Undertale (Pc) Walkthrough No Commentary
2Undertale is a role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magic barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface. Some monsters might engage the player in a fight. The combat system involves the player navigating through mini-bullet hell attacks by the opponent. They can opt to pacify or subdue monsters in order to spare them instead of killing them. These choices affect the game, with the dialogue, characters, and story changing based on outcomes.Undertale is a role-playing game that uses a top-down perspective.[1] In the game, players control a child and complete objectives in order to progress through the story.[2] Players explore an underground world filled with towns and caves, and are required to solve numerous puzzles on their journey.[2][3] The underground world is the home of monsters, many of whom challenge the player in combat;[3] players decide whether to kill, flee, or befriend them.[2][4] Choices made by the player radically affect the plot and general progression of the game, with the player's morality acting as the cornerstone for the game's development.
When players encounter enemies in either scripted events or random encounters, they enter a battle mode. During battles, players control a small heart which represents their soul, and must avoid attacks unleashed by the opposing monster similar to a bullet hell shooter.[2][3] As the game progresses, new elements are introduced, such as colored obstacles, and boss battles which change the way players control the heart.[5] Players may choose to attack the enemy, which involves timed button presses. Killing enemies will cause the player to earn EXP (in turn increasing their LOVE) and gold.[6] They can use the ACT option to perform various actions, which vary depending on the enemy.[2] If the player uses the right actions to respond to the enemy, or attacks them until they have low HP (but still alive) they can choose to spare them and end the fight without killing them.[7] For some boss encounters to be completed peacefully, the player is required to survive until the character they are facing has finished their dialogue. The game features multiple story branches and endings depending on whether players choose to kill or spare their enemies; and as such, it is possible to clear the game without killing a single enemy.[8]
Monsters will talk to the player during the battle, and the game will tell the players what the monster's feelings and actions are.[9] Enemy attacks change based on how players interact with them: should players choose non-violent options, enemy attacks are easy, whereas they become difficult if players choose violent options.[3][9] The game relies on a number of metafictional elements in both its gameplay and story.[10] When players participate in a boss battle on a second playthrough, the dialogue will be altered depending on actions in previous playthroughs.[11]