Deponia

At times this game was fun, but it stumbled more than it succeeded. Its attempts at humor are lazy, sexist, and transphobic, even for 2012. The protagonist is a creep. There's no real character arc.

There are multiple puzzles that are more about banging your head against a wall than reasoning through, and there are similarly some parts of the game where I found myself just trying every item in my inventory on a thing.

Deponia is a great game. Developed by Daedalic when they made quality games versus junk like Gollum

~ DIFFICULTY ~

🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
✅ Normal
🔲 Hard
🔲 Dark Souls

~ GRAPHICS ~

🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
✅ Graphics don't matter in this game
🔲 Good
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece

~ MUSIC ~

🔲 Bad
✅ Not special
🔲 Good
🔲 Beautiful


~ STORY ~

🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story
✅ It's there for the people who want it
🔲 Well written
🔲 Epic story
🔲 Imagine Kingdom Hearts but on crack

~ PRICE ~

🔲 Free
🔲Underpriced
🔲 Perfect Price
✅ Could be cheaper
🔲 Overpriced
🔲 Complete waste of money

It goes on sale a lot so its good but if not on sale then not

~ REQUIREMENTS ~

✅You can run it on a microwave
🔲 Average
🔲 High end
🔲 NASA computer

~ LENGTH ~

🔲 Very Short (0 - 2 hours)
✅Short (2 - 15 hours)
🔲 Average (15-50 hours)
🔲 Long (50-90 hours)
🔲 Extremely long (90-110 hours)
🔲No ending

~ FUN ~

🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
🔲 Repetitive
✅ Actually pretty amusing
🔲The kind of fun you'll remember
🔲 Ride of your life

~ REPLAYABILITY~

✅ It's a one-time experience
🔲 Only for achievements
🔲 If you wait a few months/years
🔲 Definitely
🔲Infinitely replayable

~ WORTH BUYING ~

🔲 No
✅ Wait for sale
🔲 Yes

Comment On The Game:-

Nice Puzzle Game



Rating :
Story - 7/10
Gameplay - 7/10
Graphics - 7/10
Optimization - 7/10
Music - 7/10
Overall 7/10

I got to the magnet detonation puzzle and, after shutting the game down to take a break, I was unable to move the magnets. I tried going back to an earlier save and had the same issue. I checked the discussion board and this seems to be a common problem. This game is 13 years old and the devs still haven't fixed something a lot of players have complained about. I am kicking myself for buying the whole collection. There are much better point and click games to play.

The Deponia games are an okay point and click franchise, but it peaked with this game.

Overall a fun game
hase a few bugs mostly visual and could be mostly fixed by loading an old save
and the puzzle leave you stuck some times where i needed help to get past and in hinsight hade some hints for what you needed to do wich where just hard to spot
my biggest hate for this game was that pets where hurt if this wasnt in the game i would give thumps up

"A Quirky Adventure with Some Bumps Along the Way"

Game Name: Deponia
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟☆☆☆☆ (6/10)

My Experience: 🔧
I started Deponia with high expectations for an engaging point-and-click adventure, and while the game delivers some quirky charm and humor, my experience was a bit of a mixed bag. The world of Deponia is colorful and imaginative, but as I played, I found myself getting frustrated by some of the puzzles and the somewhat clunky mechanics. The characters and writing are fun, but the overall experience didn’t live up to the hype.

Gameplay: 🛠️
The point-and-click adventure gameplay is classic, with you solving puzzles and interacting with various objects in the environment. While some puzzles are creative and satisfying, others feel like tedious trials of trial-and-error rather than clever challenges. The controls can be a bit awkward, and there are moments where the game’s logic doesn’t quite make sense, leading to unnecessary backtracking. It’s a game that offers some fun moments but can be bogged down by some frustrating gameplay choices.

