Board Thread:General Discussion v2.0/@comment-27312470-20151129012146

One of Undertale's biggest streanghts, is that ever major baddie is relatable, and has a reason to fight you. Tariel wants to protect you from Asgore and his followers. Papyrus wants to be popular and respected. Undyne and Asgore want a better future for the monsters. They all have a believable motivation. Some of them are so relatable, that they become your friends.

But then theres the rest. The usuall monsters, ones that you encounter randomly through the world. Why do they fight you? Some of the seem to have some motivation, but most of them are just nonsensical. Why does Froggit fight you? Did he have a bad day or something, and is now KILLING anybody in his way until someone compliments him? The only explanation that could possibly make sense, is if they knew that you're human, and were trying to collect your soul, so Asgore could break the barrier. Even so, why do the other NPC's not attack you? We saw a handfull of Froggit's that talked to you, instead of attacking. And if the fate of all of monsterkind lied in that battle, I doubt that a simple compliment would make you give up.

And now for the elephant in the room, Flowey. Who on earth is he? We meet him only a handfull of times, he has no backstory, and his only character trait seems to be "Evil". Yet, he is deemed interesting and important enough to be the BIG BAD of the game. He becomes fricking GOD for gods sake (Pun not intended). Compared to the rest of the games cast, he seems bland and boring. Why is he even there in the first place? He seems like flaw.

Since I have yet to beat the game with the "True Pacifist Ending", or the "Genocide Ending", I cannot provide a informed opinion, but from what I can tell righ now, Flowey is just a lazyly designed badguy. 