![]() 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. Much like Daedalic's other games, you control a character (or two) and watch on as their stories intertwine, while you use a Joy-Con (or a pad of your choice) to progress throughout the game.Īs was the case with Silence, Deponia looks amazing, especially when played in docked mode. With that, we have been graced with Deponia, a point-and-click game in which you control the fates of two characters named Rufus and Goal set in the garbage-filled land of Kuvaq, and it’s up to you to reach the floating city of the rich known as Elysium and live happily ever after.ĭeveloped by Daedalic Entertainment, this is a game which was originally released over seven years ago, and alongside their other game, Silence, has been ported to the Switch. From Kuvaq, an improvised village built inside a giant trash heap, to the swimming black market and the dark corners of the elevated planetary railways: The new adventure game from the makers of The Whispered World, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout and A New Beginning is brought to life with detailed hand-painted backgrounds in widescreen format and top-quality cartoon animation.In its third year, the Nintendo Switch has gained a somewhat justified reputation as a ‘port machine’, and while games such as Onimusha and DOOM have been welcomed with glee and enjoyment, others have arrived with an Alan Partridge-style shrug and a ‘How Much?!’ shouted from the garden. The twist-filled story takes its off-beat characters all over trash planet Deponia, a unique game world in the style of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Matt Groening. The planned handover is only the beginning of a wild chase across Deponia full of twists, turns and mystifying mix-upsâ¦ĭeponia is a fast-paced comedy of errors and one of the most unusual love stories in gaming history. Only a vague hope of making it off Deponia at first, he soon formulates an unscrupulous plan, as he learns that he is a dead ringer for Goalâs upper-class husband. He decides to bring the unconscious beauty back to her home. When the angelic Goal falls from these privileged spheres down into a neighboring trash heap, Rufus sees his chance. He dreams of a better life in the floating cities of wealth and beauty high above the planet surface. Ill-tempered and entirely too convinced of his own greatness, he lives at the edge of a small settlement somewhere in the most remote sector of the garbage-covered planet Deponia. ![]() Let us know what you like, what you don't like and what you'd like to see more of. Hit the jump to check out The Arcade! First up is a bit of news from the gaming world. Perhaps the biggest crossover event to hit both the movie and video game crowds was the announcement that Sam Raimi is no longer attached to the World of Warcraft project, but Legendary Entertainment is moving ahead nonetheless. Charles Leavitt ( Blood Diamond) has been brought in to rewrite the original Robert Rodat ( Saving Private Ryan) script. It's safe to say that the writing portion of the adaptation should be squared away, so once the project secures a director we can expect a little more progress.Next, here's a trailer from an indie puzzle game being released this week called Unmechanical. Here's the synopsis followed by the game trailer below (from Unmechanical's site): Welcome to The Arcade, Collider's weekly wrap-up of news, trailers and release dates from the video game world. We don't just sit around watching movies and TV shows all day, we also play the latest and greatest video games just so we can share them all with you! (It really is a tough life.) Since this is the first installment, we're keeping it pretty basic but hope to bring you more content in future weeks. This time around, we've got a bit of news on the World of Warcraft film adaptation, a trailer for the indie puzzler Unmechanical and a look at the visually and thematically engrossing Deponia.
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