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[Putnam]

also the characters in undertale are... uh, actually characters instead of literal living props

[Qmarx]

I find it really interesting that so many people seem to hate on this game because it's popular. Like they think it's undeserved because the art sucks or it's RPG maker-made.

They're so willing to talk shit about a game they've never played, but assume is tripe. It's depressing actually.

Look at this shit for example: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/3nulgr/the_indie_game_undertale_is_currently_ranked_by/

Everyone refuses to believe Undertale could actually, legitimately, be a good game.

Undertale wasn't made in RPG maker.

[TempAcc]

To be honest, I actualy thought Undertale was kinda ehhhhh way back before I played the demo and noticed it had potential and seemed legitimally kinda interesting, and then the full game went well beyond my expectations and became one of my favorites.
This is mostly because of the association with homestuck (something I've tried and found kinda meh) and the fact I always take indie nostalgia trip games with a grain of salt after I've played Space Funeral (which is pretty meh, IMO).

Of course, I didn't bash the game, but the only reason I actualy played it is because supergreatfriend played the demo and found it to be interesting.

[Sonlirain]

The Undertale demo/Kickstarter came out a long time before FNaF.  It's based more on games like Earthbound and SMT.

True. However the mechanism that mae it popular is the same.
A non straightforward storyline and a load of unanswered questions for the players to discuss on the internet while waiting for the sequel.

[Putnam]

there aren't too many unanswered questions

just sorta weird secrets

[ZebioLizard2]

there aren't too many unanswered questions

just sorta weird secrets

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Most of the Chara stuff is still confusing, was he human? Did he become something worse by becoming soulless? Why did he hate humanity so much that he was willing to kill himself just to get Asriel to kill humans?

I'd say there's a few unanswered questions, but it mostly has to do with backstory rather then anything fully presented by the game itself.

[TempAcc]

Yea, the game never explains much in regards to him/her.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Actualy, the fallen child isn't exactly souless, from what I understood. He/she allowed his soul to get absorbed into Asriel and then tried to take control of him/influence him into destroying humanity. After that fails, its never explained what exactly happened to him/her. Its speculated that the fallen child is still a soul wandering the underground, waiting for a way to get what he/she wants. In a genocide run, he/she possesses Frisk, but what exactly happens to him/her after a true pacifist run?

[Bauglir]

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In the 2nd Genocide ending, Chara explains that they come when people call their name, and in any Genocide run Flowey will speculate on why Chara returned, mentioning that they called their name. Since we also know that Flowey confused Frisk with Chara, it seems possible that Flowey did that specifically because he saw Frisk fall in like Chara did. As for the metaphysical details, I don't know, and I'm not sure we really need to? We know Chara was buried underneath the spot Frisk fell, maybe that had something to do with it? Maybe it was Flowey's determination to see Chara again? Who knows.

i feel my sins crawling on my back

[TempAcc]

Retsupurae did a review on Undertale that will prob help to combat the wave of odd negative reviews it is getting.

[Bauglir]

Spoiler: Pacifism (click to show/hide)

So, between his attack names and clothing choices, my interpretation of Asriel is that the coolest things he can imagine are stars, rainbows, and his mother. In my dreams, even as the God of Hyperdeath, Asriel is an adorable dork. There is nothing wrong with this.

[Leafsnail]

I don't think there are any plans to make a sequel.

[Putnam]

There are plans to maybe make another game that takes place in the same universe.

The game will also be patched to allow music to play for those with cyrillic/korean/etc. characters in their folder names, make sure that the game only notifies you of that comedian once and make sure to properly let you have Fun.

[Leafsnail]

We are going to get gag comics at some point.  In any case though it's definitely not that you're going to get answers in a sequel, any ambiguities are there for you to work through yourself.

Yea, the game never explains much in regards to him/her.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Actualy, the fallen child isn't exactly souless, from what I understood. He/she allowed his soul to get absorbed into Asriel and then tried to take control of him/influence him into destroying humanity. After that fails, its never explained what exactly happened to him/her. Its speculated that the fallen child is still a soul wandering the underground, waiting for a way to get what he/she wants. In a genocide run, he/she possesses Frisk, but what exactly happens to him/her after a true pacifist run?

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I don't think the in-universe justification for $yourname$'s actions on the genocide route is super important, it's more about what they symbolize.  Frisk is an in-universe character that you are taking the role of - they act in a way that makes some degree of sense according to your choices on neutral and pacifist runs.  On the genocide route, however, this stops being the case (unless you are a genocidal maniac IRL).  Instead the main character's actions are motivated by your desire to see what happens if you kill everything - in other words the main character's personality has effectively ceased to exist, they are now simply driven by a mysterious force that wants them to kill everything so it can see what will happen next.

[Cerol Lenslens]

We are going to get gag comics at some point.  In any case though it's definitely not that you're going to get answers in a sequel, any ambiguities are there for you to work through yourself.

Yea, the game never explains much in regards to him/her.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Actualy, the fallen child isn't exactly souless, from what I understood. He/she allowed his soul to get absorbed into Asriel and then tried to take control of him/influence him into destroying humanity. After that fails, its never explained what exactly happened to him/her. Its speculated that the fallen child is still a soul wandering the underground, waiting for a way to get what he/she wants. In a genocide run, he/she possesses Frisk, but what exactly happens to him/her after a true pacifist run?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I don't think the in-universe justification for $yourname$'s actions on the genocide route is super important, it's more about what they symbolize.  Frisk is an in-universe character that you are taking the role of - they act in a way that makes some degree of sense according to your choices on neutral and pacifist runs.  On the genocide route, however, this stops being the case (unless you are a genocidal maniac IRL).  Instead the main character's actions are motivated by your desire to see what happens if you kill everything - in other words the main character's personality has effectively ceased to exist, they are now simply driven by a mysterious force that wants them to kill everything so it can see what will happen next.

Spoiler: Undertale: A Game About Fourth Wall Breaking (click to show/hide)

I watched the second genocide ending, and interpreted it like so:

Chara/$yourname$ claims it is "The demon that comes when you call its name" and that it is what you feel when a stat number goes up. So, I figured it meant that after vacating the original fallen human and puppeteering Asriel, it went looking for another host with a human soul capable of sustaining it. And found you. Too weak to control you, it instead merely influenced you to murder countless enemies in countless worlds, giving you that brief rush of satisfaction whenever you level up or equip new, better gear. (This is made better because a lot of players do recycle character names between games, and very likely used their favorite character name once again when naming the fallen one.)

And then you came to Undertale. And you murdered everything. In fact, if you achieved that ending, you murdered everything twice, and gave the demon your soul. And soon the two of you will put Undertale away for good, and move on to the next game world, and the next... Because maybe Genocide mode made you feel bad, but you haven't truly changed from playing this, and you're not really going to give up games for good, right?

[Robosaur]

In Undertale, where you can make decidedly amoral decisions

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Chara becomes an overwhelmingly evil entity

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However, her presence is much more appreciated in games like XCOM, where the aliens have no Mercy button, and you are fighting for the sake of the human race.