DELTARUNE - Why a True Genocide Route is Impossible to do

I'm pretty sure that when you guys got your hands on Toby Fox's Undertale sequel, Deltarune, you had on your mind how the genocide route would turn out in this game. And when you did get the chance to try it, you find yourself unable to kill anything at all. In fact, that is what the game is preventing you to do. But why? Just watch the video and close out all of those nasty doujins on your other tabs. We're gonna check out what's going on with the Deltarune Chapter 1 and why it seems like it is forcing you to do a pacifist route.
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Please don't tell me you spent your entire Halloween playing Undertale 2 just like I did. Why did I do this? The game feels pretty short that it feels like something I wanna speedrun just for the heck out of it. I ain't doing it to make theories. Then again, I don't know how to do all of those dialogue skips in the original Undertale game, and I'm not sure if it applies here as well. I mean, I guess I could have done some practice runs but I ended up checking out some new Touhou doujins. There's this Futo one and WHOAAAAAAAA IT MADE MY SHIRT GET BLOWN INTO SMITHEREENS. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED EVERYTHING I WAS DOING. I SUPLEXED THE CHICKEN I THAWED OUT BACK INTO THE FREEZER AGAIN BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT'S UP. I GRAZED MYSELF SO MANY TIMES THAT I got pretty hungry and just ordered food. Rip my money again. What have I done? Please. Get my game too on Steam. Actually better yet. Please give me a jobbbbbbb. I'll program anything for you. Even if it's just a dumb website where you click on your waifu's head to give them a headpat. Or a program where you just flush the toilet. I don't care. Just give me burgers and save meeee from unemploymenttttt!!!

[@ChairGTables]

Chapter 2 followup regarding the possibility of genocide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYWqmolsgd2LarM

[@krisdreemurr3533]

*...*

[@ShemLunaria]

Lmao this aged horribly wrong

[@SilentEvil97]

Why everyone saying it aged badly? It still supper valid. ''The Kris/Player/Knight/Whatever you want to call'' DOESNT have a choice at chapter 1. Not by himself that is. The only way we managed the genocide so far is by using someone else, That is Noelle. Is like in chapter one he is not allowed to kill no matter how much he tries. But in chapter 2 he realizes ''You know what, If I can't kill, Then someone else will do it for me.'' This is actually quite exciting for ''genocide'' runs of the game. We are not by ourselves anymore. We will be Corrupting other people into doing the bad thing for us. which I think is almost 2x more evil than what we did in Undertale. And That's is why Gaster is berdley confirmed.

[@ShemLunaria]

@@SilentEvil97 I'm just correcting one thing, it's stated very clearly that Kris is not the player, therefore we shouldnt bundle them with us. Also, they use they/them pronouns. Im also pretty sure we were just talking about the title more than anything else. Even if we arent the one doing the killing, at the end of the day, its still a genocide is it not?

[@SilentEvil97]

Coool, oh I see what you mean now. Yeah I agree, I would definetely classify what we do with Noelle as a Genocide.

[@DementedDuskull]

In Undertale, you are the hand of fate. In Deltarune, you are a victim of fate.

[@feather_cloud7764]

hOlY sHeT tHATS DEEP

[@judgement5785]

@Jenni Ferrera "Same" I.. don't get what you mean.

[@josanjosan]

Deltarune is just an anagram of Undertale

[@halmittens]

*makes sense*

[@EvilDoppleganger]

I think there will be a genocide route in the chapter 2 because of Chara. I think Chara come directly from Undertale. Remember when she said "let's move on the next world" or something like that.

[@LeafRazorStorm]

You don't get it, do you? In this world, -it's kill or be killed- your choices don't matter.

[@AriGrande]

SINCE WHEN WERE YOU THE ONE IN CONTROL?

[@Fran-rd1nl]

Im just impressed

[@rondraw6460]

Flowey...no，Asriel，you cannot do this!(눈_눈)

[@runby6053]

the "your choices dont matter" thing makes deltarune really boring after the first finish tbh well, you could wait for chapter 2 but thats coming out in like august next year or something idk

[@LeafRazorStorm]

@@runby6053 Well, it's only been less than a day. I usually wait at least a few weeks before a second playthrough of anything. Keeps things fresh.

[@maxibustos7887]

Undertale:"it's kill or be killed" Deltarune:"your choices don't matter"

[@RowanWolf22]

Toby literally said there is only one ending, your choices don't matter. Check his twitter, he posted a Q&A on it where he states there is only one ending and will ever only be one. He's already written all of the story, he's been writing it while making undertale. He's been writing Deltarune since 2012. (Although it took him making demo/chapter 1 3 years, and no the next chapters are at 0%. he hasn't coded anything further nor done more graphics. I strongly suggest reading his Q&A as he answers a lot!!! Like how the full game might actually be impossible unless he gets a team together, and even then we might not get the full game, but we may in 999 years for all we know.

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@RowanWolf22 That's probably because this was his way of puring out the ideas he had left from the first game, it's clear that a lot of stuff was scrapped from the first game, so this is probably his way of bringing it back

[@dipsithecreeper]

No when the full game releases then you'll be able to do genocide

[@SilentDarkAngel16]

@@rompevuevitos222 actually, undertale was other ideas from deltarune. deltarune was actually his originally idea and undertale was other ideas from it

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@SilentDarkAngel16 *Press X to doubt*

[@danielribeiro9678]

Toby Fox, 2015: Genocide or Pacifist... or Neutral I guess Toby Fox, 2018: Yes or Yes

[@Inomiee]

Lol

[@OneTrueNobody]

Toby Fox, 2015: Fun or Boring Toby Fox, 2018: You know what, let's stick with fun

[@uItra.]

@@OneTrueNobody *boring

[@nlechoppafanpage7247]

lol

[@pieloloon]

twice

[@Saturnares]

In Deltarune, your choices don't matter. In Undertale, Chara says "Since when were you the one in control?" Very similar huh?

[@KindlingKatalyst]

That was a very specific scenario, where you had given over control (unwittingly, but still). The rest of the game, it could easily be said you were in control.

[@tylerthomas6494]

Undertale conspiracy theory

[@ourladypeace3]

Kris shows remarkable resemblance to chara. Both were adopted by Asgore and Toriel and were adopted siblings of Asriel, both have been theorized to have depression/anxiety/PTSD/something else, both have a green shirt with a single yellow stripe through it, etc.

[@KindlingKatalyst]

@Sheep Gaming To use an analogy, someone's first drink of alcohol is a choice. They're not completely uninhibited until they get several drinks in. At a certain point, especially if they're an alcoholic, they are no longer in control. You give over control unwillingly. In UT, your character gets drunk on power. I didn't say anything about whether Chara was evil or not ...?

[@edgyninja1910]

Chibiel It isn’t a prequel, Toby Fox confrimed that it is a alternate universe

[@ArcaneMaiden]

Hay. The moment I saw Deltarune's premise, I immediately got it. Choice VS Fate. Determination VS Destiny.

[@chillpill8599]

Determination is the power to change ones fate as said in undertale but in deltarune we dont have it there for our fate or destiny is decided

[@Fritz9672]

@@dunkeysss4716 What the fuck.

[@centisaur]

Actually if you spare the JEVIL he becomes armor for you instead.

[@ChairGTables]

Yeah oops That was my bad on my part Sorry He still goes with you though in a form of an equipment

[@jaggooey]

@@ChairGTables Yes, but it's still different, instead of a defensive item, he gives you an offensive item

[@AnimeFreakKatie]

@@ChairGTables yep, he turns into a JevilsTail when you spare him, so atleast with Jevil, there IS a difference between fighting and sparing/pacifying

[@dasirrlicht5415]

But does it make a difference? Does it leave a impact?

[@AkaiAzul]

The lost Byte maybe not for chapter 1.

[@thecyancube2732]

The Secret to Undertale/Deltarune: K= Kris F= Frisk C= Chara They secretly Work at KFC.

