Undertale

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  1. chumpwithnoname
    Jan 10, 2021
    4
    Graphical design - inconsistent.
    Game design - too much of a stupid gotcha moments when game plays you instead you play this game.
    Writing is mediocre at best.
    Overhyped game with cringy memes.
  2. KintaroOoe
    Nov 26, 2015
    4
    I bought Under tale the first Day it was Released, because it ended up in my Steam Queue. When I first played the game, I was far from impressed. In fact, I was bored. The bullet-hell is very repetitive, a five year old could play it. the Soundtrack is okay, but it always sways away from it's pixel-like music switching to some sort of instrumental that just..doesn't Mix too well. TheI bought Under tale the first Day it was Released, because it ended up in my Steam Queue. When I first played the game, I was far from impressed. In fact, I was bored. The bullet-hell is very repetitive, a five year old could play it. the Soundtrack is okay, but it always sways away from it's pixel-like music switching to some sort of instrumental that just..doesn't Mix too well. The Story however. seems a bit unique, But the endings are just absolute Horrid, They try to make the game original as death, with Endings that Just don't make any sense that your average gamer, wouldn't know to pursue, which to me feels as if it's for gamers who think outside of the box, who get the feeling that there's more to a pacifist ending (True pacifist ending?) Which seems like they're just canceling out a majority of people.

    * People use guides to complete the game
    *The story lacks character Depth, honestly you're just a kid but the dialogue past Toriel Say's otherwise.
    *The music starts, and ends in a downward spiral.
    *repetitive Children's bullet-hell that lacks authenticity
    *This is not hideo kojilma. this is some guy who Knows a bad game from a good game.
    * It takes many of its aspects from Earthbound. Which could be why it's so popular, Regardless, nothing about this is special.
    In conclusion, Under tale is a Game that's repetitive and Dated, Lacking in a plot, Treating you like a solider out on patrol Serving A dead set purpose That get's annoying by the day. While it is an indie I can give it this much for trying. But they focused more on game-play, Music, and Incompetent Character depth which is never good in this business, They even have the gall to Put their music on sale. What more could you ask for? Such good compensation. I demand a Refund.    … Expand
  3. lyom1989
    Dec 29, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wouldn't call the game bad, but it is very far from "the best game ever" that people make it out to be. I won't go over what the game does well - there are a lot of other reviews that are gushing over it, so just read those. For the parts that I don't like:

    (1) Permanent game state tainting. If you complete the genocide run, your game state is permanently tainted, and you can not achieve a true good ending anymore with sole in-game means.
    The game creates files on your system (deceivingly named "system information") to remember that run of yours, and even if you reset the game, these files remain. Unless you start diving around in your AppData folder, or run an external program that other people wrote to actually reset your state, the game will wait until you finished the very tedious pacifist run (thus sinking many hours into it) - just to turn everything around in the last minute and give you a rather dark ending instead. Which shows that the developer doesn't really respect its users wishes - it's his way or the high way.

    (2) A nasty difficulty spike at the end in every mode but the pacifist mode. Battles are rather simple throughout the game, ramping up slightly as you progress. Once you see the end, the game difficulty spikes - fights reset and restart midway in an attempt to disorient you, the graphics change completely in normal mode runs (Flowey looks like a sore thumb) and you get a slew of attacks to dodge frantically.

    None of that would be bad if you have a difficulty curve that gradually gets you there. Could they not have added a bit more difficulty to the earlier battles? Did they want to add more battles to get the difficulty where they wanted to have it for the final battles, but ultimately ran out of time? Or did they just not care/know how to make the battles gradually more difficult so that they flow nicely into the difficulty of the last battle?

    Part of the reason may also be that other than flavor text, all different modes (pacifist, normal, genocide) have very similar battles as regular encounters - yet players have vastly different stats. Only the fights at the very end become completely different - so the bulk of the game doesn't feel like it's specialized for any of the modes, whereas the end is completely overtuned (pacifist you cannot lose, normal/genocide you will rack up your double-digits attempts).

