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The Amber Sword
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Rating(4.1 / 5.0, 1036 votes)
5 | 62% (642 votes) |
4 | 11% (113 votes) |
3 | 13% (138 votes) |
2 | 7% (70 votes) |
1 | 7% (73 votes) |
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6 Volumes / 1467 Chapters (Completed)
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Completely Translated
No
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Weekly Rank: #5056Monthly Rank: #3682
All Time Rank: #90
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On 14787 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #2826
All Time Rank: #83
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.An RPG gamer who played the realistic VRMMORPG ‘The Amber Sword’ for years, finds himself teleported to a parallel world that resembled the game greatly. He takes on the body of an NPC who was fated to die, and with the feelings of the dying NPC and his own heartrending events in the game, he sets out to change the fate of a kingdom that was doomed to tragedy.
Associated Names
One entry per lineHeroes of Amber
TAS
琥珀之剑
TAS
琥珀之剑
Related Series
N/ARecommendations
I am the Monarch (12)Release that Witch (12)
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Recommendation Lists
- ALLCN+
- Masterpieces in their own category
- The Mt. Tai of Chinese Novels
- Win Life with War Strategies
- Western Names Part 2
Date | Group | Release |
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04/04/24 | Otaku translation | v1c19 |
04/01/24 | Otaku translation | v1c18 |
03/29/24 | Otaku translation | v1c17 |
03/28/24 | Otaku translation | v1c16 |
03/25/24 | Otaku translation | v1c15 |
03/22/24 | Otaku translation | v1c14 |
03/20/24 | Otaku translation | v1c13 |
03/18/24 | Otaku translation | v1c12 |
03/16/24 | Otaku translation | v1c11 |
03/13/24 | Otaku translation | v1c10 |
03/12/24 | Otaku translation | v1c9 |
03/11/24 | Otaku translation | v1c8 |
03/08/24 | Otaku translation | v1c7 |
03/07/24 | Otaku translation | v1c6 |
03/05/24 | Otaku translation | v1c5 |
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Author: "Yes" This basically sums up the entire novel. I can't believe how much plot armour this MC has. Treasures, inheritance, skills and other stuff popping up left and right like it's common goods. The way the author tries to show the "complexity" of the novel is not done well. It's basically "wow, how did you do that?", followed by a long monologue from the MC. The writing in general just isn't there, I think the idea is good but the execution is horrible imo. There is also an akward (imo) card system that resembles MTG that the MC uses during fights while the story has a bunch of modified DnD elements in it. While these concepts are interesting they are also rather hard to follow and not very well implemented. But if you can handle all of this, then you'll find out that the story itself aside from a few arcs are decent.
MC gets transmigrated into an NPC of his favorite VRMMORPG. Then sets about trying to change the game's future history with his OP future/game knowledge. Pluses:
- Translation is okay. The original writing isn't that good anyway, so the "rewrites" are a non-issue for me. I suppose they'd be easier to swallow if the typos and odd word choices weren't as common. The Chinese have words for Japanese-specific terminology like "onee-san, " "moe, " "chuunibyou, " etc and the author frequently uses them, so complaints about them are pointless.
- Epic fights & army battles. Follows the Rule of Cool trope as the story often breaks its own rules.
- Game turned into reality. MC has a game system, XP, loot etc. Stats would be interesting if they mattered/appeared more though.
- World building is okay, nothing really unique to make it stand out though. Mostly focused around medieval knight battles with random fantasy elements thrown in from everywhere. Minuses:
- Pacing issues and interspersed with infodumps.
- MC has no backstory beyond the game. No personality besides his one-track goal of saving the kingdom/I remember this from the game/don't mess with my nakama! Basically his personality is generic and predictable, and given the story setting his motivational speeches feel like chuunibyou.
- Characters are rather shallow; they have a defining trait and don't seem to grow much beyond that.
- No romance. Could be a plus, except he accumulates a harem but nothing happens.
- Cliche VRMMO element mistakes; one-time quests, thousands of classes, persistent AI characters + changeable storyline (would never work in a game w/ millions of players), millions of items (hard to imagine w/ the garbage stats/unique effects on the items actually shown), super AI magic programming, etc. The MC knows way too much pointless minutiae (eg: heraldry, army compositions, minor characters, quest info/storylines, etc). MC has tr*sh gear for his level.
- Additional game mechanics are tossed in for no reason. The Magic The Gathering subsystem is tolerable until the full chapter infodumps, and every card battle feels like asspulls on top of asspulls. The terminology and even some of the cards themselves are copied straight from the game. The card game never appeared in the VRMMO and unfortunately it seems it'll be pivotal to the story's endgame (when he ascends to the god realm or whatever).
- Cultivator story elements start popping up later. Character/monster levels have a game level ranking and a cultivator ranking. Cultivator abilities aren't believable in a game setting (how do you balance everyone having hundred meter radius AOE attacks, flight, unique abilities/domains, etc?). MC has a secret OP grandfather, gets the best unique element, has a secret OP bloodline (in a VRMMORPG?), gets a secret OP inheritance (from you'll never guess who), keeps offending people above his level, etc etc.
- Presumably more RTS mechanics are introduced later after his base starts getting into full gear. Don't know if I'll last that long. Recommendation:
Meh. The story translated so far (v3c75) is okay, my complaints mostly appear after that. Kinda feels like a train-wreck when the story keeps breaking the rules of its own universe.