Undertale: Underfell was created as a design aesthetic which means that there’s no canon backstory to any characters aside from them being an alternate version of the originals you encountered in the first game. You’re lost once again and will have to endure a long journey and many battles before you’re able to return home. The creatures in this game are a darker reflection of themselves than in the original, and the main antagonist from that game is now your guide out of the Underground.īearing many similarities to the original, you’ll enjoy playing UnderTale: Underfell if you’ve played the original Undertale. Try to escape this alternate universe that has all the good-natured monsters from the first game try to kill you instead. The game is fan-created and features a lot of community involvement. Overall, it's a fantastic game with intense boss battles.Befriend your enemies, they may not like it, but you’ll make the Underfell a peaceful place that’s full of friends. Everything matters in this game, and your decisions add gravity to the story line. You cannot hope on a soft reset, so you must tread forth carefully. Keep in mind, the dialogue in your next play through might change to reflect past choice, even if you made a mistake. Your journey is laid out for you, and you can be a merciful saint while searching for the surface, or you can kill everything in your path. You're a lone human who falls into a prison meant for monsters. The writers have a strong understanding of their audience, and they use their understanding to build on surprises around every turn. You have excellent storytelling, and the ending might strike you in a way you never expected. The story itself might affect you in emotional ways, and this small role-playing game has mechanics to set you up for great entertainment.Ī key strength in the game is the writing. The great thing about the game is how you always have the chance for unexpected endings. When you dig deeper however, you might actually find scenes to make you shudder or cry.
The game aligns with Earthbound, and on the surface, it might sound like a friendly game that has a somewhat odd type of humor with cheesy puns and goofy puzzles.
Will you choose to be a good guy or a butcher? Choose carefully because the game records your choices, and you will be reminded when you start again. The actual story mode will only last between six to eight hours, but you have a large potential for replaying the game. Sounds appealing, right? You do get the choice of whether or not you want to spare your enemy, and your decision will have an impact on the story in unpredictable ways. Finally, you spare their life and become best friends. After you learn this, you use it to your advantage to win the fight. A big part of the game is making friends with your enemies.ĭuring the combat with the monsters, you try to uncover the emotional state of the monster and why they're being so mean. The battle system found in Undertale takes a typical approach, but the system does include plenty of secondary options. You can even date a skeleton! Sounds exciting, right? Maybe you'll marry him one day so that you can even call your husband a bonehead, and it'd be factually accurate. A role-playing game for the PC, Undertale takes you into a world where you befriend monsters over fighting them.