Review of 'Delvers LLC: Welcome to Ludus' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
So this is somewhere between a litRPG and a standard YA fantasy. Basically a couple of HEMA fans get zapped to this world by Dolos a self described god of a pleasure world, where there's monsters and stuff for them to fight as part of some sort of experiment (which for those who don't know - aka me in 3 months when I come back to figure out what I thought of this novel, HEMA is fencing but with european medieval weapons and armour). Once he's got them there Dolos tells them they need to take over the world - otherwise he's going to be super embarrassed by losing this bet he made.
In order to do this they're given these symbiot things that give them magic powers, and kinda power and skill levels. However (much like any LitRPG) these levels don't really seem to mean much. They're used throughout …
So this is somewhere between a litRPG and a standard YA fantasy. Basically a couple of HEMA fans get zapped to this world by Dolos a self described god of a pleasure world, where there's monsters and stuff for them to fight as part of some sort of experiment (which for those who don't know - aka me in 3 months when I come back to figure out what I thought of this novel, HEMA is fencing but with european medieval weapons and armour). Once he's got them there Dolos tells them they need to take over the world - otherwise he's going to be super embarrassed by losing this bet he made.
In order to do this they're given these symbiot things that give them magic powers, and kinda power and skill levels. However (much like any LitRPG) these levels don't really seem to mean much. They're used throughout the book as a thing to improve, to give the characters some motivation I guess.ir
Throughout their journey they save some people, pick up a few companions (some of them cat people, and elf people - LitRPG trope alert), thankfully not just romantic interests. There is a bit of intensely cheesy romance, but it's pretty easy to gloss through those bits.
The story for the most part is pretty full of action, and the world is well built and interesting, with explanations as to, for example, super powerful monsters don't wander into cities, or why they don't have modern tech.
So yeah. Enjoyable. Fun. Bit shallow but who cares?
I might read the sequel.