SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

I read the sample of the following but wasn't too enthused with the lack of character development in the opening: The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga

I liked the following but it didn't test the MC at all:
Survival Quest

I have the following on my TBR, but which one to read first and do you have any other good recs?

AlterWorld
Catharsis

Oh, a few questions on tropes. Does the MC always get trapped in the RPG? Do you like it when they refer to all the stats?