
That writing allows for the characters to stand out in what is a truly whacky story.

Goodbye, Deponia is one of the more beloved games in this genre because the writing is excellent. It shouldn’t surprise anyone a game that was written seven years ago has some jokes and some dialogue lines that don’t hold up. That’s definitely a mark in favor of the newest release of Goodbye Deponia.īecause this is a point and click adventure, quite a bit of what the game has to offer is in the writing. Now they can and do it on their favorite console.
GOODBYE DEPONIA PC
There are plenty who might have heard of the series but didn’t want to get such an old PC game. Of course, when you’re talking about a game that was first released seven years ago, there are plenty who never had the inkling to play the game. You’re not going to get new weapons or have new choices. Because this is really a port in the most real sense of the word, only the most devoted who have played this before, are going to want to play it again. They like each other, but they’re going to be hard-pressed to admit it. Goal and Rufus honestly feel like an animated version of characters like Han Solo and Princess Leia. Goal is here as well, and Daedelic does an excellent job of keeping some romantic sparks going. Some of the all-time favorites are back, including everyone’s favorite anti-hero Rufus. One of the things that have made the entire Deponia series as popular as it’s been has been the characters that star in the stories. Old Favorites Make a Return in Goodbye Deponia

It’s when you shrink things down that the port just doesn’t work all that well. And when you’re playing the game on the big screen, it might be better than on your PC.ĭepending on how big your big screen is, the game looks as pretty as ever. Yes, there are hours to spend on the game. It’s not great news for people who love the Switch and were looking for a new game they could lovingly spend hours playing. That’s a good thing for people who played it on the PC and want to play it again. This is indeed a port, and there doesn’t appear to be any kind of changes or updates to the way the game looks or the dialogue in the title. Originally landing on PC back in 2013, the game looks as good as ever thanks to the graphics style of the port. On that point, Goodbye Deponia has checked the boxes in a big, positive way. Still, most of these kinds of titles are perfect for the Switch because they go for a more illustrative look than photorealism. Man of Medan has some impressive graphics for this kind of adventure game. After all, the graphical quality doesn’t have to be Xbox One X level quality. A point and click adventure sometimes feel as though it was made specifically for a console like the Nintendo Switch. Only with this rich girl from his dreams he might be able to escape Deponia and, unexpectedly, to save the planet.Release Date: October 15, 2013, (PC) Decem(Xbox One, PS4, Switch)Įvery now and then, a beloved game like Goodbye Deponia comes to a new platform, and the gaming public, in general, falls in love all over again. Help Rufus, the poor boy from the junkyard, to win over the girl from heaven.

However, things don't work out quite as planned, since he has feelings for the beauty which limits his usual unscrupulousness. When he notices that Goal's husband is a dead ringer for himself, he hatches a diabolical scheme to gain access to the upper world. Rufus decides to help the young woman out by taking her back to her husband. Fate seems to smile on the snotty good-for-nothing when one day the attractive lady named Goal from the higher sector plummets into one of the trash heaps. He hopes for an opportunity to get into the world of the rich, who live in a floating city high above the clouds. He is part of the lowest social class, doomed to live his life in literal mountains of trash. In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence. Daedalic Entertainment, once called “Lucasarts from Germany“ by the GameStar magazine, invites the players into a fantastic comedy adventure that revolves around a crazy love story of Rufus and Goal.
