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Steep learning curve but very rewarding once you know what you're doing.

I was severely disappointed by this game. I'm not one to normally play bullet hell games, so maybe that's why I didn't like it. I am a huge RPG fan, however, and found Undertale to be severely underwhelming.

First, the good points: The game's OST and style are both fantastic. Even now I still listen to the same tracks I remember from the game, over and over.The style of this game was great too. The 8 bit world looks and feels great and it really feels reminiscent of classic RPGs like Pokemon and Mother. Even moving segments like waterfalls fit in well with the style of it all.
The combat can be decently fun too, as certain enemies require specific combinations in order to beat them without killing them. Some of these seem quite shallow (eg. Flexing several times in a row) but some are unique and fun. The game also gets bonus points for having it set up so the characters' dialogue change depending on your actions, including how you previously played the game and your previous save/load files. I felt this was a neat little tidbit to make the player feel more aware of their actions, that they would have real weight to them.

Now for the bad points.

First and foremost, this game bored me to tears. I had to force myself to finish even one run. Through every section of the game I found myself feeling the need to simply get through that section as there was no real incentive to stay within any one area. A good example is the town of Snowdin, where it might seem alive but there really is nothing to actually do there. The lava area was especially dreary, as it was tedious puzzle after puzzle that was interrupted loads of times by an annoying dinosaur and a talking robot. And what's your reward? One of the most unsatisfying battles with a talking spider. The gameplay, minus some unique Sparing battles, is garbage. You move around and press Z on things. That's it. There is no incentive to do anything besides the main quest because this game has basically zero side quests that actually benefit your gameplay in any way. The puzzles are too easy, plain, and are what you might find in early Pokemon gyms. I don't even know why the puzzles are in this game as they add nothing to it, save for the bits with Papyrus.

Combat as well is garbage if you decide to attack normally. I've heard some people say "well combat isn't a big part of the game" well if you decide to go genocide route, it's basically a third of the entire game (and that's being generous). The dialogue and characters are more hit than miss. Mettaton and Muffet, for example, felt completely out of place and would have been better left out. I understand Muffet was an extra character people paid for, which is fine, but Mettaton has no excuse considering he's in the game so much. Alphys is more tolerable because she at least has personality and reason for what she's doing, but Mettaton is basically "HA LOOK AT ME I WANNA BE FAMOUS OH BTW KEEL ALL HUMANS!!!11" What do Mettaton's constant appearances add to the atmosphere of the game? Nothing. He's basically the Jar Jar binks of the game: A character that adds nothing but is silly for the sake of silly.

The rest of the characters are sort of in the same line. Most of them are quirky for the sake of quirky and don't really fit much into the themes presented in the game. Sans, Asgore, Asriel and Toriel are really the only characters that add to the emotion the game is trying to convey. Even Papyrus, who I like as a character, was quirky for the sake of quirky, but he doesn't really add anything. He wants friends? He wants to be popular? OK great, what does that add to anything? The rest of the NPCs are even worse, throwing out stupid one-liners that don't add anything to the atmosphere trying to be portrayed. Why should I care that your library sign is misspelt? Why should I care that you like the sound of a door knock? Why are you telling you about your buyer's remorse? A lot more effort could have been put into the dialogue, especially with the NPCs who feel more stale than Pokemon NPCs. I will also mention that I didn't like the humour, but I know some people did, so I'm going to leave this as a subjective point.

Overall, Undertale is one of the most overrated games of 2015. I'm a bit disappointed by the internet for rating it so consistently highly especially when I've seen better games rated lower. I'm seriously starting to believe that the only reason people are rating this game so highly is because they were surprised by it, not because they genuinely felt it was a good game.

I know many people will thumbs down my review but instead I hope people will instead reply to it telling me why they think I'm wrong.