    (3) The developer seems to be a bit too full of themselves. A quick nod (as was done for the artist, Temmie) is fine, and a welcome distraction, but the developer's character - a dog - is literally everywhere. In a boss fight? Check. Ending? Check. Regular encounter? Check. NPC? Check. In hard mode, rambling on to the NPC that he likes her cooking? Check. Easter egg room, explaining he wrote the game himself? Check. Okay, we get it. Sheesh. Inside jokes (such as a swear word that's only between the developer and some other guy he knows) are bountiful too.

    An item that comes from him - the dog residue (which, by the way, is exactly what you think it is) - is the best item in the game, allowing for unlimited amounts of money. To get the Temmie armor, you'll be playing around with the developer's dog residue (using it causes it to spread over all of your inventory, essentially giving you unlimited amounts of it to sell) until an uneasy atmosphere fills the room. Sounds like fun, right? If you manipulate your save file to add any item to your inventory, guess what is the most valuable item? Not a diamond, not gold, no, the developer's character, selling for over a thousand coins to Temmie.

    Overall the game has potential, but with game state tainting, difficulty spikes, and a developer with a very large ego - ugh. I'm sure a lot of people's time is worth just enough to do the dog residue farming trick, but not mine. No, thank you.    … Expand
  4. Gadlajk
    Aug 16, 2016
    4
    I've played this game for 40-50 min. and I don't get praise so far, game has some simple puzzles and annoying easy encounters with enemy/friendly monsters. Even if you get into serious fight it is too simple yet dodging can be hard, moving hearth/souls in box is not really top notch gameplay in 80s and 90s definitely but not anymore.
  5. Projection
    Jul 19, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is so bad it refers to its own puzzles simply as "puzzles". "In order to proceed you must solve this puzzle", "the dungeon is full of puzzles" etc. Yep, that's modern writing for you. Not to mention that the puzzles themselves suck, of course. Why are they even in the game. Also during the fight with that obnoxious gay-robot my father came into the room and spotted what kind of **** I was playing. He got so mad he actually sweared to send me to the military school. Eventually, he didn't, but I wonder that it could've been for the best. It'd certainly help me to absolve my soul after playing this abomination of gaming.… Expand
  6. spacesyndrome0
    Nov 24, 2016
    4
    I want to give this game a good review because honestly, it was inspired by two of my favorite game franchises and it looks like it has so much potential, however I can't, there's too many flaws to ignore.
    I won't bring the fanbase into why I dislike this game because it isn't part of the game, but trust me, there are many more things actually wrong with the game itself.
    First off, the    I want to give this game a good review because honestly, it was inspired by two of my favorite game franchises and it looks like it has so much potential, however I can't, there's too many flaws to ignore.
    I won't bring the fanbase into why I dislike this game because it isn't part of the game, but trust me, there are many more things actually wrong with the game itself.

    First off, the most obvious one is the characters. Every character in the game is just built on a stereotype and their one flaw. You have the weeb character who actually isn't as happy-go-lucky as it seems, and a skeleton who seems like he wants SERIOUS BUSINESS! but he's actually just innocent and fun-loving. As you can see, the character's aren't that great.

    Second is the genocide route. The genocide route is awful in this game, it's a grind to get through and really should just not exist if you're going to push the player as far away from it as possible, making them frustrated just because they're going an alternate route, it gets obnoxious so much so that you ask why Toby Fox even left the option in the game.

    Third complaint would be the difficulty. This game is nowhere near hard and was especially disappointing for me as I like shmups and games that give challenge in general. Even in genocide the game wasn't too difficult though I give Toby credit for making a harder versions of the bosses, they were much more fun. Alas, the rest of the genocide route is just grind like mentioned above, which if you didn't know, tedious does not equal hard. I would love to see the hard mode finished because this game's difficulty tends to be a cakewalk. It just stays the same, easy difficulty throughout the entire game excluding the genocide route.

    My fourth complaint would be the game's length. So much could of been done with this game and this is one of the main problems. Seriously, if you want to talk disappointing then this game's length is the perfect contender. I don't think much could of been done without changing the story but it felt way too short for it's price.

