Tembbal: Overgeared 02

Overgeared (Novel) #2

by Park Saenal

Chapter 23-44

A man who’s barely surviving a pathetic everyday life, carrying bricks and digging dirt at a construction site. Somehow, he ends up having to do heavy labor inside a game! But even to those with a life tainted by misfortune, the Goddess of Luck always grants them a chance. When 'Grid' travelled to the Far North Cave to complete his quest, he came across the mysterious 'Book of Fagma,' eventually upgrading to a legendary class! Now, with a new legendary class in his hands, will Grid be able to change his fate?

Genres: Light Novel

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2019

Reviews

[Daniel Saftoiu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapters 100 to aprox. 150 meh
Chapters aprox. 150 to 200 are somewhat better (but things are going a little too well for the MC imo, it's seems the stars are aligned and the story loses credibility becoming a little bland, also the change/evolution in personality is really abrupt, it's like he became bipolar or something, one page he helps others without any incentives, next he's the greediest person alive and the cycle repeats)

[Eithan Arellius · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.35 stars

[John Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

The basis of this novel is a virtual reality game called Satisfy, developed by the world’s top genius scientist Lim Cheolho and world-class scientists.
The main character is timid, flaky, selfish, cares about money and easily feels jealous of others. Because the author set up the character in this way, the story was difficult for the readers to read.
But as the main character encounters various people and geniuses, he internally matures and his personality changes. If the main character is described as cancerous early on, at present he can be called a mature adult. However, those who don’t read beyond the early parts of the 5th volume (~ chapter 90) find it hard to believe.
The basic settings and story line are similar to other VR novels, but the praiseworthy thing is the content development. The early parts aren’t much different from rival novels, but the novel rating has exceeded the market average in recent years due to the writer’s growth.
Like other novels, it contains a munchkin element, but it is different from typical munchkins. In the early stages, the game progresses with the main character using is class of a legendary blacksmith. The main character expands the game content and the level of the existing users dramatically increase. Hidden talents, new players in the official rankings, classes that could break the balance, all of this makes the main character’s one-man show impossible. The main character grows internally and externally while competing with others.
In fact, if you compare the simple and ignorant battle method in the beginning to his abilities in the present time, it is possible to feel such a sense of distance that he doesn’t seem like the same character.
As for the evaluation of the work, the criticism was severe in the beginning, but the popularity increased rapidly after that. As described above, the improvement in the author’s writing and the growth of the main character led to rapid changes in the comments. However, the main character’s selfish and frustrating behaviour caused many readers to stop reading in the beginning. For the readers who have gone beyond the beginning, it is a tragedy that seems really pitiful.
Currently, its popularity is increasing and a webtoon was recently released. However, there are many criticisms of the webtoon due to the various changes made.
~TLDR. Koreans believe that the story truly becomes good from volume 5, which is around chapter 90 in my raws. For those curious about the webtoon, here is the link to the raws, although only the first 3 chapters are free.

[Aelvana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now that Grid has joined a guild, he's got even more opportunity to interact in hilarious ways with other players. Those people understand games. Grid just wants to make money (and be stupidly overpowered through items).

Bigger review is on book 1.

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[Wetdryvac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same review for each book: The system is nifty. The storytelling is pretty decent. The translation I have may not be this one. However, holy pants women-are-objects shows up a lot, and the gay people are treated as lesser/weird.

Read a few because the background is nifty, and I can put up with a lot, but I eventually just got sick of it.

[Alexandria Tale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fun read! This book started from when Grid first joined into Tzadakah Guild and made the first weapon for Pon, until the Golem invasion to the capital of Eternal Kingdom.

[Levent Erikli · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 billion players and game our for many years so noone ever helped that npc before?