![]() ![]() Undertale is a pixel art 2D top-down RPG by indie developer Toby Fox released in 2015 with a deceptively amateurish MS Painty art style reminiscent of Earthbound, the original patron saint of the quirky subversive RPG. And then I ended up playing through two thirds of the whole game that session.Īpparently what I was thinking of as the “boring bits” are in fact essential moments of downtime to space out the fun and energetic bits, and what I’ve now established for myself is that Undertale is both still a really good game, and a remarkably well-paced one to boot. ![]() I started it up one slow afternoon thinking I’d maybe play up to the first boring bit in the snowy forest and then get on with one of the other hundred things I needed to do that day. So to prepare for this video, I recently played through Undertale again. And sometimes returning to a game that blew your mind after a few years can often be an uncomfortable comedown to reality as you notice the wrinkles you were distracted from the first time. I’ve been known to have a rose tint in my Burberry half-rims for the games I’ve loved in the past. I’ve been burned before by the promises of episodic gaming and I’m determined not to touch it ’til the whole thing is done and packaged together for my convenience. Before you ask, no I haven’t played Deltarune, the episodic anagrammized pseudo-sequel to Undertale, and I don’t plan to for some time.
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