normally I only review games here immediately after beating them but I'm making an exception here. and I'm also not really reviewing Undertale, but instead I'm going to share a personally story I wrote up on Twitter in 2019 for the anniversary of the game in which I discussed what this game means to me and why it's probably the most important game I've ever played?

apologies for the self indulgence!

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one of the best games ever made imo and one that means a lot to me. first time I played it it hit me hard emotionally along with making me laugh and just giving me a blast of a time to some fantastic music

a couple years later I wasn't playing it but I was going through an identity crisis. I had broken one of the "rules" I had lived my life by and tied to my identity. that combined w other depression issues put me in a rut and I genuinely didn't know who I was at all

and then I saw the "Despite everything, it's still you" scene again and it wrecked me. I remember non stop crying as I remembered this game and remembered this message. and this alone was enough to help me out of that depressed rut. it was enough to help me start accepting myself again. the first step of many

in 2019, I finally replayed the game on switch. and I cried and I laughed and I adored it again. and I know that next time I replay it'll be the exact same

every time I listen to the original version of the song Undertale, I still tear up. every time

this is my 2nd, maybe 3rd, favourite game of all time. this game changed my perspective of self and taught me to not be so hard on myself. to accept that even through all my hardships, through my mistakes, through everything in life, that

Despite everything, it's still me.

and that's beautiful.