Chaos on Deponia
Chaos on Deponia is a 2012 point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment.[2] A sequel to Deponia, it continues the story of the main character Rufus as he attempts to escape from his home planet Deponia.[3] Chaos on Deponia was released in Germany in October 12, 2012[4]
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Developer(s) | Daedalic Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Daedalic Entertainment |
Series | Deponia |
Engine | Visionaire Studio |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Mac OS X Linux[1] PlayStation 4 Xbox One |
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Genre(s) | Point-and-click adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Chaos on Deponia received generally positive reviews, particularly from German-language outlets.
Gameplay
The core gameplay has remained unchanged from the previous installment. The player controls Rufus across various highly detailed backgrounds, collecting and combining smaller objects and interacting with machines in order to solve puzzles and advance the plot further.
Synopsis
Development
Chaos on Deponia was developed by Daedalic Entertainment.
Reception
Domestic press
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International reviews
Reviews for Chaos on Deponia have been generally positive as it received an average of 78/100 on review aggregator website Metacritic.[8] Critics praised the game for improvements of the pacing and writing over its predecessor, with others calling it too similar to the first game but still enjoyable.
Sales
Chaos on Deponia and its predecessor, Deponia, totaled 200,000 global sales by April 2013.[9] The Deponia series overall achieved sales of 2.2 million copies by 2016, most of which derived from deep-discount sales, according to Daedalic's Carsten Fichtelmann. He noted that "full price sales were a little part of that [2.2 million] number".[10]
See also
- Deponia, first installment in the series
- Goodbye Deponia, third installment in the series
- Deponia Doomsday, fourth installment in the series
References
- Estrada, Marcus (8 July 2014). "Deponia: The Complete Journey Launches on Steam - Hardcore Gamer". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- "Chaos on Deponia Review". The Escapist. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- "Chaos auf Deponia - Test" (in German). Eurogamer. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- Schütz, Felix (October 12, 2012). "Chaos auf Deponia im Test: Spannendes Rätseldesign, verrückte Ideen, abgefahrene Geschichte - Eine gelungene Fortsetzung". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on November 19, 2012.
- Lück, Patrick (October 2, 2012). "Zum Wegwerfen … komisch!". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on October 27, 2012.
- Altenheimer, Andreas (October 5, 2012). "Chaos auf Deponia - Review". Gameswelt (in German). Archived from the original on November 30, 2012.
- Naser, Bodo (October 18, 2012). "Test: Chaos auf Deponia". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
- "Chaos on Deponia". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- "New screenshots released, confirmed E3 appearance– and original Deponia on sale on Steam today (66% OFF)!" (Press release). Hamburg: Develop. April 24, 2013. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- Karkalemis, Manos (February 28, 2016). "Interviews with the Daedalic Entertainment team". Ragequit.gr. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
External links
- Chaos on Deponia Official website