Goodbye Deponia

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  1. GolovA
    Dec 27, 2016
    7
    Not hilarious but fun as the prequels. Good play time (i finished the game in just over 20 hours). Not hard, not too easy - pretty much a smooth ride all throughout, except for a couple tricky places.
    My main complain is the English sound - sound optimization for English version seemed to have missed the quality check entirely. Sound compression, balancing, equalizing are not well    Not hilarious but fun as the prequels. Good play time (i finished the game in just over 20 hours). Not hard, not too easy - pretty much a smooth ride all throughout, except for a couple tricky places.
    My main complain is the English sound - sound optimization for English version seemed to have missed the quality check entirely. Sound compression, balancing, equalizing are not well done, especially when it comes to Organon speaking. And when Organon starting singing their hymn for the first time - my eardrums, i'm afraid, were permanently damaged. Same issue plagued the first and second part, but Goodbye Deponia takes the cake. I wonder if the original German has similar issues.

    Overall, a good continuation of the series, well drawn locales, nicely written dialogue, joyful puzzles.

    RECOMMEND.    … Expand
  2. skyydude
    May 10, 2014
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great adventure game series, in terms of artwork, sounds, voice, music. The puzzles are 90% intuitive, but expect to get frustrated enough to the point where you simply have to look online for simple answers, rather than clicking on every item, character, and conversation options with everything.

    The story was enough to captivate me for over 50 hours of great gameplay over the entire trilogy. There's lots of humor, from toilet humor to adult humor, and you'll find yourself LOLing along the way.

    Unfortunately, there's a few roadblocks and puzzles that simply aren't intuitive, which should have been fixed during play-testing, and the ending is completely unrewarding. Literally 15 minutes of serious thought and storyline changes from the devs, and it'd be a 10. That's sad!

    I wrote my own special ending for it, where Rufus gets saved by Goal through a SIMPLE dialogue option during the ending where she finally figures out which one of the three dudes pinned by the fan blades is really him. The other two drop down to Deponia never to be seen again, while Goal and Rufus go to Elysium, along with the few remaining Deponian survivors.

    I've noticed a trend with Daedalic Entertainment and very **** endings. "The Whispered World" forced you to choose between one reality or another, killing off the characters that you worked with for 99% of the game; "A New Beginning" forced you to kill the protagonist via super-heated steam; "Edna and Harvey" forced you to realize that you killed a childhood friend, and left you with the decision to also kill his father or go back to the loony house.

    Seriously, Daedalic, write some better endings. I wanted to give this review a 1/10 just for the ending, but I had to seriously think about the other 99% of the story and gameplay. Consider yourselves lucky, but for the love of everything, write better endings!!    … Expand
  3. Timpossible
    Oct 21, 2013
    8
    Goodbye Deponia is a fun final round for Poki's Deponia Trilogie. The Story has so many memorable characters and one of the cutest female leads (Goal) in gaming. Rufus is still a huge dick. But a very entertaining dick. The Puzzles are mostly quite absurd and silly, but that's what I want from a Game by Poki. The (german) Voice-acting is pure gold. I can't say anything about the englishGoodbye Deponia is a fun final round for Poki's Deponia Trilogie. The Story has so many memorable characters and one of the cutest female leads (Goal) in gaming. Rufus is still a huge dick. But a very entertaining dick. The Puzzles are mostly quite absurd and silly, but that's what I want from a Game by Poki. The (german) Voice-acting is pure gold. I can't say anything about the english voice-work yet.
    But the ending...isn't particularly "bad". It's just not very satisfying. It feels like the game ends without a real close. It feels a bit rushed.

    Nonetheless. This Game is pure fun with a little bit of serious-ish Drama. The whole Deponia Trilogy might be the best thing Poki did till now. Buy it, play it, love it.    … Expand
  4. thepedrovital
    Jun 29, 2014
    6
    Deponia series would have been perfect if it wasn't for the ending. Great characters, great story, great art, great puzzles, great jokes, terrible ending. Everything was perfect, but the ending just ruined everything. The ending of Deponia series will make you feel completely disappointed. But still, super fun to play, if you can ignore the terrible ending somehow, you will definatelly enjoy.
  5. siman0
    Dec 3, 2013
    2
    i have truly enjoyed this series, but i have no idea what happened in the final installment. through out this third half it seams like the wrighter of the story decided to go emo. you will be disapointed all the way through the end which is horable if you played the first two games. i the ending though is a kick to the groin for everyone that has followed the series.

