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Nelson_Mandela posted...

What is the gist of the unique gameplay? From what I gather, you can choose to not kill the enemies and instead solve puzzles to defeat them without "killing" them--which leads to a more interesting ending. Is that correct?

This and a bullet-hell-like system where you can dodge enemy attacks in battle, kind of akin to the Mario and Luigi RPGs. A lot of the boss fights are deliberately designed so that you really have to use the dodging to win, which gives them a good sense of challenge and is where most of the fun in Undertale's gameplay comes from.

(Also, to clarify, I would agree that the gender/sexuality/social justice elements of the game really aren't important when analyzing it and can safely be ignored.)