[@dolphincat1446]

Omg YAS u are clever

[@jaimeburgoslopez8623]

XD

[@argvsntv2545]

Clever clever clever...

[@themajesticflow9498]

My brain is dying now.

[@inolongerusethisaccount-4189]

Clever. Very clever.

[@this...isabucket.6665]

Deltarune: We do NOT care about your choices. Telltale games: *Allow us to introduce ourselves.*

[@gokublackmasteredultrainst7663]

I slightly change every name i reply to I would laugh to that sentence.Are you serious? You do know telltale games don’t care about your choices right? Because let’s put it like this.Minecraft story mode’s events...cannot be changed.Ruben always dies away at the end.And most of all, no character dies based on your choices.Until dawn and Detroit: become human,does a better job.

[@mono-tone362]

@@gokublackmasteredultrainst7663 ruben didn't die, he just respawn in joe land

[@engineergaming7407]

@@mono-tone362 who's joe

[@mono-tone362]

@@engineergaming7407 joe'radopted

[@gokublackmasteredultrainst7663]

Just a guy What the hell is joe land? I don’t remember was it a place from like episode 8?

[@hansleano6629]

The secret boss item is actually diffrent Pacifist=armor Genocide=weapon

[@kabrozkabroz]

Uh... also I am pretty sure I did a pacifist route entirely, and I got the same exact ending and wasn't allowed to say my goodbyes to anyone except the people already present. Soooooo....

[@xxninjatroll]

Dancer of the Boreal Valley pretty sure he is talking about the clown boss fight...

[@lotus2284]

@@kabrozkabroz Maybe u let susie kill someone on accident.

[@강남훈-f7r]

Yeah

[@p.v.9033]

@@kabrozkabroz The pacifist ending will not go through if you killed one enemy, on purpose or not.

[@TemmiePlays]

Did you notice you also can't die? Fallen members heal each turn, and if you all fall, Gaster resets it. Your choices don't matter. For now. Lancer not being king will have ramifications in later chapters.

[@rompevuevitos222]

You can die, if you get killed (the entire party) you respawn at a save point (but if you're killed by Susie & Lancer and then call Gaster, the game crashes, spoopy)

[@TemmiePlays]

@Foxy Gamer you dont ever need to attack anyone. just dodge attacks until his dialogue runs out ( liek every boss but the checker pieces )

[@IzzuZiq]

@Foxy Gamer Actually even on the pacifist run, I opted to only fight the King and I have both Kris and Susie attack him head on. You'll never be able to kill him or bring his HP to zero regardless and I still get the "Lancer overthrows his dad" ending. Basically, only the things you do with encounters prior to the king matters. The game doesn't give a damn about what you do with the king

[@gonzalezruedarm]

@Foxy Gamer That's the pacifist ending.

[@gonzalezruedarm]

@@IzzuZiq Godd answer. Guess you're the dad now.

[@gamerdomain6618]

4:00 ChairGTables: He still becomes a weapon for you. Just like when you spare him. DEVILTAIL, an armor: Am I a joke to you?

[@daisy-m766]

Explain

[@AshenDust_]

ITSMONKEY360 when you spare jevil you get armour, instead of a weapon. A weapon would be pretty useless for a “pacifist” run

[@daisy-m766]

1ts2EZ ah

[@daisy-m766]

1ts2EZ thanks

[@ero-senninsama1734]

@@AshenDust_ i mean, its still a scythe

[@samm.8052]

I don't know why, but there's something so bonechilling about the line *Your choices don't matter.* Chills. Every. Time. I have no idea why.

[@o.602]

Probably, due to the dreading feeling of being useless and not having freedom. Like, a bird in a cage. Or to be more specific, a heart in a rusty cage.

[@NekWolfGFX]

Welcome to n i h i l i s m

[@doththesloth2022]

to be honest it's even more chilling than kill or be killed, because in undertale that was a lie, after all the mercy ending allowed you to not die and to not kill anyone.

[@Adraria8]

NekWolf GFX *determinism

[@significantpepper5274]

Maybe because your choices in Deltarune REALLY don't matter?

[@MrPine4pple]

Wait... The game emphasizes a lot about how choices don't matter, DeltaRune is an episodic game with probably 5 chapters... Shit Toby's throwing punches at Telltale

[@RowanWolf22]

I think what it means really, is the fact that no matter what you do, your choices will not change the future because you do NOT have a choice per say. It's all being controlled for you, you can't control other's consequences. While undertale was all about how all your choices have consequences, Deltarune is basically about how no matter what you do, the final consequences, the ending will always be the same. Just like toby stated in his Q&A that the game will only have one ending. (Check his twitter.)

[@skirdus367]

Telltale's corpse*

[@GoronTico]

toby said that he will release the game when all chapters are complete, all at once

[@shep4184]

Telltale *WON'T* remember this

[@voidkat4202]

Well its not easy to make the game

[@DatVoiceGuy]

Actually...if you think about it, when you first found a save spot, there was already a save file in there...with the previous name of KRIS. You chose to overwrite that file and thats where Chara took over........what if you do a no save run?

[@ChairGTables]

Oh! That's genius I actually thought about why the name Kris gets replaced by your name but never went for a no save run

[@oasiskitti4298]

So... who is gunna do it?

[@mmmair]

@@ChairGTables Very very interesting

[@brutalwind3973]

Please someone do that

[@Lukmendes]

Tried that a few minutes ago, ending doesn't change

[@vorteil7]

Deltarune Chapter 2: Im boutta end this mans whole career

[@lucaselias9824]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EleanorDrapeaux]

You can actually deal 81 + 51 + 103 per turn. You have to buy the weapon for kris and hit on the mark with both characters. That would be 705 damage every 3 turns if you do it perfectly. Someone should TAS this

[@ChairGTables]

Is this gonna be the Undertale version of building up (speed) damage for 12 hours TAS

[@michtir8113]

MAAAN someone should try that

[@hunlepto2239]

Interesting math. If Toby Fox made it possible even just slightly like this, he must have a reason for it. I really wonder if it can actually make us kill atleast that goddamn crowned shit. Or it's again just the enemy running away then some secret dialogue happens. I'm definitely waiting for someone to actually do that. Also, if I remember right, you can also buy a weapon too for Ralsei that damages a bit more at this part of the game or am I remembering it wrong? Atleast the second encounter with that cookie dog should give you enough damage after buying the weapons for all the characters. Unfortunately, perfect hit is inevitable or you can just redo the entire thing again, so it's gonna be a bit hard.

[@ARCEUS493ZELDA]

@@hunlepto2239 to do optimal damage in that second fight just dont buy the weapon for ralsei in the nearby shop as if you picked up the ragger earlier you would notice the weapon for ralsei in the castle shop has lower attack power meaning you could do a little more than 705 per 3 turns, just not sure how much tho as i havent tested it

[@jdjdj5907]

Um....I just used speedhack...And..I hit on the mark...But he start healing every 2 turns!;^; I think he healed if you have a chance to kill him...Whatevet,i try to do it with this guy in the end of game._. Edit:Nah,you can hit him 3 times in mark.He just go to heal.You cant kill him in starts.Wait while i am spedrun the game to end._. Edit 2:Same thing in end. Its not matter how much damage he get.He just heal after his hp drop below to 0... This,this is bad. And sorry if i had bad english:^

[@mehless]

Choices not mattering is normally a negative in video games, but as the second Undertale-ish game, it's NUTS.

[@gonzalezruedarm]

Toby is capable of transforming a lame behavior seen in many videogames, and transform it into something amazing for his own games. He is the man, the Legend. The Annoying Dog.

[@zeph0shade]

Toby's the ONE (creator of One Punch Man) of video games, taking concepts that are normally bad for the medium in question and subverting them, just like taking the "overpowered main character" trope and actually making it original.

