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Understanding UNDERTALE. 2
9 years ago
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So. there is quite a bit more to this game then meets the eye...
I think I have "almost" finished the game.
I have come before Asgore, or "ASGORE" as the game seems to call him, and so far it is without a doubt the hardest to play while dodging attacks.
To catch up from my last review.
The battle with Undyn did take me some time, and I am not too proud to admit I eventually looked up how you "beat" her in the end. Knowing what I know now, I am surprised I lasted as long as I did.
The waterfall area itself gave a lot of much needed backstory I think to the world of Undertale, in terms of the history as well as glimpses of how the Human world 'pollutes" this Monsterworld. Literally in terms of the garbage dump. But it is clear the most monster culture and behaviors seem based off of items that come from the Human world.
My encounter with Alphas has been, mixed.
before playing the game, all I knew was that she was the "head scientist" of the King, which, for a female, was something I thought rather forward for a video game. Then...I discovery that she is portrayed as a rather flat, 2-dimensional "Nerd" with all the social anxiety one stereotypically address to 'smart people"
This...annoyed me to say the least. But I will admit something. Much of my misgivings stem from seeing such attributes applied to a female lead. I realize that if it had been a male, and been equally "nerdy" and anxious about meeting people and all the rest... I might not have given such a character a second thought.. Which I know realize shows my own unconscious predjuices when it comes to gender roles.
Amusing how a simple "game" can sometimes reveal things about ourselves.
Another note I wanted to make is the music.
I will admit for certain things, I tend to be an emotional old girl, and music is one of those things.
I find the "Music Box" theme to have appeared several times in the story, and it's use in the 'Monster City' as the monsters are telling me the story of the First Human, and what seems to be the son of Asriel and Toriel. The song the played during that was deeply emotional.
The story itself seems quite a sad one so far.
Monster kind seems trapped in a world that, I imagine, being bound by this "Barrier" is hard to expanded grow. ( I want to comment more on this later)
Into this depressed world, a human child comes, and is adopted by the royal family.
The child seems to be raised with the hopes as serving as abridge between Monsters and Humans.
Then the Humans gets sick, and dies. And then the Monster's son takes his body to the human world, where he too is attacked, and dies of his wounds.
I can't help but feel that there is much more to it then that. And certain things I have seen online, that have not yet happened, make me feel there is. Though I do not know if these are things that happen only in the "genocide" game, which I have no intention of doing.
All in all, this game has been most surprising, as well as emotional. and I look forward to finishing it.
I think I have "almost" finished the game.
I have come before Asgore, or "ASGORE" as the game seems to call him, and so far it is without a doubt the hardest to play while dodging attacks.
To catch up from my last review.
The battle with Undyn did take me some time, and I am not too proud to admit I eventually looked up how you "beat" her in the end. Knowing what I know now, I am surprised I lasted as long as I did.
The waterfall area itself gave a lot of much needed backstory I think to the world of Undertale, in terms of the history as well as glimpses of how the Human world 'pollutes" this Monsterworld. Literally in terms of the garbage dump. But it is clear the most monster culture and behaviors seem based off of items that come from the Human world.
My encounter with Alphas has been, mixed.
before playing the game, all I knew was that she was the "head scientist" of the King, which, for a female, was something I thought rather forward for a video game. Then...I discovery that she is portrayed as a rather flat, 2-dimensional "Nerd" with all the social anxiety one stereotypically address to 'smart people"
This...annoyed me to say the least. But I will admit something. Much of my misgivings stem from seeing such attributes applied to a female lead. I realize that if it had been a male, and been equally "nerdy" and anxious about meeting people and all the rest... I might not have given such a character a second thought.. Which I know realize shows my own unconscious predjuices when it comes to gender roles.
Amusing how a simple "game" can sometimes reveal things about ourselves.
Another note I wanted to make is the music.
I will admit for certain things, I tend to be an emotional old girl, and music is one of those things.
I find the "Music Box" theme to have appeared several times in the story, and it's use in the 'Monster City' as the monsters are telling me the story of the First Human, and what seems to be the son of Asriel and Toriel. The song the played during that was deeply emotional.
The story itself seems quite a sad one so far.
Monster kind seems trapped in a world that, I imagine, being bound by this "Barrier" is hard to expanded grow. ( I want to comment more on this later)
Into this depressed world, a human child comes, and is adopted by the royal family.
The child seems to be raised with the hopes as serving as abridge between Monsters and Humans.
Then the Humans gets sick, and dies. And then the Monster's son takes his body to the human world, where he too is attacked, and dies of his wounds.
I can't help but feel that there is much more to it then that. And certain things I have seen online, that have not yet happened, make me feel there is. Though I do not know if these are things that happen only in the "genocide" game, which I have no intention of doing.
All in all, this game has been most surprising, as well as emotional. and I look forward to finishing it.
Geminisergal
~mallowsal
^_^
Thanatos2k
~thanatos2k
Remember, you're not done until you get all three endings. There's a lot more story stuff to come!
Chiger
~chiger
It's definitely "Feels" The game.
