Goodbye Deponia

Goodbye Deponia is a Point-and-click adventure created by Daedalic Entertainment. It is available since 15 October 2013 and the third installment of the Deponia-trilogy.

Synopsis

Antihero Rufus still lives on the planet Deponia which is nothing more than a dump. He still wishes to become an inhabitant of Elysium, the flying city. Furthermore he wants to stop the Organon. This military organization deceived the Elysian government by telling them Deponia is not habitated anymore and it would be better to blow up the planet. Rufus gets help from pirate Bozo, the Elysium girl Goal and the resistance.

Plot

A brief overview of the events in Deponia and Chaos on Deponia is seen in the intro.

Rufus, Goal, Doc and Bozo are forced to continue their trip to the upper ascension station in Porta Fisco by foot. They overnight in a hotel. There, Doc and Bozo set up a lab so the three Goal personalities can be finally merged. Doc and Bozo deceive Rufus by telling him he must look for an important object (of which they think does not exist).

Meanwhile, Argus sends Cletus and Opperbot on a mission to find Goal after they noticed they captured Donna instead of Goal. Rufus finds out Cletus has the important object in his room. Once in possession he returns to the lab but it seems the operation is already finished with success. A furious Rufus leaves the lab and runs into Argus who just arrived with Donna. After some hide-and-seek, Rufus (currently wearing Cletus' clothes) can convince Argus he is Cletus (Rufus and Cletus are look-alikes). A disguised Goal claims to be Donna. The plan works and Argus takes them to the last Organon-cruiser in Porta Fisco.

In the cruiser Rufus takes out his disguise. A camera recorded this event so Rufus has to destroy the footage. He is caught in the computer room but can escape and hides in a kind of robotarmour. Goal is arrested and taken to Argus. When Argus removes his helmet, it turns out he is also a look-alike of Rufus and Cletus. Argus reveals his real intentions: Ulysses and the Organon are going to take over Elysium. Rufus, still in the robotarmour, wants to help Goal but injects her with poison. A dying Goal mounders she does love Rufus. Argus pushes the robot (not knowing Rufus is inside) from the cruiser.

Rufus ends up in a cloning factory lead by Hermes. Hermes is the one who founded Elysium as he thought Deponia was uninhabitable. He also created the Organon in such way they don't fear dead. As new Organon-clones must be immediately available, Hermes invented a fluid so he could define the age of the clones during production. Hermes reveals that Rufus, Cletus and Argus are three prototypes of the cloning factory even before the Organon were created.

Suddenly, a dead woman falls out of the sky. Rufus recognizes Goal and wants to ask Hermes if there is a way to clone her. However, Hermes just committed suicide so Rufus first has to clone him. Once succeeded Goal is also cloned. However, she returns as a baby and falls in the drain. Rufus has three problems which must be solved at same time: to rescue baby Goal, to prevent the invasion of the Organon in Elysium and to prevent Deponia to be blown up. That's why he clones himself twice which means there are now three "Ruffi".

The first Rufus starts a search for baby Goal to give her an "aging fluid". The fluid is lost and a "bottle witch" sold it to the pub owner. Rufus finds baby Goal together with three orphans who follow him everywhere. That's why the bouncer does not allow Rufus to enter the pub. Rufus solves the problem by putting the children in a deep sleep. Once in possession of the age fluid, he returns to the cave where he left the children. The cave turned out to be the mouth of a monster which most probably has eaten two orphans. The survived orphan tells the water drifted baby Goal further into the sewer. Rufus finds Goal but she is sucked up in a vortex. Rufus jumps after her.

The second Rufus heads to the rebellion camp. They do not "recognize" Rufus and are only willing to let him in if someone can state he really is Rufus. Rufus goes to Bozo's house. Bozo seems to suffer from a depression so Rufus searches for a cure. Once Bozo is healed, he and Rufus go to the rebellions to state Rufus is indeed Rufus. The leader of the rebellions is Rufus' foster father. He orders Doc to blow up Elysium. Rufus tries to prevent this. The rebellions are surprised when a baby and a second Rufus suddenly turn up from the drain. The second Rufus injects baby Donna with the "aging fluid". He is surprised when the baby seems to be Donna. The rebels are angry as both Ruffi failed again. A word battle starts up in which the foster father shoots down one Rufus. The other Rufus takes the wounded Rufus and they escape. The wounded Rufus dies not much later.

The third Rufus goes to the upper ascension station where the last cruiser is about to leave. He needs to break in in Argus' office and safe to find the access code to enter the last gate. He is caught by Argus but can convince him once again to be Cletus. Rufus goes to the last access point, but Argus finds out the truth about the identity swap so Rufus is halted. Rufus is surprised Goal is in the ascension station. Argus declares Goal was rescued from death. Argus pushes Goal from the cruiser. Rufus also jumps but does not survive.

Goal arrives in the rebellion camp and can convince it is actually due to Rufus his actions Deponia is not yet blown up. She claims Rufus stupid plans do have a positive result. The rebels are convinced and ask if Rufus has a final plan to stop the cruiser. Rufus gets an idea in which the complete resistance is launched with a rocket towards the Organon-cruiser. Rufus will act as Cletus.

The plan succeeds although Rufus is seen as Argus and taken to Ulysses, the leader of the Organon. Rufus is surprised when it turns out Ulysses is the father of Goal. Ulysses still has the intention to blow up Deponia which will also destroy the Organon cruiser. Ulysses thinks his daughter is in Elysium. Rufus can prove the opposite is true. However, the irreversible process for the detonation already started.

Rufus convinces Argus and Cletus to cooperate in order to destroy the bomb. This succeeds, but the three get stuck in the rotor which balances the cruiser. They are found by Goal who can only rescue one of them. She decides only to rescue Rufus but as the three wear the same outfit she does not know who Rufus actually is. Furthermore, all three of them claim to be the real Rufus. At the end, Rufus decides to sacrifice himself. He misleads Goal by telling he is Cletus and Cletus is Rufus. Next, he drops himself out of the rotor and falls down. Goal saves Cletus resulting Argus dies in the rotor.

Goal takes “Rufus” to the council of Elysium. The council is concerned: due to the new situation Elysium is overpopulated and there are not enough resources. That's why they have the intention to destroy Elysium and move back to Deponia. Goal tells the council to listen to the advice of "Rufus". Cletus decides to give up his old identity and to live as Rufus as from now. It is not revealed whether the real Rufus survived the fall or not.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 72.62%[1] Metacritic 80/100[2] Review scores Publication Score Adventure Gamers [3]

Goodbye Deponia was well received by critics. As of October 2014, it holds a 80/100 Metacritic score (34 reviews),^[2] and a 72.62% ranking at GameRankings (16 reviews).^[1] Adventure Gamers writes as its verdict about Goodbye Deponia: "The Deponia trilogy turns out to be very good at goodbyes. If you enjoy LucasArts-style comedic games, this series – and especially the final game – will provide hours of tongue-in-cheek unconventionality."^[3]

See also

• Deponia
• Chaos on Deponia

References

External links

• Official website