[@biguniverxse7220]

Toby is truly a legend. He deserves my first born child oml

[@cerulean22b69]

im sure this whole "your choices don't matter" thing is going to turn out to be something really surprising and meta within the game. cause like, in most games there is only one outcome and there is a clear limit to what you can do anyways but we don't complain. but leave it to Toby to take common game mechanics and turn it into something that we'd never expect. i don't think this game will have anything to do with LV and EXP, we already saw that plot twist in Undertale after all. this is going to be something different. i cant wait to see what he does with this concept!

[@darkshado124]

If you look into the game code, you'll see that it's deliberate that you cannot kill anyone. There are files missing for deaths, same with the EXP system. You can't kill anyone cause Toby didn't want too much of the main story to be revealed.

[@bundleoffuck2986]

I’m guessing you know the main story? Cause I’m lost in piles of This and That.

[@coolio_catio]

Wrong. Toby has said in a tweet that Chapter 1 is complete, minor things may change but for the most part everything is exactly how it will stay - you won't ever be able to kill anyone. "Your choices don't matter"

[@villecarlson9651]

CoolCatTelevision Thats bullshit, this whole fandom and game(s) have been about you as the player being able to control their world and see different outcomes why would Toby throw away such a unique thing about this game?

[@SlowWinterNuts]

@@coolio_catio I thought he was merely referring to the chapter 1/demo, not just chapter 1 as a full priced (paired with the rest of the chapters) whole 🤔

[@DrakeLightheart]

@Ville Story telling. Delta Rune is the antithesis of Undertale, whereas one let's your choices shape the story to varying degrees, the other takes away the choices in order to show the difference between them. It's not about being "bullshit" or unique (which, it really isn't). Heck the game outright tells you choices don't matter in this.

[@Luziferuz_]

ChairG: You CANNOT do a Genocide run in Deltarune. Me:I CAN DO ANYTHING

[@BalloonGirl-os6kz]

Starii_Playz: *tries to do genocide run in Deltarune* Starii_Playz: I can do ALMOST anything!

[@nothomebutnotreally3782]

I CAN THEORETICALLY DO ANYTHING

[@masterwolfgaming3436]

Starii_Playz :3: Downloads Genocide mod. I CAN DO ANYTHING!

[@yawyeet9883]

Starii_playz: downloads hacks Starii_playz: I CAN DO ANYTHING Computer: blue screen of death Starii_playz: aww man

[@lunaticwolfie7698]

You: I CAN DO ANYTHING Me: Better than you! Im sory

[@mayonezu9657]

can't do anything but... you can flush the toilet several times for some funny dialog

[@shep4184]

Lol, glad I wasn't the only one who tried that

[@ruri6171]

What'd say?

[@judgehangman]

You can also inspect the beds to have your rank changed to bed inspector!

[@paraguayanconverse8501]

Just wait until chapter 2 in a few years...

[@gonzalezruedarm]

*Worth it*

[@edonai5416]

Okay that profile picture is handsomely disturbing.

[@o.602]

Lancer best boi

[@gonzalezruedarm]

@@o.602 He is the little brother I never knew I wanted :3

[@axew3127]

"few years" with toby... thats not NEARLY acurate! more like 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 centuries.

[@FoxNinja4000]

"Since when were you in control? Your choices don't matter!" I think I have a small theory and it is based on what we see/hear at the ending part of the game. (Spoilers) So as we see at the end Kris is shown being possessed by Chara. Many things hint at it being Chara along with many other things hinting at something that you may not notice at first. Sans tells us that goatmom told him she has to hide the chocolate from us because we keep eating it all and we learn that we eat all of the pie as well. Yet Kris seems to be a good kid, just a bit weird. I think Chara is the one eating the chocolate and pie. You may notice Kris owns a birdcage yet owns no bird and that Kris' soul is placed into it after they are possessed. The cage is rusty, the cage and wagon seem beat up as if it has seen quite a few crashes. There is also a weird stain next to the wagon and cage. At both the gate to Noelle's home and in the hospital you can also learn from Noelle and her dad (the reindeer type monsters) that Kris has scared Noelle on two occasions. One was when Noelle saw Kris with red stuff covering their forearms and Kris had told her that it was blood to which she had begun to get scared until Kris admitted to her that it was ketchup which calmed her down. I however believe it was truly blood and that saying it was ketchup was a clever way to disguise the truth as a type of prank. Noelle's dad tells us that the other time Kris scared Noelle was when they were caught hiding under her bed once. Noelle's dad also calls us a creepy kid but doesn't seem too mad due to him being best friends with goatdad. Another thing is that you may also notice a road with yellow tape (like the kind you may see at crime scenes) blocking the way. I think that road heads out of town to a nearby human town where murders have been happening. I theorize that Chara has been possessing Kris for who knows how long, possibly for three years as an example and locking Kris' soul in the cage to keep them out of the way. Chara then has been eating all the chocolate, pie and other sweets before heading out. Chara heads to the next town over, goes on a murder spree. Then heads back home and gets cleaned up and places Kris' soul back into their body and goes back to bed before anyone notices. I also think Chara might have done something to Kris during these nighttime excursions so he won't talk to anyone. (This would explain why the cage is so beat up.) I say this due to Noelle saying that until now we haven't been so talkative but if I'm reading things right we seemed to have had been a normal kid once before. Heck Toriel even says Kris once asked when they would grow horns like the rest of the family to which she bought Kris fake horns which they used to wear all the time. (I frankly find that detail cute.) It might be possible that Kris was once a normal human kid who thought they were a boss monster and was as talkative as any other kid. Then Chara arrived and changed everything, causing Kris to become a creepy quiet kid who don't seem to care anymore. Then the events of Deltarune occur and cause Kris to start to become more like their old self again but then Chara takes back control. So perhaps that is why our choices don't matter, why we can't kill and go genocide. Because we aren't truly in control. Because Chara has already been committing genocide in secret. What if in chapter 2 we pick up with Kris the next day, go on more adventures and make more friends but then Chara takes over and we are forced to play as Chara controlling Kris. In chapter 1 we couldn't do genocide even if we tried. What if in chapter 2 no matter how hard we try, we can't spare? What if we are forced to go genocide? Those are just some of my theories based on things I noticed in Deltarune chapter one. What do you think? I think I am becoming obsessed with coming up with theories for this game. (Someone please help!)

[@eclipseis8961]

This is actually a really good theory

[@rompevuevitos222]

Well, first all this game is an AU so there's a good chance Chara isn't here at all (a very good chance honestly) but if he is in the game, it quite a lot of sense makes sense. Chara could be going out to kill humans at night who knows, maybe it only started that night after Kris sealed the fountain. If it just started with the fountain, it could explain why Sans has just moved in, he sensed the anomaly and travelled there to stop it. I'm still very curious about the hidden door in the forest tho

[@sharpen193]

@@rompevuevitos222 I'm very sure Kris is deltarune's version of Chara. Since townspeople you talk to say the way you behaved before is different now. I think YOU are the one possessing Kris. Not the other way around. Remember in the beginning, your vessel got thrown away, who's your vessel now? Kris.

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@sharpen193 Yeah you're right, the game discards your changes, but you're still using a "vessel" after all Tbf, Kris is even described by Asgore's friend as a "creepy kid" since he was little, so he didn't just start behaving weirdly out of the sudden. Towspeople just point out that you've grown, they remark how Kris used to behave when he was little, you don't need to be possesed to mature

[@Bluedragonflamesx]

I though of something similar

[@thecreatura993]

This video: exists Snowgrave:hahaha, yeah, about that...

[@The_Kharsharq]

Pentagon Hexagon Octagon Yourgenociderungon (K. Round)

[@goat-7658-ru]

Snowcahedron

[@gerritdeman6410]

@@goat-7658-ru Actually, it's a 'snowdecahedron'

[@tritanbarackle]

I just noticed that joke. That is a original joke it is very creative and funny! Thank you for this spark of enjoyment today.

