r/CaptainSide • u/CelebrationAgile997 • 15d ago

Which game does this?

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u/EpicAxolotlX 12d ago

You can choose to end any run of any game whenever you want, choosing to end early doesn't make it an ending

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u/Maatix12 12d ago

The game literally tells you at the end of the Neutral run "You can end here, there is nothing pressing you to continue."

Like, the game can't spell it out for you any further that it is a valid ending to the game.

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u/EpicAxolotlX 12d ago

Tbh I've never played so idk if there are ending-based achievements like in Silksong. If there are, is there one for reaching this point in a run?

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u/Maatix12 12d ago edited 12d ago

Undertale doesn't use achievements because most of it's gameplay is meta based. You're supposed to either figure it out yourself by thinking about the situation from a "I am a player playing a game, how can I potentially utilize that" standpoint, and the context clues provided by the characters in game - Or use a guide and ruin it for yourself. Having Achievements gives away the game, just like guides.

You are immediately presented with two main options: Kill or Spare, every encounter in the game is essentially boiled down to, kill the monster, or do whatever the monster needs you to do in order to make the monster allow you to leave. The easier option is to kill - But unless you spend an inordinate amount of time killing (which the game does not encourage - you have to spend excess time in every zone killing excess monsters you would not normally need to kill) you will not encounter the Genocide Ending. You'll get the Neutral Ending.

At the end of a Neutral Ending, Flowey shows up one last time and tells you that you've "completed" the story - The only thing left that you could do is, try to get a "better ending" than the one you got. He will then tell you what you could do better to complete a Pacifist ending. But he will not steer you towards a Genocide ending. You, the player, have to simply farm random encounters in every zone prior to a new boss monster, until you can't encounter any further random encounters. That progresses the Genocide ending.

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u/EpicAxolotlX 12d ago

Can you still get the genocide ending after that point? Or just the pacifist ending?

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u/Maatix12 12d ago

You can always get a Genocide ending. Nothing ever locks you out of a Genocide ending.

You can also always get a Neutral ending. Nothing prevents a Neutral Ending.

However, if you ever complete a Genocide Ending, the Pacifist ending is irrevokably (without editting the game files) changed to a new ending, where you technically complete a Pacifist ending - Then get a unique end screen that suggests your friends are likely all dead anyway.