Blake Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Links to the site. Undertale is an RPG made by Toby Fox, a composer for Homestuck and, at times, Starbomb, and most of the art is done by Temmie Chang, who has also worked with Starbomb. The biggest characteristic of this RPG is that you don't have to kill a single enemy, if you don't want to. There are 3 main routes:The Neutral Route, which can be played in the grey area between the other two. It is recommended that your first run be a Neutral Route played as a pacifist, as it allows you access to the Pacifist route by loading your save and tidying ends up after the initial final boss.The Pacifist Route, where you don't kill even one enemy. You befriend as many characters as you can, never stain your hands with blood, and have to figure out the puzzles of "sparing" a character without hurtign them.The Genocide Route, and the related No Mercy route. No Mercy is killing anything that gets in yoru way, such as bosses, and technically falls under Neutral. Genocide is killing every monster in every area as you move along. Think of it like a Pokemon game... with murder. This ending also causes the other two endings to be permanently altered, unless you delete your save FILES in the folder. Also features the two hardest bosses.Another factor of the gameplay is that, in addition to Turn-Based battling, you have a top-down shooter segment where you must avoid enemy attacks every turn, making the battles a bit more dynamic. The game takes a very meta approach, with the fourth wall being broken, some concepts that we take for granted being integral to the plot/idea of the game, and more. The music is definitely referential, and one Homestuck song known as Megalovania was polished to be used for the hardest boss in the game (don't look it up, it's a spoiler). The other hardest boss has a very Touhou-esque theme, fitting the bullet-style fight, and some themes, such as the 'dating theme', are reminiscant of games like Ace Attorney. Just to name a few. The game is very much about the characters, and it does a great job of makng them shine. Papyrus is immensely popular already, despite the game's release being less than a month ago. Other characters, like Toriel (Goat Mom henceforth) also has quite a bit of adoration. The comedy shines, too. All in all, this was a very welcome experience, and one of the most enjoyable games I've played in ages. The characters are memorable, lovable, and just plain fun. Even the main antagonist is likable, with only one character standing out as unlikable... on purpose. I won't divulge, due to spoilers, but yeah. Oh, and dogs! Seven of them! Take that, CoD and company! Figured we needed this thread, so here ya go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Playing my first run right now, even though I spoiled myself up until fighting Papyrus. The actual battle was the first part of the game I haven't seen played by other people. [spoiler=One thing I realized]I think petting the lesser dog kills it later. Not sure if that's just the snowman or the dog too, but I only pet it once and it was standing there making the snowman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Playing my first run right now, even though I spoiled myself up until fighting Papyrus. The actual battle was the first part of the game I haven't seen played by other people. [spoiler=One thing I realized]I think petting the lesser dog kills it later. Not sure if that's just the snowman or the dog too, but I only pet it once and it was standing there making the snowman. Yeah, lesser dog changes based on how much you pet it. You can pet it until you get told you have a problem, that mankind should never have pet that much... and then lesser dog's head goes off the bottom of the screen, "Where no dog has gone before!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 ALL HAIL THE GLORY OF GOAT MOM WAIFU anyways i was wondering when this was gonna get a thread, almost decided to make one myself though i cant play the full version and havent watched any full playthroughs yet (which i will). i played the free demo a long while ago over the summer and i first fell in love with goat mom i became really excited for the full version, not much of a gamer these days though this is one of the few games that has actually bought my attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 [spoiler=spoiler]The battle with Undyte is a lot like the first part of the final battle in Rayman 3. Neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 [spoiler=One of my favorite parts of the game]The temmie village is filled with laughs and heartache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Fun fact: I'm friends with the lead developer (Toby Fox) IRL. He's really down to earth and really considered the project a labor of love (I did my China summer course with him and he was working on Undertale even half a world away, which was how I first heard of it), so I'm jazzed to see it receive so much acclaim. That's it. Carry on~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I don't know if I have the patience to play this game, from what I've seen, but watching it being played is super fun.And Ross' Papyrus voice is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Imagine a genocide mode in Pokemon. Not even a nuzlocke, but an actual mod where there was a specific number of encounters in an area and fainting wasn't enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 this is the first game in a very long time that i have been so excited about i can't shut up about it in fact i like this game a skele-ton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 this is the first game in a very long time that i have been so excited about i can't shut up about it in fact i like this game a skele-tonCould you say you... worked your fingers to the bone playing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Stop it you lot. You're really tickling my funny bone with your puns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Throw them a bone here. There are worse ways to spam.Man, I know there is deep exploration of game narratives and stuff, but I just really love these characters and environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 this game straight up fucked me up, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 this game straight up fucked me up, manTo be honest, the best part of this game might be its developer.[spoiler=Toby Fox]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/026/176/28c.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~NOiSE~ Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I've seen some of this game, looks pretty unique. The style reminds me of Earthbound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bad post Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I enjoyed the game, but I don't think it's really as good as people say it is (though that may perhaps be my own annoyance from having to hear over and over again about how this is the best game people have ever played etc. etc. though that's a whole issue in and of itself and it doesn't really matter anyway). Music is dope af though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proto Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 uh yeah i related to a lot of this games story sans reminded me a lot of ice back in the day and the struggles with insecurity really sort of stuck to me im not really someone who's been really immersed with video games for a while but this one's pretty good. i'm probably making a crappy cover of spiderdance soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makο Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 [spoiler=Huh]So, apparently, during the Mettaton quiz, Alphys is giving you the answers via hand signals. I had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 [spoiler=Huh]So, apparently, during the Mettaton quiz, Alphys is giving you the answers via hand signals. I had no idea. That would've made it SO much easier... dammit. I died so many times at that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 That would've made it SO much easier... dammit. I died so many times at that part.... you are the only person I have ever heard of doing that, frsrs I learned about it way later ,and just told Bree about it when she did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 ... you are the only person I have ever heard of doing that, frsrs I learned about it way later ,and just told Bree about it when she did it I'm bad at games, let me point out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 I'm bad at games, let me point out.Don't worry, you occasionally get extra dialogue if you die at certain points in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 So I've heard conflicting things about the necessity of going through the Neutral Ending first on Pacifist. Anyone know if you can actually just go back down to the CORE entrance and trigger the true ending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 So I've heard conflicting things about the necessity of going through the Neutral Ending first on Pacifist. Anyone know if you can actually just go back down to the CORE entrance and trigger the true ending?From experience. If you beat the Neutral Ending while playing as if you were on the pacifist route, right before you exit the CORE into the Hotel, you get Undyne's call. After you do the Alphys sidequest, you go straight to the true end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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