Curse Nightmare Party – Jagan Yousei ga Yuku VRMMO - Chapter 1

1 : Prologue

“Fumu, two choices huh..”
In this VR shopping space, in front of me were two game packages.. Or rather poster-like objects that were floating.
On one side was the latest national RPG product, the first VRMMO. A software from a major company which had become a topic of discussion ever since it was released.
It’s genre to speak of, was a light and orthodox fantasy.
On the other side was a VRMMO software produced by a minor company which lacked sufficient prior information.
At a quick glance, the public information on it shows that it falls under the category of a dark fantasy.

“Nn-…..”
I loved games.
Rather, more accurately speaking, I loved unknown stories.
That’s why I play games, why I read manga and novels, why I watch anime.
I’m not exactly serious about it, but people of the world are generally otaku aren’t they?

“That’s right…”
This year I became a university student.
And as of now, it’s June, so real life circumstances are gradually settling down. It was time to start preparing for summer vacation both in real life and in VR.
Actually, the two softwares I brought up earlier were scheduled to open and begin service on Friday, tomorrow at noon.

“A light and orthodox fantasy naturally isn’t bad. It’s not bad but I’ve more or less had my fair share of those.”
I looked at the major company’s software.
This seems like a series work so.. Prior knowledge of connected past works would be basically mandatory if you wanted to understand the fan service. There’s also the possibility of former fans or nostalgic trolls being annoying, but I can’t say for sure.
When it comes to major works, trolls who force meta on others, people who are overly irritable, or people who easily get mind blown will certainly spring up. There are also patterns of guilds, friends, or other relationships causing real life connections to fall apart by influence.
If not, a national RPG will surely be filled with a startling amount of people. It’s certain that there will be severe competition for MMO specific resources.
Then, if you overcome those, what’s visible ahead is just a light and orthodox moving story to give you a peace of mind, though, that’s not exactly a bad point.
It’s not as if I hate a light and orthodox story, it’s just that in this world, there’s far too many of them and I’ve grown tired of it.

“Is there nothing?”

For now, considering that a characteristic of a game from a large company is its amount of people, the number of people I don’t want to be involved with would also increase, which is probably a bad match for me.
Because of that, I’ll exclude the major company’s software.

“A dark fantasy huh…”
If I had to choose, The minor company’s software is what I’d look over.
Simultaneously, I recalled the time this company released its console games.
If I’m not mistaken, they made works that had a peculiar outlook with high difficulty that people were divided over.
Almost certainly, this game would be like that as well.

“A world filled with curses. A world where strange people frolicked. Equipment that is contaminated with hexes leading to a battle style which carries risks.”
I once again reviewed the contents of the game on the official website.
The genre is dark fantasy.
The stage is post-apocalyptic. In other words, a world that has perished.
Well, depending on how you look at it, it could be a world that is currently perishing.

“Hee, the player also becomes a deformed figure.”
A typical fantasy would have elves or dwarfs. There’s none of that here.
However, at the start of the game, if the player would have their body afflicted by hexes, then an inhuman appearance would be obtainable.
On the official website, example pictures were published such as avatars with long ears like an elf and avatars with horns like an oni.
That wasn’t all either. The avatar didn’t have a normal human body, but there was one with four arms, and also one with an octopus’ tentacle as an arm. A person with a second mouth attached to their stomach was presented as well.
I was charmed with interest but most people would press the back button on their browser by now.

“Nn? Repayment service?”
And now, management seems to understand their playerbase’s concerns well.
The first time you play, from the moment the game starts up, you are allowed 72 hours in real time to delete your game data or exchange it to comply with the repayment. Avatars were also allowed to be freely replaced is what was informed.
In other words, if it doesn’t sit well with you, you’re not forced to stay as it.

“Hee- interesting isn’t it?”
I attentively read through the entirety of the official site

Aa, it truly seems fun.
If it’s this world, you’ll probably be able to see things you’ve never seen before.
I didn’t hesitate any longer.
“Un, I’ve made my decision. I’ll be starting this game.”
I deposited my payment by touching the poster.
The machine began to download the software.

“I’m looking forward to tomorrow”
The name of the game was “Curse Nightmare Party,” its abbreviation was “CNP.”
Translated in Japanese, it would be “A party of cursed nightmares.”
A product managed by the TopHunt company with a jellyfish logo. There’s a VRMMO that’s just a little bit strange.