Emperor of Solo Play

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Year 2035. The virtual reality game, Warlord, changed the world. An Jaehyun was one of the many who wished to change his life through the game. After dedicating his life to the game, he was met with a betrayal. A betrayal by his comrades. As a result, he lost everything. But a chance was given to him. A chance to redo everything again! “I won’t play with others ever again. Whatever the outcome, I’ll show that I can do it alone.” Others rolled a dice to split the spoils of victory. An Jaehyun ate it all by himself. It was the start of An Jaehyun’s solo game life.

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Clearesta
Clearesta
July 1, 2017
Status: c142
its regrettable that there're lots of people giving this novel 1 star when they only read up to 10 chapter.. Or worst 1 chapter.. Just give star when you read this until completed or you keep follow them...

i think this novel is an enjoyable ride and most relatable to people that play RPG game... Also, this kind of VR game is what I imagined future VR game which (maybe) we could play in the future (?).
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UnknownSaint171
UnknownSaint171 rated it
June 6, 2017
Status: Completed
Don't read this... The whole entire Novel contradicts itself. As much as I love solo-wolfs who have fangs sharper then most. This is not that type of Novel. The fighting scenes are written very poorly but its somehow called "Badass". The Author ideas are good but he's not good at conveying it right.

He swore to chop everyone head off and stand on top alone... Unfortunately he does not do this. He does not deserve to be called Emperor of Solo. Because...

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He joins the very person who killed him in the end. First of all I love what the Author trying to do here. But he just failed miserably in trying to write out. A stone cold Villain whose had everything she wanted. You can't be on equal status with her. She's diabolical schemer and ties good or bad people like s*aves. But in this 2nd life, the frustration of being 2nd by the MC, she starts showing "Normal Girl" qualities and her behavior starts getting soft. Like a girl giving her boyfriend a handmade scar. But all of this is seriously rush to the point of readers being "WTF?". The Author should had taken it as a slow stead pace and have the MC develop. The Necromancy ideas was wonderful and he was like Orochimaru. But the Author just poorly written it and trying to make it sound Badass. Like I've said before. To be honest my hatred for this Heroine villain goes deep. Because I can understand the MC since I've met people like this. So the fact that its a waste of good potential it makes me angry. I wish the Author would rewrite this and add new ideas in. It could had become a masterpiece

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Just skim through it. Don't read it. <<less
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SunsetChaos
SunsetChaos rated it
July 17, 2016
Status: c26
This is a story along the lines of The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor and Ark. If you enjoy those, you'll enjoy this which is similar. VRMMORPG, driven by money, getting rich dream, etc. MC also has quite a bit of cliche luck in game, with all the good drops, quests, rewards, etc. Similar to the other stories.

The only unique thing is that MC came from the future so he can take advantage of that knowledge. Still kind of early but it definitely has potential if he uses his knowledge well.

I just... more>> find one of the review beyond s*upid. That one reviewer who only read 1 chapter and rated 1 star just because of the premise. Who cares if he travelled back just to play a VRMMORPG, which is what this story is all about just like LMS. Don't come here in the first place if you wanted to read a different kind of time traveling story. <<less
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Zefelina
Zefelina rated it
June 29, 2016
Status: c21
For those who like revenge, time travel, second chance and virtual reality genres. What I enjoy the most about this novel though, is probably MC's class. Unlike other similar novels (Assassin reborn, etc), in this one MC doesn't choose to play the class that he played in his 'past life' but rather the one he is almost completely unfamiliar with -
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the Necromancer!

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So far (ch21) I enjoy the novel very much and definitely recommend it!
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acoleman2
acoleman2 rated it
June 21, 2016
Status: --
I think this has potential to be a five star novel, but it's too early to tell. So far it's a fairly standard VRMMO combined with time travel story. However, unlike novels like Zhan Long or TLT, the MC doesn't become OP because he comes across miraculous opportunities. He's OP because he's a veteran playing a low level character. In that sense, it reminds me of King's Avatar. The downside is the release schedule for this is nothing impressive and the total chapter count is low. Still, worth reading.
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PoSunBanYi
PoSunBanYi rated it
July 16, 2021
Status: c77
It's good. That is if you like to be deceived. This is a deceitful novel.

