[SPOILERS] I just need to pour my heart out for a moment...

[AmbiSykhar]

I wasn't sure about this game when my friend told me to buy it, but he swore that it was the best game he'd played in years, far surpassing even Undertale. And true to his word, within the first thirty minutes of playing this game for the first time, I was hooked. Niko is so well-written, it only took that long for me to be so attached to him that I would actually apologize to my screen just for making him look silly to an stick-in-the-mud robot. As you can imagine, the first ending absolutely tore me the hell up. It took me an hour just to decide what to do, and I was depressed well into the next week afterwards, despite it arguably being the happier of the two.

Then this update came out. My entire world was shaken when the fourth wall went from transparent to not even there at all. Through this entire playthrough, I had chills, and was genuinely scared about what would happen. In the mines, I was actually terrified that Niko would hate me for putting him through all this. The fact that I was technically the cause of Niko being there at all hit me harder than anything I can even begin to make metaphors for. None of this ever would have happened if I never played this game. It was my fault everything was going to ♥♥♥♥. I was literally shouting "why am I still playing this" every time a character died, even if it never explicity says they did. Hell, the only reason I didn't stop is because I was terrified that something would happen to Niko, like in the original version. This game managed to make me forget that I was even playing a game. By the end, I was so emotionally ♥♥♥♥♥♥ that I couldn't even manage to cry. And then, saying goodbye to Niko... I thought I'd be ready for it, after playing all of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games (which I highly reccomend, their stories are very similar to this one), but... I very much was not prepared for that. I don't know that I could bring myself to play this game again. I want nothing more than to see Niko again, but... it wouldn't be the same...

Sorry for the massive wall of text, but I just needed to pour my heart out for a second there. Anyway, TL;DR - Nightmargin, you are a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ genius and I will never forget the magnificent work of art you have created. Thank you.

Goodbye, Niko. I will never forget you.

[Electricalz]

Beautiful m8, beautiful

[avry]

I absolutely agree in every sense. Except, I found the game and then recommended it to all of my friends

[Labrynian Rebel]

Originally posted by Blu Raspberry:

I absolutely agree in every sense. Except, I found the game and then recommended it to all of my friends

You're the definition of a good friend.

[avry]

Originally posted by Labrynian Rebel:

You're the definition of a good friend.

Aww thanks, this made my day :D
(Only two actually got it, though :I)

[Melusca]

Originally posted by Thalins:

In the mines, I was actually terrified that Niko would hate me for putting him through all this. The fact that I was technically the cause of Niko being there at all hit me harder than anything I can even begin to make metaphors for. None of this ever would have happened if I never played this game. It was my fault everything was going to ♥♥♥♥. I was literally shouting "why am I still playing this" every time a character died, even if it never explicity says they did. Hell, the only reason I didn't stop is because I was terrified that something would happen to Niko, like in the original version.

Pretty much how I felt during the whole Solstice run :x

[Shazbut01]

It's lovely isn't it. I got a bit choked up during the World Machine conversation

[Nimrod]

Yeah, I was one of the first people through the run and I was taking notes for future theory and discussion, and as soon as Silver and Prototype died I started writing down the names of the things and people that got sacrificed or killed as time went on.

That list got added to every five minutes, and it got more and more disturbing with each name I wrote down. Honestly, if it wasn't for the ending, this whole thing would be more than a little reminecent of End of Evangelion with the sheer, off the rails collapse the new content shows.

The fact that the word die isn't ever used makes it all the worse in my opinion, as Niko's just a kid. Maize literally dies right in front of them to regrow the vines- the one that stood out to me the most and nearly made me choke.

I couldn't help but feel like everything had failed for us to put a child into this situation. So I think it's only fitting that Niko is the one who managed to set everything right instead of us or the Author.

[avry]

Originally posted by Nimrod:

The fact that the word die isn't ever used makes it all the worse in my opinion, as Niko's just a kid. Maize literally dies right in front of them to regrow the vines- the one that stood out to me the most and nearly made me choke.

I felt exactly same. Seeing everyone die, but not once the word being used just constantly reminded me of the childish innocense of Niko being destroyed.

[DaGamesta]

IKR? This game shook me to my core as well. I'm glad I got into it the week before the update came out.

Originally posted by Blu Raspberry:

I absolutely agree in every sense. Except, I found the game and then recommended it to all of my friends

Exactly! I think the word needs to be spread about this game far more. Personally, I bought a few more copies and gifted them to my friends, so they don't have to decide. This game deserves the money:

On steam, Undertale has sold around 2,482,806 copies.

OneShot has sold around 39,390 copies.

That's a 63,000% difference.

Honestly, Undertale is a very special game to be, but I would never say it's 63 time better than OneShot. OneShot is emotional and character driven in its own unique way, and deserves far more recognition.

[avry]

Agreed.
I loved Undertale.
I loved OneShot way more.

[Draith]

one of the problems that heppened with under tale was that people spreaded the game to much and it lost popularity in a way for it was spoken to much it got boring to say.
Us humans do like to have something new.
I do agreed that the game should be regonized but not to much.

[avry]

The main thing that happened to Undertale was

• General haters, not even playing the game but hating it.
  
• The community got generalized into something it's not.
  
• There are still things I constantly see about a lot of the Undertale community that are just awful. (A skeleton CANNOT reproduce. It's a skeleton.)
  
• People wanted to avoid it as much as possible for reasons above.

[Draith]

ya thats kinda what i want one shot to avoid hopefully

[Deltasora]

YES! I agree one hundred percent. My emotions were taken for a roller coaster ride throughout the entire game. I found myself talking to my screen telling Niko that I was there for him and that I would never do anything to hurt him. I too, was no prepared to say goodbye. I knew that it was for the best, but I just can't bear not being able to visit him or say hi. I didn't even get the ending where you smash the sun, I just went straight to the soltice ending.

[AmbiSykhar]

Originally posted by Draith:

ya thats kinda what i want one shot to avoid hopefully

I feel like the more serious nature of this game should keep most of the cancer away. OneShot isn't a world of all fun and games with an Undertale undertone of worse things going on, it's a world of darkness and depression that still manages to smile every once and a while. Undertale had a simple narrative (excepting the unanswered questions, which are really only there to be just that: theorist bait) and characters built around a specific trait. OneShot is a more complex and emotional narrative with one really well-written main character and more realistic supporting characters. Samn coin, yes, but very different sides.