Conclusion: 🌍
Deponia is a quirky, humorous adventure that shines in some areas but falls short in others. The world-building and writing are great, but the puzzle mechanics and occasional gameplay frustrations keep it from being a truly standout experience. It’s worth playing if you’re a fan of point-and-click games, but it may not be the smoothest adventure for everyone.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟☆☆☆☆ (6/10)

Getting the Droggeljug achievement destroyed my last braincell

A perfect point and click adventure. It has a lot of comedy and personality, even when sometimes it gets serious. Deponia is one of those point and click adventures were you control a sociopath, ludopath and kleptomaniac. Rufus is the core of the comedy and it makes the game enjoyable. 8/10

Deponia

Amazing classic point and click adventure games, save often because it's pretty buggy since the developers don't work on the games anymore since they got fired...

Deponia

Has a total of 8 trading cards.

Fun old school point and click game with comical banter and an entertaining story.

I love this game, the art and the worldbuilding and storytelling is really great. It is funny at times but also gets me thinking. It's not the usual puzzle game, you have to be very creative and think out of the box but that is very refreshing.
I admit, it might need some getting used to and I needed a few hints from guides here and there, but if you're willing to get into it, it is amazing.
Also at first I found the main characters annoying, but they do get great development and depth (at least Rufus and Goal) and I hope the others will too in the next games. At the very leat Rufus is a main character you rarely see, and it works!

Droggeljug? Droggeljug!

Kinda interesting, can't wait to play the rest!

gg

Not Recommended

Deponia is a strange, humorous, and enjoyable game. While slow paced, and mouse clicker driven, the game kept my attention via the many dialogue options and interesting artistic backgrounds.

The game was mostly problem free and a fun experience.

I found myself liking Deponia, despite its age. I recommend the game for a casual and relaxed game.

this game is great and fun! i love the puzzles and the game's mechanics

UPDATED:
So it looks like you need to right click the windshield after cleaning it, rather than left clicking the windshield. So far only 1 bug then.

ORIGINAL POST:
This game is full of PROGRESSION STOPPING BUGS. For example, if you choose the wrong blast detonation sites, you can no longer progress in the game and must reload an old save file or download another one. The second game breaking bug I found was after the windshield of the truck is cleaned, Hannek is supposed to give you the option of selecting Sugarpuff to get the keys, but this never happens, and I had to lose progress and load yet another save file. I'm DONE with these bugs!

5/10

*this review applies mainly to the English version of the game

This game started out great. I loved the artwork, the voice-acting was good, but some of the music didn't seem to fit in certain sections. No problem, I turned the music down to a low level. I was having fun, but immediately ran into issues with the dialogue. Many words that were translated were either incorrect or used incorrectly. There are items in the game, which look like Washers, which the game calls Muffs, for example. There are colored glass windows in the game which they label Mosaic Tables. These are just a couple of examples. There is even the inclusion of words that don't exist in the English language; Bi-Naural.

Here is an example of a sentence used in the game, which is a hint for a puzzle, that makes no sense -- "As long as the mauve muff has to stay attached to the cubical body, there will never be an avial power inverter with a mauve muff." This game is rife with bad grammar, misuse of words, nonsensical sentences. There are many continuity problems in this game as well. The ending of the game, without adding spoilers, doesn't make any sense. The voice acting, mostly, was very good, but, even then, there were issues. When a subtitle read, "Pfft", rather than make the exclamation sound that is intended, the voice-actor tried to pronounce it like a word; "Puh-fff-tuh."

I had issues with some puzzles not triggering an the intended event once I performed a certain action. This caused me to think I was missing something, so I did a lot of backtracking to figure out what I'd missed. After exhausting all my options, I came back and performed the same action a few times, and the event triggered. There were issues with achievements not popping also. I had to go to previous game saves and redo actions to get the achievements involved. There is one achievement called Drogglejug which is buggy, and requires you go to the developers website, download and install a save-game file, in order to complete this achievement. This achievement is not easy to get, and, from what I read, is an inside joke from another game that Daedalic made, which I haven't played. There are also several infuriating psuedo-puzzles in the game, which you'll waste your time solving, only to find that it was nothing but a red herring, designed to extend the game-play. I spent a good amount of time on one of these "puzzles", which had a couple achievements attached to it, only to realize it did nothing to advance the game.