    My last and biggest complaint would be the stolen assets and music. There are a few tracks that are clearly stolen. One example would be Mettaton NEO/Undyne The Undying's theme. Both of them have the exact same melody throughout their song as Persona 2's boss theme (to recognize it the most, look up the eternal punishment version of the song). It is a clear ripoff and made me lose trust for the game. There are others such as Touhou and Earthbound Zero (Once Upon A Time and Earthbound Zero's main theme) however I just wanted to make an example that is clear as possible. The stolen assets are mostly misc sprites such as tables and lamps being pixelated/drawn over from Earthbound Zero. The negotiation mechanic is also stolen from the Shin Megami Tensei series, and advertised as a whole new feature, it's pathetic to be honest.

    If I had to give credit where it's due, the story isn't too bad and the music that isn't stolen can actually be somewhat good. But even then, that's about it, this game is not worth five dollars. Maybe one or two, but I'd say even five is a bit over the line. If you haven't played any Earthbound or Shin Megami Tensei games, play them, this game is inspired by the both of them and this game really does not carry their quality. This game is mediocre at best. It's not the worst, but it still does not deserve all the hype it gets.    … Expand
  7. Gaesma
    Nov 23, 2018
    4
    Lo que me paso con este juego es raro: todo el tiempo senti que el juego te hace hacer cosas sin sentido para hacer tiempo y al menos llegar a las 4 horas de duracion.
    Cualquier juego que tenga unos graficos tan horribles y sin ganas, tiene que sobresalir almenos en alguna otra caracteristica. Pero no es el caso de Undertale:
    -Los graficos estan dibujados por un chico de 4 años -La    Lo que me paso con este juego es raro: todo el tiempo senti que el juego te hace hacer cosas sin sentido para hacer tiempo y al menos llegar a las 4 horas de duracion.
    Cualquier juego que tenga unos graficos tan horribles y sin ganas, tiene que sobresalir almenos en alguna otra caracteristica. Pero no es el caso de Undertale:

    -Los graficos estan dibujados por un chico de 4 años
    -La historia es simplona, sin una pizca de gracia, carece de todo.
    -Los personajes son nulos, sin conexion con nada, y que en su mayoria tiene apenas unas cuantas lineas de dialogo como mucho, lo cual impide que te llegues a apegar a ninguno de ellos.
    -Los escenarios y las cosas que hay en ellos son totalmente random, da la impresion de estar ahi solo para rellenar minutos.
    -La mecanica de las peleas me parecio divertido y original, algunas rompen la cuarta pared y causan risa.
    -La musica esta buenisima.

    En resumen, es un juego totalmente al azar, con personajes tirados ahi porque si, sin pasado ni futuro, en escenarios al azar con graficos realmente dolorosos y tratando de emocionarte con el recurso de poner una musiquita de piano de fondo. Por otro lado las mecanicas de pelea y la musica son muy buenas.

    Si quieres jugar un rpg sentimental juega al "To the Moon", este no lo vale    … Expand
  8. Nettly_
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    This game used to be a favorite of mine, then I stopped playing to jump onto some other games, including Toby Fox's own Deltarune. After finishing chapter one of Deltarune, I thought to jump back on to my old favorite for a while [Undertale]. Regret soon followed. Sans is very annoying and not creative in his puns, and I love dad joke puns like the ones Sans is known for and reading themThis game used to be a favorite of mine, then I stopped playing to jump onto some other games, including Toby Fox's own Deltarune. After finishing chapter one of Deltarune, I thought to jump back on to my old favorite for a while [Undertale]. Regret soon followed. Sans is very annoying and not creative in his puns, and I love dad joke puns like the ones Sans is known for and reading them they didn't make me laugh or cringe, they made me angry because they are constant and doesn't provide any detail. The story is boring, and the three routs [Neutral, Peaceful, Genocide] are creative sure but like, who cares? This game lost its appeal on me after playing actually good games with story that dragged me in. Undertale is simply a garbage game, with a weak story, with at best semi-likable characters, and in total just okay music and bad graphics. I love pixel graphics, don't get me wrong. I love pixelation over 3 dimensional figures. [Insert Japanese porn joke here]. But the issue is that the graphics are dull, overly smooth in most areas, too bright and colorful, it hurts to look at this game sometimes. Undynes house is one of those too colorful ones, so is the lab [TOO MUCH YELLOW/LIGHT BLUE MIX.] Sometimes [for example sans secret room] it is just not that great or rewarding. Photoshop Flowey [or Omega Flowey] doesn't fit in, it sure is fun to battle him [more on the battles later] but his graphics are so badly put together [like real photoshops [this was a joke, laugh]] that it took away from the game. It was fine on its own but the graphics Flowey has here are so bad that it was not worth it anymore. The characters were tiring to deal with. Toriel is annoying and over caring [which i know is her character but like, I don't feel bad for killing her anymore]. Sans is annoying with his puns, Papyrus is also very annoying to read because of the **** way he talks, Undyne is meh, Alphys makes my head hurt when I talk to her, Mettaton [In all forms including Ex, Neo, Overworld] just no. Flowey is an awful villain, should have killed us one shot if they were trying. Asgore literally doesn't live long enough to like or hate him,

