Review of Undertale game by Chandler Wang

 Undertale was a sensation when it was released and is one of the most popular indie games in recent years. Its popularity is well deserved, and it's an incredible game that follows you, the protagonist, along a journey through an underground world of monsters. The main premise of the game is a play on traditional RPGs like Pokemon, where you need to kill the monsters in the game to level up your own character. In Undertale, you can befriend the monsters instead of killing them, and depending on what choice you make, the game can change drastically. It's a game with a lot of quality in both its plot and its characters, which makes it pretty unique among traditional games that are more focused around gameplay. Undertale has fun gameplay as well, but where it really shines is in the world that it creates. Undertale puts a lot of love and care into each of its characters, and the underground is packed with the different personalities and conflicts that each monster brings. There are countless surprises and oddities as you travel through the world, and each character has a depth to them that other games don't bother to even try creating. Undertale is almost more an interactive story than a game, and the power that the player has to shape that story makes the journey that much more impactful. For example, if you decide to go through the "genocide route," and kill each enemy, including the friends that you would make in the "pacifist route," you can actually feel the weight of what you did as the game reshapes itself for the player. The game is very carefully made and there are details to be found almost anywhere, and it's a game that is quite fond of breaking the fourth wall. To supplement the wonderful design and feel of the game is a great soundtrack, which gives each area, character, and fight even more personality. Perhaps the most impressive part of the entire game is that it was made almost entirely by one person, Toby Fox. Fox did the programming, the sprite work, the writing, and the music, and it's almost unbelievable that all of it is so well-done by one person. Undertale was an incredible game that blew me away and I am still awed by it years after finishing the game. Although I have played many games since with better graphics and more budget and with the development of massive companies, no game comes close to the charm, depth, and originality of Undertale. 10/10.