Review by: Linda Shaw 08/20/99 GAME INFORMATION Publisher: GT Interactive Software OS: Windows98, Windows95 Category: Adventure Developer: Perfect Entertainment Release Date: CD ROM-06/99 Media: CD ROM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: PC166 or greater - IMB compatible 32 MB of RAM, 8-speed minimum CD Rom drive Sound card Video card Mouse BACKGROUND - STORY LINE: This Adventure game takes place in a town called Ankh-Morpork. You play a character by the name of Lewton, who is a Private Investigator and an ex-Watchman. He reminded me from the very beginning of the game, of a Columbo & Tex Murphy- Under A Killing Moon, and The Pandora Directive combination. His dry wit, sense of humor, demeanor and methods for resolve all come together as you learn more about his past through his investigation. He is more like Clint Eastwood in the movie: The Good, Bad and ugly with his walk and his manner of carrying himself. I liked him from the beginning. As the story unfolds, a beautiful woman, Carlotta, comes to your office and solicits your employment to investigate and find her husband. P. I. Lewton's dark, and deceiving personality makes him an attractive character in this game. There are many different locations and characters to interact with. Lewton's dry humor, wit, sarcasm, bold and uncanny conversations are extremely humorous. I laughed my way through the whole game. He is hilarious! His monologues and tone in dealing and questioning people, suspects, dwarfs, and trolls is absolutely some of the funniest conversations I've ever heard. I found this game to be very enjoyable and a comical relief from other more serious adventure games. GAME FLOW\INTERACTION: The story is easy enough to follow and one clue leads to another, and one location leads to the next. The more locations and characters, the more humorous the conversations and monologues Lewton has with himself! Discworld Noir reminded me of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo but with much more humor in his personality, comments and responses as he interacts with characters. His method and/or technique in posing questions to suspects is hysterical. The knowledge he obtains from one character develops leads for other locations and more characters who cross his path as he continues his investigations. Lewton is disliked by most all those who live in Ankh-Morpork. He begins his investigation for Carlotta, but soon becomes involved in not one, but several other cases, all of which tie into one another. Lewton investigates: The Mundy Case, the Therma Case, Two mysteries, Mysterious Murders, and the Counterweight Killings. His determination to resolve all cases that originated from the Mundy Case keeps the gamer's attention and draws you more and more into the suspense of each adventure. There are really no clues or conversations that lead nowhere. Everything has its meaning and its place. Some adventure games provide you with one clue or one piece of a puzzle, and it's up to the gamer to 'accidentally' figure out how this piece fits into the scheme of the game. This is not the case with Discworld Noir. Lewton draws conclusions and perceptively applies them in solving the cases. Not all characters with which Lewton converses will be forthright with you. Some will lie, but Lewton manages to find the truth behind the lies! SOUND/MUSIC: The music is appropriate for the varying locations in the game. The sound effects are superb, and I encountered absolutely NO glitches in this game. Paul Weir composed the music for Discworld Noir. Some may be more familiar with his lectures at the London College of Music & Media. This is one of too few games where it is NOT necessary to insert the first disk each time you begin to play, and you can automatically click on RESTORE from the Menu to continue with your last saved game. GRAPHICS: The viewer screen is a FULL screen, and not like other games where you see only a small portion of the screen. The colors, backgrounds, and onscreen inventory items, and notebook (Lewton uses to write down clues and to help you make progress in the game) are easy enough to follow and access. CONCLUSION: I enjoyed this game very much. I laughed almost all the way through this game, including the more dark and dangerous parts of the game. There are few things that I found I didn't like about Discworld. I can think of only one or two times I became bored with Lewton's monologues. He does tend to chatter too much at times, but it always ends up in a hysterical tidbit of information or comment. For those adventure game fanatics who might be thinking about adding Discworld Noir to your "completed" list of games, I would recommend going for it. I doubt you'll be disappointed in Lewton! LOL GAME SCORE: (from 1-10): I would rate this game a 7. The game is designed for beginners, novice, advanced and expert game players! For comments or suggestions on this Review of Discworld Noir, please write to: LShaw3457@aol.com To quickly travel through cyberspace back to my Main Home Page, click here. Last modified: April 28, 2001 Background music is titled: Terror
Review by: Linda Shaw
08/20/99
GAME INFORMATION
Publisher: GT Interactive Software
OS: Windows98, Windows95
Category: Adventure
Developer: Perfect Entertainment
Release Date: CD ROM-06/99
Media: CD ROM
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
PC166 or greater - IMB compatible
32 MB of RAM,
8-speed minimum CD Rom drive
Sound card
Video card
Mouse
BACKGROUND - STORY LINE:
This Adventure game takes place in a town called Ankh-Morpork. You play a character by the name of Lewton, who is a Private Investigator and an ex-Watchman. He reminded me from the very beginning of the game, of a Columbo & Tex Murphy- Under A Killing Moon, and The Pandora Directive combination. His dry wit, sense of humor, demeanor and methods for resolve all come together as you learn more about his past through his investigation. He is more like Clint Eastwood in the movie: The Good, Bad and ugly with his walk and his manner of carrying himself. I liked him from the beginning.
