Deponia Doomsday

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 124 Ratings

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  1. GuybT23
    Jul 18, 2018
    3
    Game inconsistent, enigmas devoid of value and logic, attempts on attempts to envy the nonsense, a game continually broken by dialogues and situations that do not create a logical thread, too many characters all poorly treated and finalized.
  2. Eldryr
    Mar 2, 2016
    10
    Best Deponia ever - nuff said!

    Good potion of humor, surprising and funny story. In simple words this game is worth every minute of play time. I really loved the whole Deponia trilogy but this is pure gold and was a fantastic suprise for me as fan.
  3. fumbel
    Mar 5, 2016
    10
    This has come very surprsingly. Suddenly the game was released. I enjoy it very much. Every minute riddled with humor and some very nice twists. I think so far its the best from the series. An absolutely buy it title!
  4. LajeshKa
    Mar 2, 2016
    10
    Some people call the Deponia series the "Monkey Island" of the new millennium. Rightfully so. Rufus is even more anti-hero than Guybrush could be. He's a meanie and an egoist and he provokes emotion. The humor is crude and snappy and the characters range from lovely to awkward. The 4th installation of this great series again is a delight to play! One of the best point and click games ever
  5. Masterhummel
    Mar 4, 2016
    8
    Deponia is seem like a homage to the 90s era adventures - and most of them where designed like this. With ridicioulus puzzles only real adventure nerds could get off to.

    And i feel like that's the niche in which the series can exist and in which it excells. Otherwise it would just be another adventure. So, yeah. It's good.
  6. Floe
    Mar 7, 2016
    4
    "Hey, you didn't like how Goodbye Deponia ended?
    Well.... **** you. We will make another game to say: we don't care"

    Honestly, it is really sad. This characters and the world deserves better.
  7. SebastianZockt
    Mar 3, 2016
    9
    A very good game I played the first time deponia and the comic look the story and so on matches perfect.
    The Price is a little bit hard but ok, you got a fantastic game.

    My Opinion: Buy it!
  8. NicolasThe17th
    Mar 19, 2016
    9
    Deponia is a saga that has improved with the passage of each delivery. Art and visual concept are much better developed and the story is equally compelling with each delivery. Highly recommended.
  9. Chris_DK
    Mar 18, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was a serious let down, I love the Deponia series and was very happy to find out they were making Deponia Doomsday but I feel very cheated. This whole game advertised as a chance to change how Goodbye Deponia ended but the exact same thing happens in Deponia Doomsday.… Expand
  10. Metalsand
    Mar 7, 2016
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, let me say this: the humor is just as good as previous titles and the mechanics by miles are much better. It's obvious to anyone that the complexity of storyline and mechanics are improved by far compared to any previous entry. I'd also like to say that time travel mechanics and storylines involved with such mechanics are my absolute favorites. I know just enough about theoretical physics that I can argue theoretical applications of them (note that I did say theoretically argue) so the fact that, while simplistic, their idea of how time travel would work in Deponia was neat and didn't involve any of the moronic staple rules of most, like running into your old self tearing the fabric of reality, etc.

    If it were just about how well they designed the game, it would be a clear 10; however there is one massive problem: nothing happens. You go through the entire game to "change" the ending (I felt the old ending was fitting) only to realize that the last 12 hours or so you just spent have not only changed nothing, but also trapped alternative reality versions of yourself and stranded them.

    I don't have a problem with sad endings, all things in time must end. However, the point of a video game is to tell a story that you, the player, can influence and only with your influence can a resolution be met. In this case however, the game basically says that nothing you do matters, and go and **** off.

    To that point, there is no actual resolution to meet; the conditions from the start and the end of the game are exactly the same in which Rufus must plummet to his demise. There's even the whole side-plot of the Rufus that hides in the luggage of the time machine and does nothing but waste time with his story.

