One thing about the genocide route that I think is interesting is that it's not just hard, it's not just a lot of work, it's *not fun*. It's specifically designed in a way to be unfun, unsettling, to deter you from going through with it. Sometimes the last few monsters in an area can take 5-10 minutes each to spawn. You're just running in circles, hoping for a fight, and listening to the extremely dark and unnerving music that plays while you do it. The game itself is trying to get you to quit, and you want to quit, but you don't. The game realizes that being a bad game isn't enough to get you to quit, so it starts to become difficult and unfair. Undyne and Sans both take many many tries to figure out (for most people), but lead many people to actually try harder so that they aren't beaten by the game. In the end, if you beat the game, it's because you are so stubborn that you can't accept backing down even when you're wrong. You have some idea of what will happen and why you should kill everyone, and nothing can sway you to change your mind. You're in too deep, you might as well finish the job.

@EuroMIX2

6 жыл бұрын

It's as the Genocide save points say: Determination. That is what's required to go through with it.

@kawaiiqueee3489

3 жыл бұрын

What I found most unsettling is the main character's dialogue. Progressively sounding more like a serial killer

@rushink

3 жыл бұрын

I still think killing everything was more fun than having to talk to everyone and complete their boring side stories.

@wistfulanthophila9317

3 жыл бұрын

i thought it was fun

@BKSF1

3 жыл бұрын

i got into bullet hells after beating genocide route and was constantly harangued by people who told me i was wrong for having fun with it lol. literally the most insufferable part of dealing with hardcore fans at the time

25:41 "This game couldn't work as a book, or a movie, or a TV show." Took the words right outta my mouth. I see so many people saying that someone should do [insert media form] adaptation of Undertale, while I say that's a terrible idea and just kills the entire point of the game.

@matti.8465

8 жыл бұрын

YEAH THE SAVE OPTION AND THE FOURTH WALL ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CANNOT BE USED IN ANOTHER MEDIA BUT THE CHARACTERS WOULD BE GREAT IN SOME TV SHOW AFTER TRUE ENDING WHEN THE LOAD/SAVE THING ISN'T IMPORTANT ANYMORE

@CecilyRenns

8 жыл бұрын

Bill Cipher You're right, Satan-dorito. But I also feel like they should be left as it is. But an official comic with that kind of premise would be interesting.

@matti.8465

8 жыл бұрын

JohnJRenns A COMIC REALLY SOUNDS COOL IMAGINE SANS MAKING A COMIC SANS JOKE

@antifagoat6591

8 жыл бұрын

+JohnJRenns It definitely lives and breathes video game, but I'd be interested in seeing/helping to produce a "choose your own adventure" graphic novel or motion comic out of it. Similar storytelling mechanic: your actions dictate the outcomes.

@CecilyRenns

8 жыл бұрын

Snowflake Productions I also think that the game could work as some sort of Homestuck-style interactive comic, but it also should be re-written from scratch. Just the painfully obvious video game-specific deconstructions gets in the way; but they can be replaced.

Mr. Resetti was the character that was aware of you resetting your save and commented on it before Undertale did it. Sans is Undertale's Mr. Resetti.

@Frankenbutt99

8 жыл бұрын

+VikingBoyBilly Would that make Papyrus Mr. Spaghetti?

@VikingBoyBilly

8 жыл бұрын

I hope she made lotsa spaghetti!

@ckdanny

8 жыл бұрын

+VikingBoyBilly He*

@deanachausse3198

6 жыл бұрын

VikingBoyBilly and flowey

@acebee46

3 жыл бұрын

Sans is Ness: broke Sans is Resetti: woke

More like "curiousity killed the CAST" amirite (Also, that random Gaster spooked me just a tad. Nice.)

@chiaseed01

7 жыл бұрын

dungeonnumberzero Oops... I thought that was... what was it called? Uboa?

@antidevgodot

6 жыл бұрын

Uboa from Yune Nikki.

@fanfan9554

6 жыл бұрын

That's Uboa you're talking about. A Dreamscape Wanderer.

@filipinojalapeno1527

5 жыл бұрын

yume not yune

if you think about it, the genocide run is a .exe creepypasta. the main character kills everyone, it addresses the player asking for their soul, joke characters like sans not only are important to the story but also have a dark explanation to their actions, sans' being he knows about all the resets and feels terrible about that. there is "realistic" blood, or ketchup, coming from sans when you kill him. the villain begs for mercy but you kill them anyway and once all of this happens the game is tainted forever

@coveragepuns

5 жыл бұрын

*They hated Jesus because he told them the truth.*

@JuicedLeaf

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame really that they became so popular. Conceptually they’re a really interesting and effective way to scare people, but there’s been so many of them at this point the once effective parts of it have just become tired tropes and clichés.

