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I absolutely adore your games, but I do have to give some light criticism with this update.

As a player, it becomes frustrating when I set my character's appearance, then I find out later that the options provided were not just cosmetic, but have actual consequences that lead to death later in the game no matter what I do, thus forcing me to start over from scratch. I think if the death had come up very soon after setting the appearance, it wouldn't have been as frustrating and would have been a good indicator that I should consider my options more carefully. Setting the death later on in the game feels like an unfair punishment, if that makes sense?

I don't want this to come across as unjust criticism and if you have a reason for this particular death end, I would be very glad to hear it. I apologize if you did already state as much somewhere and I just didn't see it. The only answers I found were on your most recent walk through, which simply stated that my chosen dress was what led to that particular death end.

Thank you for hearing me out and thank you for developing these incredible games! I'm not actually a very big fan of Undertale and have never played it before, but your games are just so well written with such interesting branching paths, I can't help but to keep coming back for more! All the best~

Dorothy1 year ago (2 edits) (+3)(-1)

I totally agree! I feel like the "death depends on your appearance" mechanic just takes away the creativity and joy while customizing your character. I wish Petal would add events where we can pick up items and use them to stay alive instead of unavoidable death from the beginning. Of course, to keep the game from being too easy, the events could highly rely on reaction time or a memory test with randomized answers every time. Anything would be better than confirming the player's fate at the character customization stage, where it's supposed to be fun.

joyouo1 year ago (1 edit) (+4)(-4)

I disagree. Although it may be annoying (and yes it happened to me too) isn't it to be expected? If you've played Petal's other games you would notice that small, trivial little things always play a role in whether or not you live. Especially since this is a horrortale fangame you should know that there will be a surplus of things that can kill you. But all I'm saying is that the criticism is quite unnecessary! It's a game, and that's really the only time your appearance even matters and well, it is logical if you think about it. How would you ever be able to survive wearing (I don't know the specific things that kill you but I'm sure it is the miniskirt, the skirt and the shorts [there are two types I think])? Legit impossible and it gives the game a bit more of a realistic aspect ontop of the fact that horrortale is a more realistic version of undertake. But, this is just my opinion on you two's opinion, don't take it to heart!

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