After almost 80 chapters of waiting for something to get the novel straight up, nah- so I just decided to put it clearly to those interested. It is not another game vrmmorpg futuristic novel; it's just another "labelled as game novel but is just used as an excuse to not get creative and get it done fast andy". And it does it well, perfectly well.

There's only levels, global rank (only 3 ranks, yay creativity), 4 stats,... more>> never explained- never cared for. And that's it, enjoy your super ultra most utmost duper omega alpha gigantic best advanced AI in existence creating the perfect game, ret*rded novel is a better description of it.


Good point is how MC is against everyone, not the reasoning tho, everytime D-Dumb takes something out of his ass so you can already how lame each of them are, as any other explanation is made within this novel of his. <<less
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SAMqwerty
SAMqwerty rated it
November 29, 2020
Status: Completed
downloaded pdf versions by traitorAIZEN off vn0-meido.

- send back memory
- vr world, sword n magic, monsters, with fantasy characters n NPCs e.g. Elf, dwarf, orc, dragon

- no harem, no girl, slight revenge tag (refreshing)

- no M18, only friendships throughout

- ruthless MC, money minded

- necromancer

- great plot development, great characters, schemes, backstabbing etc

- overall very enjoyable, easy 8/10

- would have been better if not for very abrupt ending, as though author was suddenly informed he had to wrap up in 10 chapters out of the blue. 0/10 ending.
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introparadox
introparadox rated it
October 19, 2019
Status: c126
Just a s*upid guy who waste his knowledge and potential playing solo, it would make sense if he just wanted to become the best and make a living, but his dream is way bigger than that, witch should lead to the history repeating itself, but the author of course is gonna twist logic somehow to make that happen. This leads to another problem, solo mean no active supporting characters, means thing get boring a lot of times.

The second annoying thing that really drive me nuts almost cost me my PC,... more>> is how the author is persisting on making the MC suffer witch make no sense, like somehow someone who make thousands then hundreds of thousands of dollars is enable to put meet into the plate, instead live on coffee and sugars, he motioned at the start how a pro gamer know how important one's health concerning sleep yet he ignore this aspect completely when it come to diet, trying to make fun out of it, witch is not most of the time, it only feel s*upid and annoying. The reason is of course the in game expenses are tremendous witch is annoying as well, but I can take it, but I can't swallow how he can't spare a little bit of his expenses to live comfortably. <<less
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LordGrim102 rated it
November 2, 2017
Status: --
In short the MC is a irresponsible gaming addict that holds grudges to the bitter end because he didn't got a good life after the betrayal because he just "SPENDS" all his money in the game without any savings in his bank account so he ends up living bitterly until he dies in the accident on his way home.

Then he time travels with his memory fully intact then the innocent choi sulyeon of the present will bear the wrath of the MC which is completely ridiculous for a reason. So... more>> why don't he saves a little more to secure himself for his daily needs for a year instead of spending his entire fortune on gaming? I myself is a gamer and spends gaming 16 hours a day if I like the game. But I would never do something so obviously ridiculously s*upid to spend my entire fortune without savings for daily needs especially for food.

All in all this novel is a story about a s*upid person who's only an MC for a novel so he got lucky whatever he do he will be "FINE" because he is an MC of a novel.

I will rate it 2.5 stars if I could well it's a mediocre novel. Im a little disappointed because I expect it will be a good novel because most of korean novels are pretty good to read. <<less
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Queen of Sheba
Queen of Sheba rated it
September 6, 2017
Status: --
Fairly decent story. Credits to the protagonist for staying true to himself. By not being swayed by temporary advantages, and fickle mortal lust. Other than that, it's the same old game mechanic, but without the excessive flowery hope that would usually accompany such story. Plus, there's no harem.

A pleasant surprise was the fact that for once, the protagonist isn't treating the NPCs as humans. Is there any reason to ever?