    So I should talk about the one good thing, the thing that makes it a 4.
    The battle system. That saves this game from a 0. I would just not be writing this review on this garbage game and hope it just ceases to exist soon except the battle system is genius. If you read/heard reviews of Undertale you will know this is the games strong point that most people love. It is easy yet difficult, creative, and just overall makes this game almost mediocre on its own. If you do plan on playing Undertale and you haven't yet, ignore the story and jump right into battle, it really is what makes the game actually somewhat worth while.    … Expand
  9. HipMahoko
    Dec 1, 2019
    4
    Undertale is the most overrated game ever. I know, this game have original ideas and interesting plot twist. But the level of quality is poor. Maybe I played many good Indie games, but this game is not so good. And here's why:
    Firstly, the plot of the game is not deep. It's just a rollercoaster of twists and fourth wall breaks. Characters in this game are plain and idiotic. And humor is    Undertale is the most overrated game ever. I know, this game have original ideas and interesting plot twist. But the level of quality is poor. Maybe I played many good Indie games, but this game is not so good. And here's why:
    Firstly, the plot of the game is not deep. It's just a rollercoaster of twists and fourth wall breaks. Characters in this game are plain and idiotic. And humor is stupid. Very stupid. If you came here for plot, you're in wrong way. It's just an absurd comedy with simple kindergarten moral "Don't Kill".
    Second, this game is too childilsh. Sometimes Undertale tries to become "serious" or "scary". This game is too weird for me. Most of time is oversweet melodrama, but if you play at Genocide route, this game become into edgy horror.
    Also this game gives to player illusion of non-linearity. All variability is just choosing to play as angelic pretty child or juvenile maniac. There are no challenging moral dilemmas, especially after you learned about the conditions for reaching the endings. This game is very linear.
    And yeah, graphics. Undertale's pixel-art is terrible even for Indie games. There are so many SNES games with beautiful pixel-art like Chrono Trigger or Tales of Phantasia. Just look at Hyper Light Drifter. This game is also created in Game Maker Studio and it have breathtaking visual art. And where's optimization? Why this game is run only on 4:3?
    Well, the game's music is the only thing, that makes this game good. I liked Asgore's theme much.
    This review if just my opinion. If you like the game, then I will not blame you. It's just an overhyped game with terrible fanbase of 14 year old schoolgirls.    … Expand
  10. PenetratorGod
    Aug 25, 2023
    4
    One of the most overrated games of its time. I didn't understand why it was loved then and I don't understand why it's loved now. Even if I have nothing else to do in life, it's not a game I'll spend time with. It might make a good animated movie, but it's not worth playing as a game.
  11. lmaocetong
    Jul 2, 2017
    3
    [EN]
    I don't like undertale, its 3.5/10 for me, music is ok (most tracks are good, but some are too similar to tracks from other games), but humour is too childish, most of time it was cringe-fest, I laughed only 2-3 times in 13 hours (true pacyfist with going everywhere and calling to papyrus (best character btw.)). Story is average, 10€ for this is too much for this game, not worth even    [EN]
    I don't like undertale, its 3.5/10 for me, music is ok (most tracks are good, but some are too similar to tracks from other games), but humour is too childish, most of time it was cringe-fest, I laughed only 2-3 times in 13 hours (true pacyfist with going everywhere and calling to papyrus (best character btw.)). Story is average, 10€ for this is too much for this game, not worth even 5€, max 2.5€. Graphics are okey, I enjoyed it. No achivements is another flaw, because it would encourage to play it more (if you dont really enjoy story like me). Maybe Im just just too old for this game.
    [PL]
    Gra jest średnio-słaba, muzyka jest największym atutem tej gry, lecz wiele kawałków brzmi zbyt znajomo (nie powiem, że to źle się wzorować dobrymi utworami, ale jak dla mnie zbyt mocno są wzorowane). Historia jest ... średnia (jeśli ktoś ma zamiar się kłócić, to dodam, że przeszedłem neuteralnie + true pacifist i szkoda mi czasu na genocide), bohaterowie również średni, mają trochę fajnych tekstów, ale ogólnie to więcej zażenowania niż śmiechu. Brak osiągnięć to też minus. Grafika jest w porządku, wzorowana na earthboundzie.
    Podsumowując, całkiem spoko gierka dla dzieciaka w wieku 7-12, starszemu odbiorcy raczej nie polecam, tak samo nie za cenę 10 €, maksymalnie 2.5 €.    … Expand
  12. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    Not for me I guess, why is this on the pc, would have been fun on a gameboy long ago
  13. Trogdur
    Feb 22, 2016
    3
    I WANT to like this game, I really do. I just don't. Nothing about the game held my interest after around 2 hours of playing it. This is one of those games that is trying to send a message, it's real nice and all but it doesn't make for a fun game. This game is absolutely not for everyone, myself included. I fell for the hype, now I need a refund.
  14. Jasonleepierce
    Jan 15, 2016
    3
    Easily the most overrated game of 2015. The pros are that the writing is rather down to earth, easily connects with the player, a fairly entertaining multi ending story depending on the play style you choose. But, as graphics are not an important factor for me, this game severely lacks any artistic direction. One of the most lazy attempts for a pixelated rpg in recent memory. The plot doesEasily the most overrated game of 2015. The pros are that the writing is rather down to earth, easily connects with the player, a fairly entertaining multi ending story depending on the play style you choose. But, as graphics are not an important factor for me, this game severely lacks any artistic direction. One of the most lazy attempts for a pixelated rpg in recent memory. The plot does seem rather alien and boring at first, but it progresses to be somewhat of a shocker, but leaves no room for attachment to any of the characters you meet. One of the lines in this game was a pathetic attempt to make the player feel guilty for taking the most destructive path.. "Brother Killer". It failed to drive any emotion for me, whatsoever. Earthbound reminiscent combat was definitely a plus for me, but did little to actually make me feel like my time was a worthy investment.

