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My criticism about each chapter.

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Chapter 1 : i will admit i don't have anything that i don't like about chapter 1, the soundtrack is great, the characters even though not showing up much were pretty fun, i feel like King didn't get enough screentime and was kinda ruined in chapter 2 as a completely evil irredeemable villain but besides that i like chapter 1 a lot.

Chapter 2 : Now Chapter 2 is my favourite chapter of Deltarune but it has some problems for me, the soundtrack still great, has a lot of filler songs that are just alright, and susies character shifted a bit too much throughout the game, feel like she became too nice to kris in just one day but besides that, i like chapter 2, and it's my favourite chapter

Chapter 3 : Now chapter 3 is where my deep darkest hate opinions lie, now chapter 3's introduction is great, you start off with an indepth explanation about the dark world and how it works and then Tenna comes out nowhere with a cool intro and it shows a lot of characterization but when i got to the first board i thought "wait what the fuck am i playing? anymore" i didn't mind the first board i will be very honest, the 8-bit mini game board should have been only ONE BOARD ONLY and then for the time with the second board they could have focused more on other actual deltarune stuff, and this hate goes to the 8-bit parts not the final mini-game boards at the end the two boards they were really fun and the cooking mini-game got me addicted, and now my second critique the TV World itself, and wow what a disappointment this chapter felt like the most isolated chapter so far the green room is half the game, and you'd think from the amazing visual designs in chapter 2's cyber world that each chapter the visuals would get better but i will say it now even chapter 4 hasn't beaten chapter 2's world design, the TV World once you finally leave the green room is just red carpet, TV screens and Tenna statues copy and pasted and then the other half is just brown for some odd reason the design was terrible and i know fan designs looked too similar to chapter2's world but i would have been okay with that over that, the shooting mini-game should have been longer because it was pretty fun should have had staged where the window got longer each time you won a round that's how i would have designed it, and everyone leaving Tenna plot point just kicked off too fast i was running through TV world for like twenty minutes and everyone already gave up on him, at least the rouxls kaard fight this time was better than chapter 2's but i didn't find rouxls funny this chapter and i didn't find the throuple thing funny either, but at least they didn't replace "It's Pronounced Rules" cause it's a banger. the S rank games that lead you to get the Shadowmantle feel like a chore every fucking replay, Spamtons side quest to get to his secret boss fight was pretty fun and fast no bullshit but this just felt so boring, now onto Tennas fight, and it's probably the best fight in the entire game, It's TV Time is one of the songs i really liked out of chapter 3's terrible soundtrack, i like how the fight uses all the experience from the mini-games that you've played to win the fight and it's amazing it's everything i could want in a boss fight, now the Roaring Knight fight is also GREAT it was my favourite part out of all chapter 3, how ironic?, and the ending was good and it progressed the plot unlike the other two endings well chapter 2's kinda did but didn't give a main goal to the group now which this ending did and if chapter 4 didn't come with it oh boy that would have been the most painful cliffhanger so far and if chapter 4 didn't come out with it i would've been reconsidering how i see deltarune after how chapter 3 tried to change the formula but didn't do it very well but i did like the mini-games and i liked at least four songs out the soundtrack sorry chapter 3, you are like least favourite chapter :(

Chapter 4 : Now chapter 4 it has a balance of light world, castle town, and dark world which i really liked but castle town was quite disappointing this time around seeing in the dojo there wasn't any fights except lanino and elnina which i was expecting there to be a chapter 3 all stars fight where you could refight the chapter 3 bosses but sadly there wasn't, i really liked the rooms and it was really good to see Queen again and also i really wish they put the cooking and susizilla mini-game in the TV building too, but now onto the noelle house section, i was very surprised that we learnt so much about noelle this early but after seeing the roaring knight i shouldn't have been, but it's fine because were at the half point in the games development now, but it was fun to look around the house and actually find out more about Dess, still don't like the repeated use of "Lost Girl" cause it feels like it just happens in a sad moment now when it was basically Noelles theme, so now about the dark world, at least chapter 4's dark world was a step up from chapter 3 at least but it's still not visually great as chapter 2's cyber world, but i did like the dark sanctuary and the glass aesthetic and now i get to talk about Gerson!, i really like Gerson, he has two themes which i love and Hammer of Justice is a BANGER but i really like the gameplay choice of no healing in his battle so you can really test your skill and i thank the lord susies healing finally means something and is actually useful and jackenstein fight is a good way to teach you about the pellets giving you TP for the Titan fight later on and again A DARK ZONE IS A BANGER, because chapter 4 throws straight bangers at you at times and is the best soundtrack out of all the chapters, now onto the second sanctuary/susies dark world it's quite lackluster you'd think it would be different besides the lighting difference but nah at least second sanctuary is peak song and the fake gerson sound fight is a good reaction test and Ralsei finally answering questions made me feel a lot better about him after being a corny ass mf since chapter 2 and my GOAT KAKA! SAVED THE DAY bro is the trashy of chapter 4 and i love him even though he barely shows up, the third sanctuary is BEAUTIFUL and i think it should've been longer, now we on the titans fight, there should have 100 percent been a safe point at the top where the titan fight was because if you wanna play the fight again anytime you gotta climb ALL THE WAY BACK UP and it gets annoying but besides that the Titan felt a bit too easy but it was enjoyableand GUARDIAN IS ALSO A BANGER TOO as i said this chapter throws straight bangers at you, and in the end with the final prophecy it was really cool to see Ralsei actually show his character and i hope he stays a lot more serious from now on because i'm not really a fan of his whole cutesey thing, but yeah chapter 4 is a great chapter but the pacing felt kinda fast when you got too the second half but besides that chapter 4 is a good chapter not amazing or great just good i still like it better than chapter 1 and 3,

So this was my critique of each chapter, i don't review things these were just my opinions and obviously i love Deltarune and don't hate hate hate any of the chapters they just have issues and i feel like real fans should realise the bads about the game and not just love it unexceptional because it was made by someone whose known for making good games, talented people can mess up and make bad decisions too, i don't expect everyone to read all of this but if you skipped all the way down here to see this and and then just throw a hate comment, fuck you, anyway ily :) for those who read and acknowledge my critique.

Posted Sep 3, 2025, 6:18 PM UTC

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