Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32237043-20170607143625/@comment-25137755-20190408215806

"Ignoring the fact you're being an asshole"

I'm an asshole, but I'm right. You're a dumbass, and wrong.

" ("ad hominem" is quite an interesting Wikipedia article, read up some time)..."

While you're also scouring Wikipedia for entry-level latin phrases to toss about, go over to the game design articles and look up a term called "Isolation Principle." Or, if you want to be 13 and just copypaste fallacies then gander "Fallacy Fallacy" and knock that pseudointellectual shit off.

"Then you get food poisoning. You deserve food poisoning because you're a bad person"

Yep, people are horrible and deserve to be killed for stomping make believe Goombas. That's totally sane.

You 100% missed the point. Undertale is designed to give players a distinct ending for each playstyle. It doesn't matter if you don't like it or not, the option is there for players who want a harder challenge. The hardest fight in the game is only available for players who do genocide - that's enough of a reward in itself.

Toby Fox knows that challenge is a reward. He's played Perfect Cherry Blossom. He added Jevil into Deltarune even though you don't get anything consequential from beating him.

Undyne is a problem because her difficulty comes from the mechanics misleading the player.

There is nothing to tell the player that this is supposed to be a punishment. None. While you're on Wikipedia, look up what Deconstruction Criticism is, then give that stupid argument a rest.

"I don't really understand what you saw in this game that made you a fan"

I don't understand what you're doing here trying to excuse bad game design when you're talking out of your ass.