@Rhodochrone

4 жыл бұрын

I think he was directly inspired by the Godzilla creepypasta

@droidixbacon

4 жыл бұрын

So its a good creepypasta, that sounds like toby

I'm guessing since you didn't mention it that you never accidentally killed Toriel, because it's a mindblowing moment, and ties in with your point about loading being bad. A Froggit tells you that you can make a monster sparabale by weakening them enough, and this is the only fight where acting does nothing, and mercy doesn't _seem_ to work, but if you do this on Toriel she suddenly takes like 3000 damage at 1/3 health. If you reload the game and try to save her, Flowey calls you the fuck out with "You murdered her. And then you went back, because you regretted it." I'm sure many people figured out the mercy path by themselves, but two of my friends and like, five LPers were just fucking told they have to mercy.

I'll be honest i HATE long videos... but as soon as i saw "NitroRad", "Undertale" and "30:25" i was like "HELL FUCKING YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" I love you nitro, you are so rad

@zomars

8 жыл бұрын

same here

@Karanthaneos

8 жыл бұрын

+leonidas56 I watched it 3 times by now. It's such a good review.

@stevedoidoultimate4815

8 жыл бұрын

I love long reviews.

@rosalindalaboy7111

8 жыл бұрын

Puns....

(Spoiler) . . . . . I think my favorite thing about the game is that the happy ending in the game has you REBUILD the fourth wall by contextualizing game mechanics in fantastical but non-meta ways. You aren't saving and loading, you're distorting time. Your file name isn't your name, it's the name of the first human to fall into the underground. The act of saving is not saving your game, it's saving yourself and those around you. To ultimately save this world, you have to be willing to accept that this is a sheltered environment and needs to STAY a sheltered environment, and that now that the problems are fixed, you just close up shop and leave. Meanwhile the bad ending involves stripping away ANY in-universe context and whittling the game down it its bare-bones mechanics. You essentially dehumanize the game itself to numb yourself to the concept of destroying it.

@raymondwiggins354

6 жыл бұрын

Spiny Justspiny yea, I like how you save and load time in the game's world.

"Selling your soul to the human who ruined everything" That can't be true, the player sells their soul to Chara, not themself.

@PinkiePieIsBestPonyTheFirst

8 жыл бұрын

+TDPI Ellafan What I'm saying is that you ruin everything by going genocide, Chara is just an effect of it

One thing missed for the Waterfall chapter: the reason the war happened was actually listed along some of the walls. The whole thing about monsters being literal creatures of pure arcane energy, while humans are pure physical matter. Monsters were able to absorb a human soul to grow exponentially in power (though not enough to really survive fighting humankind), but seven gives them the power of a literal god. That's what humankind feared, and why it happened. The deal with Asriel and Chara happened years after the war ended.

I don't understand why people would dislike a game just because of its popularity. It's like not wanting to eat a certain kind of food because all the people you know love it. Doesnt even make sense, unless you want to feel special. Undertale isn't even an online feature. Just play the fucking game and make your own opinion, guys. I've also come to realize that for every Undertale fanboy I've seen, theres been 50 guys complaining about Undertale fanboys. Huh. Seems to be pretty avant-garde right now. Lastly, one should mention that +NitroRad deserves at least 5 to 6 figure subscribers. The production quality and the well-scripted finish on your videos is outstanding! Keep it up!

@SpaghettiJoBayBay

8 жыл бұрын

+IIIRobIII I been trying to tell my friends Undertale is a great game and he should give it a fair chance, but the fans and how "perfect" many people make the game to be, makes him not wanna play it.

@WMan37

8 жыл бұрын

+IIIRobIII Perspective is an interesting thing. For every person complaining about Undertale, I see 50 undertale fanboys dogpiling them in the comments. To counter your metaphor, I'd say it's more like going to a fancy restaraunt, having a whole menu to choose from, but everyone in the restaraunt is screaming about how good the meal is. You don't doubt that their signature steak is to die for, I mean, the entire restaraunt can't be wrong, right? And they're not, but you didn't come there for a steak, you came there for a creamy chicken alfredo. You'll have steak when you're hungry for steak. When even the waiter insists that you should buy the steak instead of the alfredo and everyone does this every single day when you just want to try different things on the menu, you'll probably try the steak eventually but you won't enjoy it as much because you were essentially coerced to try the steak against your will via peer pressure when you would have gotten around to it eventually on your own volition. They didn't even wait for you to buy the steak on your own, someone in the place bought you it on the house, cause it was just that good. The worst part is not a single person in the entire fucking restaraunt realizes or cares what this does to your overall enjoyment of the steak, they're just happy you got to try it no matter the cost. If you complain that someone gave you free steak when you weren't ready for steak yet, they all call you a "Food troll" or some kind of derroagtory statement. It's not that the steak was popular, it's that you just didn't want steak yet and you were tired of hearing about steak. The undertale fanbase unfortunately mirrors the mindset of certain cartoon fanbases. Undertale ended up being the best game I played in 2015, but I feel like I would have enjoyed it much more if A: The oversaturation of it on the internet never took place B: As soon as I booted up the game I got 9 (Literally nine, I'm not exaggerating or making this shit up) of my friends screaming at me to go pacifist instead of finding out the consequences for myself, ruining almost the entire emotional impact of Toriel and various other "What have I done" worthy scenes C: I didn't see parallels with the Undertale fanbase with certain other fanbases. Because of this, any time you wanna talk about undertale with someone, you have to apply an asterisk clarifying that "Yes, I know the fanbase is fucking terrible, and I hate that. It makes me feel bad for enjoying this game knowing I'll get lumped with those people." Basically you have to go full tsunderplane. The beginning of the video is pretty accurate.

