Finished it tonight. Finished Asgore, and then did the part after with Amalgamations and Asriel. Let's just say I was filled with Determination to see it to the end.
I feel like I approached it from the wrong gamer side of me. I was expecting an RPG, or, well, I dunno what I was probably expecting. I started the game thinking it was a puzzle RPG that I had to stumble through dialogues to try and beat encounters. After I realigned my perspective, I started treating it more like a visual novel, and I wasn't as put off by it towards completion.
I wouldn't say it will make my top 20 games or anything, but I do respect it more than I gave credit a few days ago. I do think I am definitely not it's target audience, which might be hypocritical of me to say since the first two things I look for in games is the story and the characters. I don't play a lot of indie games, tbqh. My entire library is pretty much Triple A or by big game publishers. Overall, I am glad I played it since it made my daughter's week.
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