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]

Chaos on Deponia
North American cover art
Developer(s)Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher(s)Daedalic Entertainment
SeriesDeponia
EngineVisionaire Studio
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Linux[1]
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Release
  • Microsoft Windows, OS X
  • October 12, 2012
  • Linux
  • July 8, 2014
  • PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • December 6, 2017
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
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameStar90/100[5]
Gameswelt90%[6]
PC Games85%[4]
4Players79%[7]

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

References
  1. Estrada, Marcus (8 July 2014). "Deponia: The Complete Journey Launches on Steam - Hardcore Gamer". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. "Chaos on Deponia Review". The Escapist. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Chaos auf Deponia - Test" (in German). Eurogamer. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. 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.
  5. Lück, Patrick (October 2, 2012). "Zum Wegwerfen … komisch!". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on October 27, 2012.
  6. Altenheimer, Andreas (October 5, 2012). "Chaos auf Deponia - Review". Gameswelt (in German). Archived from the original on November 30, 2012.
  7. Naser, Bodo (October 18, 2012). "Test: Chaos auf Deponia". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
  8. "Chaos on Deponia". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  9. "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.
  10. Karkalemis, Manos (February 28, 2016). "Interviews with the Daedalic Entertainment team". Ragequit.gr. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
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