Blog#8 Undertale-A Game of Mercy and Genicide

Have you ever felt frustrated when playing a game and a character died that you wanted to live? Have you ever wanted the ability to save them? Or maybe you're on the other side, and you wish you could just get rid of all those annoying characters (I'm talking about you, Slippy the Frog)? Then Undertale is the game for you.

Undertale is an rpg game for PC & Mac that you can get on Steam for $9.99. The game focuses on strange character designs, humor, puns, and choices you must make to decide your fate. You play as a young girl who falls into ancient monster relics. Long before she fell, there was a war between humans and monsters. The humans won and chased the monsters underground, where they were doomed to live forever. Your character, upon arriving, befriends many monsters (or kills them, depending on how you play) and travels through the relics in hopes of returning to the human world. What happens after that is massive spoilers. Depending on how you play this game, this game could be one of the saddest games you play or the funniest. The fate of the world depends on your actions, and this time, not in the traditional "find all the crystals" kind of way.
The bosses you fight are unconventional, the fighting style is unique and new. You don't take turns selecting an action and doing it, you dodge bullets, use rhythm, console and flirt with your enemies. Puzzles are a key component to the game just as much as a nice hot plate of spaghetti is. If you like old pixel style games, rpgs, spaghetti, humor, and the ability to choose how your game is played, Undertale is the perfect game for you. Make a skeleton friend, support a spider bake sale, go and have fun.

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