    So I have to say, what's the point of a game without resolution? Game Three ended with "Sure you died but you saved Deponia!" but this one ends with "Sure you died several times more, but you...uh...well you didn't **** things up....?"    … Expand
  11. teshia
    Jul 11, 2016
    8
    I liked this one at lot. Loved the entire series. Can't give it a ten though. There were so many bugs and so many of my saves were corrupted. I had to resort to pulling saved game files off the studio's website just to be able to progress in the game. This happened about 4 times and was game breaking so it obviously needed a little time to go through some more debugging. That said, II liked this one at lot. Loved the entire series. Can't give it a ten though. There were so many bugs and so many of my saves were corrupted. I had to resort to pulling saved game files off the studio's website just to be able to progress in the game. This happened about 4 times and was game breaking so it obviously needed a little time to go through some more debugging. That said, I liked it. Not sure about the ending (won't spoil it) but overall I thought it was pretty good. Hope there's another.… Expand
  12. BooGiEM4n
    Dec 30, 2016
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hate it when people give low scores because they did not like the ending (like many did with Mass effect 3). You played it til the end so have the decency to give the game credit for that. Seems very immature to me. It makes user rating obsolet when you rate it 0 because you do not like 1 thing.
    For me I did not like two things. First there was one puzzle which you had to solve by doing something which was normally not possible. The second thing was some puzzles had to be solved under time pressure. That was really annoying for me. You had to constantly save and load the game which in my opinion is not the way to play an adventure. Then at least add Quicksave and Quickload to the game. But I do not see the point in that anyway. But if you a fan of Deponia you should play it anyway. Maybe its just me.    … Expand
  13. Watchit
    May 25, 2016
    9
    This game really put me through a loop, and I really enjoyed it! Great time shenanigans abound. My only complaints are that some of the puzzles seemed a bit non-squinter and impossible to solve with out aid of a walk through or through sheer luck.
  14. ScaryB
    Nov 2, 2016
    10
    This is definitely the best Deponia part. The humor is absurd and great. Art, voice acting and music compelling. Hoping for another part, although I miss the happy end, but I guess there shouldn't be a happy end for Rufus - bad karma.
  15. Garybaldo
    Mar 2, 2020
    10
    This title, as well as all the other ones in the saga share a handful of characteristics that make them the best modern-era point-and-click games, they are:
    -A protagonist which is both very charming and a complete idiot
    -Incredibly gorgeous artwork -Very good plot (although I gotta say the end of the whole saga is rather dissapointing) -Beautifully crafted puzzles which are very    This title, as well as all the other ones in the saga share a handful of characteristics that make them the best modern-era point-and-click games, they are:
    -A protagonist which is both very charming and a complete idiot
    -Incredibly gorgeous artwork
    -Very good plot (although I gotta say the end of the whole saga is rather dissapointing)
    -Beautifully crafted puzzles which are very satisfying to complete
    -Very well-made character personalities (Lottie, Toni, Bozo, Cletus and McChronicle to name just a few)
    -Really good ambientation, both in the post-apocalyptic Deponia as in the utopic Elysium
    -Rufus and Goal make a pretty silly and somewhat adorable couple
    I honestly find no way in which any human being could play Deponia and not enjoy it other than if they dislike point-and-click adventure games as a whole.    … Expand
  16. RagingPoet
    Jun 11, 2018
    8
    Satisfying finale for the series: epic, funny, but also a bit messy and confusing.
  17. kezzyhko
    Jul 27, 2020
    10
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  18. VashloveNpeace
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    Finally, a continuation from a sad ending. So far the game is awesome! You have to play the whole series and it is worth it.
  19. GordothEnodious
    Aug 5, 2020
    5
    Hello everyone, I am the wobbly bobbly Gordoth Enodious, a dinkster who finds himself immeasurably disappointed by the need to talk about Deponia Doomsday on this day. I am a gameplay designer and a writer so I got the credentials to talk.

    Most of the content in this review is copy pasted from the previous Deponia reviews as nothing changed. Gameplay Deponia Doomsday's gameplay is    Hello everyone, I am the wobbly bobbly Gordoth Enodious, a dinkster who finds himself immeasurably disappointed by the need to talk about Deponia Doomsday on this day. I am a gameplay designer and a writer so I got the credentials to talk.

    Most of the content in this review is copy pasted from the previous Deponia reviews as nothing changed.

    Gameplay

    Deponia Doomsday's gameplay is the exact same as every other Deponia’s gameplay - as in, it is very simple in concept - you just click. However, the fact that one needs to click is not indicative of the way the game is played - it is not a game for the reptile brain, it is a game for the other type of brain - the smart one. You need to utilize your smarts, which, let's face it, will not be enough to deal with some of the unreasonably complicated puzzles found within, and so you will look up a guide, which is a 100% legitimate way of playing through, and you can not tell me otherwise.

    However, there might be some galaxy-brained sodomites among you who will throw themselves at this and try to bash their heads against the walls - enjoy it, and then suffer for it. The playtime I have on my account is that large, because I played it around 5 times, to get all the achievements. It would be that great if I had not used some guides to make the experience more pleasant. 2/3

    Presentation

    The game looks very nice. Due to the fact that its appearance is as stylized as some of the unmentionable sources of entertainment, originating in Japan, I am left pleased by the cartoony appearance of the characters. It is interesting how the characters seem to POP from the background, due to the fact that the lines outlining them are much thicker than those of the scenery, but that is excusable and makes it easier to spot important people.

    The sound effects are passable, the music is decent enough, but it becomes boring very quickly. The voice acting is good, but the animations are really, really distracting. There are songs intertwined with the beginning of every act, but they really ripped me out of the experience and completely broke my immersion. The singing was not that good either, nor was the text interesting, as a norm. There were outliers.