@TheSkullkid777

8 жыл бұрын

+IIIRobIII It's probably because of hype culture, mostly, because of all the hype of the game, people build up the game for something that it's not really it and they get mostly dissapointed in it, or probably because people tell you that you have to play it and you have to play it in one way when at the same time they tell you that this game should be experianced blind and that basically ruins them the game, a very good example in my opinion is projared's let's play, he just looked so bored and annoyed by the game, and it was kinda not fun to watch him suffer because of the fanbase forcing him the game and forcing him to play the pacifist first try insted of getting to sans after killing a few enemies and saying WOW lvl stands for this and EXP for that? holy crap!

@linkVIII

8 жыл бұрын

+IIIRobIII "Frozen Sucks"

@SpaghettiJoBayBay

8 жыл бұрын

***** I agree, i don't think anyone is forcing people to play anything, but the game being spoiled and people trying to hold your hand, making your experience the other persons experience. I saw NitroRads review and bought the game knowing I could spare peoples lives, but I probably would of killed the first boss of the game if my friend wasn't breathing down my throat telling me "don't kill goat mom" or telling me to waste my time to get some armor that will make the game more easy than it is. I doubt people will ever keep their moths shut on the internet or in person and with every new thing, it's almost impossible to avoid spoilers. I had to disable most of my messaging apps to avoid friends spoiling the game, but damage is already done. Even though my friend meant no harm. I still was upset he spoiled even a few parts of the game...

Correction; Flowey kills EVERY MONSTER IN THE UNDERGROUND. Not just the main 6 in the true ending.

@ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm

3 жыл бұрын

He just absorbs their soul

I remember completing the pacifist ending many times in a row, while never ever thinking of following the darker path. Eventually, Sans directly offered me to stay underground, with all those monsters I got to know and love. And you know what ? I agreed. Because, either way, and no matter what... I'LL NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN. Just like that, I became Sans 2.0 on both sides of the screen. I am glad I got over it.

something someone mentioned that I really like is the game sort of teaching you to becoming a more patient and forgiving person. each opponent becomes harder and harder to spare as you continue the pacific route, but you do it and it feels satisfying. in real life being a good person doesn't always give you that immediate satisfaction, and it is twice as hard at times, but in the end it dos become worth it and I feel like the game was sort of giving a nod to that fact.

But isn't Sparing Toriel the rebellious not- gonna- do- what- you- tell- me- to option? She says "Fight me or run away" before the battle, and you do neither.

You know, it's been a while since I've played Undertale, but I thought the events of Asriel and Chara (the PLAYER's character) took place after the introduction's war. Didn't Asriel need the human soul to pass through the Barrier, which would mean the war between humans and monsters started far, far before then? Another thing I'm surprised you didn't mention is how the PLAYER/YOU are not actually in the game world. When you go down the True Ending path, everyone refers to your character as Frisk--and Asriel talks about how PLAYER/YOU was some sinister force that wanted to harm others. It also ties into a Genocide playthrough text-blurb where it pretty much implies that Chara died long ago--which would mean you're controlling a dead body (hence the closed eyes).

"I tend to enjoy a game and move on." *stares at Lisa mask in the background* Mhmmmmmm

As always, great video! The most interesting thing is the view on curiosity, many players say that they would never do a genocide run because they fell in love with the characters... yet they seek the videos on youtube. Thats why Flowey jokes about the player doing it themselves. Because even if you dont do it, you still want to see how everything dies. Anyway, will be looking forward to your next video!... and i miss your Diamond Dogs jacket, it looks cool

dentists are fucking terrifying they pretty much kill you i don't know what dentists you go to but my dentist visits have been consistently terrifying

@NitroRad

8 жыл бұрын

+ThatNameless Guy bro I have a dental surgery in two weeks please don't do this to me

@kitty-xk3xx

8 жыл бұрын

+NitroRad Just think of it like.... A fight with a fuzzy goat monster.

