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In this wonderfully funny sequel to the original, we are treated to another
one of the great stories to be found on Terry Pratchett's Discworld. And to our
delight, this one is about our favorite character from the original: 'Death'. You
see Death is missing. He's decided to "go on holiday" and is sitting on a beach
somewhere, sipping those drinks with the cute little umbrellas, because he "likes to
travel and meet people"! Unfortunately this has caused all manner of problems in
Ankh-Morpork which, of course, had more than its share of problems to begin with,
given the melting pot of species who live there and the general low moral tone of
the place. But now 'undead' people are piling up in the streets faster than the
dead collectors can stack them on the wagons, and they've run out of places to store
them. Rincewind (The Wizard) and LuggageSomeone must bring Death back, and fast!
Otherwise the people will be faced with "the horrible prospect of immortality", and
God knows, "no one wants that, now do they?" Of course, the one they choose for
this unpleasant task must be someone easily expendable, just in case Death isn't
too happy about being disturbed. And who better than Rincewind, our favorite little
sarcastic and cowardly Wizard. Rincewind, however, isn't too keen for the job,
since Death has often offered to go ahead and "reap his soul in passing, just to
save time"! And so begins again another delightful tale where opportunities abound
for the tongue-in-cheek humor and social commentary of the Pratchett novels, along
with all the sight gags and atrocious puns. The game would be well worth its price
for the introductory song alone: an inspired and hysterical parody of Frank Sinatra's
song 'That's Life', called 'That's Death'! This 2D, 3rd person, point and click
adventure also features again the many-legged 'Luggage' as your inventory, challenging
puzzles (but not as crazy, this time), lots of new locations and characters, and the
wonderful return of Monty Python's Eric Idle as the voice of Rincewind. All sequels
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