68
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3.5
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Description

Ankh-Morpork is a city surrounded by darkness, where the cold river Ankh flows, where it always rains, and where dwarves and trolls co-exist with secret societies, religious fanatics, stupid police captains, and bar pianists. It is also where a bitterly sarcastic sharp-eyed private investigator named 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 adventure games not only thanks to its more serious tone and much darker "film noir" 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. Most of the gameplay is thus dedicated to detective work in conversations; but the usage of the right clues at the right place is still comparable to inventory-based puzzle-solving of other adventures. Graphically, Discword Noir features three-dimensional character models and pre-rendered backgrounds.

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The Press Says

Consoles Plus Jan, 2000 85 out of 100 85
Player One Jan, 2000 72 out of 100 72
NowGamer Feb 01, 2000 6.6 out of 10 66
Jeuxvideo.com Apr 27, 2000 13 out of 20 65
Super Play May, 2000 5 out of 10 50

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Awesome stuff 3 Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (170725)
Feb 23, 2009

Trivia

The game was only released in Europe because the US branch of GT Interactive had financial problems and collapsed, dashing hopes of a US release.


This entry was contributed by Zhentarim7 (185) and Macintrash Bronze Star Contributing Member (2522)
 

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