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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 13, 2010 17:19:02 GMT -5
www.hardcoregaming101.net/discworld/discworld.htmI rather like these games, even though I'm not a huge Pratchett fan. I tried to read one of the books - Eric, I think - years ago, and it never clicked. I tried again a few years later (I forget which ones) and also went nowhere. I grabbed Guards, Guards! to read as an accompaniment for this article, but again, I just kinda wandered off. I did watch most of the live action The Colour of Magic TV series, which was pretty mediocre - I didn't like the actor that portrayed Rincewind, and the direction really lacked in zany energy. The games are MUCH better with that sense of ridiculousness, though. The first one is extremely difficult, although the second is much better. The third, Discworld Noir, is a huge departure and isn't really based on any of the books, but is an outstanding game nonetheless. I also covered the first text adventure, based on The Colour of Magic, but it's not terribly good.
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Post by TheChosen on Mar 13, 2010 18:51:14 GMT -5
Eric's not really the best choice. Its short, and kind of a scrambled mess with all the "Timetravelling", if you can call it that. Id recommend either Small Gods (interesting stuff about religion and generally ability to exist) or Moving Pictures (Movie Making comes to Discworld, among with movie references of course). Also, Mort, the first book regarded as "great" (although I thought Equal Rites was pretty good, but Mort really is...."great").
As for the games, I never really liked the first two, but Discworld Noir is definitely my all-time favorite adventure game. And its even more interesting for the fans as its mostly new material.
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Post by Ganelon on Mar 13, 2010 19:17:05 GMT -5
Discworld is probably the adventure game I spent the most time playing. Ultimately, I had to go to UHS and realized I wasn't even halfway through. But definitely fun times as I played and used hints to find my way through a great game. Some of the trigger areas are really easy to miss...
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Post by jorpho on Mar 13, 2010 20:05:46 GMT -5
There's been much discussion in the ScummVM forums about the first two Discworld games becoming freeware some day, but it seems that the details are still being nailed out.
Best get your references right, or I reckon the fandom will come down on you hard!
which is held on the back of two elephants Ahnk-Morpork and release the first Eincewind explaisn it In the alley next to hit unspeakable ravaged periphreal
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Post by kimimi on Mar 14, 2010 6:03:44 GMT -5
I couldn't stand the first game, even though I'm a huge fan of the books. I thought it was a bad adventure game too - a lot of the solutions just didn't seem logical to me at all, it's like they latched onto the idea "Lolz Discworld is a real wacky place!" and just screwed everything up.
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Post by Strider on Mar 14, 2010 8:21:33 GMT -5
I feel the need to mention that there was a BBC TV Series based on Soul Music that was quite good.
- HC
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Post by Blake Casimir on Mar 14, 2010 17:40:30 GMT -5
I feel the need to mention that there was a BBC TV Series based on Soul Music that was quite good. - HC Christopher Lee as Death = "Oh Bugger!"
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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 14, 2010 21:38:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the input guys. I think Equal Rites is one of the ones I got for a present a few years ago...maybe I'll give that one a crack when I get the time.
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Post by syntheticgerbil on Mar 15, 2010 13:54:36 GMT -5
Great article! I really didn't like the first Discworld game, but I kept on to the second and the third, both of which I found to be really enjoyable.
Discworld II looked nice and had great atmosphere and was a solid enough adventure, but I think Noir was good for actually trying to do something different with adventure design. The notepad that held clues and topics as your sort of makeshift inventory was different enough for an adventure, but the major change in detective functioning halfway through the game was awesome. If anything, Noir just didn't have a big enough budget to fit enough animation and environments to go along with the great environments.
Also, since the games were my first exposure to Discworld as an American, Rincewind will always be the younger red haired version with Eric Idle's voice to me. It's hard to imagine him any different.
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Post by Strider on Mar 15, 2010 18:47:34 GMT -5
Having just watched a few clips from Soul Music on Youtube, I feel I should warn any potential watchers that the animation quality is kind of mediocre. But still.
- HC
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Post by syntheticgerbil on Mar 17, 2010 10:26:43 GMT -5
Yeah, I hardly made it through Wyrd Sisters and it's done by the same team, so I'm not sure why anyone would recommend the animated Discworlds personally. I mean they are well written and vhave great voice acting, but I find it somewhat sad when a video game adaptation does a better job in terms of art direction, character design, and animation (Especially the second one) over a TV show adaptation of the same source where they aren't having to deal with designing an actual game. Personal rant though.
Oh, also I should add just for some trivia: Mike Koelsch, the cover illustrator for the first two Earthworm Jim games and Wild 9 also did the great Discworld II box art for the US.
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Post by Stuart Gipp on Mar 19, 2010 5:12:52 GMT -5
I don't recall a BBC Discworld series. The animated series were screened on Channel 4 and the recent movie was on Sky One, I think.
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Post by derboo on Feb 8, 2014 4:36:15 GMT -5
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Post by TheChosen on Feb 8, 2014 5:41:36 GMT -5
I've actually been playing that mud every now and then since 2005. Its really great and addicting, but its got problems with high difficulty and lot of old players are bit of assholes to beginners, making it tough to get into.
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Post by blackdrazon on Feb 8, 2014 15:45:19 GMT -5
Friend of a friend was just talking about this the other day!
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