Description
This is Ankh-Morpork, a city surrounded by darkness, where the cold river Ankh flows, where it is always raining, and where dwarves and trolls co-exist with mysterious societies, religious fanatics, stupid police captains, and bar pianists. It is also where a bitterly sarcastic sharp-eyed PI Lewton tries to earn a living solving bizarre cases. A mysterious woman named Carlotta hires him to find her lost lover. Wandering through the dark city and gathering evidence, Lewton has to solve the case, confront a sinister conspiracy, and once again become torn between love and despair.
"Discworld Noir" differs from other Discworld games not only because of its much more serious tone and dark Film Noir-style atmosphere, but also because of its gameplay. Instead of inventory-based puzzles there are clues, which Lewton writes down in his notebook and which should be then used whenever there is a connection between the clue and the situation in question.
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| PC Zone |
Windows |
Aug 13, 2001 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Quandary |
Windows |
Aug, 1999 |
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90 |
| WomenGamers.com |
Windows |
Jun 29, 2000 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Windows |
Jul, 1999 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Windows |
Jul, 1999 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Windows |
Dec 07, 2003 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
Windows |
Sep 16, 1999 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
| Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) |
Windows |
Sep 02, 1999 |
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80 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
PlayStation |
Apr 27, 2000 |
13 out of 20 |
65 |
| Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks |
Windows |
Mar 25, 2005 |
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40 |
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Trivia
There are plenty of references to famous noir films in
Discworld Noir. Many of them allude to the classic
Casablanca. For example, the game's romantic ending mirrors the ending of the film to the point of directly quoting the dialogue. Just as the heroes of the movie agree that they will "always have Paris", Lewton assures Ilsa that they will "always have Pseudopolis Hotel".
The demon pianist Samael is named after Sam, the pianist from
Casablanca. There is the following dialogue in the game:
Lewton: Play it again, Sam.
Samael: You know what? No one's ever going to believe you said that.
As fans of the movie would know, the line "Play it again, Sam" was never actually said in
Casablanca, but has become erroneously associated with it.
Ilsa Varberg is named after Ilsa Lund, the heroine of
Casablanca. Lund and Varberg are both cities in Sweden.