@dangeroo._.6016

8 жыл бұрын

+ThatNameless Guy lol xD

@SpaghettiJoBayBay

8 жыл бұрын

+ThatNameless Guy then they num your mouth and you try to drink water and it falls out the side of you mouth.

@LonePianoist

8 жыл бұрын

+ThatNameless Guy My fathers a Orthodontist.

YES, A VIDEO THAT FINALLY EXPLAINS EVERY SPOILER WITHOUT FLINCHING THANK YOU!!!!!!!! *EDIT: Also I have to say that the spoiler at 26:38 is new to me, is that actually a voice in the game or somebody reading it with that voice?

@NitroRad

8 жыл бұрын

+JTAC Bluemansonic that's me

@MARIOGUY789

8 жыл бұрын

+NitroRad What software did you use to create those vocal effects?

@Bluemansonic

8 жыл бұрын

MARIOGUY789 Probably audacity, it's mostly free. I used to use it

@MARIOGUY789

8 жыл бұрын

+JTAC Bluemansonic Thanks, I don't really know much about sound production, if you look at some of my videos you'll also probably be able to tell what software I use to edit my videos (the worst one *cough Windows Movie Maker cough*). So I don't really know how to make sound clips and video samples layer over one another, because again, it's Movie Maker...

@NitroRad

8 жыл бұрын

MARIOGUY789 It was all done in Sony Vegas. Pitch shifted down a few bars, with a dual track that was one pitch off. Distortion also added. I think I had chorus on it too maybe????

This is a good review BUT I need to say something with sans, he’s actually the weakest enemy, having 1 attack and 1 defense, as said when you choose, CHECK. He’s “powerful” because the damage stacks on top of each other. That’s why he’s throwing EVERYTHING at you, because he’s WEAK. Which I love. Good review, I just had to point that out :3

Undertale: Once you do genocide, nothing will be the same again. Programmers or people who just know how to manipulate the data: Oh yeah?

I know this is an old video but, considering the phrase "selling your soul to the human that ruined everything", I think it's a bit more complicated. Chara isn't really a bad character here, it's only our actions that shape them into a good or bad person, despite what Asriel tells us about them. I remember a really good analysis on Chara where it was speculated that they actually follow Frisk from the beginning of their journey and that they are that commentator that voices our every observation. Frisk fell into the Underground, falling precisely onto Chara's burial place, thus, possibly, fusing with remains of Chara's soul. They observe our journey, our every step and action and in the end form their own opinion. In the Pacifist run, do the monsters and humans deserve compassion and living in peace? Or in the Genocide run, is it best to wipe them all out because they are all a waste of space and undeserving of love? We shape them during the progress of the game. So, in the end, it's us, the player, the human that ruined everything.

I just recently finished Undertale and came back to watch this video... It was a fun time! You know, there are a lot of games where you can do a pacifist run, but in so many of those games you have to restrain yourself in order to do said pacifist run, it was not exactly 'coded' into the game if you know what I mean... In Undertale you can actively be good to your would-be-enemies as a game mechanic, and that's what I liked about the game the most, it not only allows me to be good, but it makes being good a fun thing to do! It's not fun not to kill enemies in most other games, in Undertale that's the whole point!

I literally played Undertale once and I just couldn't replay it again. I know it's stupid but the idea of making the characters I became so fond of go through all the pain again, I just can't.

During your flowey tutorial, my pc crashed, a strange, earpiercing sound came out of my headphones and my pc restarted. I am not even kidding! :( I love undertale.

its weird how the 2 samples from earthbound you picked out were both sounds earthbound sampled, with the horns being from a beatles song, and the place sound being from a beach boys song

13:09 I know it doesn't really matter now... But just in case there are any new people watching this video who don't know the full story: I'd just like to point out that Asriel's death is NOT what sparks the war between humans and monsters. (Not sure if you intended it to sound like that, but that's how I took it, so..) This is why Chara kills their self. So Asriel can take their soul and become strong enough to pass through the barrier. (Where the plan was to collect the rest of the human souls needed to completely destroy the barrier.) The war started because humans found out that monsters could take their souls, which is something humans cannot do. Humans got scared, tension rose, war broke out. Humans, being stronger, won the war and trapped the monsters underground. Later on, the first human fell, and the story of Undertale begins. Sorry for the mini-rant. I just felt the need to correct the possible misunderstanding... Otherwise, love the video! ^v^

sans isn't the strongest, actually, he's only the strongest because of the "turns" in undertale, if it worked like OFF, where the turns rely on speed. sans would easily lose if you were fast enough to kill him. also when he leaves it's actually because sans can apparently teleport.

