Is Genocide Route worth playing?

[kaylambrent]

I've completed both the neutral and true pacifist endings and would like to see the third main one. However, I've heard that after completing the genocide route, neutral and true pacifist playthroughs will always be significantly altered. Is it worth it?

[Papa Crust]

For me it's boring af.
But if you want to get some more story bits about the first human and flowey then you probably should do it. Not to mention two good and challenging boss fights with good music.

[Jay_Skyloft]

That's up to you, buddy; that's what the games all about. Just a small warning though, if you do end up commiting genocide, "you're gonna have a bad time." ; )

[Zoracs]

Only if you are prepared to atone for your sins,
and suffer like the monster you will become.

[ditt_25]

Actually, IIRC, it's only one section of pacifist (and one section of genocide) that get altered.

But I chose to not do it. You have to decide which means the most to you. If #1, do it I guess. If #2 or #3, maybe you shouldn't.

1]Your desire for additional lore, primarily concerning Flowey, first child, and/or Sans + a couple cool/hard fights? You love the game enough to LOVE, for the sake of seeing everything it has to offer.

2]You love too much to LOVE. It'd wreck you emotionally to make them suffer like that.

3]Your memories of Undertale as a special experience you enjoyed. Because the grinding, ragequitting, desolateion, and utter indifference of this route may damage that image you hold the game up to.

Maybe... The truth is... I wasn't really the greatest person. I thought it'd be #2 for me. But watching and quitting the first episode of a geno video proved I wasn't. I was horrified at my reaction to the Ruins boss. It wasn't anger or sadness, but mere indifference. And, though maybe it was selfish of me, indifference towards what I had experienced in Pacifist was simply something I was unwilling to accept.

Be good,
won't you?

[Blikk]

There will be grinding, and about two boss fights that'll kick ya teeth in, but it is so worth it, buddy.

You'll feel really great about yourself towards the end.
The alterations are barely noticed until the end. You shouldn't care.

[Exarch_Alpha]

It will have unique dialogue and unique situations. Thing is, after a pacifist ending the game hasn´t much replayability. So why not see what you won´t see elsewhere?

Also genocide has two very hard fights that test all your skill.

[ARM-V03]

Do it if upu want a challenge and a bad time

[unobrot]

UNDYNE WILL BE THE HARDEST FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE I CANNOT GET PAST HER ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Zoracs]

Originally posted by unobrot:

UNDYNE WILL BE THE HARDEST FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE I CANNOT GET PAST HER ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

oh.
You don't know about him.
https://youtu.be/E6Du48Nty_U

[Hollow_Spam]

I wouldn't do it, both pacifist endings get altered (Picture suggests that after getting on surface, Chara kills all the monsters, and staying with Toriel will net you a jumpscare) and the genocide ending gets altered. Go on ahead and do it if you really want, but unless you don't plan on doing another pacifist run after that (I'm holding out on doing genocide tbh, want to see if Toby will ever release a complete hard-mode) then don't. The post-genocide pasifist ending is actually considered the WORST ending.

[Zoracs]

Originally posted by Trollenstein:

The post-genocide pasifist ending is actually considered the WORST ending.

Staying with Tori, yes, definetely.
But not staying with her means everyone is still alive. The picture is just what Chara is going to do to them.

I imagine it as Frisk using his final ounce of strength to get away from them, since he knows Chara is going to kill them.

[Kinase]

Originally posted by jasonerenn78:

Just a small warning though, if you do end up commiting genocide, "you're gonna have a bad time." ; )

[NinthElement]

It sounds rather soul-destroying from what I've read. Probably the most interesting thing about it is the final boss, but there are less harrowing ways to satisfy your curiosity about that. Try searching "megalovania animation" on Youtube (spoilers obviously).

[D YellowMadness]

spoilers

Originally posted by Zoracs:

Originally posted by Trollenstein:

The post-genocide pasifist ending is actually considered the WORST ending.

Staying with Tori, yes, definetely.
But not staying with her means everyone is still alive. The picture is just what Chara is going to do to them.

I imagine it as Frisk using his final ounce of strength to get away from them, since he knows Chara is going to kill them.

Spoilers

That's not how crossing faces out in a photo works. You do that after you've killed the people. Plus the photo shows Chara which means Chara revealed their identity which is something they would only do right before killing everyone. Picture (har) that. Happy photo time interrupted by a sudden massacre for no apparent reason followed by the destruction of absolutely everything.

[Dubious Cretin]

I personally wouldn't do the genocide route even if I was promised I could just reset everything, to me it's really not worth it, true there is a good 26ish percent of the overall story only discoverable by completing this route, i really don't have the heart to simply kill everything if I'm given the choice to let it live