    The art is the one thing I can not really complain about, so kudos to whoever worked on it. Daedalic, stick to illustrations and world building! 2/3

    Story

    The story of Deponia Doomsday is quite convoluted, but, alas, not good. The characters are unlikable, made even more so infuriating by the circumstances of… Flashbacks? The game taking place before the first Deponia? Due to the presence of dimension hopping and time travel? The character development that we had gotten from Rufus is completely nullified. It’s gone. Nada.

    Ah yes, Rufus - that’s the main character, an entitled, rude, unwashed, selfish and egotistical prick, the exact same idiot from before the last three games… But he’s just like the guy in the first two games. The story takes place a few days or weeks or months before the events described in Deponia, because Rufus is still Toni’s boyfriend.

    The story this time starts off with an old Rufus in the distant future dealing with issues and solving problems, as he does. Then, a flashback occurs, or the first section (that being old Rufus) is utilized in a retrospective manner, which is quite nice, even though the events that transpire in it are ones that have yet to happen, so, perhaps, the whole game is a retrospection, although the events that transpire make the future described in the opening sequence… Not an accurate representation of the actual future?

    This Deponia installment is actually almost freed of contrivances… Except, of course, that it isn’t. Elephants, in all their forms, are horribly ridiculous in this game. So much so, in fact, that they are responsible for most, if not all, of the plot contrivances. Some old characters reappear and seem to have undergone their own types of character development, which, mind you, make no sense when the player takes into account the interactions between said characters and other characters, observed so far in the previous installments.

    Alas, it is quite saddening and disappointing, although the use of time travel was relatively pleasant. 1/3

    Legendary Point

    Does this game, that is really just a clicking simulator with a disgusting story, get the Legendary Point? Heck no, this ain't a charity, folks.

    Conclusion

    5/10. It's just an average game, one I would not recommend. Do watch a playthrough of it on some website, preferably YouTube and my channel, because the story is actually novel enough to be able to warrant at least that.

    On the wall of shame, I hang this game.
    check my tumbrl for longer, more coherent reviews. 5k words bby mode, inflating my word count for no reason    … Expand
  20. Alexius92
    Sep 24, 2021
    8
    If you liked the trilogy this is a worthy playthrough. I feel it's not the best in the series but keeps the quality high and has some really solid sections.

    A bit more linear in some parts but still overall a very fun game.
  21. trougnouf
    Jun 7, 2021
    10
    This has been my favorite point-and-click game. I've had several giggles, I don't think I had any desperate urge to lookup hints on this one, and my mind was thoroughly boggled.
  22. Ggonzalo
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    Yo siempre he sido un gran fan de las aventuras graficas (Point and click), y deponia llego a mi sobre 2014. La saga me engancho, ya que tenia puzzles interesantes y una historia con potencial, la cual se "termino" en goodbie deponia, pero ya que el final no gusto, daedalic creo doomsday deponia.

    El juego es increible, para mi el mejor point and clic que he probado (ya habiendo jugado    Yo siempre he sido un gran fan de las aventuras graficas (Point and click), y deponia llego a mi sobre 2014. La saga me engancho, ya que tenia puzzles interesantes y una historia con potencial, la cual se "termino" en goodbie deponia, pero ya que el final no gusto, daedalic creo doomsday deponia.

    El juego es increible, para mi el mejor point and clic que he probado (ya habiendo jugado sagas como monkey island, day of tentacules, entre otros), cuenta con puzzles originales e interesantes, los mejores minijuegos de la saga, juega con la historia y los fans de una manera que nunca antes habia visto, aparte, de contar con un estilo artistico muy bueno, y personajes de los que te encariñaras.

    Como tal, las pegas que le ponen a este juego son principalmente el final, ya que no acaba siendo claro, pero si has jugado anteriores juegos de la saga, y sabes el contexto (lo que he explicado en el primer parrafo), veras que realmente es una critica a todos los que no les gusto el final.

    Para mi, una saga imprescindible, que, aunque el primer juego sea lento, los demas no decepcionaran, y este especificamente, es un juegazo.    … Expand

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#11 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. CD-Action
    May 30, 2016
    70
    Doomsday is not as good as previous Deponias – not as funny (but still funny enough), considerably easier and heavier on mindless minigames. [05/2016, p.58]
  2. Games.cz
    May 18, 2016
    60
    Faint return of the popular adventure series. Deponia still charms with its original concept and humor …and even Rufus lost none of his charm. The devs from of Daedalic bring us an adventure that is good only with its story, but not with a gameplay.
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  3. Twinfinite
    Apr 24, 2016
    80
    Overall, Deponia Doomsday is an expertly-crafted point and click that holds itself to pretty high standards.
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