Do people really get angry over that stupid contest, seriously? That best game forever thing, really? People even on a gameplay level games are different, you can't judge undertale on the same as zelda because they don't even function the same, the same way you can't judge fallout 3 against super mario bros. That contest is nothing but a popularity contest and getting angry over it is childish.

@berunkasuteru

8 жыл бұрын

+starwars90001 I know, people were getting mad as if Undertale winning some contest meant something.

15:30 totally get it! I play a game and there's a glitch left over in the files where you can play as a headless character and it scares me so bad. I mean it's not scary but it just makes me feel kinda spooked

22:54 (Unintencionaal 'Well, ACTUALLY' moment) It's interesting how subtly the game teases you the no mercy route. Gerson does that while explaining the Deltarune (not the game), as the Angel making the Underground 'empty' could have that darker interpretation. Also, while Flowey guides you towards the true pacifist, Sans may by accident guide you towards the opposite. Sans's call may vary depending on witch main characters died, hence motivating new runs. Also, after the second meeting on the hall with sans, he will start judging you depending on your level; from LOVE 14 on, he says something like your very bad, and even isn't as much evil as you can.

"Keep in mind Asriel had absorbed the soul of the child, so Flowey is a manifestation of both of them combined" This just blew my mind. I literally never thought of it that way.

There was always something that struck me with Toriel. The way she handholds you, the way she babies you, I feel it was the intent for the player to feel smothered by it and want to leave. Heck, the first thing the game expects you to do once she leaves you in the hallway is to ignore her instructions and proceed forward. The whole time I felt grateful and loved by her but always at the front of my mind was the thought "what about my real mother and my real home". I really think that is the depth/tragedy of her character, she tries so hard to hold the children close to her that it pushes them away. Ironic then that one of her best friendships is with someone she can only talk to through the separation of a door.

“Completing this ending completely dicks over your save file” Me, a Nintendo switch player: *settings/save data/erase*

@pablogomez903

3 жыл бұрын

Nintendo is above the little fox.

I'm not sure I could ever truly become "undertale'd out"; having been playing games for 25 years, Undertale became my absolute favorite after finishing it and I don't see that changing anytime soon at all. I'll always love seeing awesome new fanart, music and videos about it, theories and blah blah.... That being said though, yeah, seeing enough of anything anywhere all the time can make you wanna... take breaks here and there. Especially since so much Undertale content just focuses on the same couple popular characters and ideas.. (ESPECIALLY SANS, and serious/depressed sans at that. Man, Sans, I love ya, buddy, but these fans need to calm down just a little bit lmao). I can totally understand even someone as obviously passionate about this game as you still wanting to move on, but I think we can agree that this game's going to sit there in our hearts as one of the great ones, right up there with stuff like the Earthbound/Mother series itself. And when we inevitably come back to play it again every once in awhile, we'll... make sure to do pacifist again, right? Groundhog Day effect isn't so bad if it's good stuff over and over, right....? ;_; P.S. this is a freakin' great video and the best Undertale analysis I've seen so far, by far. Great work, my dude!

@FlowerSong606

8 жыл бұрын

+hip indeed lol i feel you ive been playing video games since i was 9...and ive never been so invested in a game and its character before it feels like itll never go away and ill keep scaring everyone i know away with my obsession XD

@moistasshole6958

6 жыл бұрын

Is it still your favorite

Flowey is a combination of Chara and Asriel. In the pacifist run Asriel gets to be its physical form, in the genocide run Chara gets to be its physical form. In the neutral run it looks like flowey hasn't been able to absorb enough souls to achieve an actual form.

Is there actually voice acting when the game asks for your soul after Genocide run? I've only gone Pacifist

@NitroRad

8 жыл бұрын

+97Multiphantom no, that was me

@97Multiphantom

8 жыл бұрын

+NitroRad You've got great voice acting skills, sir.

@SuperPiposaru

8 жыл бұрын

+97Multiphantom i'm glad i wasn't the only one wondering, it was legitimately frightening!

@deanachausse3198

6 жыл бұрын

97Multiphantom yes

*Horn* *Horn* *Echo* *Echo*

16:20 holy shit he's right, this game is loaded with so much detail

24:15 The best thing about this is that he's not going all out. He's not using 100% of his power. He practically not tries at all. He knows that no matter what he do you just gonna reset. Could you imagine his *true power*? That's gotta be sick.

