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Deponia: The Complete Journey

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2014

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Quick resume

Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

Global score

85/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Point-and-click

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    Pros

    • Engaging story and characters
    • Humorous and imaginative world
    • Challenging and creative puzzles
    • Beautiful hand-drawn art and music
    • Three games in one package with extras

    Cons

    • Some puzzles require trial and error or guides
    • Main character is often annoying and divisive
    • Some bugs and technical issues reported
    • Story pacing uneven with some slow sections
    • Lack of localization in some languages

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long playtimes, replayability, and habitual engagement with the game."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game to immerse themselves in a quirky fictional world and escape real life through humor and adventure."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and interest, not out of obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Primarily a solo experience with minimal social interaction."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention to solve puzzles and follow story; not suited for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Limited to narrative relationships; no real social or emotional interaction with other players."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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