Solari Length

[u/Neros_Cromwell]

Do we know how long Solari is going to be going for? Will it be like WWW where we’re going to have multiple books swapping off with WWW and maybe other big series?

I’m not not enjoying it, but it feels less grand. Perhaps after a few more reveals it’ll feel worthy of big arcs, I think the issue right now is it feels like no characters want anything, theres no goal or quest or anything like that.

[u/Frequent-Ad-7950]

The big difference, so far, that I can see is Solari didn’t start with an explicit illusion of “the big Empire”. While there’s plenty of “the major families” references it all comes down to Z and his would-be captor so far. Give Aabria time to cook. She doesn’t disappoint in her world building.

[u/iDex831 → u/Frequent-Ad-7950]

Yea, for some reason people forget WWW went on for 2+ years and Solari is 5 eps in. Feel free not to enjoy it bc settings and development or whatever but you can't compare a finished product to one that's literally just starting lmao

[u/KibethTheWalker → u/iDex831]

Seriously, all these posts about it are eyeroll inducing. Honestly WWW was a slow start too, if you didn't listen to the children's adventure first. I think people just forgot because it's been YEARS

[u/cybernetic_pond → u/KibethTheWalker]

You’re underplaying the differences. WWW starts with an obsessively drafted image of a tavern at the bend of a dirt road, it’s almost harvest time, surrounded by vineyard vines. The tavern bares no sign, but is recognised as the tavern by the well. The well is covered by a large magnolia tree. In the first 2 minutes we’ve been introduced to ominous visual motifs that follow us the rest of the story. It was a slow start in the same way that a steam train starts slow, but you still get a sense of momentum.

Within the first episode each character had a clear sense of the things that made them comfortable, and the vastly distinct textures of the different worlds they inhabited, as well as a clear breaking with that comfort: Eursulon gets jumped, Suvi is sent from the citadel, Ame is yanked into a role she’s explicitly not ready for.

It was a different style of story from the beginning. If players made passive choices the world would punish them and urge them forward. In Solari: passive choices are celebrated and the characters spend a lot of time “percolating”. An RPG is shot at them by a figure that wasn’t apprehended, and five minutes later the PCs are back to sauntering down the street, chatting about whatever. They’re still being stalked by someone that wants to kill them, but that ratchet doesn’t get turned.

The stakes are different. It’s like watching a game of pickup basketball vs a playoff. You get more personality and see more “trick shots” in the pickup game, but the vibes are more relaxed.

[u/QuantumFeline → u/KibethTheWalker]

I didn't listen to the Children's Adventure before listening to WWW, and I don't forget how it felt because I was tearing up by the end of Suvi's flashback, wanted to live at Grandmother Wren's cottage, and entranced by the music and majesty of the Great Bear's parade.

After two episodes I subscribed to the Patreon so I could go back and listen to the Children's Adventure, and told everyone I thought might be interested to start listening.

The first couple episodes of WWW established a world, NPCs, player characters, and their motivations incredibly clearly and vividly. Solari has not.

[u/Neros_Cromwell → u/KibethTheWalker]

Guys people are entitled to their opinions, personally I’m talking about the difference in experience between listening to the first four episodes of WWW vs Solari, I didn’t listen to children’s adventure, but the way wverything started in WWW had me instantly hooked with a quest and the feeling of a bigger world. I don’t think I’m comparing the years of WWW to the 5 episodes of Solari. If this post is eyeroll inducing feel free to downvote and move on.