Austin Walker
Giant BombGiant Bomb Undertale Review
Published 9/25/2015
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PS4 / Linux / PC / Mac / Vita / XONE / Switch - 9/15/2015
Undertale
A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging with a turn-based combat system with puzzle-solving and bullet hell elements, as well as other unconventional game mechanics.
- Developer
- tobyfox
- Publisher
- 8-4, tobyfox
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Critic avg
92
35 scored reviews
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35
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 92 across 35 scored reviews, with a 100-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 90–100 band.
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35 included scored reviews
90–10031 reviews · 89%
80–893 reviews · 9%
70–790 reviews · 0%
Below 701 review · 3%
Showing 31-35 of 35 matching critic reviews. 35 total critic reviews. Page 4 of 4.
Ben Davis
DestructoidDestructoid Undertale Review
Published 9/24/2015
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Read originalTim McDonald
PC InvasionPC Invasion Undertale Review
Published 9/23/2015
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100
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Read originalJack de Quidt
Rock Paper ShotgunRock Paper Shotgun Undertale Review
Published 9/22/2015
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Read originalJames Stephanie Sterling
The JimquisitionThe Jimquisition Undertale Review
Published 9/19/2015
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