Mother 3 is a JRPG that is actually good. The gameplay is as shallow as you'd expect, but luckily the game makes up for it by excelling in everything else. The music, the atmosphere, the graphics and the characters are all full of charm. It also manages to deliver one of the saddest stories ever without being edgy or taking itself too seriously. It induces a sense of child-like wonder, but it also hits you in the face with mature themes. This was attempted in Earthbound too, but the execution this time was so much better.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Deponia. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the puzzles will go over a typical player's head. There's also Rufus's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Deponia truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rufus's existencial catchphrase "Zeeblezooble," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Daedalic Entertainment's genius unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Deponia tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.