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
| Game Over Online |
Aug 10, 1999 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| Quandary |
Aug, 1999 |
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90 |
| Power Play |
Jun, 1999 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| WomenGamers.com |
Jun 29, 2000 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Jul 21, 1999 |
17 out of 20 |
85 |
| Absolute Games (AG.ru) |
Jul 29, 1999 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Adventure Gamers |
Feb 06, 2002 |
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80 |
| Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) |
Sep 02, 1999 |
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80 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Jul, 1999 |
79 out of 100 |
79 |
| Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks |
Mar 25, 2005 |
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40 |
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Trivia
Some of the detective things in this game are taken from "Murder, My Sweet" (1944), a P.I. Noir movie with Dick Powell playing Philip Marlowe (later a remake with Robert Mitchum is made, the title was renamed to "Farewell, My Lovely", though).
Lewton says "If I'd always knew what I said, I'd be a genius." which is exact phrase from the forementioned movie. Also, there is a detective Nulty in both game and the movie, with same attitude of main character towards him.