@FlowerSong606

8 жыл бұрын

+Sezune Mizuhana thats what i was thinking honestly like yesterday or something and i was like OH MY GOD

@sezunemizuhana3870

8 жыл бұрын

Flower Song :D Fellow Sans fan here? great! :D

@FlowerSong606

8 жыл бұрын

***** not really but whatever

I just want to say, this kind of video is exactly the reason I subscribed to this channel. It's one thing to talk about what a game is, what it has, what it does, whether it's enjoyable or not... but it's another thing entirely to talk about why. Why the game is, why it does what it does, why it is good. Far too many people skimp on answering this question or even skip it entirely, even though it is the most important question, for both the creators and the audience. I have to respect the amount of work you put into analyzing the "why" of things, both as an aspiring game designer and a life-long fan of video games. That's the reason that I'd watch any video on this channel, even if it's about something I'd otherwise have no interest in. This comment ended up being kind of a ramble, but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the work you put into not only this video but many of the other videos on the channel as well. Keep up the good work!

I''ave gotta tell you that... I almost ruined my pacifist run because of that GODDAM SPIDER.

@69hotdog69

5 жыл бұрын

you just gotta drink a spider cider or a spider doughnut if you've saved them up from the start of the game, then she notices you're a friend of spiders and ends the fight

@sporeham1674

2 жыл бұрын

I ruined my first pacifist run with that spider...

Wow, fantastic analysis! I finally played through Undertale, and you've pretty much summed it up on point. I've been delving more into some of the lore to understand better, and I think this video was just what I needed. Loved it! Subbed! (Also I'm surprised I've never seen your channel before)

14:52 but the dentists doesn't kill me, dude!

You captured the soul of Undertale perfectly here. Seriously fantastic analysis Nitro. :)

I could watch your videos for hours straight, you are quite the artist at what you do on your channel!

Thank you so much for reminding me why I love Undertale. After almost having it ruined for me by a big chunk of the random with annoying mischaracterizations and endless talk of Gaster, its nice to see what really makes this a special game.

0:35-1:05 YOU SAID IT In all seriousness, I thought this was a great analysis. I especially liked how you touched on how the characters are living inside the game, and resetting the game resets all the actions of the characters living in the game world that have taken sweat and tears to achieve, something I haven't seen a ton of people talk about and is one of the most clever things in this game, honestly.

*more than a handful of people express interest in a thing at the same time* "lol ignore the CRAZY fandom, doing CRAZY things like... sharing their interest in a thing with peers."

@NitroRad

8 жыл бұрын

+Exarian You can't blame someone for getting annoyed by tens of thousands of people all constantly posting about the same thing for months on end. Not to mention a lot of these people have to tell every person they see HOW to play the game. Pro Jared recently did a run and nobody could just let him experience it for himself.

@Exarian

8 жыл бұрын

NitroRad I mean I'm only mildly into the game but there's a lot of things people get really into. I think dealing with a lot of people being into something eagerly is just a part of life. Granted it's annoying what happened with projared, but it's also more a case of him doing it for the views rather than because he actually WANTED to do it. People pick up on that sort of thing and although I don't like how some poeple reacted, I can't pretend it's not partially a case of people seeing his project as a little disingenuous. That's why I don't like letsplay to begin with. I mean, we don't apply that standard to sports but that description most certainly fits there.

@Aces00

8 жыл бұрын

+Exarian I dunno man, I've never had people aggressively push me to watch sports or constantly make unwarranted references to athletes.

@Exarian

8 жыл бұрын

AceAttorney you ever lived in the american midwest? that's ABSOLUTELY what it's like there in some parts.

I really liked your analysis, it brought up many points I have thought about myself, but ellaborated on them in a much more articulate way than I'd be able to. Great video!

Chara is a good child, the luv you goted corrupted them makeing them dead inside and they kill you because they find found you just killed them for fun and not for a reason.

Over 3 years since Undertale came out, and it's still just as popular.

Flowey is really evil. He even goes as far to remind that it's a video game and the characters aren't real.

Probably the best analysis of Undertales plot I have seen

sans know about resets but dosent remember them....

@justagundam

7 жыл бұрын

JKL GAMES He remembers all the times he's kicked your ass

@kirbyfreakyt4695

4 жыл бұрын

@@justagundam Does he? Or does he read your facial expression as you get more and more stressed, as he SAYS he does? And why wouldnt he count further?

@dakotaadams189

4 жыл бұрын

@@kirbyfreakyt4695 He references dialogue from your fight if you reset and go pacifist, he also just teleports in front of you without bothering to hide it because you already know.

