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Undertale
tobyfox
Choosing not to destroy can be a way to play. Reconsider an RPG's familiar decisions.
THE DESIGN LENS
What makes this worth a closer look.
The premise fits in one line: an RPG where you don't have to destroy anyone. We read this as turning a genre habit into a question about what an encounter is for.
Before you make it your next game.
Best approached without plot details. Do not judge its themes by the pixel art alone.
FOLLOW THE THREAD
Follow this feeling somewhere else.
OPUS: Prism Peak
Point a camera and choose a perspective. Look for a way home through an unfamiliar land.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Investigate a case and question your own judgment. Explore what being a detective can mean.
Night in the Woods
Make time for a town and its people. An adventure for the conversations along the way.