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Discworld 2: Mortality Bites

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When I first saw Discworld I in stores, I knew I had to have it. It was hilarious, and you got to see all your fav characters walking and talking. However, the problem was the game was too difficult, and the solutions didn't make a whole lot of sense (which meant a lot of clicking everything together until something works). This game, the sequel, has improved over the first immensly. Instead of a blank "That doesn't work", the game gives you little hints to go on. The animation is better, the humor more frequent, and everyone's fav character, Death, who TALKS LIKE THIS, drops in several times.

Here's the deal: If you are a Terry Pratchett fan and love Discworld, this game is a MUST HAVE.
If not, READ THE BOOKS, then play this game. *wink* Otherwise, much of the humor, inside jokes and character references will be lost to you (such as the "I AIN'T DEAD" sign on Granny Weatherwax, and exactly why it is that Windle Poons is wasting his time trying to drown in the Ank river). You will also find some clues will not make sense and waste lots of time randomly clicking everything.
Even though this has Eric Idle as Rincewind, this is NOT a MONTY PYTHON game. Don't expect it.
I had this game on the PC a long time ago and I loved it. Now, I feel very nostalgic and I plan to get the PC version again soon.
By the way, to the person who didn't understand how to "catch a smell", you really don't understand the character of Foul Ol' Ron and his distinctive "smell" that is so strong it has its own personality. Of COURSE you have to catch it in a bottle and of course you have to have the right bait for a foul smell...STINKY BOOTS. Now...how to sober up a drunken chicken to make it crow for the vampire...

This is a great game for fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Like the first animated Discworld game you assume the role of Rincewind, forced against his will to yet again save the Disc, this time from a lack of Death. This is much better than the first game because the various puzzles make a bit more sense and you are given clues as to what items might be used for. This game has many apperances by various Discworld characters. Its a great adventure type of game. I have played the PC version but I'm sure the Playstation version is just as good.

When I got this game it had great 2-D animation, charcaters, fantastic voice acting from Eric Idle and pretty funny humour. Although the game has a Monty Phython feel and a fantasy atmosphere, the game it self is just not good at all. It's basically a point and click game. You use a cursor to click on things with the awkwardness of the Playstation controller (a mouse that comes with the game would be much better rather than buying a Playstation mouse). Gameplay is very frustrating and slow. The puzzles are VERY HARD, for example: there is one part in the game where you have to find bee's wax candles. First you collect a pepper, then you get inscence, then you find a piece of cloth off a dress, then you go to the University Gardens and grate the pepper over the flowers, then as the bees collect the pollen from the flowers, they soon start to get hot and produce wax, then you put the cloth that you found on Rincewind (the character you play), And then finally you use the inscence to smoke out the bee's hive to collect the wax to bring back to the candle maker to make BEE'S WAX CANDLES. This is very tiring gameplay and requires a lot of patients. All of the gameplay throughout the game is like what I have written above. There are no hints and you have to merely quess where and how to get these clues. It soon gets very frustrating when you don't have a clue of how to capture a SMELL. There are strategy guides to this game, but in order to clear the bloodly thing you have to rely on the strategy guide which is no fun. This game gets very boring and tiring too quickly and soon the player looses interest.

Note: Get this game is good only if your interested in this kind of stuff, otherwise, avoid and save your money which I didn't.
I gave this game 2 stars because it was interesting (for a while) and its humour is very funny in places. I'm tired from all that typing, i'm going for a pint. Seeya.

I was a little skeptical about playing this one, but decided to buy it and try it out anyways. I am not a huge fan of this style of gameplay with the point and click action(why is a computer style game on a playstation console with a controller?). I played the game for a little while and felt the game rather annoying cut scenes and humor that just doesn't work. For someone who enjoy point and click games you might somewhat enjoy this game, but even for that niche of gamers your still looking at a 7 out of 10 game at best. I would rather it personally much worse, but then again I am not really into these games.

i miss this game and i got it for 20.00 and now its 40 bucks ooo why did i do that ...guess im gonna have to get another one. i could write out a whole faq on this one since i did play it alot when i had it. i dont want to give anything away though.