@kirbyfreakyt4695

4 жыл бұрын

@@dakotaadams189 Wouldnt he just read your facial expressions again? Ok, give me a sec to see it from your side and I'll give you a second to see it from mine Some people even say teleportation is loading, though to me itd just make more sense as an ability. Some counter that, saying you cant exactly load during a fight, which is countered again because "He doesnt teleport during your battle, just dodging" But there an answer to that too: If you try to flee, isnt sans already behind you in the fight? Either way it's not loading, so he doesnt remember because of having enough determination (to load) And doubt he knows as much as flowey. If he did, wouldnt he change up his attacks? Flowey doesnt do it, just because he doesnt care. Honestly, it's just his dialogue that changes, and he decides to humor you if you reset. Eventually he just goes "Dont you have anything better to do?" Sans is NOT like that. He shows no signs of showing you the same thing again and again just to make you happy. Edit: He does teleport in battle: the attack transitions, i.e., the attack directly after attacking sans when he "spares" you

@kirbyfreakyt4695

4 жыл бұрын

@@dakotaadams189 And about referencing dialogue from genocide in pacifist: He obviously knows an anomaly went down. Might be the "broken" machine in the basement? It might have been meant to be used as a time travel machine but now only one function works, or idk, something in the true lab? Maybe theres a secret part of the lab only the right people can access? Like... skeletons? He might have been boiling that in his soul for quite a while before the human came, only adding the parts about the anomaly when the anomaly appeared, meaning he had known what to say much earlier, meaning hes not remembering the timeline, just saying what he already knew would cause PTSD had he said it in the possibility of a future.

Finally! A Nitro Analysis on Undertale! Now it feels official! Sidenote: Nice one dodging around the bush with everything about the "man who speaks in hands." ;}

Ok so .flow is my favorite game of all times, it speaks to me on another level, so when I played undertale and got to Alphy's lab, I also got that .flow vibe, and I'm extremely happy I'm not the only one. I've been watching a lot of your videos and I loved them, your critiques are so good!! You earned a new subscriber

I find it amazing how many people have come up with different interpretations about this game. Like how one person looked at Undertale through the problem of our attachment to fiction. Even when people are on the same track--like you and I about the game's focus on choices--we have different ideas of what the game is all about. When I look at the game's idea of choice I see something much more sinister than morbid curiosity. I see an awareness of the player's control--in game and outside of it--that sheds a light on how terrifying having the Player's abilities have an effect on a game's world. The ability to save, rewrite, and even replay the game. To kill some, to spare others, or to kill them all, and then imply that some remember the events that take place in YOUR saves is all there to make the game feel like a test of your control. But with enough determination the toughest of resolves will give way to wanting something to break the feeling of repetition (the Genocide path.) Maybe it's because i first had thought there were multiple timelines that converge into one final conclusion--the "True" Ending--that I consider the Genocide path the REAL ending or the Gamer's Ending. It feels even worse as Frisk is not the one doing it--I'm controlling Frisk to do everything along that path. (Hence why I'm surprised you left out the Frisk and PLAYER/Chara bit.) I almost think the game is made to be intentionally repetitive to spark interest in the player to do what they know is horrible because it's different, and by not having achievements Toby can get away with having a punishment for completionists.

Oh yeah! A Nitro Rad analysis of Undertale! Finally! And I don't care it's 1,5 year old!

people need to stop letting fans influence their opinion on a game..talk about stupid

@solarwilliams5225

8 жыл бұрын

+Flower Song well when the fans wont shut up it gives a bad vibe for the game and makes you not want to play itI Hate this games fanbase and wont play this game, same with my friends

@FlowerSong606

8 жыл бұрын

Solar Williams well thats your problem you are missing out lol

@solarwilliams5225

8 жыл бұрын

actually I watched this so no I didn't lol

@FlowerSong606

8 жыл бұрын

theres more to the game than just basic plot you know

Whenever I completely beat the game. Killed Sans and everything, I wanted to get the good route again so I archived the game by deleting it and redownloading it again from Media Fire. After that, I was able to get the good ending 🙂

Congrats for you analysis (and overall quality of the video!). Now I get how good Undertale really is, thanks.

Every time you acknowledge .flow. as a potential influence in the games you talk about I get a little giddy. It's so highly, highly underrated, and by far the most well-made Yume Nikki fangame there is. I'm glad you're awesome enough to try and share it with your viewers so often.

I see Chara as less of a demon who steals your soul and ruins your game forever and more as karma coming to bite you in the ass. They did poison themselves with those flowers to free the monsters, after all. The endings you get with them are a reminder of just what you've done to their family. They could've been your family, but you ruined that chance.They're karma incarnate and karma is fucking pissed.

I remember that Gamefaqs poll. I had just finished UT and it honestly touched me in ways I hadn't felt for over 15 years. Once it became clear that clunky Ocarina of Time was set to take it AGAIN and Melee of all things kicked Chrono Trigger out, I furiously voted UT every chance I got. Mario World was a necessary sacrifice.

