Another new game? At
this rate I’m going to become a relevant game reviewer...
As i've made mention of
before, I'm a big fan of old school point and click adventure games,
so I warn you in advance that nostalgia bias me somewhat.
Deponia is a new point
and click adventure that came out on in the uk on the 7th
of august. Its made by Daedalic Entertainment the developers of some
other recent adventure games, most noticeable The Whispered World.
Deponia It tells the
story of Rufus, a self obsessed, rude and mostly useless resident of
Deponia a trash planet living in the shadow of the beautiful Elysium.
Rufus main motivation is to leave Deponia and live on Elysium but in
pursuing that goal he accidental knocks an Elysium pixie called Goal,
off of a transporter, damaging her brain in the process, the rest of
the game becomes about
waking her up and getting her home again.
Rufus' efforts to
return Goal to Elysium turn into a crazy string of events with
everything you need for an exciting story: Storm Troopers, a
speeding mine bike, an evil doppelganger and weirdly flavoured cotton
candy...
The gameplay is exactly
what you would expect from a point and click adventure game, you
point at objects and click on them, you have an inventory and you
collect items and then take them where they are needed to solve
puzzles. The Puzzles are pretty logical most of the time, and unlike
some old school games there is no pixel hunting in this game.
This game is good, but
its not great, it has a couple of mini games that did nothing but
annoy me, its very short, I finished it in about 3 hours without a
guide and its ending it not great, but since I've learned there is a
sequel on the way I can forgive it that.
What is game has in
droved though is heart, its humour is reminiscent of Monkey island,
its writing is good and brought to mind the old Terry Pratchett
adventure games and it even has a great little song. I felt good
while I played the game, and it left me with a smile on my face. But
don't take my word on it, this game is available everywhere go pick
it up and try it yourself.
1 comment:
Once you stop hogging the computer, I will have a go at this. It looks really funny and I like the weird humour and quirky graphics :)
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