Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Although Wu Tian has not been a games journalist for very long, he has in fact played an absolute ton of games.

So with his experience, Wu Tian was able to get a general feel for the characteristics of Undertale after playing it for a bit. And he started to compile his thoughts for the review.

First came the quality of the game. Not the quality of the content, but the external qualities like graphics and user interface.

So far, Undertale can only be considered acceptable, from his point of view. It wasnt much different from most indie games out there.

As for the actual content of the game, Wu Tian can only say that it does not feel good.

The puzzles were boring, even as an introductory lesson. Pushing rocks and pulling levers.

As for the combat, the game offers some strange dialogue options, such as mercy.

Players do not need to kill monsters.

From Wu Tians gaming experience, this is probably nothing more than an honor system. Maybe affecting the endings in some minor way, like a good ending for high honor and a bad ending for low honor.

The game so far has no other special qualities, and the plot feels like some sort of dungeon crawler template.

After killing off a few mobs that were in his way, Wu Tian had a glance at the post-battle rewards and continued on his way without much thought.

As a game journalist, his reviewing method is to first experience a level normally, then go through it again doing something different.

Even though the encounters could have been resolved peacefully, Wu Tian still chose the easier way out, which was to fight.

After all, isnt it normal in an RPG to kill monsters and level up?

As he continued on, the games goat mother would often appear or call to chat, asking the protagonist what he liked to eat and what he was allergic to.

Wu Tian grew more and more sour, he shook his head and sighed again.

Maybe Mirror was an accident. Maybe this is Chen Xus real skill level.

Undertale so far was too easy. It was playable, yes, but unimpressive so far. Did he miss some information? Was this supposed to be marketed to children?

There are no hidden places to explore in the ruined castle, no exciting mechanisms to decipher, and nothing exciting happening with the plot.

He found the gateway leading to the rest of the Underground.

After triggering this plot point, the goat mother tells the protagonist that the outside is dangerous. If you insist on leaving, you must prove that you can protect yourself.

Having agreed, the battle begins.

In the battle with Toriel, which felt like a boss fight, the option to be merciful is available as well.

Unlike the rest of the monsters he met, Wu Tian felt more attached to this goat mother. This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

So he didnt attack, but he soon discovered that the mercy option was useless.

Its so strange, you try to hide this from players, yet the design of making her attacks avoid the player exposes this. So obviously telling the player about something that should be hidden, its like taking your pants off before farting.

In his opinion, if the developers had only chosen one of those tactics, it would have been decent, but using both is counterproductive.

But the next scene froze him in his seat and sent a shiver up his spine.

Flowey, who he had temporarily forgotten, appeared once more.

But what shocked Wu Tian was not the character, but the words coming out of its mouth.

[ Clever. Verrrryyy clever ]

[ You think youre really smart, dont you? ]

[ In this world, its kill or be killed ]

[ So you were able to play by your own rules ]

[ You spared the life of a single person ]

[ Hee hee hee ]

[ But dont act so cocky ]

[ I know what you did ]

[ You murdered her ]

[ And then you went back, because you regretted it ]

[ Ha ha ha ha You naive idiot. Do you think you are the only one with that power? ]

[ The power to reshape the world ]

[ Purely by your own determination ]

[ The ability to play God! ]

[ The ability to SAVE ]

[ I thought I was the only one with that power. But ]

[ I cant SAVE anymore ]

[ Apparently YOUR desires for this world override MINE ]

[ Well well ]

[ Enjoy that power while you can ]

[ Ill be watching ]