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[hector13]

It is so much different.

It's so much harder, brah, at least for Undyne and another handful of bits. Much moreso than the pacifist run, I found...

[Egan_BW]

Yeah, but the ending is worth it.

[Sergarr]

doing genocide run

the ending is worth it.

Well, if you want to feel like a heartless monster, it is worth it. In most other cases, hell no it isn't.

[spümpkin]

^^^^

I still haven't done a genocide, and I hold myself in high regard due to that fact.

I'm also a wuss, who dont wanna fight nobody

[Orange Wizard]

I dunno, there's nothing wrong with a little genocide here and there. Gotta purge inferior cultures somehow.

[spümpkin]

That, is going in OOCQ.

[TD1]

I dunno, there's nothing wrong with a little genocide here and there. Gotta purge inferior cultures somehow.

I vote democratically.

UKIP! UKIP! UKIP! UKIP! UKIP!

[hops]

I herd u liek ukip

[hector13]

^^^^

I still haven't done a genocide, and I hold myself in high regard due to that fact.

I'm also a wuss, who dont wanna fight nobody

I did it to get my money's worth, man. Genocide for capitalism.

The game at least treats you like a dick afterward though.

[TheBiggerFish]

Because you actually are a dick if you kill everything.

[hector13]

But the game lets you bring 'em back.

Heck, you could even reinstall it if you wanted to do it without the wait!

[TheBiggerFish]

....

You're still a dick if you kill everyone.

[Furtuka]

Meh

[Avis-Mergulus]

Well, if they didn't want me to kill everyone, then perhaps they shouldn't have made everyone so deliciously murderable.

[Fniff]

....

You're still a dick if you kill everyone.

Spoiler: Undertale Spoilers and Devil's Advocacy (click to show/hide)

Hrm. This gave me a thought while trying to think of a way how you could not be a dick for doing genocide... And it gives a motive for Chara.

She's aware of the constant loops, like Frisk, presumably. They both use them to their advantage. But while Frisk uses it to help people to the maximum capacity that he can, Chara uses it to kill. Why?

Because she realizes that the pacifist ending is for naught. Who's to say the characters continue living beyond that scant suggestion of a happy life they each get? Who's to say they get a few seconds of what they wanted followed by the oblivion of the title screen? Some might say brief yet total happiness followed by nothing is good enough. But Chara doesn't believe that.

In the Genocide ending, you see the best parts of everyone. Every single character dies a hero. It's a dark story, it's heartrending... But is it any worse than being teased with hope? Chara, in her own fucked-up way, wants her friends to be the best they could and then die forever without being forced into an endless loop. When nothing stands in her way, she kills the world; not out of any particular purpose; the wider world was always an abstract concept to her so destroying it is just coincidental.

The problem is... Chara can't kill herself. She's alone in the void; and isolation is the worst thing you can do to a person. After a mere ten minutes, she gives in and lets you restart the world at the price of your soul. It's not even a proper deal, she just doesn't want to seem desperate.

But she can't allow a false happy ending. So she kills everyone, again and again.

At this point, she's given up all hope. She only goes through the motions and mildly questions your motive when you kill the world again and again. This doesn't excuse Chara; she's a really terrible person for doing this. But it always kinda bothered me and I'm happy to come up with a reason.

Well, perhaps having a reason's not the point.