Tolerable recommendation.
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MondoX
MondoX rated it
August 25, 2017
Status: c152
Even though, it reminded me a little bit of LMS, with half the comedy, I looked forward to reading this webnovel. The premise of going back in time and try to seek revenge seemed interesting. However, the MC did not take advantage of going back in time as much as you would think, which he should have improved his real as well, besides only his game life. Yet, I keep reading waiting for his revenge, but the story focused on weak side characters, and quests. It became boring, but I... more>> was going to continue for the revenge, until I found spoilers for the end.
Spoiler

The title of this webnovel is Emperor of Solo Play, but he joins a guild at the end. The guild that he joins is the guild of the wench that made him quit the game and only form of income he was earning, and ruined his life for a whole year. The part I was looking forward to the most was revenge, but the MC did the opposite. I guess a year of being hunted by her was not that bad, and making MC quit was okay.

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The MC disappointed me a lot, I would expect that from a beta Japanese MC, but not a Korean MC. <<less
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zaimokuza
zaimokuza
July 3, 2017
Status: c100
Overall, just the usual mediocre story.

It started with pretty good potentials yet the author was unable to maximize any of it. He simply put any possible 'amazing' things but he would simply leave it alone as if he had forgotten about it before he eventually did something about it (even though he could do it way earlier).

As for characters, plot and development... meh, I don't even have anything to say since I basically skimmed through and forgot about any of it (to put it simply, nothing exceptional).

And combined by how... more>> the author tendency to contradict what he told with what actually happened, it made this story even worse. <<less
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kingtape
kingtape rated it
September 22, 2016
Status: v1c27
What's with all the hate? Honestly, this story is amazing. The point of these novels isn't to be shakespeare or create complicated but fantastic literature. These are translated novels, it's not like you can expect Jane Austen from them. No, the point of these novels are to be engaging, fun, and to capture the imagination and this has done exactly that. I was so immersed and engaged by this story that I couldn't put it down. 5 stars, hands down, at least from where I'm at. It's unique, as well.... more>> Great break from reading cookie cutter xianxia. <<less
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Zalpha
Zalpha rated it
August 31, 2016
Status: c39
I really enjoy this story! Finding a good necromancer story is not that common a tale and beside this story is rather unique setting it apart form other tales out there.

For me rating this five stars is easy. To me every chapter by an author is like a painter that paints a series of paintings. Just be cause I might not of like a one or more of the paintings (chapters) doesn't mean I must now discredit his entire work of series of art works (novel) because it doesn't all... more>> match up to being all amazing works of art. I enjoyed it and because I enjoyed it – it is worthy of 5 stars. It is not like I will walk away and forgot what I have read – this story will stay with me for a long time. I find myself looking forward to the next chapter every time I read it. <<less
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Blackrabbit0634
Blackrabbit0634 rated it
August 2, 2016
Status: c30
I won't delve much into the story since other reviewers pretty much said all I want to say.. And I guess like others I would say that is pretty much on the same level as LMS or better.. I've read Ark but Emperor of solo play has a much better story though its too bad that its only 193 chapters..

Now what I like about this novel is that so far its a bit refreshing for me to read & I've not read anything as of yet that annoyed me unlike... more>> LMS & Ark... Though there's a tag Betrayal its nothing dark really its just there to begin the motivation of the MC for the solo route.. He starts pretty much OP in the sense that he is already a pro, like the novel A King's Avatar where the MC started with a noob character with a different class intending to go to the top of the rankings again.. The MC in emperor pretty much has the same reason as the MCs in LMS & Ark which is to obtain a lot of money but not in the sense that he is too obsessive about it, its more like a balance between wanting to get stronger & money-making, of course like any other VRMMO the MC blessed with the hidden skill "Superb Luck".. Though there is grinding it skips most of it and it just says the MC now has reached LV??.. What really captures my attention in this so far is how the MC counterattacks those who want to take advantage of him & his pure violence play-style
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Example would be when he counter-PK three PKers where he first made them lose their guard then blinding them coupled with a few bluffs & taking advantage of human psychology when dealing with the enemies

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Though kinda gruesome this is how I usually imagine how weak characters should overcome the strong..

