got 10 bucks? buy undertale right now

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tvayisnihyaami: Dec 23, 2012; by Lowtax

I hate turn-based RPGs. This is my Game of the Year. What.

After becoming ULTRA-JADED about gaming with the cancellation of Silent Hills, this game re-established that games can be really, really frickin good.

This thing was made with an incredible amount of love, and it shows in every nook and cranny, every joke, every secret conversation you never thought a game dev would have thought to include. Tobyfox is the most thorough dev ever. I'm continuously impressed with how many things he thought to include in this game, and how he managed to make it all extremely fun the entire way through. You'd think you've seen everything in this game, but you haven't. There's always another amazing thing, another way to turn the genre on its head, another great joke you didn't see coming. And it stays engaging the entire time, supported by a cast of fantastic, endearing, hilarious characters. Great puzzles too, imo!

It avoids all the things about (turn-based and non) RPGs that I despise:
-There's no grinding (unless you want to)
-Battles are a great length and never overstayed their welcome for me
-There's no boring menu-navigation-only-based combat (bullet dodging/timing-based stuff really spices it up, as well as bossfights always having a new, really fun gameplay twist on them!)
-There's no unlikable/unrelatable characters that go on and on about you being the "Chosen One" or whatever
-No plot where you gotta go to the 7 temples and find the 7 sacred whatevers and then oh wait now that you've gotten those 7 sacred whatevers, you gotta go to 4 extra places and get 4 SUPER sacred whatevers...
-No backtracking (unless you want to! Backtracking is actually usually rewarded with more fun conversations and such.)
-No constant equipping and unequipping items because, oh, this one is +2 Def but -3 Speed but THIS one is +3 Speed and -2 Def but THIS one is immune to fire and this one is...
-It actually has a way more complex, useful moral than "Evil is Bad, Good is Good." Everyone has relateable motivations.
-The writing doesn't suck like 90% of RPGs. It has a wonderful sense of humor and a simple plot that is underlaid with complex emotions.
-Has jokes about anime, doesn't take itself seriously.

I could gush about it forever. Undertale's not only made me less jaded about gaming, but also less jaded about real life. It has a strong message about empathy that stays everpresent, while somehow not being cloying about it, or shoving the message down your throat. It's simply a wonderful experience, please play this thing!!

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Is it a better game then the Lowtax Banme thread?

# ? Oct 22, 2015 09:09

TacticalUrbanHomo: Aug 17, 2011; by Lowtax

# ? Oct 22, 2015 09:16

wiffle ball bat: Oct 2, 2015; by Shine

i looked at some undertale youtubes and the game looks like garbage. the graphics are so freaking bad. im waiting until fo4 comes out thank you.

# ? Oct 22, 2015 09:24

VectorSigma: Jan 20, 2004; Transform
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don't buy a new account

# ? Oct 22, 2015 09:36

Amazing Zimmo: Jan 27, 2006; That's quite a load you got in them diapers

Good Game.

# ? Oct 22, 2015 09:37

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

FIRST TIME posted:

Is it a better game then the Lowtax Banme thread?

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:08

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

It looks like Pokemon

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:21

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

tell me more about your lovely steam game indie dev OP

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:22

Motherfucker: Jul 16, 2011; I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.

the g in gbs stands for 'general' not games?? get dunked on as you would obnoxiously say you lovely op lololololol

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:23

Everdraed: Sep 7, 2003; _{spankety, spankety, spankety}

Undertale is pretty cool, but I think I'm legally required to say that since I made the trailer for it.

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:29

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

But it looks like poo poo. I guess the words are good or whatever, but who plays games for words? If I wanted to have fun with words I'd talk to my girlfriend or my dog or go on SA, which I'm doing now, but I'm not having any fun because we're talking about this dumb looking game.

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:32

ScratchAndSniff: Sep 28, 2008; This game stinks

Not grindy? If the demo is anything to go on it has like, 2 unique enemies per dungeon and a boring as hell combat system with a trial and error running away system that encourages you to take like 20 minutes to convince every loving frog not to kill you. Your reward for gimping your level and spending way too long fighting battles like this is slightly diffdrent text dumps between battles that pat you on the back for being a good person and then more random battles.

Plus, the NES-era graphics made my eyes bleed.

Not saying it's a bad game, and I wanted to like it. I just don't see the draw of a game whose main selling point is a bunch of text telling me about the vitrtues of pacifism. Read a book or something unless you loving LOVE bullet hell shooters where you don't actually shoot back.

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:36

lonesomedwarf: Mar 22, 2010

im not going to buy it. well bye

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:39

Amazing Zimmo: Jan 27, 2006; That's quite a load you got in them diapers

Everdraed posted:

Undertale is pretty cool, but I think I'm legally required to say that since I made the trailer for it.

Control the OP then. Three lovely threads in quick succession within GBS is not a good advertisement for a lovely game.

# ? Oct 22, 2015 10:44

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