Undertale

Item: Undertale
Rating: 94
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-10-14

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Summary

Exceptional story and emotional impact
Memorable characters and humor
Innovative gameplay with moral choices
High difficulty and steep learning curve
Overhyped and overrated perception
Outdated graphics and art style

Emotions

Satisfaction25%Excitement11%Admiration10%Frustration6%Joy6%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 44%
Unhelpful reviews: 56%
Protest reviews: 0%

94%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
6%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4168
Negative points: 805
Gameplay points: 1450
Perf. points: 90
Rec. points: 806
Misc points: 807

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional Story & Emotional Impact Description Players consistently praise the game's narrative for its depth, emotional resonance, and ability to evoke a wide range of feelings, from laughter to tears. The story is frequently described as a masterpiece that transcends typical gaming experiences, offering profound meaning and unforgettable moments. Importance 100%	Players consistently praise the game's narrative for its depth, emotional resonance, and ability to evoke a wide range of feelings, from laughter to tears. The story is frequently described as a masterpiece that transcends typical gaming experiences, offering profound meaning and unforgettable moments.	100%
Memorable Characters & Humor Description The game's cast of characters is universally loved for their unique personalities, witty dialogue, and emotional depth. Players form strong attachments to them, finding them relatable, funny, and often deeply moving. The humor, often self-aware and clever, is a significant highlight. Importance 47%	The game's cast of characters is universally loved for their unique personalities, witty dialogue, and emotional depth. Players form strong attachments to them, finding them relatable, funny, and often deeply moving. The humor, often self-aware and clever, is a significant highlight.	47%
Innovative Gameplay & Moral Choices Description The game is celebrated for its unique blend of RPG and bullet-hell mechanics, offering a fresh and engaging combat system. Crucially, it challenges traditional RPG tropes by emphasizing player choice, particularly the option to spare enemies, with actions having significant and lasting consequences across playthroughs. Importance 29%	The game is celebrated for its unique blend of RPG and bullet-hell mechanics, offering a fresh and engaging combat system. Crucially, it challenges traditional RPG tropes by emphasizing player choice, particularly the option to spare enemies, with actions having significant and lasting consequences across playthroughs.	29%
Enduring Appeal & Value Description Despite its age, the game maintains its relevance and charm, often described as a timeless classic. Players find it highly enjoyable, fun, and worth its modest price, with many experiencing nostalgia and continuing to replay it years after its release. Importance 29%	Despite its age, the game maintains its relevance and charm, often described as a timeless classic. Players find it highly enjoyable, fun, and worth its modest price, with many experiencing nostalgia and continuing to replay it years after its release.	29%
Outstanding & Iconic Soundtrack Description The music is consistently lauded as a phenomenal aspect of the game, with many tracks considered masterpieces. It perfectly complements the atmosphere, enhances emotional moments, and is often enjoyed outside of the game itself, becoming iconic and memorable. Importance 27%	The music is consistently lauded as a phenomenal aspect of the game, with many tracks considered masterpieces. It perfectly complements the atmosphere, enhances emotional moments, and is often enjoyed outside of the game itself, becoming iconic and memorable.	27%
Challenging & Unique Boss Fights Description Boss battles are noted for their creativity, unique mechanics, and appropriate difficulty. They are often challenging but fair, requiring skill and strategy, and contribute significantly to the game's engaging gameplay and emotional impact. Importance 12%	Boss battles are noted for their creativity, unique mechanics, and appropriate difficulty. They are often challenging but fair, requiring skill and strategy, and contribute significantly to the game's engaging gameplay and emotional impact.	12%
Charming Pixel Art Style Description The game's simple, retro pixel art graphics are not seen as a limitation but rather a core part of its charm and unique identity. This minimalist aesthetic effectively conveys atmosphere and emotion, proving that strong storytelling and design can transcend high-fidelity visuals. Importance 10%	The game's simple, retro pixel art graphics are not seen as a limitation but rather a core part of its charm and unique identity. This minimalist aesthetic effectively conveys atmosphere and emotion, proving that strong storytelling and design can transcend high-fidelity visuals.	10%

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