Undertale review

What if instead of just fighting everyone in video game you had a choice?

This what the 2015 hit indie game Undertale did, in this game no one has to die instead you have to be the judge and each choice WILL have a consiquence. Kill this guy the next will be mad at you. spare the first guy BOOM new area. This game is extremely inventive as well as meta for the consiquence will follow into a new playthrough adding even more depth.

The story is that after a HUDGE war between humans and monsters the monsters were forced underground eventually to be sealed there with the only way out being the power of 7 human souls (or one human and one monster soul for one person to pass through on there own). Eventually a gender neutral child accedently falls into the land of monsters getting trapped there. Now the child must make it outside of this horrific place. On the way you will meet a colourful cast of characters that are all unique in their own right. From the Skelly bros Sans and Papyrus to the peaceful yet merciless King Asgore. There is never a dull moment when your around them.

The main battle system is a mesh between turn based RPG and BULLET HELL. in these battles you have 4 options FIGHT, ACT, ITEM and MERCY each is pretty self explanatory fight is how you deal damage, act is how you butter the foe up to spare them, items used to heal and mercy to run or finish the battle peacefully.

Undertale has 3 main routes

Neutral

Pacifest

Genocide

Each has its own different requirements to reach it

NEUTRAL

A neutral route is completed by mainly killing every now and then don't kill everyone or spare everyone. This is most likly the first route you'll complete since chances are you will accedently kill a few key characters. All of it will end with a confrontation with Flowey.

PACIFIST

A pacifist route is completed by sparing everyone and completing the "dates" with some key characters. It will end with flowey taking everyone's soul and turning back into Asriel the prince of monsters. At the end this is the true end since monsters are free by the end. letting everyone live peacfully. Sadly it all ends with a true reset overwriting all previous actions.

GENOCIDE

KILL ALL THE MONSTERS NO MERCY! This route you have to become a real monster and it really makes you feel bad and without spooling anything completing a genocide route will taint you file FOREVER not even a true reset can stop it. DONT DO GENOCIDE!

Undertale was a great experiance however it's only fun upon first exposure it's not a game that is fun to replay and that makes it suffer overall Undertale earns a

3.8/5

its only fun the first time trough with little to no true rewards for replaying I'm sorry but that is what it earns.