    Hipsters blindly praise this title because it became a movement, a bandwagon, not because it's a legendary achievement. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME IF YOU'RE EXPECTING AN EPIC RPG EXPERIENCE. The weight of decisions in this game aren't as heavy as people would make you think.    … Expand
  15. mistaoononymous
    Jan 26, 2022
    3
    I just don't get it at all. The gameplay is dull, the graphics are obviously terrible although this doesn't bother me. I sat on buying this for a long time as people just seen to Wang on about it so much. The humour is tame and very gentle and the plot just seems excessively whimsical. Just not for me, I'm by no means a ourelybAAA gamer and have been gaming for forty years, but ai do likeI just don't get it at all. The gameplay is dull, the graphics are obviously terrible although this doesn't bother me. I sat on buying this for a long time as people just seen to Wang on about it so much. The humour is tame and very gentle and the plot just seems excessively whimsical. Just not for me, I'm by no means a ourelybAAA gamer and have been gaming for forty years, but ai do like a but if skill required for my games and this seemingly requires none. I properly regret giving up my twelve quid on this purchase as it just won't get played. Plenty of other great indie titles at this price range with much better content.… Expand
  16. Artoriaswolf
    Sep 18, 2017
    3
    sh1t that poopz sh1t I'm serious this game is not so bad but its fanbase is strange.The game itself is 7 but fanbase is -1 so thanks to maths i give undertale 3
  17. Crimert
    Jan 16, 2021
    3
    I must say I didn't enjoy this game. It was ridiculously difficult for me. 3hrs on record.
  18. vova22379
    Sep 30, 2022
    3
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  19. Wrecktangled
    Mar 18, 2022
    3
    Im sorry, but I dont get it. I was so excited to play through this game, but was left widely disappointed. Going through this was a slog. Perhaps I didnt get the humor. Perhaps I didnt get the nuance of the story. Overall, this game didnt grab me.
  20. waywardlaser
    Jun 28, 2022
    3
    I just found the gameplay frustrating and the characters constantly obnoxious; I guess it's not for me. Nice music though.
  21. Erimud
    Jan 6, 2016
    2
    Over Hyped.

