Chapter 19
Although Wu Tian has not been a gas journalist for very long, he has in fact played an absolute ton of gas.
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 ca the quality of the ga. 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 gas out there.
As for the actual content of the ga, 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 ga offers so strange dialogue options, such as rcy.
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 so minor way, like a good ending for high honor and a bad ending for low honor.
The ga so far has no other special qualities, and the plot feels like so 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 ga journalist, his reviewing thod is to first experience a level normally, then go through it again doing sothing 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 gas 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 so information? Was this supposed to be marketed to children?
There are no hidden places to explore in the ruined castle, no exciting chanisms 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 rciful is available as well.
Unlike the rest of the monsters he t, Wu Tian felt more attached to this goat mother.
So he didnt attack, but he soon discovered that the rcy option was useless.
Even after several tries, the goat mother continued to attack.
So I have no choice but to fight back?
Or will there be so kind of secret that triggers when you empty her health bar?
Wu Tian made a few guesses as he began to attack.
Stab, about a tenth of her health went down.
Stab, another tenth.
At the third strike, sothing shocking happened.
The goat mothers health bar was emptied in an instant.
Even while dying, Toriel was still worrying about the protagonist, begging him to find his way ho quickly.
Then she turned into dust and scattered.
What happened Why did she die? Was this predetermined? Or did I have to use the rcy option more?
Although there were no further prompts in the ga, Wu Tian quickly thought of possible settings and outcos.
To test things out, Wu Tian reloaded the save file.
He played it out until the battle happened again.
This ti, Wu Tian did not take the initiative to attack, but kept selecting rcy.
As the battle raged, Toriels attacks grew fiercer and fiercer, it beca more difficult to remain unhard.
His health was low, but the next scenes confird his thoughts.
Toriels attacks began to actively avoid the little red heart that represented the protagonist.
Even when Wu Tian tried to run into the attacks, they would avoid him.
So its like this! The player has to wait for a certain number of rounds, and the goat mother will not kill the player.
This gives a sowhat ironic feeling, compared to the previous choice of killing the goat mother. Especially with her trying to avoid hurting the player. This reminds
a bit of Mirror, exploring thes of morality.
As a reviewer, Wu Tian is familiar with gas trying to explore deeper anings.
After avoiding the goat mothers attacks and clicking rcy 14 tis in a row, he noticed the background music turning upbeat.
Toriel hugged the protagonist, who still insisted on leaving. This ti, she did not stop him, but gently hugged him and sent him off out of the ruins.
Still, Wu Tian shook his head, This is still the work of an inexperienced ga designer. The way to trigger the plot is too rough, having to click rcy so many tis in a row. I understand it is to make it difficult for players to discover it, but still
Thinking about the setting of the Sheep Mother battle session, Wu Tian also criticized this aspect.
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 sothing 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 ]
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