Let me tell you about all the things I dislike about this game.
1. The time consuming bullethell segments creates a unique combo of frustration together with the RPG staple trope; random enemy encounters. Backtracking can just take a little too long sometimes and random enemy encounters just get kinda old after a while.
2. Chara's lore is so confusing, I dont even think Deltarune will ever give us a satifactory anwser for why Chara is the way they are. It is such a messy chunk of the story, that it interferes a little too much with the core themes and message of the game when the brainworms set in.
3. I don't know how to feel about the ''Just because you can, you HAVE to'' part of the game's commentary. Its a powerful message on how players tend to treat the fiction of videogames, but why put some of the best content and most mysterious story beats behind a path you shouldn't even consider doing?
Overall, none of these things can bother me much. This game is like a precision missile that hits your empathy like a flood. It doesn''t matter who you are, you will care about someone in this game, and you will feel what they feel. All while some some living flame guy is screaming in defeat because you remembered his name after two hours.
1. The time consuming bullethell segments creates a unique combo of frustration together with the RPG staple trope; random enemy encounters. Backtracking can just take a little too long sometimes and random enemy encounters just get kinda old after a while.
2. Chara's lore is so confusing, I dont even think Deltarune will ever give us a satifactory anwser for why Chara is the way they are. It is such a messy chunk of the story, that it interferes a little too much with the core themes and message of the game when the brainworms set in.
3. I don't know how to feel about the ''Just because you can, you HAVE to'' part of the game's commentary. Its a powerful message on how players tend to treat the fiction of videogames, but why put some of the best content and most mysterious story beats behind a path you shouldn't even consider doing?
Overall, none of these things can bother me much. This game is like a precision missile that hits your empathy like a flood. It doesn''t matter who you are, you will care about someone in this game, and you will feel what they feel. All while some some living flame guy is screaming in defeat because you remembered his name after two hours.