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Undertale truly was an experience for me.

I will be honest. At first, it bothered me. I saw Undertale everywhere, and it rather bugged me. One day, I decided I had enough; I saw a video that had been on my recommended for a while. The first Undertale thing I saw was Omega Flowey's battle. That thing was my first impression of the game, and I thought, "Well, a bullet hell, could be interesting". Even though it didn't catch my attention enough to play right away, I still had it in my mind for a few weeks. Sadly for me, I stumbled across Sans' boss fight and decided to watch it since I wanted to know why he was so loved among the community, unaware of how spoiler-ific that was. From then on, I got a liking to it and finally decided to give it a try.

Even though the Internet had spoiled more than a few things, such as Flowey being the bad guy, us being a human child, Sans being the hardest boss, stuff like that, there were oh so many things I still didn't know. Thankfully.

I thought it was a good game as I played through the Ruins. The gameplay was quite alright, the characters and dialogues felt fine, and the battle mechanics were interesting. It was at the end of the fight against Toriel when I truly started feeling the game. From then on, I found myself in love with the game. I laughed with Sans and Papyrus, had mixed feelings around Undyne, felt sympathy for Alphys, instantly loved Mettaton's attitude, and felt a slight heart break for Asgore.

After finishing a Neutral route, I heard of the Pacifist one, and decided to take a look at that, looking up the requirements without spoiling myself too much. Man, now that was a feel trip. I had heard Asriel's name before, but he wasn't spoiled for me (thank everything for that), and so I got to witness the most amazing and tear-jerking moment in a game, ever.

I sadly had the urge to finish a Genocide route overtime, once I grew as fond of the game as one can be.

Let's get to the point. I have learnt that Undertale is not a game you play. Undertale is a game that you feel. If you focus on just playing it, you won't even understand it. It's the first game that has ever made me cry, and cry a river at that. It's heartfelt, it's stunning, it's sad, it's funny, it's everything. Undertale is not a game, but an experience, and I'm glad I happened to be curious enough to watch that freaky flower's boss fight.

I now truly understand the meaning of "don't judge a book by its cover". Undertale changed my way of seeing things. And the soundtrack, oh man the soundtrack. I can't say one track is better than the other, they are all amazing.