Darko T0RCLASH

MASSIVE DELTARUNE AND UNDERTALE SPOILERS Deltarune is probably gonna be my favorite game of all time(My video game top three is deltarune, undertale, and hollow knight). This game has left me enamored off of both the normal and weird routes and the mysterious voice at the start of the game(its gotta have SOMETHING to do with gaster right?). Deltarune is a game with multiple plots going on at once but displays them in a way similar to undertale where you understand it all. Whether its the knight, the angels heaven, the shadow crystals, or the roaring it all is able to be understood by the end of a normal and weird route. The only problem i'd have is that the bosses are quite easy to the point where only jevil and spamton neo are remotely difficult and only snowgrave spamton neo is something you could consider actually difficult. I wont judge deltarune for this however because its only two chapters in.(that would be the equivalent of saying "undertales too easy" because you got past snowdin without much difficulty. I'd say without the weird route undertale would exceed it but with it and the clear seperation of the player(soul) from Kris, the meta narrative from undertale on choices has been transformed into one on choices and silent protagonists and the players control of them. I specifically liked how Toby, knowing how we'd interpret it, made the chapter 1 ending resemble chara with a knife and red eye like in soulless pacifist in undertale plus a real knife. A funny little detail is that, for me, giga-queen is a much bigger difficulty than even snowgrave spamton neo. I guess i'm just bad at punchout XD. Anyway 5/5, 10/10, thanks toby dog

Great graphics and music but lacking in story

Undertale is one of the most unique games of all time. Its surface level story is still extremely complex and if you look into it, the story will get darker, yet darker. I would personally recommend first sparing everyone and then killing everyone as thats how undertale will change you. The friendships you build over a true pacifist playthrough give you an understanding of the characters almost as if they were friends, and then watching all of the friends you've made, all the relationships you've build, be turned into a horrific game where you are(figuratively) the monster. The thing about undertale is that when you kill everyone the entire atmosphere changes. What was once a snowy and thriving town becomes a near abandoned town with some begging for you to leave their families. Another thing about the game is its extremely meta narrative which gives explanations to things like saving and reloading and will elaborate on them in ways that you'd never expect in ANY game. The characters in the world also get deja vu when you reload some saying you look familier and if you befriended them feeling like they're looking at an old friend. One character doesn't just get deja vu but fully acknowledges you resetting even asking why you'd make them re-introduce themself and that "ought to teach you some manners". Even the neutral endings of this game feel special as all of them make sense based on your actions such as how your friends may forgive you if you were forced to kill someone or hating you for killing so many innocent civilians. Different characters may end up being leaders and some may never forgive themselves ever for being friends with a murderer. They might even have a different view on humans depending on your actions either exclaiming they all should be treated as friend, a case by case basis, or all killed. 10/10