Deltarune: Chapter 2

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8.6

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 132
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  1. RetroGameDays36
    Sep 25, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i'm gonna be real here, this rpg is not really good, it's short, and overall not a game i would recommend.

    i'm not saying it's the worst rpg ever made, far from it, there's some good things about it, like the music and sprites, they're nice, but i can't understand how did it take that long to release a CHAPTER of this game, what is this? Square Enix with Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy VII Remake? both of those games were mediocre, but they're understandable why they took so long, Square is a busy company of course, but this is an indie game, how the **** did it take 3 whole years for a 2.5 hours game to be released???

    Even then, the wait wasn't worth it, at all, unlike chapter 1, it really just seems like they're running out of ideas, chapter 2 has way too many things implemented that were used by other games, while my thoughts on chapter 1 was that it was fine, it really didn't feel any different (aside from the fact that you can't level up) than any other RPGs except that it was short.

    Characters aren't interesting in the slightest, puzzles are so simple or just straight up annoying, the mystery of chapter 1 is completely gone, basically ruining my expectations of it, recruiting system is stupid and has no reason to be in the game at all, items are pretty much useless, i only used it once in the entire game, the game is that easy.

    Not to mention, but there are some elements that actually tease the player for no reason at all, Susie's healing is an example of it, the game encourages the player to use it, but then you waste a turn by just using it, like what the **** man? That's a real dick move to do in an indie RPG, and it's not something a developer should include in a game UNLESS it's for comedic purposes, but literally, by just using it, it's basically letting the player ditch the whole thing for the rest of the playthrough.

    Just the fact that there are so many things that make the game not worth playing, i didn't even bother to check out the secrets and all

    If you want to play a good RPG, as in story, gameplay and music, just play Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, because there, it encourages the player to explore more and more and get stronger and stronger, something that deltarune fails to do.

    Or even play the insomniac games Spider-man for ps4/ps5, not that the deltarune/undertale playerbase even cares to play, since they're so obssesed with toby's games, reminds me of 13 year olds.    … Expand
  2. Joemamatime
    Sep 18, 2021
    2
    It feels like a game witten for a childrens TV show that has the target audience of 6-8 year olds. Probably because thats almost exactly what it is.
  3. RhythmBlue
    Dec 21, 2021
    4
    i played through about half of the story i think, and watched most of the rest through videos online

    i remember feeling excited to play it near the beginning, and then feeling kind of gradually more bored as i played more. i guess i kind of get a vague sense that this chapter has a lot of stuff which was created 'because its a chapter and a chapter should have [x]', maybe. as opposed to    i played through about half of the story i think, and watched most of the rest through videos online

    i remember feeling excited to play it near the beginning, and then feeling kind of gradually more bored as i played more. i guess i kind of get a vague sense that this chapter has a lot of stuff which was created 'because its a chapter and a chapter should have [x]', maybe. as opposed to a more fundamental sort of appealing 'creation because it would be cool' type of thing, i guess

    i hope Toby isnt restrained - or doesnt feel restrained - to fulfilling the 7 chapter idea, because i feel like this chapter might be an indication that it is so rigid and encompassing of a goal that a lot of potential fun of deltarune might 'bow down' to it to attain it

    visuals: 2/10
    audibles: 7/10
    interaction: 4/10    … Expand
  4. K__
    Jul 29, 2022
    1
    Idk why people liked this game. It’s so overrated
    Everything is lame except musics. Bad story.Bad characters.Bad puzzles.Bad combat.
    They turned undertale into a kids game.
    Here’s an example: We are driving VILLIAN’S car.
    Are you kidding me? Why Toby Fox. WHY!
    Also musics aren’t that good. Don’t play this game.
    Just go play Undertale.
  5. Tendrilous
    Jul 29, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have absolutely no idea why so many people rabidly praise Deltarune Chapter 2. It comes off to me as less a game and more a vehicle through which Toby Fox can put on paper plate masks of the characters and reference memes from the 90's-00's at the player. From start to finish, absolutely everything that occurs "just happens". Not a single important event is caused by a character's actions, the story simply trundles along, delivering grating non-sequitur after grating non-sequitur, until it culminates in a final boss fight that, while gimmicky and fun, amounts to absolutely nothing but multiple hours of wasted time, despite its efforts to convince you otherwise.

