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Originally Posted by flashflash account

worst part about undertale is that people keep comparing it to earthbound

Edit: Earthbound is a game about kids with powers in 1990's america who are destined to either stop an impending alien invasion or die trying
Undertale is about a kid who falls down a hole and keeps getting attacked by monsters who call him a monster when he just wants to be left alone and go home
just because both contain witty dialogue and developer jokes doesn't mean they're the same

the comparison happens because toby fox got his start in game development by modding earthbound and making earthbound fangames, and he is on the record for saying that earthbound directly inspired him to make undertale

the comparison isn't exactly meaningless