it’s that time again! Undertale has made it to the second
round of voting for the GameFAQs “Best. Game. Ever” contest!! this
time it’s up against Fallout 3, which is another very steep battle, but I
believe if we stay determined we can win!
now, last time I led a rally for Undertale (it was facing
Mass Effect 3) I discovered in the aftermath that some folks on GameFAQs were
upset because they thought I was trying to sabotage the contest. they’ve had
problems with this stuff before (a previous “Best Character” contest,
for example, had people vote in L-Block from Tetris as a joke) and thought I
was pushing for Undertale as a “joke” vote. so I’d like to clarify: I
don’t want to push Undertale as a joke, or ask people to vote for it without knowing
why I think it deserves the win. I genuinely love Undertale and want it to
succeed, and I know there’s a lot of people who feel the same way! so this time
around I’m going to explain my reasoning behind the pick
first of all, I’m gonna be frank: I don’t think it’s really
possible to pick a single game and call it the best game ever. there’s so many different kinds of games out there,
from short indie experiences to AAA blockbusters that are all really good. I
decided to look at the list of my favorite games and decide which one I’d most
like to root for, and the choice for me was obvious: Undertale. it’s easy to
pick a well-known and big-name game like a Mario or Zelda game and watch it
win, but I wanted to give an underdog the recognition I thought it deserved.
now, why does Undertale deserve to stand up there among the
greats? here’s some of my reasons:
AMAZING SOUNDTRACK: look,
have you listened to some of the songs on this soundtrack? they’re great. Toby Fox does great work and he’s excellent at making use of
recurring leitmotifs in his work.
FUNNY AS HECK: I’ve
noticed a lot of people who haven’t played the game think it’s just a bunch of
shitty meme jokes but like… no??? Toby has a great sense of humor. the three
“date” scenes are all frickin’ hilarious and the script is full of
gems
DEEP NARRATIVE: despite
being really funny at face value, the narrative goes deeper than that.
depression, grief, loss, and morality. the game gets really deep and tends to
have a big impact on the players, something which I always deeply appreciate
FULL OF LITTLE
DETAILS: Toby put soooooo much work into all the little things in this
game. characters have tons of dialogue for different things you do, there’s all
kinds of little subplots running in the background that you might not notice on
your first run, and the world tends to respond to what you do. even though it’s
a rather short game, it’s packed very densely!
LIKEABLE CAST: I honestly
can’t think of a single character in the game I dislike. your mileage may very,
of course, but I find most characters have a good number of fans. it’s really
quite striking compared to a lot of games which have a lot of bad apples in
them
GOAT MOM:
as you can see, I have a lot of reasons to love Undertale!
and chances are good if you’re reblogging this, you’re a fan of it too. so if you, like me, think Undertale is worthy of a win here, let’s all band together and try to push Undertale as far as it can go! voting’s only open for 24 hours, it ends near the end of the day Nov 23 – so go and vote!
