What is the best way to play this game?

[Speedwagon]

I'm gonna get this game, so should I immediately try to get a pacifist endng, genocide ending, what? I was just gonna do a "Whatever I feel like doing" run, but that could effect every single playthrough of the game, so I really don't know what to do here.

[Tomberry Blue]

Doing whatever you feel like is the entire point of the game.

The only thing to keep in mind is finishing a genocide run affects the true neutral ending forever, nothing else is "missable". That's if you really care about seeing everything.

[Papa Crust]

The best way to play this game is knowing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it and playing how you want. I suggest to stay away from the forums in order to avoid spoilers.

[Zeox]

try to do it pacifist first

[Exarch_Alpha]

Originally posted by Distant Rattle Of Bones:

The best way to play this game is knowing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it and playing how you want. I suggest to stay away from the forums in order to avoid spoilers.

[ditt_25]

Play however you want. And don't worry about permenantly messing up. And stay off the forums bacause it really is best experienced blind. Ideally, figure everything out on your own and stay off forums until AT LEAST the first end credits sequence.

1]Unspoiled players have a 1 in 17million chance of being unable to progress beyond the tutorial area and I've only heard of it happening to ONE such player. Spoiled players have a much higher chance of "accidentally" doing something that will make your life a living hell and causing this to happen.

2]"Whatever I feel like" ending is safe to do. Genocide is actually far more specific than pretend act and mercy don't exist in battle. You WILL know if you "accidentally" activate Genocide. And you'll have lots of opportunities to de-activate it afterwords.

3]Actively TRYING for Pacifist on a first run tends to make people VERY confused about some obvious stuff.
In particular,

3A]Sorry, but you are on neutral. No, do not restart. It will be easier/faster to finish this playthru AND THEN fix your mistakes than it would be to simply fix the mistakes alone.
3B]It's a one man game, and sadly that part is like glitched or something. Just reload the save, work your way back there (much easier now that you have practice), and toggle your fullscreen (F4) during that scene. There's nowhere to go but up from here.

[PawsOnYuri]

Don't spoil it for yourself. Play as you desire my friend. That is the best experience!

[PawsOnYuri]

Originally posted by Frisk:

try to do it pacifist first

It's really not

[Legion Main]

Whichever way you want. Though as some mentioned, if you really care to see all the endings of the game it's advised that you save genocide for last because it alters your true pacifist ending forever. There is a way to fix it, but theres a bit of hassle involved.

As for spoilers i believe that anyone comes to the forums of a game as sensitive as this has no choice but to willingly subjective themselves to spoilers as consequence if seeking advice and information. There are people that will rage at any tiny mention of anything remotely descriptive as its a "spoiler" and it certainly could be. But its a moot point. The forums contains spoilers. Being here subjects anyone and everyone to them. That should be something to keep in mind BEFORE making the choice to enter the forums, not preserved after being here.

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

The first run should just be blind . . . don't go for a specific run. Unless you've already spoiled the entire game for yourself in which case do Pacifist if you want.

I recommend doing Genocide after True Pacifist for multiple reasons which I won't get into here.

[PawsOnYuri]

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

The first run should just be blind . . . don't go for a specific run. Unless you've already spoiled the entire game for yourself in which case do Pacifist if you want.

I recommend doing Genocide after True Pacifist for multiple reasons which I won't get into here.

And now he isn't blind no more

[Kptn Howdy]

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

The first run should just be blind . . . don't go for a specific run. Unless you've already spoiled the entire game for yourself in which case do Pacifist if you want.

I recommend doing Genocide after True Pacifist for multiple reasons which I won't get into here.

You know giving him every single run and recommending stuff isn't "going blind", right?

[Dombro1]

Originally posted by Smugliif:

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

The first run should just be blind . . . don't go for a specific run. Unless you've already spoiled the entire game for yourself in which case do Pacifist if you want.

I recommend doing Genocide after True Pacifist for multiple reasons which I won't get into here.

And now he isn't blind no more

WOAH!!! HE CURED BLINDNESS!?

Also basically what everyone else said with the "do whatever you want but be careful about genocide" thing

[Custard_Cowboy]

DO PACIFIST FIRST!

[convoluted]

when i first played, i just kinda did whatever. i wasnt completely blind to the runs, i just kinda went along with everything. if that makes sense

[dat_potatoe]

I'm not saying don't do genocide, but save it for last.

If you do genocide first you're not gonna get anywhere near as much story, you're gonna get bored of grinding, basically just gonna get a bad and inaccurate first impression of the game.