As the story unfolds, a beautiful woman, Carlotta, comes to your office and solicits your employment to investigate and find her husband. P. I. Lewton's dark, and deceiving personality makes him an attractive character in this game. There are many different locations and characters to interact with. Lewton's dry humor, wit, sarcasm, bold and uncanny conversations are extremely humorous. I laughed my way through the whole game. He is hilarious! His monologues and tone in dealing and questioning people, suspects, dwarfs, and trolls is absolutely some of the funniest conversations I've ever heard. I found this game to be very enjoyable and a comical relief from other more serious adventure games.
GAME FLOW\INTERACTION:
The story is easy enough to follow and one clue leads to another, and one location leads to the next. The more locations and characters, the more humorous the conversations and monologues Lewton has with himself! Discworld Noir reminded me of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo but with much more humor in his personality, comments and responses as he interacts with characters. His method and/or technique in posing questions to suspects is hysterical. The knowledge he obtains from one character develops leads for other locations and more characters who cross his path as he continues his investigations. Lewton is disliked by most all those who live in Ankh-Morpork. He begins his investigation for Carlotta, but soon becomes involved in not one, but several other cases, all of which tie into one another. Lewton investigates: The Mundy Case, the Therma Case, Two mysteries, Mysterious Murders, and the Counterweight Killings. His determination to resolve all cases that originated from the Mundy Case keeps the gamer's attention and draws you more and more into the suspense of each adventure.
There are really no clues or conversations that lead nowhere. Everything has its meaning and its place. Some adventure games provide you with one clue or one piece of a puzzle, and it's up to the gamer to 'accidentally' figure out how this piece fits into the scheme of the game. This is not the case with Discworld Noir. Lewton draws conclusions and perceptively applies them in solving the cases. Not all characters with which Lewton converses will be forthright with you. Some will lie, but Lewton manages to find the truth behind the lies!
SOUND/MUSIC:
The music is appropriate for the varying locations in the game. The sound effects are superb, and I encountered absolutely NO glitches in this game. Paul Weir composed the music for Discworld Noir. Some may be more familiar with his lectures at the London College of Music & Media. This is one of too few games where it is NOT necessary to insert the first disk each time you begin to play, and you can automatically click on RESTORE from the Menu to continue with your last saved game.
GRAPHICS:
The viewer screen is a FULL screen, and not like other games where you see only a small portion of the screen. The colors, backgrounds, and onscreen inventory items, and notebook (Lewton uses to write down clues and to help you make progress in the game) are easy enough to follow and access.
CONCLUSION:
I enjoyed this game very much. I laughed almost all the way through this game, including the more dark and dangerous parts of the game. There are few things that I found I didn't like about Discworld. I can think of only one or two times I became bored with Lewton's monologues. He does tend to chatter too much at times, but it always ends up in a hysterical tidbit of information or comment. For those adventure game fanatics who might be thinking about adding Discworld Noir to your "completed" list of games, I would recommend going for it. I doubt you'll be disappointed in Lewton! LOL
GAME SCORE: (from 1-10):
I would rate this game a 7. The game is designed for beginners, novice, advanced and expert game players!
For comments or suggestions on this Review of Discworld Noir,
please write to: LShaw3457@aol.com
To quickly travel through cyberspace back to my Main Home Page, click here.
Last modified: April 28, 2001
Background music is titled: Terror
