Undertale and Deltarune (Enter Dual RPGs)

Have started playing on VITA and according to the last trophy I unlocked I'm at the midway point. Seems decent enough and I can see why peeps like those Skelton's but still not sure why Jay for instance put on his best games ever list once.

Not even Jay knows why Jay did what Jay did any more

Drunkalilly wrote:

Not even Jay knows why Jay did what Jay did any more

Mother/Earthbound withdrawal.

Nah, with time now passing by I could probably see myself putting at the bottom end of a top 25 list after a replay - the writing and music really is top notch - but I was tripping hard putting that in my top 5 or whatever.

You should play Reverie, Jay

Is there a easy way to get back to town or do I go back naturally?

I'd imagine you've probably already found this out, but I think there's a boat you can ride to a few different areas of the game to effectively fast travel around the world.

Deltarune chapter 2 out tomorrow on computers. Did... did anybody besides me play 1?

Me, me, I did!

It's launched at a pretty bad time for considering I'm properly stuck into two pretty lengthy titles on Switch right now, but I definitely need to give chapter two a look once I'm finished with those. I'm surprised it's free again! I was expecting a small fee for this one.

I should've known.

I think chapters 3-5 are going to be paid. We've started it: it's more Deltarune, which is pretty good! Less character development this time around so far, which is fine because Suzie's still great.

I never played Deltarune because I feel like I need to give UT a little more time, but that time never presented itself.

I have a student who is obsessed with Undertale and Sans in particular, so I get to hear Megalovania hummed at least once a week, and little skeleton guys drawn all over my things, so maybe I should get on it and add a little more to my side of the conversation . . .

With the announcement of this getting ported pretty quickly to Switch, I ended up adding a third game to my currently playing line-up. I rattled through Chapter One to ensure I had a save to port across and played the opening section of Chapter Two. I was very satisfied that I managed to beat the secret boss in Chapter One on my first try this time around as he handed my arse to me for a fair wee while on my first playthrough.

Nothing much to say about Chapter Two at this point beyond noticing that there's definitely signs of a more ambitious and lengthier overall game getting implemented. Things like recruiting spared enemies to the home town, the crafting/item fuse shop and adding things like item storage are proof of that, I'd say. More thoughts to come!

I'm also playing through it, slowly, albeit I started it on Steam so have continued it on Steam. The one thing I love about Toby Fox's games is how you can interact with everything - coming off Eastworld where half of what looks like it should have flavour text attached is just set decoration (albeit really pretty set decoration), that's a big plus.

Not sold on the act's villain, it must be said - but did like the first boss.

Balladeer wrote:

I'm also playing through it, slowly, albeit I started it on Steam so have continued it on Steam.  The one thing I love about Toby Fox's games is how you can interact with everything - coming off Eastworld where half of what looks like it should have flavour text attached is just set decoration (albeit really pretty set decoration), that's a big plus.

Totally - it's why I think Toby Fox is the only developer I've seen properly nail that atmosphere you get in exploring new areas in the Mother series. I enjoyed how he even updated the flavour text in Kris's house in Chapter One compared to Chapter Two.

Still can't believe he's giving all this away for free so far!

I think UT made mad money, and he's just one dude who seems happy to keep himself to himself, so I guess at this point he could happily do this as a hobby forever.

I also wouldn't be surprised getting some money from Nintendo, Sony to have Deltarune Chapter 2 free at least, seeing how been promoted by both of them.

That, or he's just reeling us in before smacking us with a £50 bill for chapters 3-5.

Balladeer wrote:

That, or he's just reeling us in before smacking us with a £50 bill for chapters 3-5.

Toby Fox was on record saying that it'll "definitely cost more than Undertale" which isn't saying much considering UT is pretty cheap. I'd expect somewhere in the region of £20-30, probably.

Also...

only read if you've finished Chapter 2:

I'm keen to get into some spoilery chat with folks about this! How's the progress going Balla?

I'm playing it in co-op (i.e. Lady reads story and lets me blunder into enemy attacks), so it's all about picking our times. A way to go I'm afraid! I think we (read: I) just beat the boss on the rollercoaster.

Aye, I'd say you're only about a third of the way through it. I'll keep my spoilery thoughts till then as I'll just be shouting into the void posting about them now.