Back in the good old days of 2015, Toby Fox’s critically acclaimed Undertale took the PC gaming world by the ankles and gave it a bit of a shake. It was an RPG effectively made by one man that made hardcore and casual gamer alike question the very part they play in a role-playing game.

So naturally, when Toby decided that Halloween 2018 was the time to release a demo for a new game, DELTARUNE (expressed in all caps), the anagram nature of the title quickly led people to make links to Undertale. And yet this game distanced itself from Undertale, claiming, “Your choices don’t matter.” The game tries to trick you into an illusion of linearity, but this is far from the case.

DELTARUNE’s gameplay is a curious mix of Undertale’s bullet-dodging experience and a Final Fantasy style turn-based system. Within it, you have the option to either kill or spare your opponent. If you choose to kill them… well, they’re gone forever. If you choose to spare them, though, Chapter 2 allows you to recruit them to your “Castle Town.” It’s a fun little collecting game that may make you wish to save every charming character you come across. However, the benefits of ejecting your enemies from existence are that you can become a more powerful player character if you don’t mind the stain to your moral standing, that is. 

This is basically the core of DELTARUNE’s choice-making, and all…