Board Thread:General Discussion v2.0/@comment-27036118-20151128052630/@comment-5956954-20151128101605

my constructive criticism.

the significance of undertale: the significance is not it's gameplay, it's story, it's characters, art, and it's meta element, but the way it uses each. what the game has done is keep it's word and made it an adventure where your actions will have consequences, and do matter. the judgment hall is the only perfect example of this. you kill or spare, and you will be judged and either punished, or passed through without a scratch and happiness, but if you kill, the game will remind you, and will punish you for it. like real life, everything in the game matters, including the characters, their personalities, the lore, the NPCs etc, and when you believe they don't matter, the game says otherwise. the endings, for whatever you do, show your actions have consequences, and can be happy, to traumatisingly sad and scary, and makes you feel bad about what you done, and going with the meta in the game, makes you want to fix the wrongdoings. this makes the game feel real, organic, and can have a real effect on you that "just a video game" cannot fix easily.

is undertale inportant?

A: undertale does things very little video games succeed and ecel at at the same time: make the game matter and be more than just a video game. it can have massive inpacts on the way you feel, the way you understand, and the way you see things. it can even help deppressed people, and has even saved people because of it's ingenius writing. it shows all game makers and game companies that game don't need looks and technical marvel to be good, it needs love, heart, feelings, gratitude, and a goal in itself: to bring us closer together as humanity, to share our feelings, to help those in need, to protect, to make people happy, to make the game be a part of your life that has a significant effect on it.

''' Will this game stand the test of time, and be remembered as a classic by many? '''

 A:   i believe so. it is unique itself with new tropes that excel and set a standard for games to reach. it will make new more interesting ideas, it will bring respect to indie developers, it will show passion and love for a game is the most inportant ingredient for any game, and it will show that games can be inpacting on our lives. i am sorry for repeating, but this is what i believe undertale does for me. undertale can revolutionize gaming for being the starting point into the new generation as witcher 3 maximizes the last generation.

verdict: it tries something new, and shows this is also how a game can be done, and be great, while still being great at familiar tropes. unlike many, it brings alot of creativity which can revolutionize the gaming industry if recognized.

thanks for reading my personal thoughts on the game.