Last year, I was unceremoniously greeted with the unhappy news that an old acquaintance of mine by the name of Chris had passed away in his apartment — where he slowly decomposed for about a week before someone noticed they hadn't seen him. Due to his highly autistic behavior and noticeable lack of social skills (to say nothing of his personal hygiene), he wasn't considered to be a very popular fellow amongst his peers. He and I, however, were able to communicate when I was younger because of our shared interests such as the British sci-fi comedy program, Red Dwarf, and the occasional anime title.
He loved the Japanese culture (well, what he understood of it, at least), and held anime and videogames above all; things that generally made me just kind of shrug my shoulders at first and say "Um, yeah, OK, dude…" and—as the years went by—inevitably caused me to get a quizzical, flabbergasted expression on my face and politely shout out questions like "What is up with the Japanese, Chris?" As inescapable as Fate itself, our paths began to part as I went on to try to live what I was fairly certain was something at least half resembling a life of my own, until my contact with the poor lad demised entirely; coincidentally, my interest in anime dissolved into nothingness as well — while Chris remained in his own little, happy, eternal teenaged-boy mind.
Though the belated word about his demise pained me deeply, I can't help but feel that Chris would have fallen completely in love with the latest Japanese RPG game, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory. And that is quite possibly the nicest way I can put that. No disrespect intended to my late compadre, but Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory is the kind of game that only he could have appreciated. For me, it was an entire 50GB disc full of pure hell. And that's mostly because it's a game that appears to be aimed primarily at girls. Again, no impertinence is to be aimed in the direction of Chris here: he simply liked that kind of stuff. Whereas, I—as you probably have deduced—do not.
Article comments
1 - k
This isn't even a review. This is a rant.
2 - lel
It's like I'm on /v/. Autism at its finest.
3 - Matt
Please, this author needs to think before posting. First bit of advice I can offer, don't be one of those people that rants about fanbases, especially behind the shield of a site that does not allow "personal attacks". Face the music and stand behind your words. Also, I'm very doubtful that your friend died. If so, you really aren't showing him any form of dignity. You really ought to be ashamed of such words, this isn't even a review. You are an intolerant and inconsiderate person.
4 - concerned
"I hate this genre, this game, and everything surrounding it, but i'm going to review it anyway."
And throwing around the word "autism" all over the place... if you have no interest in a genre, why would you review a game from it?
5 - Autism
Trash detected. Opinion discarded instantly.
6 - Loodick
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory is NOT that difficult to pronounce. Just saying.
7 - mike
Ladies and gentleman, the target shooter audience, playing a game they have no interest in
8 - Someone or two
Lmao, "I'm not a fan of JRPGs so i'm going to give this game 0/10"
9 - God of Wart
Good article. I couldn't troll any better than this.
10 - Bob
Your imaginary dead friend must be spinning in his grave.
11 - KaitoKaze
So, you only recommend this game to little girls huh?
Something tells me you never even actually played it -_-
12 - Tom
This guy was just trying to anger the fanbase. It's just to bad they're laughing at him because of this poor excuse he calls a review.