9 Video Games That Played With Your Emotions

On the surface, Undertale seems to be a game that's no more than a cheeky, RPG in-joke. But beneath the surface, you'll find a beating heart there, one that fills you with emotional determination.

You play as an unnamed child, who falls beneath the Earth into an underground world filled with monsters. With distinctly 8-bit aesthetics and sounds, you're lured into thinking Undertale is just standard RPG fare. These thoughts are dispelled though when you start "fighting" the monsters.

The battle mechanics of Undertale are not made immediately obvious. You have an option to attack the monsters you face, but you also have options to strike up conversations with them too. Experienced RPG players will likely go sword in hand and take the offensive, because that's what years of playing these games have taught them. There's another way though, and for every monster there's a unique pattern to beat them with non-violent outcomes.

The monsters in Undertale are not faceless foes, they're characters with feelings, and you can complete the game without killing any of them.

Undertale is ultimately a tale of compassion, and rewards your blood-free kindness in the game with a happy, pacifist ending. Aww.