Deponia Doomsday in the test: An ingenious adventure

Goal, Rufus and Professor McChronicle return to the screen in Deponia Doomsday.


Deponia Doomsday in the Test - Gameplay


The original end of the third part of the Deponia series was allegedly badly received by many gamers. Reason enough for the American developer Deadalic to deposit with Deponia Doomsday. The good sales figures of the predecessors will surely have done the rest?


Deponia Doomsday in the test - Download or DVD?


In the new part of Deponia Doomsday one jumps by time journey to various sections of the previous action. To the delight of the fans, the possibility for backpacks and the reunion with well-known characters is offered. New entrants can start with this however little. But do not worry: a lot of new squares and people offer the series veterans enough variety.


The Making of Deponia Doomsday (english)


The puzzles become increasingly tricky in the course of the game and are somewhat abstruse. Since there is no explicit help function apart from a hotspot display, you should follow the instructions in the dialogs carefully.


Deponia Doomsday in the test - Conclusion


Technically, the game moves at a high level: drawing graphics and animations are pleasing, the speakers convince on a wide front, and the operation is intuitive - if you are familiar with classic point - and - click adventures. Mouse, keyboard or touchpad are used.


After the download version of Deponia Doomsday has been available since March, the developer Daedalic has finally released a classic box version on DVD-ROM since April 8th. Did the wait pay off?


The box version offers as extras - at least in the first edition - a bonus CD with the soundtrack and a small poster. In addition, this version is without copy protection. Without DRM you get the game also at GOG. Here you have to logically refuse the poster, but can download the soundtrack in the FLAC or MP3 format and gets a digital artbook, which is missing the box version. If you do not mind copy protection, you can also buy Deponia Doomsday on Steam - also with Soundtrack and Artbook.


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If you have a problem, which download 2.6 GB of game data over the Internet, the DVD version is certainly better served, everyone else can decide after the current price (currently about 30 Euro) or personal feelings such as the attitude to copy protection .


The new and this time perhaps the last part of the Deponia-Adventure series offers with approximately 16 to 20 hours of playing time more scope than its predecessors. And this playing time is well filled with humorous dialogues and cracked, tricky puzzles. So fans of the predecessors will be very entertaining.


If you do not already know Deponia, you should start with the first part. This is often thanks to numerous price actions for very small money to get.