Given the professional reviews of this game(on the store page), I wonder how long these professionals even spent playing the game. There are so many problems with this game, I could never recommend it. It is a shame too, because the game has the atmosphere of a good Point & Click game. I only paid $0.99U.S., and I bought it in a bundle. I'm hoping the sequels to this game aren't as bad. I really wish companies like this would hire a good proofreader/translator, who is fluent in both the orignal language and the language being translated to. Lastly, this game is fairly short; less than 22hours, and that's not all play time; the game would be running while I'm eating, doing other things around the house, etc. I would say I might have gotten 12-15hours of play, and that is being generous. I'm hoping in the future Daedalic will learn from their mistakes, because they do have potential, and the game wasn't all bad; they got many things right, in my opinion.

Really Loved the Story ....Gameplay and Puzzle were kind of MEH ....but the story kept me GOING.....RUFUSSS IS ME >>>ME IS RUFUUSSS 😂👌

The main character gets better. It leaves me intrigued to see where future games go.

Just an infuriating experience. The writing is meh, and the main character is annoying, which would be fine if this wasn't a genre where the main character is CONSTANTLY TALKING. The puzzle design is also ass.

This is a good game in narrative and style, however, the game makers should have thought before adding in so many little details that it makes the game an annoying pain to play. Why am I having to go to five different locations fifteen times for one mission or object? If someone needs the walkthrough for 85% of the game, it's not a game.

The early stages of the game are fun enough, but as the game progresses, the goals get less clear and the puzzles get more obtuse. The player is forced into questionable plot choices late in the game that may not sit well. At the current time, there are game crippling bugs. I personally encountered a bug that made a puzzle unsolvable; I had no choice but to restart the game. Later, I encountered bug that put a puzzle into an inconsistent state that made it frustratingly more difficult to solve than intended.

Good Game

Rufus is my biggest hear me out

Good game

Has a bug that prevents you from progressing

Genuinely lovely

GOTY

I ran into a bug, apparently this bug is known by the developers but they don't want to fix it because the game is so old and it's not "feasible" to keep fixing it up. Maybe don't ask 10 euros for the game then? I feel scammed.

The voices cut out half way through making it seem really quiet and vacant.
The puzzels often made no sense at all and direction also misleading to the point of a guide being a necessity ruining the enjoyment of the game.

Fun, funny, and a decent story and gameplay

This has a bug which has been known for 4 years and is not fixed and stops play. Not an unusual case either. Poor to leave a broken game to be paid for,

It's definetly the worst pne out of the 4 Deponia games, but it is still a good game

Mixed feelings on this one so far, but the comedy is mostly landing. The German dub is vastly superior to the English, however in terms of delivery.

That said, the main mixed feelings are coming from Lotti coming across as a bit of a Caricature, to put it lightly. That said, The game is from 2012, so the fact that her gender is validated at all is a win in that context. Doesn't mean that design aged well, but, like I said, mixed feelings.

That aside, classic point and click goodness with a protagonist I love to hate.

One of the best Point & Click i ever played interesting plot and beautiful drawing.

Years ago, I finished a pirated version of this game. Now, I’ve bought it to show my respect and support for the developers.

Point-and-click games aren’t the most popular genre, so there isn’t a huge selection to choose from. However, this game stands out as one of the best I’ve ever played, along with Tales of Monkey Island.

I’m not sure if I’ll manage to complete the whole series this time, but I’m definitely enjoying it. The art, the dialogue, the interactions - it’s all fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves the genre.

I don't want to type out what I liked and didn't like.

Old but still good point-and-click adventure game, a classic example of the genre. Its clever puzzles and quirky humor make it a must-play for fans of adventure gaming!

i ended up binging through the whole game as of recently and i ADORE it. this was my first point and click game and i had a fantastic experience playing throughout Deponia. i immediately fell in love with this game back in 2016 due to the appearance of the protagonist, the art direction and overall vibes of the story and then recently rediscovered it.

