Cat's Game

Сфера Миров #1

by Roman Prokofiev

When a player called Cat finds a mysterious magic sword, it quickly draws the attention of both the administration and the other players inside the virtual reality of a top-of-the-line full-immersion MMORPG. This discovery sets off a special event and starts a deadly intercontinental war, all arranged by long-gone developers.
Now, Oleg, the man behind Cat, has to collect all the unique weapons left in the game by its creators before the tragic accident claimed their lives and to complete the new challenge that nobody on the new developer team has any idea about, all the while being accused of cheating and hunted by the most dangerous guild in the game world, led by a dark goddess and one of the top PvP players.
Once, he was a professional player earning real money in another game. He fell from his pedestal into a debt pit: his account got blocked, his savings got burnt, his friends left him behind, and dangerous people appeared at his doorstep, wanting their money back. To get back on his feet, he decided to enter a new game and find a new source of income.
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Cat’s Game is a highly-rated LitRPG series by Roman Prokofiev. The protagonist is one of a kind: more of a trickster than a classic adventuring hero—even if he has to become the one to finish what the original developers of the game started.
The setting is the future, around 2070. The Earth has changed: climate, coastlines, even countries. The Sphere is a game ruled by supercomputers…but not everything inside it is controlled by AI, and Cat, whose only interest is earning money to survive in real life, becomes embroiled in the long-gestating plan that will change the face of the entire in-game world.

Genres: Fantasy

414 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 26, 2019

Reviews

[Elaina Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and immersive story

I really got pulled into Cat’s story. His character is believable and the situations he has to deal with, both in game and out, are interesting.

I will not spoil anything and will just say that at the end, something occurred which I did not anticipate. Though there was tie in information scattered briefly throughout the book and some of the reveal was not too surprising, one part of it definitely was! I’m looking forward to seeing how the story evolves in the next book.

[Freedom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this, not perfectly translated but is great quality compared to a lot of LitRPGs that have been coming out of Russia lately. For example, one phrase, in particular, stood out to me: 'curb stomp' was translated as 'curb stormed'. I will absolutely check out the sequel, which I think has promise, though it will be a difficult act to follow.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I passed up this book multiple times when I saw it's description, then I saw a 4-star review from a friend, and decided to give the book a try anyway. As it turns out, After reading only a few chapters, I was thinking my attempt to avoid the book was fully justified. Then it got interesting, and the rest followed on from there, and I have to say that I'm very glad I did read this one, it was fantastic, and I'm looking forward to more from this author and this series. Great stuff here, even if it is a bit of a slow start.

[Russell lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cats Quest

Excellent . . . . . . Very Enjoyable . . . . Looking Forward for More . . . . A+A+A+A+A+

[Sergey Zaytsev · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn't expect this to be as interesting as it actually turned out to be! Sets up an interesting world and actually has villians with comprehendible motivations which makes a nice change for Litrpg's.

[Danae · Rating 3 out of 5]

professional MMORPG Trader gets banned from his main game and starts new character i another game with the goal to make real world money fast. After a time he finds an IMBA sword...
Interesting on the part where different trading strategies are explained and how the trader rigs the deck to his fortune. For the sword part the motivations behind are often in the dark - some more explanations would be fine. also the end has some kind of cliffhanger i am not really happy with. Anyway - fun book.

[Johnny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book one

Mistakes: I found a handful scattered throughout this book. Some clearly marked for editing.
Plot: I rather like the idea of a game with hundreds, if not thousands of planets that you can game on. The story takes place on one of those many worlds.
Characters: Don't like him. He started off cheating and lieing. His actions late in the story, while honorable, don't make up for the first impression.
7.5/10 I hope that the MC improves as a person in book two.

[Egor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Очень интересно, напомнило первому игроку приготовиться

[Vladimir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Отличная серия в стиле ЛитРПГ, выгодно отличающаяся от засилья графоманских поделок в стиле «стал богом, завел гарем, нагнул всех».
При этом серия написана легкой для восприятия, завершённой (нет типичной школоло-фанфиковской проблемы «устал писать, может потом какой-нибудь финал придумаю») и захватывает до финала седьмого тома.
В общем, легко, приятно и ненавязчиво - отличная линейка произведений, не требующая таблеток от тошноты (а подобное в жанре ЛитРПГ большая редкость)

[Sheska · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great fun but so many plot holes.

[EnZEROt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Типичное литрпг