The problem with Trine 3 is not the fact that it is short, but that it ends all of a sudden at the very beginning of the journey. It would have been fine, had they made a shorter story, or at least hinted a sequel at the ending. It is obvious that for some reason or another they had just abandoned the project in the middle. I wish it was truly a shareware, because I had a lot of fun playing it while it lasted. Either way, chances for another Trine are very slim, so I recommend buying it. Just do not expect an ending.
I got bored with this game after a few hours and just uninstalled it, which is a first for me. It's not bad, it's just really nothing special, which is shame, cause I was looking forward to this. To sum up my experience: the art is great, the voice acting is poor, the story is average, the physics are weird. It was simply not worth the trouble for me.
Rufus in Doomsday is much nicer than in the previous ones, and actually apologizes a lot for Goal. All of that does not make much sense because of what we have learned about him in the 3rd part, but nonetheless it makes him a lot more likeable. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the ending, just like there was nothing wrong with the ending of the 3rd. The puzzles are logical in a Deponian way, and should not cause you too much trouble. Some other reviewers rage about a certain puzzle midway, but you get EXPLICIT instructions on what you have to do, so just damn follow them... Then again, I thought the music puzzle in the 2nd (or 3rd?) was brilliant... Also, there is a lot of trolling of those "fans" who complained about the ending of the 3rd, which just makes it all the more fun.
This game shows well how a simple game concept can become a great game by adding a good story and atmosphere to it. This game is simply put: a game about overcoming a sadistic game developer by hacking the shit out of his game. The screens look daunting at first, but it requires absolutely 0 knowledge of game coding or the like.