    now onto the good    i have truly enjoyed this series, but i have no idea what happened in the final installment. through out this third half it seams like the wrighter of the story decided to go emo. you will be disapointed all the way through the end which is horable if you played the first two games. i the ending though is a kick to the groin for everyone that has followed the series.

    now onto the good the art is what youd ecpect from the last 2 installments. it is a tang of fun and excitment that will pop from the screen its easy to get lost in the art of the game and loose focus on the main story line of the game as you click on things just to see what they can do. the music in the game is captivating and enhances the art and animation. they go vary well together.

    all in all though in the end i have to give this a 2 for working to get to this i feel betrayed by the fact i bought the first two games. also played them to get to this blunder oc a game and end of the story.    … Expand
  6. ChameLi0N
    Oct 20, 2013
    9
    Just awesome quest. Lovely characters and story. A lot of humor and even a bit of drama. And all this at the highest level of performance. Bravo, Daedalic Entertainment!
  7. MercerVillagers
    Feb 6, 2014
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a game with so much more crazy ideas on how to solve puzzles than the other two. Almost all the times you have to be selfish and mean to get through the plot. This was actually fun for me to think like that. Also drama and and even jokes in this one is a bit deeper which fist for the final section. However for someone like me who tend to attach strongly to fictional characters, the ending really sucked. It managed to take the fun out of the video game and somehow made me regret the time I invested on the story.… Expand
  8. ydoc16
    Mar 23, 2014
    0
    Goodbye Deponia is well written in that it does make your emotionally involved with the plight of the characters in the story. There are some laughs here and there as well as some comical references pulled from many other games and TV shows and while it seems to be worth playing, I personally thought so too until the dramatic climax. I had flashbacks to the horrible ending of Mass effectGoodbye Deponia is well written in that it does make your emotionally involved with the plight of the characters in the story. There are some laughs here and there as well as some comical references pulled from many other games and TV shows and while it seems to be worth playing, I personally thought so too until the dramatic climax. I had flashbacks to the horrible ending of Mass effect trilogy it was the same thing all over again a Non-ending. One that leaves you with a disgust for the entire series after seeing it. It very quickly goes from something you liked to play and were fond of to a bitter memory that you shake your head and try to forget when it pops into your mind. Do your self a favor and don't play any of these three games you will just be disappointed at the end. Any way you look at how this thing ended they are all horrible. I believe the author of the story even deliberately gloated the fact at the end. Basically saying look I made this awesome story watch as I destroy it with a baseball bat.

    There was also several things in the story itself that made me cringe.

    #1 separating two love birds and forcing one of them into indentured servitude.
    #2 convincing kids to touch a pedophiles penis, and also doing it yourself. Then convincing woman to get the pedophiles penis tattooed on there arms.
    #3 killing baby dolphins and turning them into cat food for a puzzle.

