Undertale Reviews
If you haven’t played Undertale, do it. It’s a masterpiece.
I find it difficult to be critical towards anything about Undertale because it was designed with such a deft hand. It's simply hard to find anything that feels out of place because it all feels so intentional. I'm happy I can finally confirm that Undertale is not just hype and while it's available on PS4, PS Vita, and PC I couldn't recommend it more. If you're a fan of RPG's or somebody who values a deeper experience, I think you'll appreciate how beautiful this game can be.
Though the game does have its shortfalls, like a lackluster tutorial zone and some infuriating boss mechanics, Undertale is undoubtedly a real stroke of genius. The game plays around with conventions and tropes normally associated with RPGs and subverts them in clever ways, all while telling a deeply personal story that everyone can relate to at some point in their lives.
Nearly two years have passed since Undertale originally released, and it still manages to be an incredibly fresh experience. Every battle is a unique puzzle that the player has to solve, and it's impossible to count how many times I laughed at the bad jokes of Sans. I'll never see all that the game has to offer, but that's okay. I'd rather make friends than destroy them.
Undertale is a brilliant and smartly designed game that understands well what makes a good RPG work; so much so that it can upend expectations and deliver something that's almost a satire of the genre. It's been a long time since we've played a game that manages to surprise so often and in so many unique ways, and even if it doesn't look like much, Undertale has way more going for it under the surface. Excellently written characters, a genre-bending battle system and a solid soundtrack make this one an easy recommendation, especially to RPG lovers. Do yourself a favour and give this one a download.
Undertale does flawlessly what few video games achieve: seamlessly amalgamate solid and fun game mechanics, a deep story both on a large scale and in each micro-environment, and a consistent and self-congruent universe. None of these three elements would make sense on their own, and together they make one of the most extraordinary video games we've seen in recent years.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Under perhaps off-putting, UnderTale is a most mesmerizing title. Not sure everyone can hang on to it from the first few minutes. But once absorbed by its very particular universe and carried by its perfect writing as well as its gameplay that manages to never fall into the strictest repetitiveness, we can only congratulate its creator. It is a simple tribute. It asserts itself as a state-of-the-art experience that enriches the player as much as the RPG genre.
Review in French | Read full review
Animated by a unique sensitivity that is difficult to match, Undertale on PlayStation 4 is the same, identical miracle of writing and gameplay that has enchanted PC players. A work as brilliant as it is original, where the definitions of "right" and "wrong" acquire new meanings, and in which the impact of our decisions takes on a finally tangible value.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Undertale is an incredibly beautiful, original and dragging game and it is even more so when we consider that it was created entirely by a single developer. The magic that can be touched in this experience where you don't have to do harm to advance is of those that leave you something even once you get to the credits, a pleasant and painful moment that will easily spur you to take a second run.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Two years old it may be, but Undertale arrives on PS4 feeling as timeless and inventive as ever.
This game is totally deserving of the hype its received since it first launched on PC two years ago. Although its not the prettiest, it is one of the most original.
Undertale is landmark RPG for those who appreciate something a little different – a game that wrong foots you and delights with the way it mixes up the tried and tested formula which so many adventure games stick so tightly to. A rare pleasure.
Undertale is fantastic in ways that are hard to describe. It's a love letter to RPGs, gamers, and gaming in general.
Entertaining, surprising, mind-breaking: Undertale is a labour of love that inspires exactly that emotion.
It's been years since I've started writing reviews for ZTGD but even after all this time, I've actually never given out a perfect score to any game. There have been some that have come close, but in the end, I could always think of some notable flaw or a way the game could've been more enjoyable. In the case of Undertale, I can't think of one particular flaw or a way it could've been made more enjoyable. As is, it is as perfect as anything could be in this imperfect world of ours.
Undertale is one of the most unique efforts seen in indie gaming. Combining a love for the old with a willingness to innovate and utilize game mechanics to express ideas, rather than a binary input-output, this game should be on any and every one's radar.
Despite having beaten it, it's exciting to know that there's so much more than simply what I've seen. The complexities woven deeply into this initially unassuming RPG are enough to keep you invested long after y0u've watched the end credits for the first time. It's been a long, long time since this style of RPG has grabbed me as Undertale has, and even longer since a small independent effort has been so ambitious, impressive, and unquestionably successful.
The brilliance of Undertale, its delicate balance that it manages for most of the time you'll spend playing it, is that it understands how to be scary and funny all at once. Inside the Snowdin library there are leather-bound books that contain strange prophecies, books that say profound and disconcerting things about the human soul.
It's rare for a game to so ruthlessly and completely nail the altered reality games place us in the way Undertale does. Whether it's the nameless NPCs you always meet in RPGs or the hundreds of mooks you mow down with gunfire in games like Uncharted, Undertale brilliantly demystifies these conventions and questions why games are still codified this way. But even outside of its ambitious themes, it proves to be a compact, perfectly paced RPG experience with hilarious, tense writing and endearing charaters.
A masterclass in storytelling with its memorable characters and soundtrack. Undertale is a phenomenal experience overall.