Goodbye Deponia

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 240 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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!
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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 :)
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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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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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