Games

Deponia

Daedalic Entertainment

2012•Puzzle•PEGI 12•About 8 hours

Taste attributes: adventurecomedyscience fictionanimalsmusic/dancerobots/ai/spaceromancefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginaryglossyall consuming questfighting evillove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and glossy: an original puzzle game, light rather than heavy. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

76 / 100

206 ratings

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About This Game

Deponia is a fast-paced comedy of errors and one of the most unusual love stories in gaming history. The twist-filled story takes its off-beat characters all over trash planet Deponia, a unique game world in the style of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Matt Groening. From Kuvaq, an improvised village built inside a giant trash heap, to the swimming black market and the dark corners of the elevated planetary railways: The new adventure game from the makers of The Whispered World, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout and A New Beginning is brought to life with detailed hand-painted backgrounds in widescreen format and top-quality cartoon animation.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Rufus is not a pleasant guy. Ill-tempered and entirely too convinced of his own greatness, he lives at the edge of a small settlement somewhere in the most remote sector of the garbage-covered planet Deponia. He dreams of a better life in the floating cities of wealth and beauty high above the planet surface. When the angelic Goal falls from these privileged spheres down into a neighboring trash heap, Rufus sees his chance. He decides to bring the unconscious beauty back to her home. Only a vague hope of making it off Deponia at first, he soon formulates an unscrupulous plan, as he learns that...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureComedyScience fictionAnimalsMusic/danceRobots/ai/spaceRomanceAll consuming questFighting evilLove conquers allRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

MinigamesRobotsBirdDialogue treesDark humorEaster eggNuditySinging

Where to play

Details

Developer: Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
Released: 7 August 2012
Series: Deponia
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 8h normally, 11h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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