    There were others but this is all I can point out without adding spoilers.
    Don't buy the game    … Expand
  9. Bregevgen2
    Oct 20, 2013
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I... can't say what exactly i feel to third part. So let's find out.
    I catched myself on thought i almost didn't play quest games. So i decided to meet genre. Deponia intrested me by her marvelous graphic style. I played first part. For all adventure i had a feeling that something is wrong. Sometimes float unlogical decisions. sometimes it was getting boring, and almost for all playing time I couldn't get what the game want from me. I thought I will get the final and never remember it again... and it could catch me in the very end. Unexpected plot turn in the end was like a shock therapy. So I bought the dilogy in Steam and fast enough began to play the second part. This part was much better. Developers worked with game world, improved puzzles and did it more obvious, add many intresting characters which made them love, and show many emotional scenes which could make you do everytihing: fun, cry, live through and greedily play further to recognize: what next, what next?! I loved the game without the rest and very waiting for third part. And when I got almost nothing could bring me out from it, I played two days. Everything is fine in the game was cool fun from meeting old friends, unexpected turns of plot, intresting places, atmosphere music, and many humour white and black. I even didn't notice, how i bonded to Rufus. This character never boring, egoistic in the beginning of his way but changing for the all trilogy and becoming real hero and martyr in the end, like he said "How is it possible not to like me?!".
    And it's only increasing trategy in the end. The only person who really deserved the place on Elysium... Must die in the end?! First- i saw it somwhere else... Oh, common! You can see it EVERYWHERE in the films. And there it's can be accepted and you can live further like nothing happened, because it's a single story, you listen it for two hours and you don't bond to characters and story too hard. But videogames absolutely different. Because it's you personal story, and longer you get involved then deeper in you heart it falls. And I consider than hero in the end must be judged for his way, how he made trough it, how he changed himself on it. And i can say this Rufus just didn't deserve the death, even heroic. Why everyone think that story must end not logical way but somehow different to make the story unusual and rememberable (that is sarcasm)?! Daedelic, Why you don't think that fan want happy ending? Why do you kick the balls third time?! I'm sure, that i'm not the only one who think like this.
    And... I think i shouldn't be upset because of the fate of hero. I must thank for he existing and gifted us much happy hours. Thank you, Rufus. I suppouse you won't get in hell to fix junk presses. I beleive you fall on somebody poor who had much less luck.    … Expand
  10. velvetmeds
    Oct 19, 2013
    4
    Great humour but a huge step back when compared to Memoria. Don't expect anything to ever make sense in this game; it never does. Only random guesswork will get you anywhere, as it suffers from the worst "puzzle" design i have seen in a long time. Very disappointing.
  11. endre0916
    Nov 13, 2013
    9
    Awesome game with hilarious jokes and scenes, great story and beautiful backgrounds. Few of the puzzles are a bit frustrating but I loved all of them. Thanks Daedalic Entertainment.
  12. akarnokd
    Oct 20, 2013
    8
    An adorable final episode with a few minor technical issues. The backdrop graphics is excellent, but the graphics of some new characters (e.g., the psychologist) have low quality. The music is great. I spent playing 25 hours, half of it just trying everything on everyone; not for the funny responses, but to get unstuck. Had to check the forums for some clues. The game suffers from the "useAn adorable final episode with a few minor technical issues. The backdrop graphics is excellent, but the graphics of some new characters (e.g., the psychologist) have low quality. The music is great. I spent playing 25 hours, half of it just trying everything on everyone; not for the funny responses, but to get unstuck. Had to check the forums for some clues. The game suffers from the "use the tape on the cat" syndrome: twisted logic actions and denied straight paths. (For example, one task involved creating an imprint, but unless Rufus visited the psychologist before to name a similar imprint, the imprint just dissolved into a blob.) Despite the shortcomings, the series is a definite buy.… Expand
  13. Shtirliz72
    Jun 29, 2015
    4
    This is **** game from deponia series and most horrible ending I have seen right after mass effect. Furthermore, most of jokes and scenes not funny at all. Whats happened to you, old good Deponia? Don't play it.
  14. GordothEnodious
    Aug 5, 2020
    6
    check my tumblr for a longer more coherent review. bby mode 5k words only and also inflates the word count for no reason, jesus man, jesus

    Gameplay Goodbye Deponia's gameplay is the exact same as Deponia and Chaos on 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    check my tumblr for a longer more coherent review. bby mode 5k words only and also inflates the word count for no reason, jesus man, jesus

    Gameplay

    Goodbye Deponia's gameplay is the exact same as Deponia and Chaos on 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 Goodbye Deponia is, actually, the best out of the three games in the series, not counting Deponia Doomsday as I’ve yet to review it. The characters are unlikable, but I’d developed the habit of just going on fumes of anger and my hand absentmindedly clicked so that I would go on. The issue is, probably worse in the next installment, due to the fact that this game seems to actually allow the characters to develop - namely Rufus.

    The main character is Rufus, an entitled, rude, unwashed, selfish and egotistical prick, the exact same idiot from the last two games… But in this one he’s actually more interesting. The story takes place an nondescript amount of time after the events described in Chaos on Deponia, or at least so it seems - although it's muddied up because who cares about consistency, am I right OR AM I RIGHT?

    The story this time has Rufus being horrible, as usual. He steers the vehicle him and the rest of the team are using onto an Organon Cruiser route, and they need to do something about it, pronto! So Rufus and Goal get to it, while Bozo… Sleeps quietly like a little baby? In any case, things get going from there, and the absurdity does not stop.

    This is the one Deponia installment that had a moment within it that had me intrigued. And by intrigued, I really do mean that I was truly unable to contain my excitement and wonder at what could happen next and what was happening. Sadly, however, that moment faded away and was replaced with another incredible plot contrivance that made me want to stop playing.

