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So even though this is a deviation from the norm, I thought I would talk about a game today instead of my life! NOTE: it has spoilers for the game so if you don't want spoilers don't look! They aren't very spoily but still

Undertale.

It would not do this game justice to say it was amazing. This game was much more than that. It pulled the right heartstrings while being very humorous and deep at the same time. First, a little history.

Undertale was originally a Kickstarter project that wanted around $5000 to make a small game. It got $55,000. Amazing. I know. Toby Fox got together with some friends and made it a big game and stuff! The finished version is available on Steam, and overall, going through normally, it takes around 4-5 hours to complete. 

The game is centered around the main character, a fallen human that has fallen into the Underground, where the monsters have been housed since the humans sealed them underground with a magical spell. You can choose three paths: Neutral, where you kill some things and spare others, Genocide, where you kill everything in your path (arguably the hardest path to play, reasons stated below), and True Pacifist, where you do not kill anything. Undertale is unique in that it can be played without killing anything. Not something you usually see in an RPG, huh?

The different paths cause you to face different struggles, and each one has benefits and drawbacks. Genocide is arguably the hardest because of a certain pair of skeleton brothers. Also, Genocide is very morally taxing. Killing everything in your path isn't very humane, and you know it. People with any sort of sympathy usually don't end up doing more than one full Genocide run.

Game mechanics: You run with arrows, and like a standard RPG, you eat for HP. One difference- LV stands for LOVE, not Level. You'll see why. When you enter a fight and the other person attacks, you enter a bullet hell-type simulator where you try to dodge everything coming. Different things hurt your HP more. And the only way to increase your LOVE is by killing monsters. If you are a pacifist, your HP stays at 20 and you end up at LV 1 the entire game. It's not bad, really. There are different monsters you can fight throughout the game, and many, MANY different bosses you can beat or compromise with. Plot-wise, the characters are really well-developed, the plot is definitely intense and good, and many parts made me just plain laugh out loud-or cry with grief. It's awesome there.

The fanbase is pretty great- there are so many things out there, from arts to edits to songs to parodies to videos to everything! (I'm listening to one right now by the way). The fanbase has also created many more facets to the characters than are demonstrated in the original game, and have come up with some really cute stuff that makes me want to freakin' giggle! It's pretty cool, and there are definitely some tear-jerking things out there as well. It's the second fandom that I've drawn art for (a sketch, at least). You'll learn much more if you delve into the wide, wide world of Undertale, and go ahead and take the butterscotch-cinnamon pie. Go forward and conquer! Or make friends! It's all great! Just great!

Song recommendation: Stronger Than You (Sans Parody)- it's pretty cool, and explains some stuff about genocide run idk it's just good

YouTuber recommendation: Cryaotic (because he played Undertale and I enjoyed it).

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