![]() ![]() His motivations are clear – to retrieve Goal and get back to Elysium so the planet can go KABOOM – but his portrayal as an obnoxious posh-boy who is naïve in his own right is pretty compelling. Physically almost identical to Rufus, he is his magnetic opposite in most other ways and this lends them a unique dynamic in their interactions. The antagonists are also quite compelling, with the most interesting being Cletus. She isn’t the deepest female character I’ve ever seen – she’s no Elaine Marley – but her perspective often helps the player understand the disconnect between Rufus’ perspective and that of the people of Elysium. Goal – a former resident of Elysium – gets the most screentime, and comes across as confident, intelligent and caring. Accompanying him at the start are his girlfriend Goal, “pirate captain” Bozo and the engineer/scientist mentor Doc. ![]() Whilst he can sometimes come across as obnoxiously self-confident, this lends itself well to the disaster comedy which the Deponiaseries does so well. He is very much a steampunk Guybrush Threepwood if a little more sure of himself. Rufus is a typical adventure game protagonist naïve, cocky, inept, but with a heart of gold. As Goodbye Deponia begins, Rufus is travelling along a monorail with his companions on a quest to stop the inhabitants of Elysium from destroying the planet. The first and second games showcased the early adventures of Rufus a misguided young man with high aspirations who has somehow ended up as a folk hero of sorts. It’s a unique and interesting setting that lends the series a steampunk aesthetic and which gives characters a lot of depth. Since then the surface has been assumed to be uninhabitable, but a small number of humans have continued to survive in their post-apocalyptic settlements as rubbish continues to fall from the city above. At one point in its history, the world was partially abandoned by the majority of its inhabitants who ascended to a floating utopia called Elysium. The planet is a dumping ground as your adventure begins, covered with trash and rubble. Goodbye Deponia is set, as you’d imagine, on the planet of Deponia. However, all three are relatively similar in tone, so if after reading this you like the sound of it, jump into the first. As a primary note, I honestly wouldn’t recommend jumping straight into this one if you haven’t already played the first two – Deponiaand Chaos on Deponia – as it pretty much jumps straight in where the previous entry ended and struggles to explain the world too well. The saga began in 2012 but has been ported to a number of platforms over the years. However, with the release of the series on Switch it felt like an ideal time to pick up the latest entry in the series and try it again Goodbye Deponia. When a friend recommended the Deponiaseries to me shortly after the first’s release I was really excited, but I never played past the first something just didn’t click! I’m a huge fan of adventure games, and whilst I’ve been a little down on them in the last few years I’ve been secretly pining for a meaty, funny one in the vein of classic LucasArts games.
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