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Discworld Noir

1 June 19998.0/ 10 · 93 votesKids to Adults3

How long to beat

from 1 player

19h

Normally

story and some extras

Trailer

Screenshots (40)

Artwork (1)

About

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.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Third person

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

32 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 5

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

8 MB

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Facts

Released

1 June 1999

Series

Discworld

Platforms

PCWindowsPlayStationPS1

Age ratings

ESRBKids to AdultsUSK12ACBGELSPA11+SELL12

Standing

Top 8% by visits

Tags

3rd-person (Other)Graphic adventurePuzzle elementsPoint and selectFantasyDetective / mysteryLicensed