#Deponia collection series
Deponia, like Silence, costs £30 in the UK, yet it's possible to get all of the games in the Deponia series (Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, Goodbye Deponia, Deponia Doomsday) at a reduced price on other digital stores (the PlayStation 4 collection of all the games currently retails at £33, but on Steam it has been as low as £4.49). However, this does bring us to the elephant in the room here. The developers have said that the subsequent games in the series are coming to Switch as well, which will be music to the ears of long-time fans. Similar to Silence, the style and charm on offer goes a long way, and there's a curiosity to see just where Rufus and Goal end up next. The fun, the comedy and the fantastic art-style – all of these elements combine to make for a really enjoyable point-and-click adventure. This tone is what will almost certainly keep you tuned into Deponia, despite the occasionally flat joke. They're very fun to solve and while you do admittedly control a character who is the village idiot, it can still result in some funny dialogue when you succeed or fail these tasks. Still, the puzzles – arguably the most important part of this kind of game – are plentiful and well-constructed. There did seem a desperate need to be ‘funny’ throughout the whole adventure, and while at times it did work, many gags fell flat, almost harkening back to when The Simpsons jumped the shark. Having said that, sometimes Daedalic goes too far.
Even at the start – which opens with your toothbrush running away (yes, you read that correctly) – there’s an inexplicable charm to Deponia, making you care about what happens to Rufus and Goal by the time you finish the game. The animations and the hand-drawn graphics really pop-out on an HD TV, and the level of detail is welcome as you'll have an almost-obsessive need to just explore every screen you walk into. So wake up bright and early so you can put your order in once it hits 10AM PST.As was the case with Silence, Deponia looks amazing, especially when played in docked mode. Regardless of which version you wind up buying, they’ll go on sale next week on September 16th. I should note, the latter includes a 200+ page artbook and music CD, which aren’t always featured in Super Rare Games releases. 3000 will be for the Standard Edition, while a lofty 1000 will be reserved for the Collector’s Edition.
Thanks to Super Rare Games, it’s getting 4000 total copies. Originally by Daedalic Entertainment, Deponia Collection is a 4 in 1 package, including the following titles – Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, Goodbye Deponia and Deponia Doomsday.
Rufus’ homeworld Deponia is a planet-sized junkyard, so when the beautiful Elysian girl Goal falls into his arms (quite literally), Rufus’ dream to leave his dump of a home seems to be within arm’s reach as well. Nothing but junk – as far as the eye can see. It’s a series you may be familiar with, since it originally came out in 2012. But nevertheless, that’s exactly what they’re publishing next with Deponia Collection. Only because I feel they haven’t published all that many adventure games. While it’s true that Super Rare Games always has something interesting in the works, today’s announcement caught me by surprised.