I am completely Fatluspilled and even defend them doing full-priced re-releases of games, but even I won't stoop to play gachashit.

The normal route of Deltarune is extremely dull and it really doesn't seem like Toby knows how to fix that fact.

I don't think many people will agree with me but I'll be honest. None of the pacifist/normal only content is interesting, none of it sparks speculation like snowgrave/weird route does. The games fighting system is already simple but the sparing minigames become stale after two or so encounters with people eventually opting to avoid fighting all together just to stop wasting time.
I feel like even Toby knows this to some extent with how in Chapter 3 Ramb makes a comment about how the normal version of the board game is a boring walking simulator while the weird version is much more interesting and its strange because he COULD make the pacifist/normal routes gameplay-aspects more interesting by just drip feeding you more lightner party members starting from chapter 4.
Instead of having fights be 2 or 3 turns regardless of how well you perform the minigame due to only have 3 people to command, you could pull of one turn pacifist fight sweeps due Berdly and Noelle adding 2 more possible commands. It would of even fit thematically, having you becoming stronger in fights like leveling would, but due to the friends you gained along the way instead of the levels you gained.
It just bugs me how damn lopsided gameplay and narrative wise the other "half" of Deltarune is shaping up to be.