not as good as the original but i still love it a lot

twist doesn't work on paper but in execution it did for me

ryuki is my little meow meow

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.

shockingly if you do an HD remaster of a masterpiece of mystery storytelling, give it a gorgeous new coat of paint, really banging rearrangements, then FINALLY make it accessible by putting it on all modern consoles after it was locked only to DS and iOS

you get fucking peak fiction all over again, but now for everyone

play this game. it's a masterpiece in every way

ok fuck two puzzles but whatever that's minor in the grand scheme of things

this may get knocked down in future as im replaying the series

i grew up w Layton on the DS so this was an absolute nostalgia trip, i love how gorgeous this looked & sounded in HD, and even though i apparently remembered EVERY twist it still was great cause this game is a master of foreshadowing and it was neat seeing how it all builds up to the reveals

logic puzzles im godlike at, fuck the maths ones and REALLY fuck the sliding block ones 🔥🔥💯💯💯

i find the funny sausage man funny and this game oozes charm. onto playing pandora on my 3ds because i somehow still own that! ill miss the HD

almost a perfect game and easily one of my fave games on the switch. between this and AM2R for my favourite Metroid

perfect controls, looks gorgeous, is hard as hell, great boss fights (finally!), great map design and I liked the story

wish the music was better (it's Fine, it's functional), wish the lava didn't look so bad, and also I did the speed boost input wrong and that's not my fault nothing's ever my fault

GOATed game ngl