Undertale
Toby Fox's RPG subverts genre conventions by allowing pacifist solutions. Player choices affect narrative and character relationships. The meta-awareness and fourth-wall breaking create emotional connection. The game explores violence, mercy, consequence, and game mechanics as ethics. Multiple routes (pacifist, neutral, genocide) create moral weight. Bullet-hell combat becomes dialogue. Indie charm masks philosophical depth.
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