Deponia is an extremely unique adventure game and allows you to think outside of the box with its puzzles. people may have their opinions with it, but i personally really like thinking! the narrative of the game is incredibly well thought out and charming, feeling lighthearted and silly but also knowing when to be serious and emotionally driven when it wants to be. the art direction for this game is WONDERFUL, and really reminds me of my favorite time era and aesthetics in media. the character designs, environments and soundtrack are perfectly crafted for this game.

allow me to introduce a controversial opinion, but i LOVE Rufus as a character. i think he is a unique character with a personality that sticks out compared to most protagonists. it feels very refreshing seeing a dude who differs to the typical trope of "overly outgoing, innocent and goody two-shoes" in one. he feels like a really unique take on a bastard anti-hero. he's meant to be the worst in everyone else's eyes, yet you can't help but see that charm in him. his actions and gestures throughout the story are quick to pick up on and i couldn't help but really enjoy seeing how his chaotic views on everything around him unfolds. right at the end, it was really impact seeing how he has a slight in his desires of wanting to leave Deponia to instead end up help saving it because other people see it as their home. he aspires for something new, but ultimately falls back to help those who he remembers that want to keep their home. i truly love this guy.

this was an incredibly fun game and i haven't had this much fun with a game in a really long time. i highly recommend you check out Deponia! onward to the rest of the franchise. HUZZAH, HE'S OFF NOW GOODBYE! <3

Good point & click-adventure with great characters, art style and a lot of humor. I've managed to get through it relatively well, but some of the puzzles require crazy / hilarious "out of the box" thinking. I had to look up a guide maybe 2-3 times throughout the whole game, which is a reasonable ratio. Looking up the solution most of the time left me with a "I should have thought of that" feeling and wasn't particularly frustrating.

There are some bugs, I got into a game breaking situation once and had to reload a save, where I lost more than 1 hour of progress. Make sure to save regularly, especially before starting the puzzle sections!

It's not quite Monkey Island, but still one of the funnier point-and-click adventures I've played. I'm not a huge fan of how much of a manic pixie dream girl Goal is (even down to her name), and Rufus isn't quite endearing enough to overcome how much of a jerk he is (that improves in sequels), but it was still pretty fun.

Art design is very good, and dialogs are a gem on itself,

But to progress on the story, you have to collect things from many places, and most of the time it's not intuitive what to do next; it's really hard to make progress without a guide

Looking for a Better Life? Is it Worth It? (UA нижче)
After finishing Edna & Harvey, I decided to check out other games from Daedalic Entertainment. And now I’ve finally completed Deponia.
What I liked: The game is full of bright colors and has a charming cartoon-like art style that creates a unique atmosphere. The gameplay is simple (I mean the controls, not the tasks), and the story is interesting, fully unfolding only at the end.
What gave me mixed feelings: I enjoy games where the main character is likable or, at least, grows morally throughout the story. In Deponia, this didn’t happen. Instead, the main character remained selfish and was more annoying than sympathetic. I kept wanting to slap him throughout the game, which left an unpleasant aftertaste.
What I didn’t like: Some tasks felt too strange and illogical for me. Without a guide, I wouldn’t have figured out how to solve some of them.
I recommend the game, but only on sale or as part of a bundle. Now I’ll try the second part!
Пошук кращого життя? Чи це того варто?
Після проходження Edna & Harvey вирішила звернути увагу на інші ігри від Daedalic Entertainment. І ось нарешті завершила проходження Deponia
Що сподобалось: Гра радує яскравими кольорами та мультиплікаційною мальовкою, що створює особливу атмосферу. Геймплей досить простий (йдеться саме про управління, а не про завдання), а сюжет тримає зацікавленість, повністю розкриваючись лише в фіналі.
Що залишило змішані почуття: Мені подобаються ігри, де головний герой викликає симпатію або, принаймні, проходить моральний розвиток протягом сюжету. У Deponia цього не сталося. Навпаки, головний персонаж залишився егоїстичним і викликав скоріше роздратування, ніж співчуття. Весь час хотілося дати йому ляпаса. Це залишило неприємний післясмак.
Що не сподобалось: Деякі завдання були, на мій смак, занадто дивними й нелогічними. Без підказок я б ніколи не здогадалась, як їх виконати.
Гру рекомендую, але лише на знижках або в комплектах. Піду спробую другу частину!

Although this is a good and funny game it's full of bugs that make it uplayable. There are several places where you just stuck because of a bug, had to load a savegame and get lucky not to stuck again

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