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Good news for all point-and-click adventure fans out there: the Deponia trilogy has finally been released for Linux by Daedalic Entertainment, bringing arguably the best games of the genre made in over a decade to the platform.
However, owners of the original three installations will be disappointed in not finding the games in their Linux library and will have to buy the new “complete” version of the games, which consists of the trilogy and a few extras unified as one game. I myself was a little miffed, but given that the game is 90% off on Steam until September if you own them already, it can be forgiven. Daedalic have yet to confirm whether or not the separate instalments of the games will receive ports.
The news comes only two months after the Visionaire point-and-click game engine incorporated a “Linux Export” feature in their 4.0 RC version, which sounds somewhat similar to Unity 3D in that games can be developed for but not on linux. No doubt this is also good news for adventure game fans since a number of Daedalic’s titles (and others) depend on the game engine for their games, opening the door for further ports.
Those out there who enjoyed the witty and sarcastic protagonists, humour and memorable puzzles of the 1990s point-and-click games will not be disappointed - Deponia ticks all the boxes for fans of those games, delivering them in a 2D cartoonish style similar to classics such as The Curse of Monkey Island, Discworld II and Toonstruck.
I played the trilogy some months back through Wine and have to say that I would put these games alongside of the Monkey Island and Discworld series as my favourite games of the genre, so looking forward to playing them again natively.
Check it out on Steam now. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Actually that review only made me want to play it more. :D
People that are horrified by sexual/racial stereotypes are hilarious to me.
"L's swapped with R's"... Oh the horror! My girlfriend is asian and her english, just like the english of most asians that are not close to native level english is like that. Cry me a river. <3
Fuck you, chrisq.
I think he missed the point completely with this review. Yes, the actions of the protagonist are often immoral, but he's presented as an immoral egomaniac with no regard for others so it's not like the game is actively supporting that behavior but instead condemning it as the actions of a narcissist. Part of the humor of the game is that making the player judge the actions of the protagonist, making the player think "oh god, do I really have to do that?" or "is he going to do what I think he's going to do". The accusations of misogyny are pretty ludicrous too given that the male protagonist is portrayed as a (misogynistic) moron and the female characters are mostly strong and intelligent. That said, the game is definitely targeted at more mature audiences, not family friendly (maybe more suited to the age group that grew up with monkey Island).
So I would say it is a figment of his imagination. That and he has no sense of humor. Metacritic pretty much says the exact opposite.
Yes, they're on my wishlist but holding off for a while. Still have the Dark Eye games and a couple of other adventure games to play. But your recommendation will move it up the list for sure!
Just finished Broken Age, which was the biggest disappointment I've had in a game for a long time and Journey of a Roach was pretty dire (though more of a puzzle game than adventure). I still think Deponia is the closest thing I have played so far to the games I loved growing up. It's really good to see the genre being brought back from the dead though, that Guybrush-shaped void in me is slowly being filled.