SwApFell I Hate You; Most UNIQUE Undertale Fangame of 2024

this long awaited take on the popular Undertale AU: Swapfell has recently release its demo!
So uh, if you couldn't tell by the title or thumbnail already.. I really did enjoy it!

Here's my little review of it.

Special thanks to:
wokecat2024 for the thumbnail

SwApFell: I Hate You by Igor and Calem
Undertale by Toby Fox and Temmie Chang
Underswap by Hatsune Miku, Underfell by Vic Underfella
Swapfell by Khoppang

#undertale #undertaleau #undertalefangame #sans #sansandpapyrus #swapfell #underfell #underswap

[Military_base]

My expectations were pretty high, yet I was pleased.

I'm still sad about Papyrus not appearing at the end

[KingStudiosnew]

Asgore: Papyrus get a flamethrower it is highly important.

Papyrus: OK!

Asgore: Oh, also grab an elditrch demon.

Papyrus: YOUR THE BOSS!

[inciniumz]

One of the things I love most about this is how RPGMaker it is. It has the ethereal atmosphere and art style of OFF and Hylics, with the sprite artstyle of Space Funeral and the menu system being deliberately reminiscent of old RPG games, including the default RPGMaker style. The fight against Asgore looks a like like the fight against Enoch from OFF, down to having to tire him out to win. Rik is a lot like the Batter in persoanlity, but facially he resembles Philip or Wayne.

[IAmBored]

*Swapfell: I Still Hate You* is a beautiful fangame combining Undertale, Deltarune and OFF. I appreciate how this game was different presenataion wise and atmosphere wise. Not only does it have Off vibes the storytelling is very interesting.

I'm glad the No Mercy route wasn't pure evil (At least Not Yet) and Rik is a simple human who has honor. He seems to not mind being in controlled of the player since he asked us. And perhaps he knows he's in a video game. As for the gameplay while its still Undrrtale the combat combines Deltarune as well. The colors are nice. The beauty of the game is both surreal and trippy which I love aesthetic like that. And the monster designs are really unique.

Now for Asgore. Easily one of my favorite Asgores to date besides Negativetale or Underfell or TS! Underswap. His attacks are cool, his design is very intimidating and I love the shadowy face hiding his emotions. Because we never got a real story for him its likely we have to figure out his story.

So here is my theory. If this story follows the original Undertale where Chara met the Dreemurr Family then Asgore is ultimately tragic here. If Chara perished then that means Asriel perished too but unfortunately they didn't become Flowey. Which means they're gone. Which is why the crib represented Asriel's lost innocence. The blocks could've been Asriel and Chara playing together. The three heart charm could've been the Dreemurr Family's connection before everything fell apart. And the feather line...could it mean Asgore and Toriel fell off but worse? And the tomb while we don't know the late person it seems as if Asgore lost his remaining sanity.

As for Dementia being symbolized1 I have two theories. Toriel is not seen in this fangame at all. Which means Toriel left or passed away. Maybe Toriel is the one suffering from dementia and that is why Asgore is more dark now? Or the dementia could likely symbolize metaphorically is Asgore wanting to forget his burdens and losing himself. He doesn't want to remember the loss of his family but he uses it as a petty excuse to treat his monsters horribly. Now I do not think the real Asgore would ever do this to his fellow monsters but if there was a possibility where everything went to rut possibly. I'm excited on the next monsters shown here and I wonder what they will be like. Would Undyne be a knight templar that is crazed and hypocritical? Would Alphys be a mad scientist or no? Would Sans be a cruel judge? Who knows and that's why I love this fangame!

[Lavollager]

The artstyle has a certain mixture of different games artstyles. Like OFF’s character designs, DELTARUNE’s background art, and YUME NIKKI’s environment.

[MrFunFromTemu]

I like how asgore speaks (really) old English…. Another minute thing about this demo that’s makes it so nice.

[TheRealPokyPoke]

I love how alot of fangames just adds TP to make it more fun its pretty cool seeing what they do with the feature

[FitzgeraldBloxlore]

26:11 Asgore can never get too overprepared when fighting the surface

[Rocco.thestormfilearchiver]

I have absolutely adored this AU ever since the soundcloud posts, and I hope to see this AU shed light on Space Funeral (a massive inspo on the au) as that is also one of my personal fav games ever, but very very glad to see videos on this!!!

[nobody]

It's definitely not what I expected, when I heard SwapFell, I thought about Kkhopang's Swapfell (which is one of my favorite AUs). It's got an abstract and liminal feel to it, a great atmosphere, though it almost doesn't feel like a Deltarune/Undertale fangame, like Ribbit, It's a thing of it's own. I think It's a bit round around some edges, but it's only a demo so it's to be expected, and overall it's a pretty great fangame. Oh and also the OST slaps

[legendarycryptid]

"Your fragility is perhaps what broke you" is good response fuel.

