And I am most certainly not a fan of Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory. Heck, I can't even pronounce it! Thankfully, I was not alone in my précis of the game: my own teenaged offspring repeatedly kept trying to convince me to shut it off whilst I repeatedly pressed the X button over and over like a disgruntled caveman in order to make my way through the title's never-ending barrage of dialogue screens, and I frequently kept pulling them by their collars as they less-than-coyly attempted to vamoose from the room so as to avoid being visually and aurally tormented by the sights and sounds the Japanese-made RPG had to offer. If I had to suffer, they did, too, dammit!
It was in fact odd that neither of them had any sort of interest in it, either. Normally, my daughter is eager to pounce upon anything RPG and/or Japanese in nature — a trait that seems all too familiar to me. In this instance, she was bored, outraged, and staggered by the mundane, repetitive nature of the game. The fact that some of the characters caused us to shout out "Pedobear!" surely did not help the enjoyment we so clearly were not experiencing any.
So, anyhoo, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory—the third (!) in a series that I am grateful to not have been familiar with prior to this chance encounter (my editor offered, I accepted — not having so much as an inkling what I was getting into)—takes place in an alternate reality of the year 1989, where our heroine Neptune gets sucked into one of those funky time/space rift thingies and has to deal with a pending war between Gamindustri nations Lowee and Leanbox. Honestly, it sounds a lot more interesting than it really is. For the most part, all Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory appeared to be to me is one dialogue scene after another (I have never been so grateful to see a "Skip" option in all my life!) interlaced with occasional, short, battle sequence.
Like all of the other (better) single-player RPGs out there, this game gives you the option of choosing combo attacks against a variety of goofy-looking foes when you're roaming the surprisingly un-dungeon-like dungeon levels. Life in any of the game's cities, on the other hand, is quite disappointing: it's usually just a single snapshot of a town square, where you can gain entrance to certain marked buildings by scrolling over to them and pressing X. There are also a lot of strange characters sitting in the square (another resembling Pedobear, I might add: what is up with the Japanese, Chris?), who blab incoherent things which my children and I concluded were supposed to be funny after much deliberation (and a fair amount of crying, I might add).
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.