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>The LAST thing the game needed was a repetition of the same pacing/formula for the 4th time in a row
>chapter 3 is zeldaslop for most of the chapter, no weird route progression (only a tutorial for a player that doesnt exist), no light world section, no true schizo boss
>chapter 4 is 100% HARD CARRIED by gerson (whose context of being an undertale character means Deltarune couldnt stand on its own) and jackenstein's fight
>darkners are so bland that if you arent cooming to water, the fucking cup simps are the best ones in the chapter
>boring climbing minigame into boring climbing minigame into boring climbing minigame
>titan feels like a joke, fight is a joke, song is a joke, and since release i still haven't seen anyone bring it up it general
>the best parts of the chapter easily would fit into chapter 2's formula (light world sections, susie making a fountain, last prophecy, sans fucking your mom)
Chapter 2 is the best for a reason. It should've been the standard. It quite literally needed to borrow NOTHING from Undertale to stand on it's own, something Toby was very proud of.

Really, the only thing chapter 3/4 did better than Chapter 2 was the egg scenes.