    The humor feels incredibly low brow. It reminds me of the same kind of humor that is required to watch 'The Eric Andre Show'. So If you like phoned in, painfully drawn out punchlines, you may enjoy this game. It has unique aspects in the game, but it's a fairly boring play style. The most interesting aspect is figuring out how to show mercy on your opponent, but it's not    Over Hyped.

    The humor feels incredibly low brow. It reminds me of the same kind of humor that is required to watch 'The Eric Andre Show'. So If you like phoned in, painfully drawn out punchlines, you may enjoy this game.

    It has unique aspects in the game, but it's a fairly boring play style. The most interesting aspect is figuring out how to show mercy on your opponent, but it's not enough to make the play style enjoyable    … Expand
  22. somedude14
    Sep 26, 2015
    2
    I had a lengthy review here last night that's now deleted. Two other negative reviews I had seen that were on this website are also gone. Something weird is happening to written negative and mixed reviews for this title.

    Not doing another lengthy writeup in case this is deleted again... so tl;dr - uninspired graphics - half-decent soundtrack - dull gameplay that rips all of its    I had a lengthy review here last night that's now deleted. Two other negative reviews I had seen that were on this website are also gone. Something weird is happening to written negative and mixed reviews for this title.

    Not doing another lengthy writeup in case this is deleted again... so tl;dr

    - uninspired graphics
    - half-decent soundtrack
    - dull gameplay that rips all of its ideas from Magnavox Odyssey titles
    - Earthbound references for marketting purposes when the game has no similarity to Earthbound aside from a blatant attempt at ripping off some Giygas art and behaviors for the final battle in this game    … Expand
  23. Digistruct0r
    Jan 13, 2016
    2
    The soundtrack in this game is AMAZING. Without it it'd be a sounding 0/10.

    Having said that, the gameplay is more repetitive than your modern average shooter, all the jokes are flat (and based on breaking the fourth wall), each character might as well have been defined with a single word because that's the one and only trait they get. Download the soundtrack, throw the rest of the    The soundtrack in this game is AMAZING. Without it it'd be a sounding 0/10.

    Having said that, the gameplay is more repetitive than your modern average shooter, all the jokes are flat (and based on breaking the fourth wall), each character might as well have been defined with a single word because that's the one and only trait they get.

    Download the soundtrack, throw the rest of the game away.    … Expand
  24. HowlingBanshee
    Oct 21, 2015
    2
    The hype around this game is completely undeserved:

    -The pace of the game is disturbingly slow, sometimes you're spending 4 minutes just to read 4 lines of text due to "tension building" -The game numbs down "the real experience" by making non-combat approaches the best ones and the flash-player combat is about the only thing slightly redeemable in this game. - The graphics seem to    The hype around this game is completely undeserved:

    -The pace of the game is disturbingly slow, sometimes you're spending 4 minutes just to read 4 lines of text due to "tension building"
    -The game numbs down "the real experience" by making non-combat approaches the best ones and the flash-player combat is about the only thing slightly redeemable in this game.
    - The graphics seem to originate out of gamemaker, which would not be a problem at all if the gameplay was top notch, but it isn't, so it results in a bad game with bad graphics.
    - The game is literally just a cesspit of memes, which is apparently something to admire nowadays...
    - The $ - Hour comparison is WAY OFF, even if you played it twice or even three times to get the "good ending"

    This game was just way overhyped by media like tumblr and such for its "quirkiness and level of alternativity" and it's supposed creative art style and the PC focus of combat being bad.

