An absolute shitpost I adore
Really fun fishing minigame
As a fan of undertale, a beginner in touhou and a the Simpsons fan (as well as many other aspects) this game almost feels catered towards me so there's definitely some bias from myself. But yeah, some dumbass fun, prison segment was probably the most fun imo

Despite everything it's still you?

Undertale 2 is a game that feels like a group of friends took turns suggesting goofy ideas for the dev to put in and they didn't turn down a single one.

The presentation of UnderTale 2 is similar to An Untitled Story. It shares the same jagged pixelated line style as Untitled Story, because everything looking like it was pulled out of early 2000s MS Paint. Most likely the game was probably made in GIMP/photoshop with the smoothing turned off, which is how Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff did those comics back in the day.

It achieves an eclectic presentation on the visuals, characters are drawn in various styles, but most of them are cute or at least charmingly goofy. It's also got a presentation I could describe as "eh fuck it" some characters for the sake of a joke will feature very scratchy outlines, some of their colors won't be filled in, it is worth a laugh. I enjoyed the visuals as everyone looked silly and that's something I as a deeply depressed person needed.

So you load up the game, it looking like a sprite comic made by a person with too much unfettered access to the internet as a child (like the rest of us) and you hear the soundtrack, 90 percent of the track listings are Mario Paint covers of classic video game tracks, along with various TV show themes like The Simpsons. There are some original tracks featured in the game, specifically the "Relaxation Beach" where you go to fight optional characters that are much more difficult than the standard enemy fare.

So you hear all of the cats meowing and horns blaring familiar tunes and maybe you've already turned off the game due to the game's visuals, but if you went through you'll find a very standard RPG maker game, but there's a few flourishes the creator of the game put in for spice!

For one, to distinct itself from it's parody source, Undertale 2 is a game where you battle, and you battle to win. There are a few instances where you can bore the enemy, talk them out of battling, but this is a trap. You will get to the bosses of the game and they will NOT yield. You will have to fight them, and you have to have attained enough xp to tank them.

Along with the focus on fighting rather than sparing, there's a fishing mini game that despite how simple they made it sound in the tutorial, my line kept snapping so I gave up with fishing. This RPG Maker free game also has different instances where the game will pop up a cutscene, or a cutaway bit of gameplay for another character that joins your party. Many instances of strange inclusions and cutaways, sometimes when you're just in the middle of walking across the screen.

Oh how could I have forgotten recapping the story! Oh silly me! The story is a human that isn't Frisk falls down into Undertale 2 where everything is a parody of Undertale 2 and as many references you can cram in there (some very obvious references are Touhou, Hatsune Miku, The Simpsons, and Travis Touchdown is in the game and is one of the hardest bosses in the game, so I give an extra half star for that easy.) You're trying to...uh...alright I finished the game early in the morning instead of sleeping and I still don't remember the actual initial point of the game's rambling journey.

Let me try to go back to looking at the game play: it's RPG maker with very basic turn based combat, but there's different interactions you can achieve by using moves on your own party members, unlocking new attacks to choose from! That part of the game play is for sure the most noteworthy, as early game before you unlock the cooperation moves, you're generally mashing whatever the Action button you mapped is on your keyboard until you get to...Somewhere around the Toriel's Archives.

I enjoyed this game, it had some cute art, some jokes were funny, had my man Travis Touchdown beat my ass for about an hour, but it does wear out it's welcome after the point you suck yourself in to "I have to finish this game now" mindset.

Anyhoo, it's free, and really despite how much I tried to touch on aspects of the game (visuals, sounds, gameplay, humor) you'll know whether or not you'll enjoy it by looking at the cover of the thing.

I did enjoy it, can't wait for Undertale 3: The Quest for some Devil May Cry cameos! Hopefully should the dev come back to this silly parody game, they work to shave off some of the bloat as not every idea from your friends in discord need to be included in your game! You can always put some of those ideas in the sequel!