Epic End for an Epic Trilogy
Daedalic's Deponia series must be, without a doubt, one of the finest adventure game series ever created. With its gorgeous cartoon graphics, terrific localization, amazing characters, its gripping, epic farce of a narrative and puzzles that are logical *and* beautiful in their glorious stupidity, it has won over point-and-click adventure fanatics 'round the globe (including, quite obviously, the writer of this review). Thank the gods that Goodbye Deponia does nothing to detract from this golden reputation! The ending left me a little sad at first, but it is fitting in its way -- and more than a little open-ended. While the designer, Poki, has mentioned that he will never return to the Rufus and Goal saga, he has stated that he would like to explore other aspects of Deponian/Elysian existence someday; I can only hope that after his next few projects (which are sure to be excellent) he will consider revisiting this captivating world.
Do not play this game until you have played the others! They are all more than worth GOG's price.
(A side note: The Deponia series, particularly this installment, has received a great deal of criticism from the hypersensitive set for its "offensive" themes. Rest assured: the content of these games isn't nearly half as salty as an average episode of Family Guy or South Park.)
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