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When they fall into the Dark World, the school-kid protagonists get colorful costumes that seem to project who they want to be in the world above. Anything can happen in the Dark World: unlikely friendships, budding romances, unspoken feelings finally coming to light, action, adventure, standing up to a villain who bears an uncanny resemblance to an overbearing parent, the lot. The "Dark World" is where adventures take place in Deltarune, a bombastic counterpoint to the quaint small town overworld. Specifically, it's about how we can become better people just by playing around. The simple summary is that if Undertale is a game about games, Deltarune is a game about playing. Does Deltarune go further, try and be cleverer, craftier, even more subversive? Absolutely not. And now we have this new remix/sequel/alternate universe-thing in the form of Deltarune. It starts with crap puzzles and funny skeletons and evolves, perfectly, into the story of a human being sitting down to play a video game. It's an especially thorny conundrum because Undertale was so narratively groundbreaking. But whatever he makes, be it a cupcake or a clothing brand or a package holiday business, will be compared, inevitably, to Undertale. On one level, he has every artist's dream: near unlimited resources, plenty of time, and an eager fanbase willing to lick the dregs of an idea from his outstretched fingertip. Deltarune has a wonderfully vivid colour scheme.ĭeltarune is the brainchild of Toby Fox, composer, writer, animator, programmer, and all-round indie wizard. There may be layers yet uncovered - in fact, I hope there are - but when your teenage characters emerge from a chess-themed fantasy kingdom amid the scattered parts of an old chess board, or plunge into a frenetic cyberspace city while visiting the IT lab, obvious conclusions must be drawn. Look, it's not hard to figure out what's going on here. Capes and weapons appear in a burst of light. A kingdom awaiting destined heroes who, wouldn't you know it, look just like you and Susie. There's a kingdom in mortal danger down here. Then two of you head on into the store room and through a wormhole into another reality. Out in the corridor Suzie briefly considers eating your face, but decides against it. The teacher sends you and Suzie out on some half-assed errand to get the troublemaker out of the classroom. Availability: Out now on PC, Switch, PS4Įverybody is scared of Suzie, including your hapless teacher, who pairs you up as a way to mollify this hulking, mean-spirited lizard girl (everyone is a monster in this story, except for you).