[@kxmaha]

The Tristan Channel It's not original lol, It was made first made in reddit then stolen by instagram and now it ended up here lol

[@tritanbarackle]

@@kxmaha oh okay. Well the person who commented should've have credit to the creator

[@d4148]

A game giving you options but not giving different outcomes? What is this a telltale game?

[@Jijowu]

chershey damn you really did em dirty

[@Jijowu]

chershey no it’s life is strange

[@lillydoessomething3278]

@@Jijowu damn you really did em dirty

[@luisadrian01]

Is mass effect

[@phantomdgen1766]

Welp, at least its a much better telltale game then!

[@Purrversion]

The very first thing this chapter tells you is that your choices don't matter. Susie even interrupts you trying to pick choices some... 3 or 4 times? I'm pretty sure this is intentional.

[@0average_enjoyer044]

Flowey good eye for thematic signals my dude

[@barionyx9967]

Instead in undertale they tell you immidiatly that it's kill of be killed, maybe same words but with different rules?

[@lexikiq]

imagine if he showed both of these at 4:10... that would've been cool

[@ultrawinggaming9764]

Even Toby himself confirmed. There will be Only 1 Ending.

[@NightChime]

Counter-point. One of the first things you can do upon leaving your room is see the crayons, and that your favorite color is missing. Meaning your choices were not actually discarded. Meaning the survey person lied.

[@Xman_0613]

Chapter 2: allow me to introduce myself

[@linkmariokirby7373]

From a game where your choices mean everything to one where they mean nothing.

[@UnicornStorm]

let's wait for the rest of the game

[@nasher99]

UnicornStorm why? He’s right, infact toby’s even stated there is only going to be one ending no matter what you do. Most starts of a story show what the world is like and how it treats people and I don’t think deltarune is different in that sense.

[@UnicornStorm]

@@nasher99 what? We shouldn't wait for the finished product to form an opinion? Also, no multiple endings desn't mean your choices don't matter... FFVII had only one ending but there were a of things you could influence in this game

[@nasher99]

UnicornStorm Your opinion doesn’t change the intent for the message that a game is trying to send. Lots of games only have one ending but i’m saying it’s weird that toby would make a game with the whole “choices matter” shtick and then his next game heavily drawn from the previous one having only one ending. If that doesn’t mean it’s trying to send a message I don’t really know what is. Anyways it’s pretty obvious that this is the message that the game is trying to send and I know a lot of people agree. Edit: Also the choices we are talking about are the ones that lead to huge changes and/or massive consequences.

[@lancorve2809]

@@nasher99 I just think he's trying to change it up Think about it... Undertale is about your choices and how much they matter Deltarune is undertale just with letters swapped around Kris.F is frisk This world seems like a twisted version of the original I'm excited to see where this story goes

[@franklinzhu6003]

The greater outcomes may not change, but the things IN BETWEEN are well worth fighting for. I gladly chose to be a good friend to Ralsei and respect his wishes. This CHOICE made Lancer king and ended the tyranny of his dad. It reconciled the relationship between Lightners and Darkners. It enabled me to say GOODBYE to Ralsei. These things may not matter in the greater scheme of things, but they matter to ME.

[@jtlego1]

I'm hoping thats the theme Toby's ultimately going for. Whatever entity (Gaster? Chara? Both? Neither? Some other unknown entity?) is slapping all the important choices out of our hands trying to prove a point, maybe things can change with enough of the smaller ones. Guess we'll have to find out whenever the full game comes out.

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@jtlego1 Talking about Gaster, using the cellphone in the dark world causes Gaster to interrupt you

[@Mernom]

@@rompevuevitos222 Maybe it just doesn't have reception across dimentions?

[@garuccadraws]

TRUE

[@myravioli5096]

Our choices may mean nothing in the long run but we CAN change the details, that’s how we rebel

[@SniperJoeLieutenant]

JEVIL actually gives you a Different Item if you exhaust his HP instead of his Energy. If you do so, he will give you a WEAPON instead of ARMOR.

[@andreirara7522]

Papyrus The greatest is now 5% of squash hahahahahahahahaha

[@Kevin-ep8sy]

Wait he gives you armor?

[@andreirara7522]

@@Kevin-ep8sy from annoying orange 5% of squash

[@benson1608]

@ Papyrus The greatest Hello brother! :) Wait. There's two of you now :o

[@benson1608]

@@Kevin-ep8sy You receive an item from him when the battle ends and he decides to go take a century nap.

[@sobanoodles4286]

Meanwhile, Chapter 2: Hey, you can’t comment Genocide, *But She Can*

[@Devvo0z]

Why you gotta spoil bruh

[@sobanoodles4286]

@@Devvo0z Because [[Hyperlink Blocked]]

[@ClownFromTheYear9998]

@@Devvo0z not really a spoiler when everyone pretty much knows what happens already.

[@Devvo0z]

@@ClownFromTheYear9998 Not me I just finished it

[@colorblindrobloxalt7724]

Deltarune CH 2: Genocide is POSSIBLE

[@SIMIFU]

So I was wondering why I also go the sleeping king ending, I never hurt anyone, I was friendly, I even donated...but then I remembered something, some words that were uttered by an enemy: "they got barry" I think that is the reason I got the sleeping king ending.

[@mladenperic6041]

OH MY GOD THEY GOT BARRY

[@MilkyKoi]

Same for me got the sleeping ending since I forgot to warn them about Sussie

[@Supic_]

Who?

[@yamsthepotatoking9444]

OMG when that happened I reset out of fear of a bad ending lmao

[@Kale-as-in-kaleidoscope]

*sudenly realises* .... FUCK.

[@scotchly]

aged kinda badly because of the [BIG SHOT]

[@stealthlock6634]

Well done!! I got that “choices don’t matter” impression as SOON as Susie told me, and I remembered my vessel being discarded. How about building that machine which got destroyed? And every time Susie spoke before I could have my say. You covering an attempted Genocide Route in such detail just sealed it. I appreciate you doing that, though, because Ralsei seemed to imply that my choices DO matter, but I wasn’t sure what he meant by “fighting results aren’t favorable” so I played it safe. I had no idea we would be unhappy with the result because the result was meaningless! Plus, Toby just released a little Q/A thing on his Twitter, explaining something like “you’re confined to one path in the game and your choices don’t affect anything, even though it sounds really oppressive to say that”. So clearly the theme in this game is the opposite of Undertale-the TOTAL LACK of a free will. I wonder how it ends? I wonder why this game chooses to take away my freedom? Is it punishment for Undertale, or something else? Well, I’m excited to find out!....In probably several years.

[@sirrealgaming6913]

the way i see it is they are trying to reinforce the mentality of your choices don't matter so that you'll give into the thought process yourself People will figure out that pacifist does nothing and that genocide does nothing and eventually turn neutral or full genocide again essentially resetting mentalities from back when undertale 1 first came out it's a bit underhanded but don't give up hope the fact of the matter is they keep telling you choices don't matter however small things did change and eventually the small things will add up It makes me believe that True pacifist is a very viable option

[@NeoGenesis115]

Stealthlock bro, thanks for the Ralsei's name, I dont want to search it so I decide to search for it only in this type of videos, but when I saw ... It? ... Showing its real face something make a clic on my mind, is Deltarune can be Undertale maybe Ralsei can be Asriel

[@Mashamazzi]

"Results aren't favourable" Meaning you don't get to say goodbye to everyone before you go home, which was said in this video And Ralsei realised that you can't always avoid fighting, also in the video

[@Crafteosof]

it is a punishment of a end of a genocide run

[@stealthlock6634]

Ham Man I think it’s just another thought experiment with fans. Undertale encourages fans to think about the consequences of their choices in a fictional world. Deltarune encourages fans to think about how little their choices matter in that world (because it’s fictional??). I don’t yet know what the purpose of it is, but I’m sure there is one we’ll see in the full game. I imagine it’s something to do with our odd enjoyment of very linear storytelling games??

