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[MrRoboto75]

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I mashed Spare, steadfastly refusing to harm Goat Mom. The thing is, earlier in the RUINS, you could get different dialogue and such by repeating an action over and over again. I think the example was going down into the tunnel without talking to Toriel first. You could do that like six times before it became pointless. So I just applied that logic to the boss fight and stayed determined even when it seemed to be doing nothing. UNDYNE's Pacifist win condition was what did me in.. I tried the same strategy. I ended up getting really damn good at dodging spears after a couple hours of sparing in vain. I had to look that one up.

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Are you me? I basically had the exact same problem.
It goes to show how much trickiness the game likes to throw at you.
Still, looking back, I think that the game gave enough hints as to what you were supposed to do, it's just that some of them were stuff you really had to pay attention to. For Toriel, it was the froggit in the ruins. For Undyne, I think her hint was supposed to be that it's very specifically noted that you can't flee when you're green... but you're not always green. Also the fact that she's the only boss you can actually flee from at all.

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I remember being able to flee from Toriel.  It didn't really do much, basically resetting the fight.  You could go get more items or something I guess.

[Farce]

So like, yeah.  This is definitely also my GotY.

[Oneir]

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For Undyne, I think her hint was supposed to be that it's very specifically noted that you can't flee when you're green... but you're not always green. Also the fact that she's the only boss you can actually flee from at all.

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I felt like such an idiot after I looked that up, for exactly that reason. My problem was I don't think I fled from anything, much less a boss? In retrospect, I could have saved myself a loooooot of deaths...

[Nighthawk]

So like, yeah.  This is definitely also my GotY.

It also wins the award for generating the most spoiler tags ever. >.<

[monk12]

Almost all the bosses are great at making you reevaluate the base mechanics of the game, sometimes (Toriel, Undyne) in very fundamental "this is not how I expect RPGs to work" kinds of ways.

[TheBronzePickle]

They make you reevaluate a lot more things than the mechanics. Like your life... and your sense of ethics.

[monk12]

Well, yes, but that's true of the game as a whole. Gameplay wise, the bosses are the best bit.

[Egan_BW]

Dodging things is fun.

[Aedel]

Dodging things is fun.

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Getting a golden hit on someone is fun.

[Egan_BW]

Dodging things is fun.

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Getting a golden hit on someone is fun.

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Well yeah, but sometimes you need to hold back if you want the feels.
Which is why I like to practice my attacks on Mettaton.

[BFEL]

Welp someone got a no-hit on Photoshop Flowey, if it wasn't already mentioned earlier.
Apparently it took them 96 hours total to get trained/lucky enough to give him a bad time.

[EnigmaticHat]

Welp someone got a no-hit on Photoshop Flowey, if it wasn't already mentioned earlier.
Apparently it took them 96 hours total to get trained/lucky enough to give him a bad time.

That fight...

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its clear to me that your health bar does NOT display damage on a 1:1 ratio.  That last little sliver of health is as resilient as the entire rest of the health bar, I assume to make the situation more desperate.  I'm not sure its even possible to lose after the first soul.

[Trapezohedron]

Welp someone got a no-hit on Photoshop Flowey, if it wasn't already mentioned earlier.
Apparently it took them 96 hours total to get trained/lucky enough to give him a bad time.

That fight...

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its clear to me that your health bar does NOT display damage on a 1:1 ratio.  That last little sliver of health is as resilient as the entire rest of the health bar, I assume to make the situation more desperate.  I'm not sure its even possible to lose after the first soul.

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It still is. It just resets you back to just after the last soul you conquered. Also, if you die anytime during the 'Finale' portion, Flowey IIRC still keeps his HP while he resets back to the slow shuriken patterns for quite some time.

[EnigmaticHat]

Oh, OK.  That makes me feel better about doing that fight in one go... after I died repeatedly and quickly to the initial "holy shit".

Edit:

Also, in case anyone wasn't aware, there's some funny fan content for underatle on youtube.

Spoiler: link dump I made for my GF (click to show/hide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDIMMmnNeKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTOtjEk6ks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxCaVSe61I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Cp3fxBNBs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9_46hbZBMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JjeH3ggvOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zy8_b8Q2AA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76KtnovDmmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDFNwZkWwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9PbTJG_mG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReBeysoUC8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7izMEAkUaMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3DS4yOFJQ

They can be a tiny bit spoilery.  This is more spoilery, and also not really funny per se, but you should watch it anyway if you already know what's up.

[USEC_OFFICER]

That fight...

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its clear to me that your health bar does NOT display damage on a 1:1 ratio.  That last little sliver of health is as resilient as the entire rest of the health bar, I assume to make the situation more desperate.  I'm not sure its even possible to lose after the first soul.

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I remember someone saying somewhere that each hit takes off half of your visible lifebar. So the first hit deals 'half' damage, second one deals 'quarter' and so on. I want to say that you have 8~10 hits before you die for some reason. But yeah, the reason it works like that in the battle is just what you suggested. It's supposed to keep you on your toes and make ot a more intense fight.