"Instead of simply “knocking” Undertale for everything about it that is “not as good as people say that it is”, my intent here is to expose WHY people tend to overrate it, HOW they overrate it, and WHAT THIS IMPLIES about the Gaming Community and the Global Culture as a Whole, specifically among the youth."

This is a submission to the Forgotten Games Essay Jam.

Rinzai Gigen,

Subliminal Mind Games.

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Works Used and Cited:

The Curse of Monkey Island. LucasArts. [1997.]

The Dance of the Dead. Artist Unknown. [ca. 18th Century.]

Death Note. Ohba, Tsugumi. [2003-2006.]

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Maxwell Atoms. [2001-2007.]

Grim Fandango. LucasArts. [1998.]

The Heart's Illumination. Rae. [2019.]

Jak II: Renegade. Naughty Dog. [2003.]

Keeps Death His Watch. Subliminal Mind Games. [In Development.]

King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! : Sierra On-line. [1990.]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Nintendo. [1991.]

The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. [1954.]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Jackson, Peter. [2002.]

MapleStory. Wizet. [2003.]

MediEvil. Guerilla Cambridge. [1998.]

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. LucasArts. [1991.]

NieR. Cavia. [2010.]

NieR: Automata. Platinum Games. [2017.]

On Stranger Tides. Powers, Tim. [1987.]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Marshall, Rob. [2011.]

The Rebel. Camus, Albert. [1951.]

The Secret of Monkey Island. LucasArts. [1990.]

Silly Symphonies. Disney, Walt. [1929.]

Tales of Monkey Island. Telltale Games. [2009.]

Undertale. Toby Fox. [2015.]