[@jaggooey]

has anyone wondered why the deltarune title is all lowercase, but the UNDERTALE title was all uppercase

[@jinja3113]

Idk

[@Andrews13channel]

Qwerty Gaming wow no ones heard that one before

[@leokm9586]

Rearrange the letters in deltarune and you will get UNDERTALE as a result.

[@TheComicSans5]

@Qwerty Gaming Rearrange the letters of Ralsei and you get Asriel.

[@Crow_Rising]

Rearrange the letters of Kris and you get risk. One letter missing from Frisk.

[@tubtacular]

Kris:*kills every one* K round:*calls a fight* Kris:*gets holy water*

[@WardofSquid]

*K. Round: Self-Care HAS NO WEAKNESS*

[@Firefly256]

What if devilsknife was used?

[@mintyjasper]

Me: Sees title “Good. I never wanted to anyway.”

[@spoinkspspsps]

Undyne ! Be quiet and don’t be mean

[@spoinkspspsps]

Fight me

[@desko2041]

holy frick what happened here, is this Undyne person mentally ok?

[@desko2041]

@Undyne ! Why did you make 5 replies to one comment instead of making one larger reply

[@guag308]

@Undyne ,,,,mate what the fuck??? this is the internet chill out

[@aethelflaed027]

Pipis Route: Well yes, but actually no

[@Octav2000]

It’s impossible for kris but not for someone else

[@EditZThunder]

Chapter 2 of deltarune: Allow me to introduce myself

[@alcerdemon9768]

That's cool and all but, Kris still rips his heart out in the end Edit: hoo boy, my opinion has changed a lot during these 2 last years, so yeah, while I still have Kris as a guy for my head canon, it was left ambiguous on purpose so people could see themselves on Kris. So yeh, Non-Binary wohoo and stuff

[@Solbashio]

His?

[@Solbashio]

Nani?!

[@alcerdemon9768]

@@Solbashio Kris Kris is a guys name

[@Pro4CTR]

kris is micheal jackson

[@alcerdemon9768]

@@Pro4CTR * hee hee *

[@IllusionTheCoffeeAddict]

Toby 2015: All your choices will have impact on world Toby 2018: All your choices are pointless Toby 2021: All your choices are pointless... *Unless...*

[@IDrawSometimes_]

you make noelle. . . . . *stronger*

[@joksizantos7520]

Your choices doesnt matter, so basically you are playing a scripted movie. its scripted but interactive.

[@joi0001]

scripted movies don't have different endings..

[@TheGreenTaco999]

@@joi0001 holly shit I thought scripted movies had different endings, THANK GOD you're here to save me from ignorance! @Joks GET CHECKMATED!

[@joi0001]

@@TheGreenTaco999 Hey moron. If you knew what I meant. As in him comparing deltarune to scripted movie. Which deltarune has two endings. A movie is one ending.... GET IT?

[@joi0001]

@Taylor Oh really? You must of never played it. I'm pretty sure the people at the end don't save you for being a dick the whole game and killing them.

[@mostlywholesome]

@@joi0001 What do you mean? It's the same ending each time. You go home, Kris goes knife knife, DON'T FORGET, I'M WITH YOU IN THE DAAAAAAAARK and then it's over.

[@landenvialoux2436]

A genocide run is starting to unfold now that chapter 2 came out

[@gabeskai]

Chapter 2 : Well... yes but actually no

[@schmetris1306]

who else is here after Chapter 2's Snowgrave route

[@corundumkrabble5035]

Me

[@inthefade]

Toby is telling a story with game mechanics. Sure, you can't do what you could do in Undertale but *that is the point*. This is only the first chapter, but of course he isn't going to do the same thing as last time. He will tell some sort of interesting story using ludonarrative (telling part of a story using game mechanics) in a totally different way. It would be absolutely boring and predictable if it was the exact same thing this next time around. We can't tell where Deltarune is going. I found it way too 1-dimensional compared to Undertale, but it is only one chapter of a bigger story... I'm hopeful it will accomplish just as much as Undertale once the whole story is told, but I don't want it to be the same thing at all.

[@TheGreenTaco999]

"that's the point" okay, I punch you and you feel pain, well it's the point that you feel pain, therefore you can't criticize what I did! good argument I'll be sure to use this in the future! :)

[@penguin6131]

yea, but actually no, but maybe...? nah, its him being lazy this time around XD

[@BeaverChainsaw]

Actually our choices in this game sorta do matter when you think about it. When we attack everyone in deltarune, we get an ending where everyone rushes to the throne room to kill you, but if you're kind and spare people, then they remember how nice you were and helps overthrow the king! Sure our actions have less consequences than deltarune, but I feel like thats the first instance where we can actually change the outcome!

[@yungmuney5903]

@@TheGreenTaco999 dumbass lmao

[@Froggo-up4wu]

oh boy is it gonna get even more interesting from here

[@EmikaYamane7521]

Chapter 2: Yes but actually no

[@thehardingameyt6846]

Maybe the reason you can't kill anyone yet is because it is only the first chapter and Toby can't manifest your PC just yet for killing everyone...

[@cheesecakecass]

@@stickmic2 this isn't undertale tho 👀

[@thehardingameyt6846]

@@stickmic2 Demo ≠ Episodic/Chapter based game

[@geo3317]

@@stickmic2 its a spin-off not a sequel

[@memelord7057]

@@stickmic2 Its not a sequel

[@chezchezza6210]

@@stickmic2 this is the surface before the monsters got sent to the underground so why would u do genocide

[@silverchromee188]

I wish it was never possible though.. I feel disturbed after seeing it

[@MariktheGunslinger]

Funny thing is, I think I prefer this. The sheer amount of possibilities in Undertale was impressive but the player was often penalized for trying anything other than the Pacifist route. Here, you can do as you please without being called a monster.

[@chongwillson972]

MariktheGunslinger some of the normal endings are pretty nice

[@Mostbee]

That's kind of the message of Undertale, we allways kills the enemies on every game, but we didnt really care about it, Undertale makes us think about it, making us see how we are monster...

[@Mostbee]

@miner johnny1211 I would try to understand the reason to kill me ( actually I would maybe help them to do it ;-;) and get a better solution to the problem, I would not make me equal to a bad person

[@zapplio6938]

miner johnny1211 we have therapist Johnny in the house

[@Dreamheart101]

Yeah, but that's a major part of the experience. It makes you feel bad for what you've done; it makes you attached to the characters. Besides, if you really want to, it is possible to truly reset the game after a genocide run; True Reset resets the game to the moment you fall into the underground. Or, if you really, really want to, you could mess with the files. The entire experience truly adds meaning to how you do things, and gives you an option to if you want to be good or bad. In Deltarune, although you aren't penalized for trying to do anything other than pacifist, you also don't change anything at all when not doing pacifist; at that point, it becomes pointless to try other stuff altogether, as you won't get any new experience from it. Everyone's likes different aspects of games, though; just gotta look for what you enjoy.

[@Heart_Stick]

Well, i mean, your choices don't matter, but... *Noelle's do.*

[@Foervraengd]

I have this hypothesis that Kris in overworld vs kris in the underworld are actually Chara and Frisk. Mainly because in the overworld Kris had Charas green and yellow sweater and in the underworld Kris is wearing cyan and magenta colors, which reflects Frisks sweater. Also its been hinted in the first game that Chara was one to pull pranks, and is also retold in Deltarune. The fact that we cannot actually kill any monster matches with Frisk who (depend on how you played undertale) is either killing a few or none due to the situation at hand. Also the game file is called "SURVEY PROGRAM", so I wonder if this is like a new "world" that someone is creating with new rules to what you are allowed to control. God I'm so excited!!

[@XTheBlackSoulX]

Foervraengd I just remembered. The final lines of the song don’t forget are “Don’t forget, I’m with you in the dark.” Maybe the song is from Frisk’s perspective.

