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Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!

All in all it's a thoroughly enjoyable game, with lots and lots of things to do and many crazy locations to visit. As I mentioned earlier it's a little easier than the first game and, being about Death, the humour is a little darker -- I doubt if I have ever before seen so many Death scenes in one game, though Death himself doesn't chalk up too many notches on his scythe. If you played and enjoyed the original Discworld then you will surely enjoy this one, if you haven't played the first game it will make you want to.

But in and of itself, Discworld II really is superb. Fans and non-fans of Pratchett should all find something to enjoy, the former being able to revel in the elements of the author's world made real, the latter being attracted by the other more mainstream Python-esque side of things. Of course, if you're not a fan of either then you're still left with a challenging adventure game to play with. What more could you want?

Overall though, Discworld II was a treat to play: funny, clever, clean-running, and a good mental workout. It's been too long since I could unreservedly recommend a game, but I can do it now. If you need a break from "serious" adventures, if you yearn for traditional gaming, if you'd like to play something that won't be over in a couple of days, this is the one to get.

Spillet har ikke den helt samme klasse som de fantastiske adventures fra LucasArts, men stilen er særpræget, hvilket hæver Discworld II over typiske mainstreamspil i stil med dem, Sierra producerer i læssevis.

What would happen if Death suddenly went missing? Discworld 2 will provide players with the most unconventional answer to that question. The new adventure from Psygnosis, featuring the same humorist wizard Rincewind as in the first episode, will embark you in a hilarious and stupendous story, in which Rincewind will need your help to put Death back on the track.

Dit is een beestig goed spel, maar het is een voortborduren op een succesformule. Waarom ik het deze keer iets minder vind, is moeilijk uit te leggen. Misschien was de verwachting na deel één zo hoog, dater er geen enkel spel nog aan kon voldoen. Of misschien is de concurrentie ondertussen ook al op een hoger niveau geraakt en zij we de laatste tijd nogal verwend.

Discworld II er et klassike adventure, der består af 99% humor og 1% logisk tænkning, og selv om det mangler store mængder originalitet, er det alligevel en perle på adventurehimlen.

Kaum ein Spiele-Universum kann mit dem wundervollen Humor von Terry Pratchetts Scheibenwelt konkurrieren. Die Dialoge des Spiels reichen oft an die Romanvorlage heran. Allerdings sind sie auch entnervend langatmig. Die Story ist trotzdem pointenreich konstruiert. In Ermangelung neuerer Scheibenwelt-Spiele ist dieses vielschichtige Adventure auch heute noch empfehlenswert.

The puzzles, on the other hand, are pretty much all of the inventory-based sort. Excuse me, I mean "natural thinking exercises." This can get a bit old and infuriating at times, because many of the objects are difficult to find, and their uses are obtuse at best. Rincewind himself, with his usual humor, puts it better than I can.

Kränkelte Teil 1 noch an biederer Technik und abwegigem Puzzledesign, hat man beim Nachfolger aufgepaßt. Der bietet zwar immer noch viel Spiel fürs Geld, ist aber zugänglicher und auch von Normalsterblichen zu lösen

Так что играть в Discworld 2 - сплошное удовольствие... если бы не текст и общий конфликт литературной основы с тканью игры. Можно и нахваливать, ведь хорошая, действительно хорошая игра! Но... сама до себя не дотянула. Сравните книжные иллюстрации из руководства со скриншотами из игры - и вы поймете, о чем я говорю. Я говорю с вами о Смерти... Которую сделали хуже, чем могли.

Discworld is a flat circular planet that rides on the back of four giant elephants; they in turn sit on the shell of a giant turtle that carries the Disc through the infinite boundaries of space. Sounds confusing? Indeed, this is just an example of the distinctive tone of the Discworld universe. Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! (also known as Discworld II: Missing, Presumed...!?) continues with the adventure of the dimwitted wizard Rincewind. This time, rather than saving the city of Ankh-Morpork from the wrath of the evil dragon, Rincewind must use his wit to solve the mystery of the undead and even save Death himself!

Parece extraño que a día de hoy me acuerde más de la música, animaciones y diálogos del primero, pero es lo que tiene una primera parte: sorprende y agrada a todo el mundo, y en cuanto salen las siguientes partes, todo el mundo está dispuesto a pasar el ojo clínico para sacarle pegas y compararla con la obra maestra. Otra vez tenemos que afirmar el “segundas partes nunca fueron buenas”. O, simplemente, “segundas partes nunca superan a la primera”, ya que aunque de calidad levemente inferior, no deja de ser una alternativa humorística tremendamente recomendable.

Terry Pratchett's best-selling books come alive on your PC screen once again, in Psygnosis' second Discworld adaptation.

Discworld II leans closer to being an interactive cartoon than anything else, a sort of Who Framed Roger Rabbit with a boastful 100 hours of gameplay. And if you choose to buy the hint book and simply enjoy the ride, well, what's the harm? It's a pip!