and just saying this to refute Dusk about the loan shark.. no offense I think what the MC did is the right choice.. you say that he should atleast remember a few winning lotteries but on the contrary he spends most of his time in-game so how could he have the time to memorize winning lotteries? & another point is he has been given a second chance to change his life and then on the exact day there was a winning lottery with exactly the amount he needed to play Warlord I'd say "Damn that's too much of a plot armor dude" and if not on the same day then he would be losing time when it was repeated in the story that it was hard to catch up to the rankers as more time passes, so why should he do that when he can just get a loan immediately & buy the game, he was also pretty confident he can pay the loan so what's the problem?
and for keklel's arguments he is pretty much arguing with himself he said that the MC could do whatever wants to right? so he chose to play a game where only the veterans & pros can make millions if not billions and guess what the MC was also part of the pros if he wasn't betrayed he could have been richer.. and btw though this has VRMMO it is not a reincarnation to another world story where the MC is usually one of the elites where they have diverse knowledge.. if you read the synopsis "After dedicating his life to the game" and if he actually had knowledge about maybe business management? farming? architecture? science? then that's what I would call s*upid.. he found in his previous life what he was only good at (which is playing VRMMO) and you want him to give up on that? well that's more s*upid in my opinion.. it was already proven that he has no ability except anything relating to games as he had no future when he was forced to quit in his previous life..

The MC has guts is what I want to say.. He had the choice to take the safe-route with low chance of making it big or take the risky route with a good chance for a better future.. <<less
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Cronwheel
Cronwheel rated it
June 30, 2023
Status: Completed
I really pity this story as it has the potential to be one of best VR stories out there. However, it seems like the author just gave up on the end.

--THE GOOD--

1. THE GAME IS CONTROLLED BY AI

... more>> For me, the concept of the game being controlled by AI is a good idea as it makes the game unpredictable. The main character in the later chapters have literally no idea as what about to come except for the significant scenarios.

2. THE MAIN CHARACTER

I like the main character for the fact that he is really prideful. It seems like I was just sick of over the top main characters that I found this one a fresh breath of air. He is smart as he could utilize his future knowledge to his advantages. I also like the fact that he acknowledges his flaw, which strengthen his will to achieve his goals through this game.

3. THE CONCEPT OF GUILDS

I love how the top guilds have the power through broadcasts. Making it logical that these guilds are really powerful.

4. THE GAME BEING DETAILED

The novel gave a good explanation about how the games works. From quests, battlefields, raids, titles, and etc. In terms of the game aspect of the game, this novel got it right.

--THE BAD--

1. THE WAY IT ENDED

I find the ending very underwhelming. The author did not even show the whole battle of the last boss and the main character. I felt nothing after reading this novel. Not even the emptiness I would usually feel after reading.

All in all, this is just a read to pass time. Although I wrote, many goods in this review, I felt nothing while reading this novel. <<less
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kaaliya
kaaliya rated it
July 26, 2021
Status: Completed
A short, interesting, and fun web novel. Even though some aspects are repeatedly used like "He looks like a pushover", It maintains its charm. The MC is the best thing about this novel and I really like its character. The sad thing is that even though the novel is completed, you can clearly see that it was completed midway after giving some half-ass finish. If you are looking for a fun and action-packed novel without caring about whether it is properly finished to not, surely give it a try.
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Vandille
Vandille rated it
March 31, 2021
Status: --
I have never liked VR games due to the fact that they're.. Games, I wouldn't really act like everything depends on it.

These game tropes are very difficult to understand as its just basically a fantasy world since they don't particularly show real life sessions with the mc's life.

It's not that bad but I don't, or wouldn't want to imagine a grown man going John Wick just because of a game, althought it may be important to MC, his reaction was way too typical, almost cringe.

It's a fine read , abit... more>> boring from my perspective but that's because I've read alot of similar clichês. <<less
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SliceDice
SliceDice rated it
March 21, 2021
Status: Completed
To be honest the novel isn't bad. It's your usual resurrection story, a chance to redo every thing again. The idea is a bit cliché at this point and the author doesn't do a very good job of challenging the fact. The main character's attitude towards money and pride and anything related to it was kinda funny the first few chapters. However after a while it turned into the MC constantly b***hing about it. It just ruined the feel of the novel for me. If you are looking for a... more>> somewhat fun novel to pass the time or for a quick read then I would recommend this, if you are able to overlook a few problems with the story and character then it is an exiting novel. <<less
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alaskame
alaskame rated it
October 20, 2020
Status: c191
Fun read. I enjoy the ride. Not that the story is logical or anything.

All that you can get from the novel is cliche.

The Journey was fun though you have a few giggle during the time he grind and deal with other players.
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