. Mr. Hempel brought his strong skilled vocal quality to this audio production. He created some truly enjoyable moments with his skilled performance in this large cast of characters. The production quality of this audiobook is also the highest quality. I heard no problems during the entire performance. There were not any detectable flaws that I was able to hear during the entire performance such as loops, breaks, or buzzing. The production was crisp and clear. Secret Identity Books delivered an excellent audiobook production. I highly recommend this audiobook. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- 03-18-21
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Excellent story, very engaging. The story was very relatable and felt real to me making me crane for more. I actually play DC universe online which is an online multiplayer superhero game and the level of detail into how Capes online worked made me really picture this as a real game as well as what technological advances could await human kind in the future. The characters were also very relatable and well thought out such as Nile/ Winter seeming as an everyday guy yet one who had a firm belief in justice and characters such as Atmosphere and Dark Cosmos were really well thought out villains and expressed the cruelty one man can bring and how some do bad because they think they are doing good.
Overall I really enjoyed this story and I would recommend it to anyone interested particularly those interested in the superhero or RPG genre.
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- Jon Sterling
- 09-06-20
decent story, though some minor issues
this feels like it was initially published on a week by week basis. someone's the author will mention a plot point brought up earlier in the story.
It's obvious that this is being set up for sequels in the future as there are many questions, which the author brings up repeatedly, that don't get answered.
As for the LitRPG elements, they work well for the super hero element, however o could have done with the character sheet being read it in full twice in a row. this happens several times throughout the story
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- Mr JB
- 06-07-20
Incredible story, but...
What an awesome story, great character development and an all round enjoyable experience!
I know the title leads you to believe I had some issues with the book. I didn't, not with the story, its pace or its content.
There was however some quite grating repetition.
During some scenes words, names or phrases are repeated quite a lot.
For example "is that all you wanted to talk to me about or did you have something else you wanted to talk to me about"
It's trivial, I know, but it was starting to annoy me in places, especially with the meeting in Dark Cosmos' lair.
I appreciate that that is his name, but it felt in parts like I had heard 'Dark Cosmos' about 40 times in the chapter.
Apart from that, fantastic!
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- C. Rowlands
- 01-16-20
Interesting mix of ideas
It is fairly common for players to end up trapped in the game world in the litrpg genre, but in this case the author adds some novel flourishes to this idea, firstly the main character is dead and thus he is stuck in the game with it being effectively a form of digital afterlife and secondly the main baddie is an npc that is holding the regular living players hostage by preventing them from logging out either.
The setting for this book is a superhero-based game where your actions in a starter quest assign you to either the heroic or villainous faction, while also designating your base class too. While the former worked well, the latter didn't work quite so well as the way that the main character basically levelled his character in an entirely unconnected manner just made you ask why the starter quest hadn't been improved over the many years that the game had been running.
I have listened to author books being done by this narrator in the past and have found his performances to be good ones, serving to enhance the book in question and this one is no exception with another well done narration.
Overall, an entertaining story, interesting ideas and a good narration combine to produce an enjoyable audiobook to start this series.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
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- MANI
- 09-15-19
Book 1
The characters were all well written and developed. I like Nyle's side kick and thought he was the best character. He was a chatter box and had me laughing a lot.
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- Share
- 06-09-19
Decent
My first litrpg audiobook. The story was entertaining and the narrator did a decent job of bringing the story to life.
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- Helen
- 06-08-19
Great storyline
Enjoyed everything from storyline to narrater felt I was next to him great job 10/10 can’t wait for next book
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- Bugi344
- 05-17-19
good concept bad ending
the writer begins with an interesting story rookie police officer loses his life and his mind transferred to vr game , good concept. after that it all goes to ... there is a villain but is not a human villain but wait the 2nd in command villain is human. abuses trapped mind concept no ties to the beginning story... 1/4 good the rest a filling job.
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