Tom Larcombe

Larcombe, Tom. Enter System. Natural Laws Apocalypse No. 1. Kindle, 2021.
I downloaded Tom Larcombe’s Enter System because the title and premise intrigued me. The world gets a message from a mysterious “System” that the natural laws we are used to have been part of a beta test and will now not apply in all cases. College kid Marc and his buddies soon find that the world now works like an online role-playing game. So far, so good. Unfortunately, there is not much story arc beyond that. Instead, there follows much pointless game action with details that read like a transcript of RPG character sheets. Here is a sample:
“Are any of your stats lower than the rest,” Jeff asked. “Ones you wouldn’t want to use as a dump stat?”
“Um, I don’t know. My physical are all pretty good, especially now after leveling some. My mental stats are kinda low though, four intelligence, four aptitude, six in willpower though.”
There may be gamers who find all this fascinating. I am not among them. 2 stars.… (más)