♪ Huzzah! A fun and cool game! ♪

I don't typically play point-and-click games, but I find the Deponia series worth the playthrough.

Let's get cons out of the way. There are cons, but none of them bother me. As with any of the Daedalic Entertainment games I've picked up, solutions AREN'T straightforward and puzzles - while fully doable - can be frustrating. You become better at figuring out Daedalic's zany solutions the more games you play, but there's something to be said that Deponia isn't bad with a walkthrough if you just want the humor and storyline. (At least you can choose to skip puzzles so you don't get stuck!) Last, while the English voice actors are DOWNRIGHT WONDERFUL and I do play this game with the dub (I almost exclusively watch/play subs, for reference), there are occasional English spelling errors for the text that you'll see, and some audio glitches where spoken lines are accidentally repeated. That, plus a few glitches in animation, are really all that's the pitfalls - which again, aren't collectively bothersome to me.

What's attracted me to Deponia, and has made me play through this game several times, is a combination of several things.

First: artwork. The visual style of Deponia is charming, whimsical, full of personality, and completed with quite the artful eye. Every background in the game is great. Character designs are memorable and diverse. It's fun to view. I often try to entice my friends into interest with screencaps of the setting.

Second: the humor. I'd heard that Deponia had a rougher, more cynical humor style than The Night of the Rabbit. The Night of the Rabbit was the first game I checked out with Daedalic, and while the art was gorgeous, the music charming, and the setting sweet... it's never Pulled Me In. The Night of the Rabbit is childhood innocence. Deponia, not so much. So when I heard about the Deponia series, I realized they'd be much more up my personal tastes. And that's right. While we can argue the ethics of humor regarding some of Deponia's jokes (there's misogynistic jokes... even suicide jokes in the third game...), I find something altogether fun about playing a deliquent, egotistic @$$hole whose commonly-selfish solutions screw the people around you. There's some good chuckles to be had about the "not okay" solutions to the game and the consequences of your choices. Some people might call this teenaged boy humor. Others may call it a great atmosphere. I see it mostly as the latter.

Last: the storyline. Especially if you go through Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, and Goodbye Deponia, you'll get an attention-worthy storyline. I like the story, and between the humor and the narrative, that's why I got pulled in to playing all the games more than once. The story's not perfect. Sometimes plot twists feel convoluted (though not so much in a second playthrough, where you understand foreshadowing and references - the more I've played, the more I've seen the story is TIGHT, and increasingly respected it). Sometimes you'll want more explanation. But it's good. It's fun. It's got great characters. It's got a cool set-up on a barely-inhabitable junk planet. It's got (not saying any spoilers) a very memorable and well-done ending to the trilogy.

So I like it. I do give a thumbs up to Deponia. Huzzah! This series has been quite worthwhile for me, and I would say it's worth checking out.

♪ Huzzah! A fun and cool game! ♪ I don't typically play point-and-click games, but I find the Deponia series worth the playthrough. Let's get cons out of the way. There are cons, but none of them bother me. As with any of the Daedalic Entertainment games I've picked up, solutions AREN'T straightforward and puzzles - while fully doable - can be frustrating. You become better at figuring out Daedalic's zany solutions the more games you play, but there's something to be said that Deponia isn't bad with a walkthrough if you just want the humor and storyline. (At least you can choose to skip puzzles so you don't get stuck!) Last, while the English voice actors are DOWNRIGHT WONDERFUL and I do play this game with the dub (I almost exclusively watch/play subs, for reference), there are occasional English spelling errors for the text that you'll see, and some audio glitches where spoken lines are accidentally repeated. That, plus a few glitches in animation, are really all that's the pitfalls - which again, aren't collectively bothersome to me. What's attracted me to Deponia, and has made me play through this game several times, is a combination of several things. First: artwork. The visual style of Deponia is charming, whimsical, full of personality, and completed with quite the artful eye. Every background in the game is great. Character designs are memorable and diverse. It's fun to view. I often try to entice my friends into interest with screencaps of the setting. Second: the humor. I'd heard that Deponia had a rougher, more cynical humor style than The Night of the Rabbit. The Night of the Rabbit was the first game I checked out with Daedalic, and while the art was gorgeous, the music charming, and the setting sweet... it's never Pulled Me In. The Night of the Rabbit is childhood innocence. Deponia, not so much. So when I heard about the Deponia series, I realized they'd be much more up my personal tastes. And that's right. While we can argue the ethics of humor regarding some of Deponia's jokes (there's misogynistic jokes... even suicide jokes in the third game...), I find something altogether fun about playing a deliquent, egotistic @$$hole whose commonly-selfish solutions screw the people around you. There's some good chuckles to be had about the "not okay" solutions to the game and the consequences of your choices. Some people might call this teenaged boy humor. Others may call it a great atmosphere. I see it mostly as the latter. Last: the storyline. Especially if you go through Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, and Goodbye Deponia, you'll get an attention-worthy storyline. I like the story, and between the humor and the narrative, that's why I got pulled in to playing all the games more than once. The story's not perfect. Sometimes plot twists feel convoluted (though not so much in a second playthrough, where you understand foreshadowing and references - the more I've played, the more I've seen the story is TIGHT, and increasingly respected it). Sometimes you'll want more explanation. But it's good. It's fun. It's got great characters. It's got a cool set-up on a barely-inhabitable junk planet. It's got (not saying any spoilers) a very memorable and well-done ending to the trilogy. So I like it. I do give a thumbs up to Deponia. Huzzah! This series has been quite worthwhile for me, and I would say it's worth checking out.