    The main crux of everything wrong with the chapter can be summed up in a single character: the main antagonist, Queen. She absolutely never feels like a threat, nor does she feel like an actual character at all. Supposedly, she is a computer, particularly some kind of smash-together of "Noelle's sad search history" (which is never really relevant to the plot). Despite Queen's supposed status as a machine capable of thinking thousands of times faster than a person, she constantly makes careless mistakes, drinks, swears, quotes memes, and acts in a manner that makes no sense at all and is driven entirely by a desire to be random. She pops in and out throughout the plot, making wacky and irreverent "jokes", mostly about how much of a superior being she is. Then, at the end of the chapter, as though we had been building up to something instead of just screwing around in a back alley, eating bananas, sailing on swans, and referencing Twitter for two hours, she suddenly starts pretending that she -- and by extension, the story -- was building up to something, saying things about how sad Noelle is about her dead sister or whatever and babbling about escapism through computers. This had precisely ONE (1) separate instance of build-up, being the bookshelf in Noelle's room, which you encounter roughly fifteen minutes before the fight.
    Then, for whatever reason, after being defeated, Toby thought it'd be really funny to make a sitcom ending happen. Ralsei quickly explains the plot to her, and she goes, "Oh, well gee, sorry. What a misunderstanding, haha! You guys go on ahead, then." What? What kind of writing is this? Is this game about something or not? Which leads me to another question:

    Is this game about something or not? Is it a lighthearted comedy game made for people with a terrib- I mean *very specific* sense of humor, or is it a dramatic exploration of how we as people try to escape from reality through small comforts, and the things we leave behind as we grow older? If you're trying to do the latter, you CAN have jokes, that's fine, but you can't make the ENTIRE PLOT jokes -- it needs to have some build up, or at least some tiny hints that something deeper is happening. The closest thing you get is Spamton, who is both figuratively and literally garbage.
    Absolutely nothing of substance happens until the last 5 minutes of the chapter, where it's revealed that, whoooaa, Kris is the one opening all these fountains. Yeah, kinda figured. So, what's the twist about Asriel gonna be? That he's not actually very nice and that's what Kris has to play make-believe to escape from? Wowee. Couldn't have guessed that from the fact that Ralsei seems kinda suspect occasionally. Maybe he's secretly the narrator guy, wouldn't that be a twist.

    [I ranted for 2 more paragraphs, but fortunately for you, this website has a character limit.]

    In short, Deltarune Chapter 2 is an annoying mess of unfunny references and visual gags trying its best to masquerade as a serious story -- essentially, it's what would happen if you tried as tonedeaf-ly as you could to make Persona into a comedy game. I can only hope that Toby knows this, and actually makes something happen in Chapter 3, but given his response to the tongue-bathing his fans gave his junk over the game on his Twitter, I'm not going to hold my breath. The only worth this game has is in its visuals and sound design, which are both unironically great. Unfortunately, pretty sounds and sights does not a good game make.    … Expand
  6. Oxid
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    Very good game with amazing music that people listen to outside of the game highly recommended game
  7. KaS36
    May 14, 2023
    0
    It has a lot of what made Undertale and Chapter 1 great. Lovable characters, secrets, fun battle system, amazing music, and more. Can't wait for chapter 3-5.

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  1. CD-Action
    Jan 19, 2022
    85
    Some minor but interesting experiments introduced in Chapter 2 are a welcome breath of fresh air and along with excellent writing make the game worth finishing twice. However, it’s hard to overlook the fact that Deltarune was built on the same, rather simple blueprint as Undertale and the formula might soon need a deeper makeover. That’s a worry for the future though. Today I urge you to download the game and experience another portion of Toby Fox’s great sense of humor. [12/2021, p.35]
  2. Screen Rant
    Sep 21, 2021
    90
    It only takes a few hours to complete Deltarune Chapter 2, barring those who wish to go back and play the different routes. The quality of the experience matches that of a full-price game, and it makes the wait for the next chapters even harder. Deltarune Chapter 2 has improved upon the foundation laid down by the original game, proving that this world's characters and setting have what it takes to match those of Undertale. There are still five more chapters of Deltarune to go and it remains to be seen whether it can truly step out from Undertale's shadow, but Deltarune Chapter 2 feels like a game that's more confidant in its direction, and more willing to let players shape the fate of its characters.
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