    As usual, there are still plenty of unanswered questions, but there was such a strong moment that I just can’t give this anything but something. 1/3

    Legendary Point

    Does this game, that is really just a clicking simulator with a disgusting story, get the Legendary Point? Normally, heck no. You might recall the spiel - I’d rather give the point to a bad, explicit game, because it’d net be the sight of poop. Overall, I still would. However, Ladies and Gentlemen, as I mentioned there was such a strong act in this game, such a wonderful, sublime moment, I just feel as if I HAVE to give this game the point - if only for how amazing the moment itself was in comparison to the whole franchise.

    Conclusion

    6/10. It's just an average game, if only because of how great a small portion of it is. Alas, it is a game I wouldn't recommend.Do watch a playthrough of it on some website, preferably my channel on Youtube, because the story actually has a semblance of development.    … Expand
  15. R3T41L
    Oct 22, 2013
    8
    playing recently both deponia and chaos on deponia i can say that this one seem a little short and easy if we can compare to both previous releases. there were one or two points in the game i found myself stuck and randomly combining items but i manage to get through it usually after few attempts. instead of first 2 parts, in this one story is pushing you far more straight. i was kindaplaying recently both deponia and chaos on deponia i can say that this one seem a little short and easy if we can compare to both previous releases. there were one or two points in the game i found myself stuck and randomly combining items but i manage to get through it usually after few attempts. instead of first 2 parts, in this one story is pushing you far more straight. i was kinda hoping ill enjoy in beautiful landscapes like in 2nd part (platipus puzzles and whole city was amazing) but there were just few locations actually hotel-ship-sewers- and -in_front_rebel_camp_place. game overall was pretty funny, a few references on previous games and some other (super mario, monkey island...) and jokes was on place (even if some people says the one with monkey is kinda racist but imo it was just fun).
    i didnt like that much idea with death and cloning but somehow that part was very quick.
    somehow i still feel (hope) this is not the end of entire series because final cut-scene isnt saying Rufus is dead, it was Cletus actually. At one point camera is showing very precisle the Elysium so am kinda expecting if there ever gonna be another realease (which i really hope) we can maybie start adventure on Elysium. There is deffinitely more to say in these game.
    respect    … Expand
  16. mugen_is_here
    Nov 29, 2015
    6
    The third part is the worst of the series. I feel that this title can be skipped but I know that anyone who plays Chaos on Deponia will feel like playing another title. A warning to you - "this 3rd installment will ruin the entire series for you. If you still want to go for it then nothing's going to stop you".

    Things that I liked about the game: * Humor, puns, insults, jokes -    The third part is the worst of the series. I feel that this title can be skipped but I know that anyone who plays Chaos on Deponia will feel like playing another title. A warning to you - "this 3rd installment will ruin the entire series for you. If you still want to go for it then nothing's going to stop you".

    Things that I liked about the game:
    * Humor, puns, insults, jokes - basically the dialog for the 1st 50% of the game
    * The characters Rufus, Goal, Doc are likable. You can understand what they're doing.

    Things that I didn't like about this game:
    * The humor and dialog basically suck in the 2nd half of the game
    * There is a cloning puzzle which basically ruins the 2nd half of the game
    * The character Toni is annoying as F.
    * The villians don't have any character. They say one thing and do another. It's hard to distinguish them in the game and understand what exactly they are trying to achieve. It spoils the plot major in the second half.
    * The second half of the game has puzzles that are annoying as F. **** cryptic puzzles that you can't guess. You NEED a walkthrough for the second half of this game.
    * The controversial horrible ending - it ruined the memory of the entire series for me    … Expand
  17. Theunrealfight
    Oct 21, 2013
    9
    Goodbye Deponia is a good game with some very hard puzzles, but the story is a little bit confusing and you have to use all dialogue options to get the point. Nevertheless it's a must play for every fan of point and click adventures and redefines the standard of this genre.
  18. Jim86
    Nov 23, 2013
    9
    Put simply, Goodbye Deponia completes one of the best adventure trilogies we've seen in years. Voice acting is good, the art is pretty and consistent. You meet a TON of characters (and ruin all their lives in the process). Put simply if you are in anyway a fan of adventure games this is a must play.