[@PoyoSpartan547]

at the beginning, the voice allows you to choose a vessel (for your soul, that appears at the start of the connection) which is discarded and you go on to play as kris. what would follow is that your soul is the one put inside of kris, who then rejects it at the end of the game.

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

I think the character is the result of what happen at the end of the soulless pacifist and be the way the debug waterfall reflection witch was theorised to be a fusion of frisk and Chara look a lot like kris

[@comfy88338]

But, Frisk And Chara Were Genderless Giarffes. (Totally Not a Reference to "If Undertale Was Realistic.") While Kris is male. So...

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

@@comfy88338 wait did it was qpexified anyware that he was a male, I didn't look for it

[@renem.9061]

At 7:12 i just realised, the classroom in which they reappeared, looks similar to the game overworld. Boardgamepieces all over the shop, like in the dark world.

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

René M. Yes, you even see “the board” right in the middle of the room.

[@FishWash]

There's cards in the closet, too, like the suits that the dark world is themed around.

[@lucylu3342]

And the red trees too, dear god..

[@prnzekk5708]

And the cat toy, maybe its supposed to be Seam

[@RebeccaHuston]

ChairGTables: Genocide Is Impossible In Deltarune Noelle: *Hold My Snowgrave.*

[@AkuseruJuusan]

Just a little correction about Jevil: When you spare him, he becomes the "Jevilstail", which is an armor (as other people already pointed out here in the comments), and when equipping it to Ralsei or Susie, the first one will say "I'm a good devil, okay?", while the second one will say "Figured I'd grow one someday." -> This tells me that (as we already know) Ralsei likes more good and cute things over bad and tough things, while Susie is the exact opposite, but also... That's a demon tail, not an average one. Susie would grow a demon's tail? That's strange. Also, dark. Probably she's just talking about tails... or not? When you defeat him, he becomes the "Devilsknife" which actually is a weapon, and it could only be equipped to Susie (since it's an axe, not a sword and definitely not a scarf (basically it was a scythe, but wathever): not-equipping it to Ralsei will result in him saying "It's too, um, evil.", while equipping it to Susie herself, she'll say "Let the games begin!" just as Jevil would say. -> This tells me that Susie could become a much more important villain than any other in this world. Why tho? Well... After not-killing Jevil he'll mention a "Queen" related to the Knight everyone talks about, and she will return bringing "Hell's roars bubbling from the depths". I'm afraid this queen could actually be Susie... Yeah, I know I'm roaming with imagination now, but all this situation could be a creepy foreshadowing of the future. (Also, remember that the old shopkeeper says that Jevil was not always "evil", he became crazy-like only after meeting a strange person, who made his vision of the world """darker, yet darker"""... Sounds familiar?)

[@rompevuevitos222]

She's just violent, even tho she accepted to follow orders she can't just change in 5 minutes

[@DianaTaffie]

Eh nah. Yeah it seems FITTING, but i thnk it's SUPPOSED to be fitting so we would speculate before the actual Queen comes out. Because it's clear that Susie is not really evil or something, she's just a bully and loves fighting. She's probably a tortured soul with a bad family and, before Lancer and Kris, with no friends. Why bad family? Because bullies don't just come out of nowhere, they come from a horrible environment, so that's most likely the case. Hell, maybe SHE will become the actual, reluctant hero that will have to fight against *us*. With even the control changing from Kris to her after THE DEMON takes control again and tosses our soul out. I think it's an interesting idea.

[@szymonwantuch108]

Idk why but "darker, yet darker" reminds me of Gaster (?) !😕

[@taffymatt1366]

The Devilsknife would be a very sharp scarf

[@Spazticspaz]

hes a card throwing guy its gonna be some queen of SPADES

[@glitchmaster2672]

*NOT ANYMORE*

[@blox9000]

* _Noelle cast _*_SNOWGRAVE!_*

[@edfreak9001]

Part of me wonders if this is due to this effectively being a demo. It'd be really strange to keep the EXP text and never let you have any. It could also be something due to the nature of this realm. Assuming the rest of the chapters aren't just excuses to dive back into the Dark World you might get EXP off of enemies in the Light World. It could also end up being a major theme in the full game, guess we'll see.

[@gonzalezruedarm]

I also think the EXP thing might do something later. Wouldn't make sense for Toby to do it for nothing, would it? (He even said the fights were the most difficult part to do in the game). Also, it goes along with many people theories that say that, since Kris is "possessed", chapter 2 might be a "only genocide" route. Giving the EXP a reason to be there. But I do think we could go back to Dark World. Maybe something went wrong, or the Queen (the one Jevil talks about) could return. Or Ralsei could even be evil too, or even the possessed Kris could try to get there and break havoc. Dunno, it could be many, many things. Toby said he will release the rest of the chapters at once when they get finished, so we can only wait... And be patience ;) PD: I do think Ralsei might be evil. We barely know him, and since DeltaRune is a different universe, Toby could even set a "trap" for us, since we bonded with Asriel in Undertale and therefore would never think in hurting or not trusting Ralsei. Remember that the game gives off a vibe of "appearances can be deceiving".

[@AniMerrill]

I'm just imagining now Kris and Susie getting caught up in some rough shit in the light world now and committing actual murder lol. Like you get EXP but now Officer Undyne is tryna solve the case of who killed these tourists who came to town.

[@maxantubegaming]

i think that in chapter 2 you will not be possessed all the time but you will snap to being possessed and not be possessed from time to time...and you might wake up and see on the news that some monsters where killed overnight... wait mabye thats why the humans and monsters came to war. i might be on to somthing here.

[@akuladoctor7355]

@@gonzalezruedarm Would be interesting, if you would do a pure genocide, then just reset in the end, and keep sleeping. Then tomorrow Susie would be freaked out about it, because. SHE REMEMBERS.

[@Infinatus25]

The dark world is Kris’ imagination. You don’t get exp by defeating imaginary people.

[@pineball43]

This hasn’t aged the greatest…

[@ananimoselty2234]

It's still true because Sweet Cap'n Cakes will heal if you try to attack them

[@wilwert342]

@@ananimoselty2234 *ahem* snowgrave

[@AE_AnarchistAlexcianEmpire69Bi]

@@wilwert342 ^

[@mikeobannion2129]

*Proceed*

[@angryboi595]

@@ananimoselty2234 Berdly: 🧊

[@dantesdiscoinfernolol]

Daw, Susie gets worried if you're too rough with Lancer! -Susie is rly actually amazing and I will fight anyone who says otherwise-

[@gonzalezruedarm]

She is lovely, actually. But shhhh! Don't tell anybody.

[@KizulEmeraldfire]

"But the future refused to change…"

[@basicallylife7322]

People: "Undertales sequel!" Toby: "No."

[@hurt4322]

Yesn't

[@xcarof]

Basically Life Toby: well no but actually no

[@penguin6131]

me: yes

[@genex2980]

Actually, K.Round heals himself when his hp was damaged by 300+ and THEN he will heal himself by 300.

[@penguin6131]

is that not what he said tho?

[@Julie_Kagemori]

Toby said that there's only 1 path unlike Undertale.

[@rwby3183]

i can't help but to feel we have the fan base to thank for this

[@putridmoldyman306]

@@rwby3183 That makes no sense

[@lolmcswagger7247]

Pixelpro Remember the tragedy of Markipliers playthrough? No wonder Toby made the game linear

[@bathe-in-glass5133]

@@lolmcswagger7247 I didn't watch his playthrough, what happened?

[@buffytheclown6540]

@@bathe-in-glass5133 everyone told him that he basically had to restart because he was playing it wrong/ enjoying it the wrong way.

[@popcioslav]

It's been mentioned but yes, while actions and results are the same, they are changes. Such as Jevil giving you a weapon if you try killing him and giving you armor if you do the pacifist road.

