This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive. He appears to be very good at it as well, because apparently the universe has decided to continuously challenge him. The game takes place in the humorous fantasy world created by Terry Pratchett. The world is called the Discworld, as it is actually a flat disc carried on the backs of four gigantic elephants, which themselves stand on the back of an even larger turtle.
The story is loosely based on the novel "Guards! Guards!". Both in the book and the game, a dragon is summoned by a group of mysterious conspirators and now terrorizes the city state of Ankh-Morpork. Being the most expendable wizard of the Unseen University, Rincewind is given the task to get rid of the beast (only in the game though; in the book, the city's nightwatch has to deal with the problem).
Discworld is a classical point-and-click adventure game with a few original features. For example, Rincewind's inventory is limited to two objects, and the majority of his belongings is stored in the Luggage, an intelligent chest with dozens of little feet. Furthermore, at a certain point in the game the player gains access to a time-traveling device and has to send Rincewind to the past and back in order to solve some of the puzzles.
Followed By
Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!
Series
Discworld (1)
Added
March 8, 2020
Published By
Psygnosis
Developed By
Perfect Entertainment
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There it is, the Discworld (Intro sequence)
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This does not bode well (Intro sequence)
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Here they are, Rincewind and The Luggage. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Whatever you do, do NOT call him a monkey
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These hooded figures summoned the dragon that you're called to get rid of
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The Unseen University - where wizards are educated
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The game provides some different perspectives from time to time
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The wizard's feast!
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Now and then this character pops up to explain certain events of the past, and provide some of the game's most hilarious moments
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The overhead map, and Ankh-Morpork in all its glory
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The local beggar
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A back alley with a toilet
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Stuck on the roof!
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The local pub - Broken Drum
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Bathroom at the castle
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View from the tower, with a curiously distorted perspective. At this point, Rincewind just gets a sample of dragon's breath...
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...much later in the game, he also does a bungee jump from the tower. Notice his cute long johns... ;) (And by the way, I'm a woman and I wear long johns myself.)
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Inside the inn (during the day).
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Crossing L-Space, or travelling to the past through a secret passage at the library (hence the name, I think).
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Rincewind sees himself in the park a few nights before.
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The street at night
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Overhead map at night. "Maps" are another kind of screenshots I have from a lot of games. :)
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Crossing L-Space again. An interesting pit of books which also reminds me of a sequence from "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis".
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The psychiatrickerist. Given his German accent, I think he should also have a Freud portrait or bust (and in some movie, a psychoanalyst really had that!). ;)
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An alley next to the market square
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View / map of the world outside Ankh-Morpolk city.
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Witch's hut in the dark woods. Don't confuse the forests - there are two of them, at first I didn't notice the "ordinary" one as an active area.
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House of Negotiable Affection. I liked it despite my opposition to prostitution, particularly the prostitute... making custard cream for Rincewind. ;)
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This appeared after I failed to swap the books in time... But I don't think it's a bug, it's rather just a failure and it isn't irreparable because you can still restore the game and keep trying.
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The psychiatrickerist seems to have switched to movie (or, in the game's internal parlance - "clickie") casting - this is his reception with a Hollywood-smile secretary. ;)
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Inside the witch's hut
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This is the "ordinary" forest I mentioned...
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...and a well inside the forest.
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How does a torture master prefer to be called?...
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I very much enjoyed the game, but I'm no Discworld afficionada, so I'm not sure who are these - some deities watching over the Discworld?...
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Obviously, in the Discworld there must be a place rightfully called "the edge of the world".
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Rincewind climbs down to the carapace of the great turtle to retrieve an item (meeting Death again on the way down).
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The gate to Lady Ramkin's Dragon Sanctuary...
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...and her house itself.
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The dragons' cage looks like at a real animal sanctuary or captive breeding facility. I hope Lady Ramkin lets them out for some enrichment, as it's called in animal care.
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Entrance to the dwarves' mine, with an eagle too far to the back. For some reason, catching screenshots didn't work smoothly in both Discworld games, particularly during dialogues.
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The temple. I didn't, in fact, particularly like it, but I felt that I should save this scene for the "plotline representation" aspect of screenshots.
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