    If I can give you one hint to solving the puzzles though, it is to pretend you are the    Put simply, Goodbye Deponia completes one of the best adventure trilogies we've seen in years. Voice acting is good, the art is pretty and consistent. You meet a TON of characters (and ruin all their lives in the process). Put simply if you are in anyway a fan of adventure games this is a must play.

    If I can give you one hint to solving the puzzles though, it is to pretend you are the worst human being in existence. If you can do this then all the puzzles make sense. Probably the biggest detraction from the game is the main character, Rufus. Rufus is just UNLIKEABLE. Through out the series, you keep hoping that some where along the line he'd mature a bit and think of others, but no. Only at the end do we get anything close to this. He is so awful, that for me some puzzle were insolvable because I couldn't get into the mindset of doing something so horrible to progress.

    But keep in mind this is more of a satire on how old adventure games had you do bad things and you would still be the hero. Here there no question that nobody thinks that Rufus is a hero. In the end, if you're interested in irreverent (offensive) comedy, a good story and a strong adventure game, then the Deponia series is an excellent place to look.    … Expand
  19. bskierys
    Jun 1, 2019
    8
    Another great point&click game in the series. If you liked the previous games, you are going to like this as well. If you, like me, hated Rufus, be prepared for more of him in this one :)
  20. 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
  21. RagingPoet
    Jun 4, 2018
    8
    Goodbye Deponia is a good continuation of the series, but not really a finale. It plays mostly the same as previous titles, but both quantity and quality of minigames/puzzles is higher.

    Main problem i had with the game is those few infamous scenes where protagonist crosses the line between being just an egoistic but likable a-hole to being complete sociopath . Pushing someone to suicide    Goodbye Deponia is a good continuation of the series, but not really a finale. It plays mostly the same as previous titles, but both quantity and quality of minigames/puzzles is higher.

    Main problem i had with the game is those few infamous scenes where protagonist crosses the line between being just an egoistic but likable a-hole to being complete sociopath . Pushing someone to suicide just cuz 'Why not?' and literally selling people into slavery - that sort of stuff.

    Overall Goodbye Deponia is a good quest just like the previous games in the series.    … Expand
  22. GuybT23
    Jun 27, 2018
    1
    incongruent, annoying, completely unbalanced. always constant graphics and this is ok but the puzzles are inconsistent. redundant music
  23. uaigor13
    Nov 9, 2021
    10
    Прекрасный триквел, крутой сюжет,кретивные ачиквки, уместные шутки, свой стиль рисовки, приятные анимации и музыка.Прошёл в трилогию в егс и спецом купил в стиме чтоб получить достижения.
  24. ChesterField
    May 1, 2020
    8
    Close to this crazy trilogy of graphic point and click adventures. It is incredible that today, games with this quality of this forgotten genre continue to appear. I put this trilogy on my shelf next to the monkey island, runaway, broken sword and siberia sagas. Nothing more to say, 100% recommended for lovers of the genre.
  25. KampCikat
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    Dieses Spiel ist ein Mesterwerk der Deutschen Computerspielindustrie!

    Die Story zieht einen in den Bann und man fühlt mit den Charakteren.
    Der Humor ist einzigartig auf eine gute Weise.
  26. ArmanKarman
    Dec 21, 2021
    8
    Amazing game series. This review is being written about the entire trilogy, not just this game.
    Advantages: funny and interesting story, great and stylish visuals, funny characters, great soundtrack.
    Disadvantages: some of the puzzles were solved completely illogical, some parts of the game are boring, some parts of story are so stupid that it is not even funny anymore, the ending was    Amazing game series. This review is being written about the entire trilogy, not just this game.
    Advantages: funny and interesting story, great and stylish visuals, funny characters, great soundtrack.
    Disadvantages: some of the puzzles were solved completely illogical, some parts of the game are boring, some parts of story are so stupid that it is not even funny anymore, the ending was pretty stupid    … Expand

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#54 Best PC Game of 2013

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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. Worth Playing
    Feb 28, 2014
    40
    Unfortunately, Goodbye Deponia is a wasted effort by Daedalic because it's marred by a series of bad moral decisions, and the protagonist is the epitome of unlikeable.
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  2. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Jan 30, 2014
    87
    Goodbye Deponia tells a beautiful story without losing its humor. A must buy for adventure fans.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2014
    85
    It’s hard to leave this game – it’s beautiful, sound great and is extremely involving. A must-have for the fans of Day of the Tentacle, Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. [01/2014, p.70]
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