Undertale

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just made it

Snowdin

pretty neat so far! Luvin the combat system.

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The great thing about this game so far is how likable every character is <3

Greater Dog <3

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Undyne's dialogue made it sound like I was Genocidal but I had been sparing some enemies so IDK? This is still my first playthrough.

Either way, that was a fun boss battle!

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I FINISHED THE GAME I THINK BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

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No.

Spoiler: My Ending

After I beat Asgore, Flowey just appeared out of nowhere and was like "so you finally figured it out. It's KILL or be KILLED and then all the human souls went into Flowey and the GAME SHUT OFF BY ITSELF :O

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oh, lol. well I liked how postmodern it was ending like that, lol

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NO I HATE IT PLEASE MAKE IT STOP

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ok now I really finished it.

yay for something unexpected! i was shaking and broke out into a sweat. I was legit horrified.

I don't think I got an el primo~ ending though.

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nah just got the neutral ending. really really really really really good game though.

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Oh the final boss game crash bug. Just start it back up and try again, it shouldn't happen twice.

This post was pretty natch tho, got me good.

I feel like there are 0 bad things I can say about this game. Everything feels purposeful yet the game still remains so playful, it's funny but serious, it catches you off guard, it outright terrifies you. I can't wait for the avalanche of games that use the "Undertale combat system" because it is really that good and that fresh.

The slightest thing I could say is maybe to make it more apparent that most all things can be spared, but also I don't want this because it made it so I often had to choose (and in most cases, I spared less enemies whilst killing things that were so aggressive toward me in the first place)

Lots of excellent boss battles, EXCELLENT SOUNDTRACK OMG, lovable characters . . . how is this not everyone's Game of the Year?

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Yeah, I guess things like the Witcher, MGSV are "threats" to it's GOTYness, but in a culture in love with open-world sandboxes, Undertale wraps itself up so neatly and concisely yet still fills immersive and responsive to the way you play.

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Read the NightmareFuel page on TVTropes. I'm spooked.

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Though it all changes a lot, I'm really pleased with my one playthrough. In fact, the fact that I read all the spoilery stuff made me want to play it again more, not less.

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I'm still obsessed. I've watched a let's play of a pacifist run and skimmed through a genocide one.

I just love how this game is so sandboxy while still being linear.

Spoiler: the Genocide Let's Play

They got to the end and chose not to erase the world, which I feel that choice itself splits genocide down two different paths. But I'm commenting to say I love the way it ended:

Chara zooms toward the screen, LPers are legit frightened

"And the game crashed."

They reopen the game

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"Oh, you know that wind sound it makes when you can spare flowey, it's just doing that with a blank screen, the games open!"
END

So stark and horrifying. <3

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Annoying Dog
Papyrus
Sans
Napstablook
Temmies
Toriel
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Monster Kid
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Undyne
Muffet
Alphys
Asgore
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Flowey
Mad Dummy

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I like how Temmie avatars are still while the page is loading and then they begin to convulse <3

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I want to play more games that defy expectations and break the fourth wall like this. Wat play? (I've already played MGS1 and 2, if anyone was going to suggest that.)

Bonus if they're on ds/3ds/PC or able to be emulated since that's mostly all I game on anymore.

You may want to try LISA: the Hateful RPG. From what I played (4-5 hours?), it was a bizarre sidescrolling RPG romp. The basic story is that it is a world with no women left in it. It's far more adult than the adultiest things in Undertale, and it's dark humor, but it was all great. Available on Steam.

I haven't played it, but I'm interested in it, so I feel like 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors for the DS would be a good choice? Sort of a twisty

Saw

-like visual novel, though more for the psychological thrill than the gore.

I also want more good suggestions for other games like Undertale.

And yeah, Undertale needs to be up there if not winning GOTY accolades. I'm sad it got shunted to "best indie game" in the VGA nominations in favor of AAA titles.

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I too said it Pappy-rus.

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It's way too soon to crown Undertale as the Best Game Ever in any sense. Still too much buzz and hype around it. Give me a few years, and if it is still getting such accolades, sure.

It's why if I were to do a favorite songs of ever, for instance, I would probably disqualify anything released in at least the last year. I love it now, but will I remember it next year?

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I would honestly say that Undertale is better than R/B/Y. I mean, I'm going to probably get at least one if not all three of them when they come to 3ds in january, but it's outdated and has not aged well. Maybe in 20 years we'll think the same about Undertale, but for now it's definitely a lot tighter in almost every regard.

I mean, I don't know what I would put ahead of Undertale (other than SotC and TWD, obv), but even in all it's greatness, it feels like there has to be something greater, right?

OoT is no surprise, but I didn't realize SMRPG was as well-loved as this!

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IIRC, Yellow was an Ash-centric version of R/B, so you had a pikachu that followed you and couldn't evolve, instead of the "final" Rocket mooks there was Jesse, James and meowth, you could acquire all the starters at various points throughout the main story. Additionally I think most sprites were changed, some movesets were changed, and some pokemon locations were modified.

And I'm not really shocked that Ocarina of Time is thrashing SMRPG because it's so often considered the best game of ever. I must be like, one of the last people to play it. I think I've played the Kokiri forest level at a friends house or something, but you know how that goes.

I think OoT v. Undertale will be a very interesting matchup, especially given how fan-driven Undertale's votes are and a lot of people are voting against Undertale rather than for the other game.

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As a 2016 gamer who has only played Phantom Hourglass to completion, what is the best way to tackle the LoZ franchise?

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Bought the soundtrack finally, just for one song mostly, but it's a good thing to have should the world end, I suppose

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hey it's been a year