DEPONIA OFFENSIVE JOKE ANDROID
Within the opening moments of the game there is a female android malfunctioning and the joke is made that she is experiencing her time of the month, thus explaining her bout of the crazies. Whilst the mixture of mischievous and malevolent humour works well within this series, and in this case Goodbye Deponia, it does need to be mentioned that there are occasions where this is actually more uncomfortable than funny. That is not to say its bad, because it isn’t, they’ve achieved the perfect representation of the slumminess of Deponia, it’s just not. There is not one to become attached to, leaving it quite difficult to care for the characters and their plight. The people, while believeable and each one memorable, are not really engaging.
The voice acting reflects this same disheveled feeling. Everything helps you imagine Deponia as a real life place, breathing waste and mediocrity borderlining on sheer ruin. Even the items in the inventory are all excellent, exuding character and matching the vibe of the game perfectly. Attention to detail, like the droplets of water on a steaming broken pipe to the priceless look on a pelican’s face as you bring havoc to his mundane world. The game’s visuals are, as standard from a Daedalic offering, impeccable. This also has the effect of detaching you from the storytelling, especially at the beginning, which is unfortunate as those first few vital strands of plot are what developers should be using to draw you in and entangle you in their web. In a world which is made of junk, literally anything has the potential to be used, or combined with something else, and that can make it tricky to work out what to do next. The puzzles are often as random as the game itself, and at times very obscure indeed. It does make for an interesting ride through Deponia, playing as someone you feel you can’t like, however it has the potential to ostracize you from the plot, keeping you at arms-length and stopping the same sort of blissful “lost in” haze you might experience in The Night of the Rabbit. Arrogant, oblivious, crude, childish and irritating, he’s like Han Solo with all the good parts stripped away (yes another Star Wars reference). Rufus is probably the most unlikeable protagonist ever to grace a point-and-click adventure.
DEPONIA OFFENSIVE JOKE SERIES
Rufus and gang are attempting to reach Elysium, the floating utopian-type city in order to warn them of the thousands of people still alive on the planet, but are inevitably swept off course in a series of events that you literally couldn’t dream up. The planet, believed to be abandoned is actually, very much not so, and a huge cover up is in place to ensure the world goes boom. Goodbye Deponia starts directly where Chaos on Deponia left off and continues to follow the hero (or rather anti-hero) Rufus, who is now on a mission to save Deponia from being destroyed. It is somewhat like a cartoon version of Tatooine, without the deserts, and played while on copious amounts of mind-altering, hallucination-triggering drugs, with some absinthe thrown in for good measure. If you have played the previous two titles and are looking to try the finale then you’re most likely a fan of Deponia and its ultra-quirky, dirty-steampunk feel.
Also there are many, many jokes that rely on the player’s familiarity with the games, and to get the most, you’ll really want to understand them all. In a game series that is already sporadic and haphazard, starting at the last part of what is really one game split into three will confuse and frustrate you. If you haven’t played Deponia or Chaos on Deponia, please don’t attempt Goodbye Deponia. This sense of humour has most definitely made an appearance in the Deponia series, however in a more sinister way than the norm we have come to know and love from this developer. With outstanding titles like Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, The Whispered World, and personal favourite, The Night of the Rabbit, they are quickly becoming a well-respected name in the genre, and rightly so.Ī great sense of humour runs throughout their offerings, hand-in-hand with wonderful story-telling and exceptional voice acting. Walker Goodbye Deponia Reviewĭaedalic Entertainment have a good whack of excellent point-and-click adventure games under their belt. Reviews // 12th Dec 2013 - 9 years ago // By Emsey P.