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At first I thought I couldn’t stand it with the Wenzel and Rufus duo in the first minutes being too childish but then I realized the Adventure as a complete work was very high quality. Apart from the fact it had other characters too and a relatively large world, the second one is actually better!

In fact, I’d say the second one was a solid 8/10 if the first was a 7.

I started playing Deponia with a lot of reservations mainly because of the graphics but I just ended up loving it - the dialogue for me was so observant & funny. The character of Rufus made me cringe so much with some of the things he said but I couldn’t help but like him even if I wanted to slap him a lot of the time! I know a lot of players preferred Deponia 2 but maybe by the time I got through that the novelty had worn off so still prefer 1!

Of course it was good. It’s one of the best adventures of 2012. And by far deserves more than this 3,5/5 that was rated by AG. The game graphics are exactly what the adventure games need and of high quality. Cartoony graphics are more suitable to adventure games.

tsampikos - 13 March 2013 03:45 AM

Cartoony graphics are more suitable to some adventure games.

Agreed

No, it is not.

I haven’t finished the game yet but I think it is not a good adventure game, honestly.
Actually, I may say it is not an adventure game at all. Let me explain myself.

Adventure games are neither a collection of loosely coupled puzzles nor an inventory of items to be used here and there. Instead, the package includes a cohesive scenario, evolving characters, climax, atmosphere and genuine dialogs.

Deponia not only copycats the old, classic adventure games at certain points (e.g. the inventory items and how they work, the replies to unsuccessful player decisions, the dialog system and -last but not least, the freaking TUTORIAL) it also deeply lacks pretty much everything else: A shallow, indifferent but nonetheless love struck character, who just wants to go from point A to point B, for no apparent reason or greater cause, stumbling upon childish and predictable obstacles, making progress thru his stupidity.

I mean, COME ON, this is not what I call adventure game. Call it casual adventure or whatever you like, it is not but a childish game with no real, motivating, inspiring, genuine scenario!

This is my personal opinion, of course. I also intend to post a full fledged article when I finish the game; meanwhile, I am taking notes of hate and dislike.

BTW #1, I have had a terrible bug with the ‘torch’ item: it wouldn’t appear in the inventory and took me quite a while to discover it was actually there. Using it both times was nerve braking. Please, fix.

BTW #2, It is the second game from Daedalic I really hate after The Whispered World (which I really really badly and absolutely hated and uninstalled after playing for 10 or 15 miserable minutes). I admit it was my mistake to buy it but I thought I could give a second chance miscarried by good critics and positive articles. I promise I will never do that again.

Call it awful if you like, but I’m not sure how you could call it anything other than a full fledged adventure game. It is definitely not a casual game.

I finished it today and liked it. Rufus was quite amusing (and annoying at other times) and the game was very entertaining with high quality voice acting. Some of the puzzles were slightly annoying. Daedlic’s production values are among the highest I’ve seen in AGs, do they get big budgets to work with?

I thought The Whispered World and A New Beginning were better games but liked this and am going to play Chaos of Deponia right away while the first is fresh on the mind. Also looking forward to playing The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav soon.

Dag - 14 March 2013 07:10 PM

@McPillager: not liking a game is an honest opinion. Even more so when you make sensible arguments for that opinion. Stating that a classical fully fledged point and click adventure isnt even an adventure game, just because it didn’t appeal to you, is kinda childish, isn’t it? Especially after accusing the game itself of being childish?

McPillager - 14 March 2013 04:28 PM

I also intend to post a full fledged article when I finish the game; meanwhile, I am taking notes of hate and dislike.

Now, why would you do that? Why spread hate around? If hate and dislike are the only emotions the game evokes in you, why not play something else instead?

As I said, I haven’t finished the game yet. The opinion I expressed is my opinion so far. To be fair, I have to finish the game first.

What is this? Are we really suggesting people should shut up when they dislike a game?

It seems to me a post praising a game is no different from one criticising it, as long as it is genuinely honest and reflective. Both offer opportunities for discussion and give us a chance to exchange ideas and understand each others tastes and opinions. Isn’t that what a forum is supposed to be about?