As someone unfortunate enough to both get genuinely interested where the story goes and being completely terrible at adventure games, watching the hell out of this. I guess zapping Rufus after putting up with all his poo poo for two games has to feel pretty cathartic. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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# ¿ Apr 23, 2014 11:09 |
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 08:56 |
Those dolphins aren't long for this world, are they.
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# ¿ Apr 30, 2014 07:38 |
Well, Rufus has a pretty long history of animal abuse, I don't know why dolphins should be anything special. I may be a bad person but that scene does make me crack up. Goal not having a nose really freaks me out. It's not so bad in the main game but it really shows in the close-up cutscenes. Also, the gasoline line is actually a reference to another Daedalic point'n'click adventure game, Chains of Satinav. I'm hearing it's pretty good.
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# ¿ May 7, 2014 12:12 |
So why did we have to straighten the banana?
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# ¿ May 14, 2014 09:31 |
Welp, way to miss it. I blame the fact it comes right after a Schrödinger's cat joke, this game's relationship to humor is positively schizophrenic.
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# ¿ May 14, 2014 09:52 |
Oh, the game definitely is charming. I'd imagine that jokes that don't work are the ones revolving around animal violence - but hey, I laughed at the baby dolphin sequence so I guess it depends on how much of a terrible person you are. It's kinda surprising it doesn't get much attention here, but then again, adventure games don't seem to generate much traffic - look at the Discworld Noir thread and that's based on a bestselling book series.
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# ¿ May 14, 2014 14:16 |
NeoAnjou posted:Erm, well - at times. The first spunky Goal plotline I thought was down-right misogynistic - didn't it basically imply that women are superficial fools who are only after men with big muscles? They're all stereotypes, pretty much. I wouldn't draw any generalizations from this game's characters.
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# ¿ May 14, 2014 20:08 |
To be fair he as much as tells you that hobos eat shoes, same with the lightning rod components. If anything, this looks a lot easier to solve than most of the stuff the first game threw at you - when I originally tried playing that, I gave up on the telephone lines puzzle. Those loving pigeons.
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# ¿ May 15, 2014 11:23 |
That's a pretty cool twist on the teleporter maze. I'm assuming we can add telefragging a platypus into Rufus' ever-growing list of animal crimes? Gotta say I love Doc's little catharsis especially given his attitude at the beginning of the game.
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# ¿ May 21, 2014 11:14 |
I don't know, it was definitely more climactic than the first one. But that seems to be true of this game as a whole; I enjoyed both the plot and jokes a lot more. Of course, let's not forget that most of this game wouldn't have happened if Rufus could refuse a free lollipop. I find it puts things in perspective. (As possibly the only actual viewer here) Looking forward to the third one!
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# ¿ May 28, 2014 17:23 |
Yeah, the Goal pinup is pretty terrible. I still maintain the game isn't too bad about handling the characters: it's clear from the start it's absurd and it's not like cartoons don't get pretty brutal from time to time - it's just part of the style and the game never lets you think it's taking itself seriously.
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# ¿ Jun 4, 2014 07:01 |
I have no idea what's your problem with the melody. Its singular flaw is that it isn't the junk crab mating song.
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# ¿ Jun 18, 2014 11:07 |
Aww, look at its cutesy little spikes. It's trying to menace with them. I wouldn't be surprised if getting Rufus to shower turns out to be the most complicated puzzle of them all. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2014 09:45 |
Wait, so do you need Rufus and the clothes to come out at the exact same time or just have both of them out of the machine?
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# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 09:01 |
So how does the door puzzle work? Everyone follows a set pattern and you choosing a door changes the time spent?
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# ¿ Jul 21, 2014 08:50 |
Can't really blame you for skipping the camera puzzle the first time around, that thing looks obnoxious as hell. The coffee trail sequence is pretty drat cool though.
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# ¿ Jul 30, 2014 13:18 |
Have to give them props for the last plot twist, didn't see it coming and it explains quite a lot. Still have to wonder how Rufus ended on Deponia, though. And no, I don't think we're supposed to like him, definitely at this point. He's essentially a parody of an adventure game protagonist, good as a stab at the genre but in order to make that work he pretty much has to be a complete rear end in a top hat.
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# ¿ Aug 23, 2014 09:45 |
And that's how a vampire platypus saved Deponia.
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# ¿ Sep 5, 2014 11:22 |
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 08:56 |
The one time someone tells Rufus what we're all thinking, he back down on it. Oh well. I still maintain that the music-related jokes are the best part of the series. I've been going "I just sat on a thiiiiiistle!" in random moments for the last two hours. Besides, let's face it, it's a pretty accurate representation of lyrics in musicals. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 10:39 on Oct 22, 2014 |
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# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 10:30 |