Discworld noir pc download

His humour is often ironic and reflects the cynical, misanthropic and nihilistic view common to noir detectives and games jounalists. Despite his disgusting raincoat and not-quite-designer stubble, there sone essential ingredient missing from this hard-boiled dish: the yellow-stained fingers of a pathological chain-smoker.

A cigarette is never far from the lips of any private eye worth his salt, and its conspicuous absence is obviously a concession to the health-conscious, politically correct '90s. The game starts off with the requisite femme fatale walking into your office. Pretty soon there's a murder, and you're the prime suspect. There are flashbacks.

You meet a woman who broke your heart years ago. A dwarf with Peter Lorre's voice breaks into your office Well, we don't want to give the whole thing away. This time round the graphics are in 3D and really do add a t new dimension to the series. This is the Discworld like you've never seen it before. But while you get a feeling of Ankh-Morpork as a real city with wide streets and myriad buildings, it seems curiously uninhabited.

This is partly because there are almost no superfluous characters; you can, and probably should, talk to everyone you meet. It also contributes to the atmosphere, which is dark and tense. The use of shadow, light and darkness is almost as important as the sound. The magical notes of the downpour of rain splattering against the ground and the crackling of thunder are the perfect companions to an excellent soundtrack. From the first bars of '40s lounge jazz music that open the game, you know you're in the presence of pure class.

Genre adventure. Platform PC. Freddy Great Adventure. Similar games Users also downloaded the following old games. SimCity 4 Electronic Arts. Genewars Electronic Arts. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Eidos Interactive. Mission Shark L. In addition to the standard point-and-click interface, you have a notebook that contains a list of suspects and clues. You can use the clues and suspects' names just like any other inventory item: by clicking on its name, then clicking on something else in the environment that you think relates to it.

If the two things are related, you will gain new insights that often lead to new clue s appearing in the notebook. This way of simulating the deductive process is highly effective, and fool-proof -- since there are dozens of names and locations, it is nearly impossible to deduce new leads by simple trial-and-error. There are also many other pleasant surprises that keep gameplay fresh and fun, such as a special ability that you also use via the inventory screen, and many unexpected plot twists.

Since you are a P. Unfortunately, this is one of the game's few weaknesses. While most of the conversation is witty, they are also excessively long -- not unlike the previous two Discworld games. The same criticism also applies to most of the cut-scenes, which end up being mere showcases of the game's 3D effects rather than integral to the plot. The voice acting is also overdone, although it is somewhat appropriate for the game's tongue-in-cheek noir style.

While most of the conversation is witty, they are also excessively long-- not unlike the previous two Discworld games. The same criticism also applies to most of the cut-scenes, which end up being mere showcases of the game's 3D effects rather than integral to the plot.

The voice acting is also overdone, although it is somewhat appropriate for the game's tongue-in-cheek noir style. Despite all my nitpickings about the weak use of multimedia, though, Discworld Noir is an excellent adventure that's well worth the money. Its interesting plot and characters, great interface, and challenging puzzles really brings Lewton's world to life, and make the game's weaknesses seem trivial.

Similar to Adventuresoft's Feeble Files , all 3 CDs of the game are packed with a lot of solid gameplay and great plot development.

Although this underdog was never released in the US, it is still widely available from stores in Europe-based on-line stores at bargain prices. A must-have! Screenshots from MobyGames. Can someone make a youtube clip how to download and play this? Ricardo 0 point. Hey everyone, To install on windows - Step 1: Use right-click the disc 1 iso file and click open with windows explorer. Repeat Step 1 but for the Disc 2 iso file - Step 4: When asked for disc 3, go to windows exporer and eject the drive.

Repeat Step 1 but for the Disc 3 iso file - Step 5: When the installation is complete, rpepeat Step 1 and finish the installation. I also selected Run in x screen resolution - Step 8: enjoy the game. DianaG -1 point. Anyone else having trouble with the. I can't run the setup, I get a window saying that it cannot find the install list. The Ox -1 point. I can't get it to work, do I need to burn the 3 CD's to make it work. I can't get past "Insert disc 2".

How do you use the patche3s that are on this page? The bottom one is getting blocked by my virus software. Is there something wrong with it or does it need the Trojan detected?

Check "Reduced color mode" and choose bit color. Also make sure "Run this program as an administrator" is checked. Then you can run it out of the box fullscreen on Windows 10, or at least it's working fine for me without any changes. Running in compatibility mode also doesn't seem necessary. You need to change the desktop to 16 bit color. Fatso 1 point. Got the game to run and now the game looks like my graphics card took acid. I'm not sure how to fix it and would like any assistance you are willing to give.

Guy 3 points. If you get stuck on installing disc 2, unmount the first disc and then mount disc 2, Then unmount 2 to mount 3 etc. I used the loma fix, so the game actually runs now, but my colours are completely messed up, and the screen is all scrunched to one side. HulkPants 0 point. Any advice on just installing this?