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What I also liked better than in the predecessor: The narrative does not drag on unnecessarily towards the end. But I don’t want to reveal too much of the plot. Or rather: three extreme jumps in three extremely different directions. Above all, the adored Goal makes an extreme leap forward in the character drawing. At the same time, you get to know your companions and opponents better. This gives Rufus more contour than in the first Deponia. But this time these traits are defined much more in the interaction with people or the environment and less in stilted self-talk.

He’s still a catastrophe magnet, mercilessly arrogant and heavier than ten Homer Simpsons. I found, for example, that Rufus punch lines ignited much more reliably because the authors did not use the mallet excessively in characterizing it. Daedalic has the character traits of the protagonists noticeably better under control. This time there is more time to get to know the main and secondary characters. The makers took the criticism of the first Deponia to heart. But don’t be fooled by the high pace of entry, chaos on Deponia is anything but sloppy puzzle goods for those in a hurry. Your chaotic protégé Rufus needs less than five minutes to lay a grandma’s kitchen in ruins, flood her toilet, assassinate her canary and almost behead his mentor Doc with a guillotine. Very nicely done, but nothing against the playable introduction that follows, which seamlessly connects to the last moments of the first part. You have comfortably clicked on the self-deprecating short tutorial behind you, when a flashback in a black and white narrow-film look flickers over your screen – complete with a cardboard planet shot live on a string, a New Year’s Eve firecrackers detonation and a pathetic voice from the off. Please dispose of all snot flags and pick up the mice. Still, I found it all too harsh to hit the players with such a thoughtful cliffhanger with the first part.Īs if to answer, the musical Müller-Michaelis promises two chords, after his self-criticism, a potential happy ending “with drinking and all”.

#Praey for the gods physical copy series

The finale of Deponia didn’t want to fit in with the rest of the gag flurry and I would have loved to give my tragic hero Rufus a packet of handkerchiefs at the end of the credits.ĭaedalic has now planned the series as a trilogy from the start. I too found the end of my test too melancholy. To be precise, none other than co-founder and creative director Jan Müller-Michaelis intones the cutscenes and vocal interludes in Chaos on Deponia, the second part of the adventure series about a threatened rubbish planet.Īnd Müller-Michaelis even fights self-critical about the predecessor Deponia: “… honestly, nobody liked the end of the first part anyway.” Right.