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A heartwarming story about two in love... who am I kidding. This is comedy gold.

I am rather picky about my comedies. What people generally find funny, I don't. As expected of a pure comedy story like RE: Prince of Nigeria, the reception is definitely going to be varied, and I am not surprised. After all, comedy is all or nothing. You either find it funny or you don't. There is no middle ground.

Yet, to me, this game is nothing short of outstanding despite the fact that there are only two endings. Why? Because it is hilariously elegant humor. Something that I hardly expected, but received all that same, and that makes it an awesome run altogether for me.

Both endings are hilarious, and I particularly enjoyed how the objectively good ending is labelled "bad ending" and the bad ending is labelled "good ending". The main character is bad fanfic writer not in the 'o look i canut spel' brand like Quest Twilight Prince Prophecy Chronicles, but so amazingly purple prosey I can't help but giggle my way off my chair. The identity card bit brought such a brilliant contrast it sealed the deal for me. Comedy gold.

The epilogue is also a neat little ending to me. Again, the response is rather varied on this one - my friend doesn't like the epilogue, but I enjoyed it immensely and felt that it has a completely new story to tell that runs deeper than the elegant comedy that we've just watched. After all, humor, no matter how elegant, runs dry after a while, and this game definitely stopped right before it could, and brought us a neat little satisfying conclusion.

4/5 - I'm personally not the kind of reviewer who'd need a game to be a long and 20+ hour epic for me to give it high marks. It's a simple elegant hilarious story. At no point does I feel that it is lacking. That makes it an amazing game for me and it deserves everything I have to give.