Finally finished the game and came back to watch this. Fantastic video! I originally wrote a whole paragraph about how life changing this game was for me but it's pointless to describe something so original with just words. All I'm gonna say is that the creator of this game is a fucking genius. I can't wait to see what he does next!

Thank you sooooo much for making this video. I've always loved undertale, but I can never tell why? Why do I love it so much!!! This video made me know why....

It's nice that you mentioned Rika,it's always cool when someone makes comparisons with other series.

What UT is the most clever way of breaking 4th wall I know. Its not just that you play this game. This game plays you! Just brilliant!

#NitroRad at 2:09 : The reason why the monsters were sealed underground was revealed on the plaques on the wall in the Waterfall area. Shortly before coming up to the statue with the music box inside. The plaques say that the monsters were sealed underground because the humans were fearful that the monsters could absorb the human souls and use the soul harvested power to terrorize or destroy humanity.

Nitro, I honestly couldn't agree with you anymore, even though you have skipped a few things that I'm assuming you didn't fully know, or just felt that it wouldn't be entirely important. But I honestly feel that what you've said is completely true, I LOVE Undertale and it has rung up my scale to the TOP tier of my favorite video games of all time (not THE best, but it's one of em').

As a huge fan of Undertale, I wouldn't call it the greatest game ever or even my favorite game of all time. But it's definitely a game with a good gameplay mechanics, great storytelling, fantastic characters and god-tier music. 🤩

Awesome, your interpretation of the game totally matched mine! :D This was a really nice watch/listen.

Are You Gonna Do A Plot Analysis For The Lisa Games?

Its. Not just a game its an experience of love,LOVE,loss,exucition

I liked this analysis. It was concise and to the point.

I remember when I had my birthday party in October 2015. The next day when I went online, it was Undertale everywhere.

I got high off undertale, took a break, and now I am, again, high off undertale

"He is the most powerful being in the underground" Ill have you know that he is the weakest monster you fool

actually, he absorbs EVERY soul in the underground, not just your friends. Still, really good job! I love it!

24:29 "something about sans always just seemed OFF" You mean like the judge XD Or the way the game breaks the fourth wall ... kind of like zacharie. lmao

wonderfull analyse ! GG Nitro Rad !

I don't think i could ever leave behind undertale honestly

he did explain alot about sans and how he knows about your SAVING ability but as far as i can tell there are two other people who know this as well 1.Frisk 2.Flowey/Asriel 3.sans (duh) is there anyone else though?

@97Multiphantom

8 жыл бұрын

Asgore KINDOF knows it's a game, since he's able to destroy your Mercy button

@guigondi7671

8 жыл бұрын

+97Multiphantom that and he nods when you tell him he killed you before.

@SamuraiSarcasm

8 жыл бұрын

+Dracomanextreame Gaster, likely. Considering his entire purpose in the game.

@mayagoosmann3288

8 жыл бұрын

Chara

@IceFireofVoid

8 жыл бұрын

If you die to Asgore and then talk to him the next time you try the fight, it says you told him he's already killed you before and that he nods sadly.

"I'm not really one to obsess over a single game for a long time" Coming from the Silent Hill Stan lmao I kid I kid lol

I hated the flash game style dodging gameplay so much I stopped after the first ending. Dodging things was either annoying or boring to me. I would turn that off if I could However, I do love everything else about the game. This was a great recap ^_^

11:15 my phone ringtone is metal crusher, so I literally just looked to see who is calling me at 12:14 AM

I love how Rad protects you from spoilers in a spoiler video

Thanks for the video man. I finished the game two times but I didn't get the good ending on my second run because I did not befriend someone or whatever. I just didn't have the DETERMINATION to go through a third run and your video allowed me to witness what the game still had under its sleeve.

You're awesome Mr. Rad! Keep up with your awesome videos! 🙌🤘

Got the good ending, i am happy with it, is all good friendo.

22:36 “So many games do that, they force you to do something awful or make you do it without knowing the consequences of your actions. THIS IS OFFten done to make the player think... WOW” wow.

also.......that ending bit with you trying to save your game from doing the genocide side ........ fucking creepy.

The game meta approach was kinda done by Nier prior wherein to get the true ending, which is the only way to save a certain character too, you have to give your save to obtain it-- all of your saves. The game tries to talk you out of it as well. Also, file scumming Chara is the way to go.

NITRO RAD great job for achieving 10000 subscribers, keep going.

I am proud to be one of the few who never played the genocide route

"Selling your soul to the human that ruined everything." How does one make a business deal with itself?

Y'know, Nitro Rad, I think you've convinced me to give Untertale another shot. I tried playing it some years ago, but I was so bored after the first 30 minutes that I couldn't force myself to see what else it had to offer.

im glad somebody else realised that sans went back underground!