<s>
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Presumed	I-Application
...	I-Application
!	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
(	O
released	O
as	O
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Mortality	I-Application
Bytes	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
1996	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
Terry	O
Pratchett	O
's	O
series	O
of	O
fantasy	B-Application
novels	O
set	O
on	O
the	O
mythical	O
Discworld	B-Application
,	O
and	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
1995	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
borrows	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Discworld	B-Application
books	O
,	O
including	O
key	O
elements	O
from	O
Reaper	O
Man	O
and	O
Moving	O
Pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Perfect	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
and	O
featured	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
Eric	O
Idle	O
in	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
Rincewind	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
port	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
and	O
was	O
exclusive	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
point-and-click	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
fulfil	O
his	O
desire	O
,	O
Rincewind	O
arranges	O
for	O
him	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
star	O
in	O
his	O
own	O
film	O
–	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
'	O
clickies	O
 '	O
on	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
–	O
employing	O
Cut-Me-Own-Throat	O
Dibbler	O
as	O
the	O
director	O
,	O
and	O
securing	O
various	O
props	O
and	O
other	O
items	O
needed	O
to	O
complete	O
filming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
on	O
two	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
(	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
)	O
,	O
features	O
hand-drawn	O
environments	O
and	O
animations	O
,	O
full	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
a	O
simple	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
XP	O
systems	O
onwards	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
modern	O
systems	O
with	O
the	O
ScummVM	B-Device
or	O
DOSBox	B-Application
emulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScummVM	B-Device
can	O
take	O
the	O
real	O
game	O
data	O
such	O
as	O
scripting	O
information	O
or	O
scenes	O
,	O
and	O
collate	O
them	O
together	O
displaying	O
it	O
all	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
Discworld	B-Application
2s	I-Application
Tinsel	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
changes	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
voice	O
cast	O
since	O
the	O
previous	O
Discworld	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
massive	O
hit	O
"	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
director	O
Gregg	O
Barnett	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
very	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
professional	O
critics	O
,	O
scoring	O
an	O
80.5	O
%	O
average	O
(	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
)	O
on	O
GameRankings	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
six	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
's	O
staff	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
puzzles	O
were	O
not	O
standout	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
at	O
least	O
more	O
logical	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Discworld	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
held	O
up	O
better	O
in	O
modern	O
times	O
than	O
it	O
did	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
since	O
contemporary	O
PCs	O
were	O
better	O
able	O
to	O
handle	O
its	O
sophisticated	O
cartoon	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
That	O
's	O
Death	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
song	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
written	O
and	O
sung	O
by	O
Eric	O
Idle	O
and	O
arranged	O
,	O
produced	O
,	O
and	O
played	O
on	O
by	O
Tom	O
Scott	O
,	O
was	O
picked	O
by	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
songs	O
in	O
PC	B-Device
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
criticism	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
puzzles	O
are	O
so	O
abstract	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
drive	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
resort	O
to	O
trial-and-error	O
,	O
though	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
publications	O
unamused	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
humor	O
,	O
contended	O
that	O
"	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
and	O
tasks	O
are	O
just	O
about	O
hard	O
enough	O
,	O
without	O
being	O
too	O
obscure	O
and	O
difficult	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
's	O
plenty	O
of	O
hints	O
and	O
clues	O
to	O
nudge	O
you	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
direction	O
should	O
you	O
get	O
confused.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Device
Magazine	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
7/10	O
,	O
but	O
recommended	O
it	O
only	O
for	O
Pratchett	O
's	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
rare	O
when	O
a	O
book	O
can	O
be	O
translated	O
well	O
to	O
other	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
novels	O
are	O
no	O
exception.	O
"	O
</s>