    2/10 would not play again, would even go back in time to unplay it tbh.    … Expand
  25. shadowofforms
    Dec 17, 2016
    2
    Completely overrated. This game tries too hard to be original and smart, but becomes neither in the end.

    Cannot play it past 20 minutes - so very boring.
  26. magitekman
    Jul 20, 2017
    2
    Honestly, one of the worst RPGs of all time. It copies from better games (Earthbound, Shin Megami Tensei, NieR, Final Fantasy VI), the characters are one-note idiots. The story is nothing spectacular, as is the music. There are huge difficulty spikes. It isn't even good-looking pixel-art and it throws morals down your throat. Do not waste your money on this
  27. Kire_92
    Mar 7, 2018
    2
    I started playing this game without knowing much about it. And I quickly learned that it’s not a game for me.

    I actually didn’t like much about this game. I will grant it the fact that it’s innovative in certain areas. But other than that the game was just a bore. The gameplay was lackluster, the story un-intriguing and the graphics were ugly. I actually started to yawn a lot during my    I started playing this game without knowing much about it. And I quickly learned that it’s not a game for me.

    I actually didn’t like much about this game. I will grant it the fact that it’s innovative in certain areas. But other than that the game was just a bore. The gameplay was lackluster, the story un-intriguing and the graphics were ugly. I actually started to yawn a lot during my time playing this game.

    Because the game had so high ratings I tough that maybe I was having a bad day and therefor did not like the game, so I stopped playing and didn’t really think about it. Now almost 2 years after initially playing it I started it from scratch to see if my first impressions 2 years ago were wrong. But my feelings are still the same.    … Expand
  28. JohnnyG500
    Jun 19, 2018
    2
    This Game... I Played it for hours trying my hardest not to kill anyone to get "the good ending" and needless to say the ending i got was so **** terrifying... this game is dead for me now i uninstalled it immediately and made a metacritic profile specifically to say how awful my day became because of this game, now i know this might seem biased but i see it like this : this game is not inThis Game... I Played it for hours trying my hardest not to kill anyone to get "the good ending" and needless to say the ending i got was so **** terrifying... this game is dead for me now i uninstalled it immediately and made a metacritic profile specifically to say how awful my day became because of this game, now i know this might seem biased but i see it like this : this game is not in any way shape or form categorized under "horror" regardless of all the awfully graphic images shown it was significantly mundane compared to the final horrifying scene of a game ripping itself to shreds, my humble advice/opinion Please DO NOT play this game i wouldnt do it again no matter what happens to me, it would be the last game i would pick up off the floor just to throw it back down there, now there are good endings, but you **** up one time... just one time... and the game ****s you up... the (2) rating i gave it comes down to three redeeming factors 1) the soundtrack is alright , 2)it employs pixel art and, 3) a good amount of fourth wall breaking moments , all of which were ruined for me by the **** ending, Thank you for nothing undertale you utter piece of **** , burn in ****… Expand
  29. Izoeros
    Jun 20, 2022
    2
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  30. Napolaen
    Mar 4, 2023
    2
    Undertale is like the worlds worst lasagna. I keep finding more layers of ****
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Awards & Rankings

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#3 Best PC Game of 2015
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#1 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. GameStar
    Jan 16, 2017
    89
    Undertale is absolutely unique. It's a RPG masterpiece full of weird characters and a moving message.
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  2. games(TM)
    Mar 4, 2016
    90
    With multiple endings based on how you choose to play out your run, set pieces that can play out very differently based on your actions and so many incredible moments that we’d love to share but daren’t do so for risk of spoiling anything, Undertale is easily one of the indie standouts of last year.
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  3. DarkStation
    Feb 23, 2016
    100
    Through a combination of often relaxed but sometimes tense gameplay, a dreamy atmosphere, and genuine characters that feel like they’re actually alive and all living together in this isolated society of longing, Undertale transcends its medium and becomes a genuinely moving experience I would recommend to anyone who is open to a sometimes sorrowful, sometimes hilarious, always bizarre and engaging emotional journey.
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