[@Snaps12345]

But that are boring changes

[@dantesdiscoinfernolol]

Serious question: what is the "peaceful" ending to the Dark World final boss? I didn't fight anyone BUT the final guy, cause I figured I'd need to get his health down, Asgore-style. I got that rushed ending instead of... apparently a better one.

[@aphidewrbnn.9262]

.

[@squiddy8197]

Route*

[@Set491]

@@dantesdiscoinfernolol Lancer saves you together with all the darkners, and he becomes the new king.

[@DakotaJonesMusic]

You can't do a genocide route, because you've already done one..... And from the looks of everything towards the end of the game, are still living it.

[@tobi1306]

Dakota Jones wow...

[@MxPokirby]

What makes you think this isn't a prequel? "But the characters are older here." As if characters with the ability to rewind time and erase memories hasn't already been established in this franchise...

[@AldenEmroch]

@@MxPokirby It can't be , even if Kris is chara, in undertale was said that Chara fell in the underground, it can't be before they were sealed in there, also undyne says she went to the castle to Battle with asgore and she was younger since she wasn't even in the Royal guard, but here there's no Castle here. The turtle that you encounter in waterfall (the shop) he's dead, you can see his grave. And there's books in toriel's house about humans and monsters history. The theory here is ...that maybe this is an universe where the war of humans and monsters never happen, but in my opinion is...that is happening cause chara did something to the timeline or even gaster, frisk is not anywhere, sans doesn't say something hidden to you meaning he's not aware of it and he's new in the town, undyne doesn't know alphys, metaton is a sad Ghost, and other stuff you would notice.

[@bronzeage4579]

Ah, soulless pacifist!

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

@BTDMaster oh that actually makes sense

[@adrian_097]

*Noelle cast Snowgrave!*

[@Kiruklee]

No reason to be sore. You agreed to this, no matter what happens.

[@doctoradventure413]

Dodoki they weren’t sore just showing people that you can’t do a genocide run and then answering peoples potential questions before they ask them

[@pokeemonitor4539]

@@doctoradventure413 It's a quote from the game...

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@pokeemonitor4539 idk if the installer counts as "the game" tho

[@Mernom]

@@rompevuevitos222 Only Toby Fox can have a EULA that sais 'YOU WILL ARGREE TO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS FROM NOW ON'.

[@lens_the_martyr]

Toby Fox, 2021: You have to force a literal cinnamon roll to do a genocide run for you.

[@Earl_Black]

When you spare Jevil, he'll become ARMOR. So.... This video might be a lie

[@bananashotgun7236]

Does it even matter? How does it affect the fact that you can not do genocide? How the hell would it be a lie?

[@mr.krokie9467]

@@bananashotgun7236 3:59 he doesnt become a weapon when you spare him. He becomes an armor

[@bickboi2705]

See exactly what I thought happy new year btw

[@Goated876]

@@bananashotgun7236 It's a joke pal.

[@Goated876]

@Nobody Not really since in the end, Kris will still do the same thing.

[@thonguyenduc3743]

your choices don’t matter, but others’ DO

[@BmuXD]

Snowgrave: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?* 🔪 Noelle: ARE YA WINNING BERDLY??!

[@neprosne2356]

Yeah... We were not ready for snow grave

[@Matbunchofnumbers]

Ok now a genocide route is possible But still not a "full one"

[@sussbob]

You don't know that. tbh

[@boinks9513]

Idk Berdly ain’t wakin up

[@IDrawSometimes_]

and he won't wake up

[@liliancourcelles9825]

when i spare jevil he becomes a armor "jevilstail"

[@MatheusSantos-xp5lb]

Well, this aged like milk

[@groblivsochbauggr]

Now in Ch2 *_you_* can make someone do the Cryo Killing for you

[@spamton5266]

Meanwhile in Deltarune chapter 2 genocide run (Spoiler btw): You mentally torment and abuse a girl to make her freeze to death your enemies, you make her kill her childhood friend, you incourange her dark thoughts, and scare the shit out of her in the light world in the hospital, by saying to her that it wasn't a dream, and she actually killed her friend and many others.

[@soogus55]

It's not a genocide route. Its more of an evil route. Genocide means that you kill a large group of people. While in deltarune, you don't kill anyone. (Except berdly but that's not genocide)

[@Spodpododd]

ill call it snowgrave route

[@Empy_C.]

@@soogus55 Say that to all of the frozen enemies

[@alirezabhmanabadi4235]

In Chapter 1, You've got to keep Susie's rudeness and crudeness higher than 100. Also you got to get max TP in susie vs lancer fight before susie's final attack. Also keep ralsei's kindness low by not using the acts that include him or is done by him. No sparing, no pacifing, no use of kindness and compationate action, Just Pure Dark Genocide. Also for Susie before her fight against lancer, her rudeness and crudeness got to be as high as possible.

[@Empy_C.]

@@alirezabhmanabadi4235 Ralsei is a boy, you dumbass

[@Skybarrier]

Also, if anybody was super confused about Deltarune, Toby has already confirmed that the the Undertale world and Deltarune world are NOT the same, they are both different stories set in another universe.

[@Grim0514]

Where does he say that?

[@ninjajay26]

@@Grim0514 tumblr or twiiter I can't remember

[@neatsuhdude]

He says they’re different universes but they have the same characters for the most part, considering you’re saving over an EXISTING save file when you start I’m certain this is suggesting that you are actually chara. If you remember when finishing a genocide run and choose to follow chara she ruins the game to make a pacifist run impossible and controls your moves in some areas. It looks like she’s taken over this universe and has take over kris.

[@shupasopni]

@@neatsuhdude It actually implies you are the Anomaly (which was the case in UT too). Kris seems to be the DR version of Chara (similar to Ralsei and Asriel I guess) but don't quote me on that one.

[@neatsuhdude]

shupasopni I played through the rest of the game today and honestly the only other thing that sticks in my head was the DONT FORGET from the last song. If you recall in a secret room in undertale there was a picture of three people with the caption don’t forget. Which is eerie because you run a three man team here. Apparently the deltarune site was also live since 2015 which I assume is Toby being cryptic and secretive again. The bunker in the city outskirts that emits a loud continuous noise as you get closer was analyzed and sped up, which resembled the same “screaming gaster” noise in undertale.

[@paradox3267]

so basically while the means may be different, the end will always be the same, seems familiar, almost as if it in most games ever, we're playing through a story that's already been defined, no matter how you choose to play, the ending will be there, it's like you're playing Pokemon, no matter what Pokemon you choose at the start or which ones you put in your party when fighting gym battles it's gonna have the same ending. This isn't undertale, don't expect it to be like undertale, sure the background characters are very similar, but they've lived different lives, undyne doesn't know who alphys is, catty and bratty hate each other, stuff like that. The only reason why the game having only one ending is such a shock for everyone is because everyone is comparing it to undertale. you can compare the 2 games gameplay and quality wise but don't expect Delta rune to be like undertale at all in it's story, if you do, *you'll be in for a bad time* but in all seriousness, don't try so to compare the 2 games, at the end of the day I feel like it takes away from the feel of the game if you just try to make it something that it isn't.

[@nextinvestimentos]

Sorry, but If you're not meant to compare.... Why the f. They are related then? (It would not make sense to just do a game with no envolvment then? Showing new things and a new story?) And they are related because Sans knows you, as the player of both games with the same character in it.... dont get me wrong, i've got your point... "Your choices dont matter" isnt a bad idea, the game is great, but i dont think that would be just "it"... This can easily be used as a plot where in Pt.2 you cant change what is done or something like that. Or is just a simple well made demo. For me, comparing them makes both better.

[@indigowendigo8165]

Heh, comparing this to playing Pokemon is interesting. XD I suppose you could say that. :p

[@xthomas7621]

The idea of not comparing these two games is ludicrous.

[@oxstr8upgreekxo730]

I agree Undertale was probably the best indie game made to this point that I can think of. Kinda hard to make another game when your in that shadow.

