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thaeon · 1 year ago

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obviously late to the party on this like 9 years later and not saying anything that hasn't already been said but its sooo interesting going back and watching blind playthroughs of undertale bc its so funny how many of the people drawn to the game immediately fall into the very first pitfall set by it by being so unimaginative that they cannot imagine a game system existing that does not require grinding up levels even as they say to themselves they don't want to kill the characters AND the npcs reference the game mechanics TO them

#obviously its really hard to judge bc from my pov by the time i knew what undertale was in 2015 i already kinda knew how it worked #but its fascinating bc i only ever thought that people would choose to kill the monsters on purpose to get the no-mercy run #OR because they did it accidentally bc they encountered froggits before they got to the point where you are outright told that you can and #are encouraged to show mercy to anything with a yellow name #but ive watched a few people now who immediately get into the game and are somewhat engaging with the story? but on a completely different #level from using the mechanics of the game. theyre like “i dont want to kill this creature” on a story level but can't tie that to their #feelings of how the mechanics SHOULD work in their minds. the only game mechanics they know are Press Kill Button To Progress Forward.#so many of them are like “ahhh but i need xp tho... need to get to a higher lvl...” and its like... Why Exactly DO You Think That?#idk. its incredibly fascinating. its media literacy for video games. why do you think the fighting system and story are disconnected from #one another? so maybe ppl saying “aww this npc is so cuuuute” and then just kill them and im like. What do you THINK the ending is going to #be if this is how you think the game is going to be played? just unwillingness to attach themselves fully to the story. its soo interestin #gamers get away with a loooot when it comes to media literacy in the games they play #anyway alexa stream Conquest of Dread's decolonizing videogames video essay

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