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chapter 2 perfected it
>main boss that you interact with throughout the chapter
>schizo boss plot that is a mandatory miniboss/interaction but you can go deeper for their schizo boss fight + shadow crystal
>other lightners get brought in and written into the world
>weird route of a decent length with a different/remixed final fight (noelle ONLY wasn't confirmed back then)
>light world quest progression
chapter 3
>LOL TIME FOR THE MOST BORING SEGMENT IN ALL OF DELTARUNE: THE CHAPTER
>TWICE
>ALMOST A THIRD TIME BUT WE CUT IT
>chapter feels unfinished as fuck, like it went through development hell and back
>other lightners being weaved into the plotline? nah it was literally just berdly for some reason lol, toriel is fucking iceboxed btw
>schizo boss...? huh? you mean you want MORE of this segment? whatever floats your boat, I guess...
>weird route...? HAHAHAHA
>no light world segment faggot, see you next chapter, didnt feel like it
>no castle town segment faggot, see you next chapter, didnt feel like it
chapter 4 (which is substantially better than chapter 3)
>returns to formula and even remixes aspects of chapter 2 (lightner IS the schizo boss, but isn't even a lightner anymore), multiple fountains
>boss is absolute dogshit and feels like a wet fart, yet miniboss (jackenstein) is probably toby's best fight to date
>4 year long wait weird route is 5 fucking minutes
Toby had zero reason to turn Chapter 3 into the worst chapter other than to subvert expectations.
Anything that is
>b-but its this way because he wrote x
Is like Toby writing himself a doctor's note to get out of being criticized about it.