[@luimu]

Detroid: become human has choises that matter, A LOT.

[@ART1984able]

Undertale taught us that our choices have consequences. Deltarune is teaching us that we don't have a choice when it comes to the consequences of other people's choices. If the player chooses to give his soul to Chara in Undertale, he loses the Pacifist Ending FOREVER(unless you uninstall the game and start over). No matter what you do here, your choices will be discarded. In fact, I find it interesting that Deltarune is not interested in your choices for the most part...it's like it's thrown in there because people assoicate that with Undertale. No, the game itself or someone within the game is determined to make choices for you.

[@setsers1]

You don't have to uninstall the game. You can just simply go into the files and recover it.

[@TechBlade9000]

@@setsers1 That's actually the only way, uninstalling doesn't work

[@goldensp3038]

The one person who won't give you a choice is Toby. He has mentioned in Q&A that there will be one ending. And don't get me wrong, but I think the choices in UT were weak part. There was only 3 choices, that consider your playtruth: Neutral, Pacifist, Genocide. And Neutral give you nothing to gameplay and variety of endings (which is just Sana's phone calls), Pacifist give you some story with this Good Ending and limitation in gameplay (not available to fight and gain XP). And Genocide (the worst in my opinion) gives you the "Everything hates you", the FUCKING boring Grinding, and No pay off. There is no reason to be bad, only powerful 2 bosses. There is no limitations and rewards by in game choices, only by your playstile.

[@misticalinteractive]

So like be back in time,going to the past. Everything you do is useless because it can't change the present.

[@squiddy8197]

Wdym "give your soul to Chara"?

[@cosmin3688]

Let's just call it "violent way"

[@keysmashh9832]

Pure genocide: second chapter: after the befriending, chara goes back as kris, a n d. K I L L S. T H E M. A L L. Plot twist!: there is no pacifist.

[@keysmashh9832]

Oof how creepy did that come out?

[@imaturtle3163]

Probs gonna happen

[@turkepic3637]

Wait so "Your actions don't matter" can be a theme? Well I'm going to get telltale to new heights in margins.

[@EditDeath]

The choices don't matter... yet! This is only the first chapter, after all. Who rules that world is decided by our choices, meaning that where things go from here has the potential to go down two very different routes. My thought is that the idea of choices not mattering will be challenged repeatedly as the game progresses, to the point that the character design made at the start will actually come into play in the finale.

[@rompevuevitos222]

We are talking about Toby here, even if there's only one ending, who knows what ending will be or how it will play out. Maybe he said 1 ending but your choices change something about it. Maybe the entire world is destroyed so that's why there's only one, who knows

[@melissadeleon4512]

"Proceed" and Snowgrave waltzing in: It might seem crazy what I'm boutta say..

[@Mimiro-m2g]

Well this aged like fine milk

[@Zach-nu7gs]

Like fucking nicecream more like it

[@gyropizzamozzarella1012]

Genocide in Deltarune chapter 2 was possible now

[@goodbyemychannel]

Susie: Were gonna bring you down Milk: im about to end this woman's whole career

[@lugalnt]

smells like frozen chicken

[@ZAYKONN]

As Chara said your not the one in control.

[@socialretard7919]

*you're

[@tiarabite]

Why are people assuming who the person is who said that without any confirmation. Bad.

[@corazonnisperos3686]

Super Cooling Fan he/she never said it that way. he/she never said it was Chara, he/she put a little comparison with Chara's words and Deltarune's words.

[@corazonnisperos3686]

Nico Nii who the living fuck cares anymore. so many people in this world can't even get it right so why not give up.

[@tiarabite]

Our Promises This is a video about delta rune, and OP never distinguished between Chara and the mysterious voice in delta rune, so its implied they are one and the same.

[@machadogps1929]

Ok please guys this is just a theory, but it makes sense overall. My *Points* : Delta Rune is a Anagram to Undertale (DUUUH), Most of the characters are the same, Kris Is an obvious anagram to Frisk, ''Suzy'' power through worlds. CounterPoints: Undyne doesn't know Alphys, Gerson DED and Sans not ''Knowing ya''? Here is where my theory takes on, Toby sayed that it wasn't on the same world. '' I will say that basically, what you're seeing here is not the world of UNDERTALE. UNDERTALE's world and ending are the same as however you left them. If everyone was happy in your ending, the people in the UNDERTALE world will still be happy. So, please don't worry about those characters, and that world. It will remain untouched. '' Put the emphasys on World, couldn't you do a Genocide world? and what Chara exactly says when you end the route? ''Let us erase this pointless world, and move to the next'' My thoughts are that DeltaRune is a Timeline originated from the Genocide timeline, that''s why it makes sense that Chara took the control of Kris in the end of the game. Please don't be toxic, I just want some feedback :)

[@elliotgabriel4580]

It makes a lot sense, actually.

[@mladenperic6041]

This does make a lot of sense. The fact that Chara said 'Let us erase this pointless world and move to the next' is already huge foreshadowing. The timeline probably did originate from the genocide route because at the begging we are at 'the contact' part of the game (aka the beginning when you first boot the game up) we see a soul, our soul, Frisks soul that we sold to Chara. And we can even see that the person talking to us at 'the contact' part of the game speaks a lot like Chara. And we were probably not making a vessel for us. Did you see how all of the body parts for our vessel looked a lot like Chara's parts? We were probably constructing Chara's vessel for this world.

[@microbicorb5592]

Kris is likely the chara(pre death) of the deltarune universe.

[@ubergammer00]

yah, tbh i think toby is just leading people to believe that delta rune is not a sequal to throw people off so they can focus on enjoying the story for now. but i think they are linked perhaps its just another timeline or reality?

[@vaskedagame880]

Holy shit, it actually makes sense... Could be true.

[@gothsans3957]

Genocide is impossible for me...because I can't see past the tears...

[@samuelgarza2466]

From what I can gather from these recent comments, genocide is finally possible in this game?

[@celestial190]

Not in chapter 1, but in chapter 2 a true genocide is possible

[@kuojoh]

@@celestial190 well its still not really a "true" genocide since most of the enemy's still run away when you get them low

[@celestial190]

@@kuojoh true, but it’s still really cool to see, especially since a certain someone important to the story didn’t run away

[@ShemLunaria]

@@kuojoh What are you talking about? If you do the snowgrave route correctly, no ennemies should ever be able to run away. That is, if you do it correctly.

[@corundumkrabble5035]

@@ShemLunaria I think they're referring to the enemies you CAN'T fight with Noelle

[@rder2793]

Honestly, unless this becomes an important theme in the story, I hope that you can kill people in the final game, once all chapters are done. After all, part of the magic of undertale is choosing whether you are going to kill the characters or deal with them peacefully. While playing Deltarune, I thought that by doing the pacifist or genocide run you basically were chosing between Ralsei's and Susie's point of view, and then the story would develop different. I love to play pacifist in both undertale and Deltarune, I never wanted to do genocide run actually, but im not a big fun of forcing you to be a pacifist... As I said, maybe the "your choices don't matter" thing becomes really important, it has potential for an interesting plot theme, like: some horrible thing happens and you couldn't did absolutly anything to avoid it, or stuff like that. But yea I don't like Being forced to be a pacifist although i'll end up being one

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

Doing the pacifist/genocide paths again would be redundant. Undertale already exists, there's no need to make it again. I like the idea of the sequel taking the same theme and looking at it entirely differently. The whole game is structured around having no choice, of playing a part you don't want to, being caged, chained, tied to the inevitable, and I think it's really interesting.

[@zredman98]

but this isn't undertale

[@awildfurryappeared]

I think a genocide run may be possible in chapter 2. If it takes place in the dark world again, there would be nobody to kill if you did genocide previously.

[@wheezingperson1403]

There's gonna be multiple undertales?

[@Mitchialia]

That is the point. You have no choice.