Deponia 3: Goodbye Deponia

The catharsis at the end is the only reason I give it three stars and not two. I almost stopped playing midway because Rufus' attitude and antics make Home Simpson look like Ned Flanders. The script writers took it too far. However, after Rufus' nadir at the middle of the game, he returns to form toward the end, ironically thanks to his nemesis Cletus and Argus. It says something that I liked Cletus and Argus more for most of the game. The puzzles, luckily, have gotten better since the second game. The standard puzzles got a little better but still not the same quality as the original Deponia. The inventory puzzles, though, are quite a bit more clever than before. There are also a few nifty what I call situational puzzles: tackling problems by interacting with the environment in logical ways that is not strictly inventory based. The game is fun for the brain for the most part. It's also painful for the heart for the most part. Much of the game is not even ha-ha funny anymore, unlike the first two. However, if you reach the part of the game where Rufus makes you sick, you have to finish. Get a guide to rush through it if you have to. Otherwise you won't reach the catharsis at the end and have the series end on a positive feeling. That would be a shame.

The Deponia games are well made and funny, and I loved Deponia 1 & 2. Rufus is an irredeemable jerk in those, but it frequently comes off as hilarious, but I think they went too far in part 3. He does some pretty messed up stuff in this one, and (spoiler alert) people end up dead because of his antics this time, and he's absolutely relentless in his cruelty and narcissism this time around. I'm not finished with the game yet but I'm almost at my limit. As usual, the animation and puzzles are well done, but the writing/translation is kind of random in this episode. A lot of the jokes don't make sense, like I think at one point I clicked to look at a siren or something and he was like, "I know what that means--we're out of confetti!!" Maybe they're references to the previous games? I don't remember them that well, though, I played the last one a couple years ago. Anyway, I'm just taking one star off for the writing because it's not my cup of tea, but maybe it's me.

I played Edna's breakout, nice game, funny - terrible ending, ruining it all. I played the Whispered World, nice game, chaming - terrible ending, ruining it all. I played Deponia 1 and 2, nice games, funny maybe this time everything would be different when playing the final game of the series? The game is great, mainly a logical progression of the story from Deponia 1 and 2. The humor goes a bit overboard at two instances, which left a sour aftertaste for me. Molestation just isn't a funny topic, ok? But even then the game was still really good. Right up until the end. It ruins not the one game, but the first two also. What's wrong with you Daedalic? Would I buy another Daedalic adventure? Propably yes. But I hope they will not have as bad endings. Do I recommend Deponia 3 to others? Only by adding that they will hate the end and should consider not playing it at all.

When I want a point&click with tidy mechanics, funny story, cool puzzles and despise for all what is politically correct I go for the next entry in Deponia series. Keeping that in mind Deponia 3 doesn't disappoint one bit. IMO is as good as Deponia 2 and better than Deponia 1. I saw the controversy about the protagonist's fate and some negative reviews in that regard. IMO that is 100% anecdotic and reversible, give some thing we learn in this very same game.

The Deponia games are one of the few bright lights on the sky of German game development. This is classic point & click, though without too crazy Sierra or Lukas Arts logic. It's still bonkers, but in a satisfying way. What should I say? Love it or hate it. The English translation and synchronisation is good, but not terrific. The German original is obviously better in a few key aspects. Many jokes just cannot be translated properly, but they did their best and it shows! If you can stand the concept of point and click at all, you have to play it and there is no better place than GOG for that.