Popular Reviews of The Madness of Chartrulean

So far, I'm two episodes into TMoC and this AD is utterly fantastic. It's exactly my cup of tea: Epic story, fantastic production/sound design and solid voice acting. Breaking into the audio drama landscape is hard, and this team did it as if it was just a walk in the park. Do yourself a favor, give them a shot. You won't regret it!

Outstanding in every way. Sound, story, voice acting. Love that I'm taken into a world full of characters.

Listen to this for the sound design alone, as it's outstanding. But it's also deep, brooding, and that fun blend of scifi mixed with fantasy that works very well.

Great storytelling especially for those who love deep dark lore in a rich universe.

On the one hand, calling this show a space opera is doing it a disservice, because that term conjures stories like Buck Rogers or Star Wars, but on the other hand, this is exactly what it is. Like an opera, it is high class, epic and emotional. It is almost Shakespearean (but don’t let that put you off). The ethereal music, the excellent sound design, the brilliant performances all make this an outstanding immersive experience, the kind that can not be matched by a book or a film.

The creators of TMoC have absolutely mastered cinematic scifi audio drama. The music is immersive and incredible and complements the dream-like, atmospheric sound design perfectly. From the first minute, the show genuinely sounds other-worldly and it makes the complex, meticulous world building so believable. Usually I listen to audio dramas while performing household tasks or commuting but I find that I have to fully focus on TMoC to follow along. This only makes me appreciate the attention to detail given to the show even more. The show has a rich cast of characters, each with their own quirks and motivations and it reminds me fondly of the brick-like space operas I used to read. I haven’t fully caught up with the show but each episode gets better and better and I’m very excited for what’s to come!

Phenomenal. In the same vein as Dune or Foundation. An epic, sprawling space opera. And it SOUNDS. INCREDIBLE.