Started playing through Chapter 5! I’ll post my thoughts under the cut as I go along. Spoilers ahoy!
Such a foreboding opening…
At least Toriel recognized Kris’s feelings to an extent. They have a right to be upset with her.
Asgore is hoping to get his old job back? Hmm…
Back to Castle Town!
It’s getting crowded, wow.
I still love the Mike Trio. I want a whole Mike Trio-themed game, Tobyyyyy
Seam is getting more suspicious as this goes on, especially with each Shadow Crystal I give him…
QUEEN, hilarious as always. The printing scene had me on the floor.
I gave Tenna to Mettaton in Ch. 4, so now his room is a basketball court??? Lol
Love to see Ralsei’s room looking more filled out. Good for him.
The Trashy Trio fight was surprisingly difficult?!?! It took me four tries?!?!?! Worth it for the Mike Trio cameo, though.
The Festival!
Noelle joins the party!
Good to see the letter reached Father Alvin and that he doesn’t doubt the sincerity of it. Lovely scene.
Poor Catti…
RIP ONIONSAN??? Damn…
Sans has like three different jobs in this Festival, lol.
Looks like Tenna’s doing well (I think).
Voted for King Susie and Queen Noelle.
Got secondhand embarrassment from the Burgerpants scene. Geez…
GAH, the Suselle lake scene. 😭 So adorable! The spritework is gorgeous, too.
Rudy, oh no. 😟
On a personal note, Rudy’s situation reminds me of how my own dad’s was. Near the end, as Dad’s health deteriorated, he had a lot of falls and frequent hospital visits. Eventually he was bedridden. It was hard watching him go from being active and doing what he loved to do (yardwork, woodworking, visiting flea markets) to being stuck in bed. It hurt. So I really empathize with Noelle here. Having a parent facing a chronic illness is a painful situation filled with so much uncertainty.
KRIS NO-
Dark World time…
ANIME CUTSCENE???
HIS NAME IS FLOWERY?!?!?!
The voice clips are hilarious, I’m sorry. I’m keeping them for now, Ralsei.
Ralsei and Flowery have some kind of beef going on. Hmm…
I’m glad to see Ralsei being more open about his feelings, even negative ones. It’s definitely a good carry-over from the events of Ch. 4. Seeing him be jealous/annoyed over something is kinda refreshing and humanizes him a lot.
So Flowery has a crush on Asgore, right?
LOTS of Ch. 1 call-backs. The music, Ralsei’s sprites, the puzzles…
A watering can mechanic? Don’t worry, I’ve played “A Year at Pooh Corner” for the Sega Pico, I’ve got this-
The green chef seems nice.
WOODY?!?!
Starting to feel very Hollow Knight-y. I love HK, though, so no complaints!
Flowery, I’m not trusting you…
The cyan flower kid’s battle was surprisingly difficult. Not so much from the bullet hell attacks, but from the Omega Flowey callback attack which deals a lot of damage if you get hit. I was never good at evading that attack when I played Undertale, so I barely survived it here, lol. Also, the battle music is amazing. Think it’s stuck in my head now.
THE FEATHER MECHANIC, OMG
We platforming now!
It’s Hollow Knight all over again…
Cliffs are challenging. I’m in survival mode now…
I think this is the first time in any Deltarune chapter that I’m not even focused on exploring; I’m just trying to make it to the next save point.
Seth x Berdly??!?
Kinda wish there were more keyboard customization options for the feather mechanic. I usually use my space bar for jumping and X for attacking in other games, but I’m stuck with using X and Z. Oh well…
Liking the Castle farrrr more than the Cliffs. Gorgeous location with some fun puzzles.
Orange and Green are my fav flowers so far!
I ran FOR MY LIFE for that one pink coin. (Darn fox.)
Ralsei, you okay?
Okay, met Yellow!
Poor Yellow…I feel kinda bad deceiving him.
Those two beetle-like darkners in the quicksand, oh noooo
Pogoing off the flowers? It’s okay, I survived Hollow Knight’s Path of Pain. I got this.
Blue is awesome.
The trial-themed battle was a lot of fun.
I think Ralsei needs to be careful about putting too much faith into Kris, considering we don’t know whether Kris’s intentions with creating the Dark Fountains are malicious or not.
Got 17 pink coins so far…
Got to say, Flowery brings up a good point. What makes Flowery’s Dark World any less meaningful of a Dark World than Castle Town?
Ralsei arguing that Flowery needs to follow his purpose, yet Ralsei’s the one who’s beginning to slowly deviate from the original rules he set for himself (that he didn’t matter, and his only purpose was to serve Lightners and his role in the Prophecy, etc.). Hmm…
Green is the GOAT. Definitely my favorite of the flowers.
Oh no, I think I found the secret boss, oh God-
There they are: Mew Mew, AKA Pink…
I’M PURPLE NOW?!?!?!?!
Oh no, it’s Muffet all over again-
Update: haven’t beaten her yet, but I’ve made it up to the third phase. Pretty fun battle so far! Really catchy music, too.
To be continued…
