I Was Just Playing a Game, So How Did I Become the Savior?
我就打个游戏，咋是救世主了？
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- You Can Save the World by Playing Video Games? Humanity These Days Is Hopeless打游戏都能救世？这届人类太差了Alternate title on Fanqie
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So good! Novels that use games to save the world are incredibly rare. Author, please don't run away! There's still hope—no female lead, please! 😘😘
It's good, no need for updates too fast, the author can update slowly. Also, why are so many people talking about a harem? I haven't seen the protagonist have a harem 🧐(ㄒoㄒ) The protagonist really doesn't have a harem, he just wants to play a game, how could that be a harem? The author's words are like drinking sweet spring water, each word like a star illuminating the path when lost.
I. This article analyzes a combination of invincible protagonist, slice-of-life, system-based, and no romantic pairing. The protagonist accidentally plays a pixelated mobile game, and his actions of killing monsters and rescuing NPCs in the game correspond to saving the world in reality. It belongs to the urban fantasy genre of invincible, satisfying fiction. II.
Although I don't particularly like stories with multiple female leads or ambiguous relationships, and I've criticized many such stories, the plot is often quite interesting, which can overshadow many of their flaws. Male-oriented novels are like that—they inevitably feature a ton of women in ambiguous relationships, and then the authors, thinking they don't have a female lead, attack the readers.
I was just playing a game, how did I become a savior? The scenery in the picture is a savior-type mini-game, the plot is interesting, and there aren't any major clichés. As for the characters, each has their own unique characteristics and is quite vivid. A seedling of a new book, I'd give it five stars.
It's great! You can almost feel the impact of the combat just by reading about this pixel game. The only minor flaw is that the spatial descriptions of the scenes are a bit messy. For example, how do the survivors in the ghoul area manage to dodge and weave in and out of a small house? And why was Su Qing running away at the auction, only to suddenly appear next to L later?
It's so good, I can't stop watching! There aren't any major problems so far, it's just that there aren't enough updates!
I've read 40 chapters, and it's readable enough. The main drawback is that it's set in a bizarre world, and the game is just a game; the protagonist doesn't show any signs of power, and it feels like he could die at any moment.
I hope it's good, with no romantic subplots or ambiguous relationships, and no younger sister involved. The protagonist still thinks he's just playing a game, which is incredibly stupid. The NPCs are all extraordinary, while the protagonist is still just an ordinary, noob, nerdy idiot. The world has ascended to a higher dimension, but its savior has been overlooked?
It's super good! I haven't found any flaws so far. The only downside is that the author updates too slowly, only about seven or eight chapters a week. The Paranormal Enthusiasts Association, Na Yeman, and the people in the Sword Tomb Trial Grounds are all poisonous.