[sanstheskullerton]

the day based actually types ‘interesting’ instead of ‘intresting’ the sun would’ve already exploded 😔

[Diff_Codec]

SwApFell I Hate You is the one of the GEMS that have their own essence which makes them special among the others.

Just like GG!Underfell, this version is gruesome, violent towards everyone.
Rik will always doubt in his taken path when he goes to the bus station:
PACIFIST - You spare the people you fought, but you flee from the broken tyrant that will never change.. Do you really think this is going to make things better at all?
GENOCIDE - You killed everyone on sight, not everyone suspect you of murder spree. However, you get rid of those who may be the source of evil, or simply put the suffering ones to rest. You don't feel okay though, because you have blood on YOUR hands now. Everyone FEAR you.
NEUTRAL - Doesn't matter if you kill people or not, but what if you take down the BOSSES? Will that make things any better? Or will this put everyone to ANARCHY? One thing for sure - You put the broken one to eternal sleep.

I expected people to talk about similarity of this game and OFF. I really like that, because Inverted Fates also has that vibe (though in the endgame only)
People talked about how Asgore fight is similar to Enoch fight.
For me, honestly, Asgore fight reminds me of Dedan fight because of few reasons:
1. both Asgore and Dedan summon their own ally that are nothing much but a spectre.
2. Asgore has kept his hatred for humanity for too long that he's hurting his own people, just like how Dedan yells at his workers and treats them bad in general.
(Might be more similar to Japhet actually)
3. Both of them have some weird association with sleep. Dedan can make you sleep. Asgore, on the contrary, is the one we must put to sleep.

But in short, yes, this is literally Undertale in the style of OFF - dark and cold, with twisted views of good and bad which makes you doubt in your own actions the more you proceed.

[BeeCygNus]

Rik feels like hes fitting in the Batter's shoes here in this fangame. His role is to eradicate every "evilness" pretty much by what the amulet has been pointing at.

[duaiauai]

i also listened to this game’s ost before they started the game development and this is what i exactly love seeing now

[Seanathan]

I love how undertale Asgore uses careful, precise and coordinated attacks and then swapfell asgore uses literal grenades. he is COMPLETELY out of it

[mhvmhv]

Man, Swapfell Desolation, FGD!SWAPFELL, and SwApfell: I Hate You release in the same year. Good year for Swapfell ig.

[Pengoot]

So I just went in and played this game completely blind and I have never been so confused yet so desperately wanting more at the same time.
This feels like if you let the Cruelty Squad dev make a Swapfell fan game and it’s incredible.

[Shadow_Xzorion]

a lot of people are mentioning in the comments it reminds them of OFF, and god theyre so right this game is so strangely surreal that it gives me those exact vibes. will definitely have to keep this game in mind
EDIT: THE ASGORE FIGHT IS GIVING SO MANY ENOCH VIBES THIS IS CRAZY

[IAmBored]

Also I forgot to mention not only does it have Off vibes but Space Funeral vibes. Space Funeral had an eerie and surreal aesthetic with the colors. Also the boss designs kind of remind me of Space Funeral in general being uncanny yet bizarre.

So here are my predictions for our main monster cast

Undyne might be a crazed knight templar and she might act personality wise to Emperor Belos from TOH, Judge Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Director from Nimona, Bastion from X Men, and Father from Fullmetal Alchemist. All of them are self righteous hypocrites who hurt others justifying their actions as defenders. She might have spells like Asgore here and her Undying form would be intimidating.

Now for the next one. Since this is medieval perhaps Alphys could be a plague doctor/witch doctor to be honest. She might be regretting her experiments involving the amalgamates. But she experiments more and more to suit her desires and knowledge. It's the only thing she has now. Would Alphys be a boss here? Maybe unlikely but Mettaton could be a robotic automaton she controls or no....

I feel the skeleton brothers will appear but I'm unsure on them. I see Sans be the judge who condems people not through justice but judgment. Sans could be a wild card like in the original Undertale or not. I'm unsure about Papyrus.

As for Toriel I'm unsure what happened to her. Considering the hints maybe the game doesn't have Toriel because she passed away. Or maybe she is still alive but she's not the same. Maybe she might be a crazed mother who is unstable over grief and takes away children from other monsters thinking its her. Thinking its Chara and Asriel.

We do not know much about Rik but I feel they were tasked to defeat and apprehand monsterkind. Perhaps they knew monsterkind needed to be cured from it. Or like The Batter from Off are they tricking us or not? Who knows but I cannot wait to see more of this Swapfell take. Undertale AUs are getting more creative and refined. I like that!