is it the game or is it the community
i have not played undertale as of yet
Both.
See, when undertale was first released, it was seen as a singleplayer game that everyone liked, doesn't seem too bad right?
Now skip to 3 months after the release and the next time you check it, a fandom would have formed and there would be people hating on the game, due to it's usage of furries, memes, anime, and it's popularity.
Skip to now, where even the loving pope has the game, and there you have it, you have just made a game turn into one of the worst games, simply because of it's fanbase and it's major hatred that eventually will get to you, even if you are a fan of the game.
In fact, if the fandom didn't exist, and it was just the game alone, then sure I would say it's a great game, but not game of the year. That's right, on it's first year, it managed to out best some of the best games (LoZ, Mario 64, Melee), and come out as the best game of all time, simply because of fans, popularity, and because "it has everything a today game should have".
loving Disgraceful.