About half a year ago, I bought Undertale since my cousin kept saying she loved it so much. I got addicted for a while, but I still haven’t finished the game. I researched it a bit more to find out it came out in 2015 and was super hyped up when it was released.
Plot: The game starts with you, a human character, falling down a hole apparently on the side of a mountain, into the Underground, a whole land filled with monsters. The game gives you multiple options to determine the outcome of the game. The two main paths people generally go about are Pacifist and Genocide. In the first path, Pacifist, you don’t kill any of the monsters in-game, having to find other ways to get past them, or disengaging them from fighting you. Unlike the first path, In Genocide, you kill everyone in-game. This will obviously result in two very different endings. The fun part about this is how it incorporates parts of traditional RPG games.
Characters: One of the best parts of the game are the characters. Your starting character is very intriguing in itself, as more is revealed and told as the game continues. But the monster companions and friends are where it gets interesting. From the first encounter of Flowey to the loving and heartfelt, mother figure, Toriel, or two skeleton brothers named Papyrus, and Sans, to a fish guard and lizard scientist, Undyne and Alphys. With that comes an entertaining robot, Mettaton, to the goat king, Asgore, and many more who play smaller parts. Every character has a huge backstory and lots of personality which you find more about if you play pacifist while befriending them. This just makes genocide look bad and makes you feel worse if you choose that path!
Gameplay: The style of this game definitely reminds me of an old NES kind of game like Super Mario Bros and the original Legend of Zelda. The pixel graphics are put together in a type of way that any scene in the game is very captivating and beautiful. Even the simple pixelated movements that are very small, are easy to be amazed by. The battles in the game can be related to Pokemon, where your opponent is in the top portion of the screen, while the bottom half has actions that you can choose from. Fight, Act, Item, and Mercy. Combat is like little mini-games where you have to dodge and act upon your opponent’s attacks. The music also triggers many emotions, tying each song to an event and the pieces to it. Whether it's peaceful, slow and gentle like the music in Toriel’s home or the upbeat and motivating music played while in the Core. If you can’t buy the full game, at least look into the OST.
So overall from this experience with this game, I suggest you should buy it, it’s only around 15 dollars on Switch and compared to most things, that’s a pretty low price.
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