>>719179178
>you thought you had to kill the monsters? how stupid
The game tells you to not kill anyone. You can kill them, but if you mindlessly grind and slaughter enemies nonstop that don't fight back and you have to spend fuckton of time to find, the characters starts judging you. It is simply a different take on it and you'll realize it before 2h mark.
You can finish UT while killing others. Nobody is stopping you for that, and while Sans comments on it that you maybe could've avoided killing others you can still finish the game and get one of the neutral endings. If you wanna save everyone, that is your choice.
>you thought the monsters were trying to kill you? how stupid
The monsters comment on it, as well as does others. The game doesn't judge for you it, just comments on it.
>you thought EXP and LV meant experience points and level? how stupid
It is a small reveal at the end
>you thought you'd be able to sell items in a shop? how stupid
It's just different world. Like I have no idea how that is being "anti-JRPG".
I might actually start understanding why you see it being "cynical". I don't like being the "Brooooo you misunderstood it it's actually great"-guy, but I think you yourself might've had hard time taking the game seriously and treating characters as characters.
On the game trailer on Steam page, at 24 second mark it tells you quite clearly that you can kill or spare monsters if you want. Later that you decide their fate.
But all in all, it is meant to catch you bit off-guard. On my first playthrough I felt frustrated when I killed a boss because I didn't know how to save them. But it benefits from replayability.
>you thought you were the player character? how stupid
What? How is that mocking or being cynical or "anti-JRPG".
Okay Anon. I'm not saying you should like it, but it feels like you are at this point hating it for the sake of hating it. Sometimes it's good to approach things from neutral experience.