LarryTyphoid
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Been playing this series lately on account of being very ill and having time to spare. I'm on Chaos on Deponia now. I've heard a lot about how these games are detested for the unlikable protagonist, and yeah, I can see that. I could see how some journo would get mad at the whole mind-swapping a woman thing, and I don't really care about that. But what's up with all the animal abuse played for comedy? Is this a German thing? I know some will probably call me a moralfag or something because of this, but I saw the "killing baby dolphins" puzzle signposted from miles away, hoping that my expectations would be subverted, and they were not. C'mon, that's not funny. That's like some 4chan newfag's first post on /b/.
I also feel that the second game steers way too far into the "lolso random" category of humor, what with the platypuses and dolphin training. Some of the dialogue sounds like the devs were trying to make Rufus into a meme or something. The animated cutscenes are also more numerous yet of a lower quality, reminding me of amateur Newgrounds animations at times.
Some of the hate towards the protagonist is also because of the puzzles. A lot of the puzzles are tuned to Rufus being a retard, like getting the gardener to move the rake, or feeding the homeless guy a shoe. The rake one in particular made me look up a guide and become more frustrated with how simple the solution was. Some of these were pretty funny and used the format of an adventure game to enhance the comedy, but at other times you just wish you were controlling a capable protagonist instead of a sped.
I also feel that the second game steers way too far into the "lolso random" category of humor, what with the platypuses and dolphin training. Some of the dialogue sounds like the devs were trying to make Rufus into a meme or something. The animated cutscenes are also more numerous yet of a lower quality, reminding me of amateur Newgrounds animations at times.
Some of the hate towards the protagonist is also because of the puzzles. A lot of the puzzles are tuned to Rufus being a retard, like getting the gardener to move the rake, or feeding the homeless guy a shoe. The rake one in particular made me look up a guide and become more frustrated with how simple the solution was. Some of these were pretty funny and used the format of an adventure game to enhance the comedy, but at other times you just wish you were controlling a capable protagonist instead of a sped.