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Raka_Putra posted...

It's so sweet that you did it for your daughter. And glad you enjoyed it decently by the end. Also if you don't mind sharing how old is she? I wonder how she gets exposed to Undertale since to me it seems like a very 2015-2018 internet thing, though of course it's still well-known to this day.

She's 16.

HaRRicH posted...

It sounds like you won't be going for another ending. Glad you started enjoying it more though and glad you made a happy memory for your kid.

I'm guessing you mean the "genocide" ending? My daughter mentioned it was the "bad," ending, which I'm ok skipping, or just having it spoiled to me.

I did pacifist because my daughter guided me towards that early. The tutorial area encourages it, but she told me that the entire game can be done that way and that I should try if I wanted.

Finished it tonight. Finished Asgore, and then did the part after with Amalgamations and Asriel. Let's just say I was filled with Determination to see it to the end.

I feel like I approached it from the wrong gamer side of me. I was expecting an RPG, or, well, I dunno what I was probably expecting. I started the game thinking it was a puzzle RPG that I had to stumble through dialogues to try and beat encounters. After I realigned my perspective, I started treating it more like a visual novel, and I wasn't as put off by it towards completion.

I wouldn't say it will make my top 20 games or anything, but I do respect it more than I gave credit a few days ago. I do think I am definitely not it's target audience, which might be hypocritical of me to say since the first two things I look for in games is the story and the characters. I don't play a lot of indie games, tbqh. My entire library is pretty much Triple A or by big game publishers. Overall, I am glad I played it since it made my daughter's week.

CoolCly posted...

Baku, have you watched Ted Lasso? If so, what was your reaction as you were watching the first few episodes?

I would, but we don't have Apple TV. Maybe in the future.

On topic, played more last night and I realigned my expectations a bit and enjoyed a little more than my first hour. I did Undyne, and the followup best friends segment, and I did the fight against Mettaton. The best friends with Undyne segment was a highlight.

I will finish it, so maybe I will "get it," at the end, lol.

I'm just trying to figure out what my character's motivation is. Am I trying to save the monsters from the humans? Is there an evil plot that I haven't seen yet? Or is the story basically, "the friends we made along the way?"

Ok, so what am I missing?

A flower wanted to kill me. I was rescued by a monster who then wanted me to stay with her forever because she was worried about me. Most of the monsters aren't actually bad, they just want someone to talk to.

After I leave the first area, I run into some skeletons and dogs that are supposed to stop humans, but don't really take it too seriously.

The writing feels like it targets preteens who are into quirky Disney shows. And if the story is simply, Monsters aren't bad, I kind of got it.

My daughter got me to try it, and I'm about an hour in and I just don't get why people love it. I am putting on a brave face trying to muscle through a playthrough for her, but I am absolutely bored.

She talks about how good the story is, but I haven't really seen much in regards to story as of yet (just got to a snow town). All I know is I'm some kind of kid that fell into a hole and wants to go home or something, lol.

I get bored of the battle mechanics and started to run from most of them. The forced ones I pretty much just fumble through while basically playing a mini bullet time game.

Someone tell me what I'm missing that made this game so popular years ago.