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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The Press Says
| Just Adventure |
Aug 09, 2003 |
A- |
91 |
| PC Zone |
Aug 13, 2001 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Quandary |
Aug, 1999 |
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90 |
| WomenGamers.com |
Jun 29, 2000 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Jul, 1999 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Jul, 1999 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
| Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) |
Sep 02, 1999 |
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80 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Dec 07, 2003 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
Sep 16, 1999 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
| GameBoomers |
Jan 05, 2004 |
3.5 out of 5 |
70 |
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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.