@user-zn4sr1ll1cTo take a more literal approach, he could be telling Rincewind not to read any long books AS he is hanging from the pole of that tower. As in “you better get your arse down from there real quick”. Knowing Pratchett, and the amount of contempt Death has with Rincewind, it could be both. Man’s got some Final Destination levels of beef.
You know I like Terry Pratchett's take on evil. They're about.to do something cruel, malevolent and generally unpleasant to you, and yet they're always so polite about it. Like now for instance (even though death isn't "evil" in a sense).
Death wasn't evil. He just found Rincewind terribly inconvenient because he kept almost dying and then escaping. Death ended up snuffing out mayflies in sheer frustration more than once. That bloody wizard did more harm to the mayfly population by proxy than any other man in history.
Honestly, this is a pretty inaccurate take on Discworld's Death. Outside of early installment weirdness, he ranges from ambivalent to mildly helpful, and it's not like he goes around killing people. People getting killed is their own business, he just makes sure they die afterwards.
@@willieoelkers5568 When he was covering for the Hogfather (Santa Claus) during Hogswatch (Christmas), one of the things Death did was essentially bend his own rules and exploit a loophole to bring the Little Matchstick Girl back to life because he was disgusted with the ending. That's probably my favorite moment regarding the Death of Discworld, because it shows exactly who he is at his core. ruclips.net/video/zvwYCbBWxT8/видео.htmlfeature=shared But, yeah, there's a reason why Death went from a running gag in one book to one of the franchise's most beloved characters.
Rincewind is sorta Death's hobby as I've heard in described. Thanks to his unknown-to-him status as [redacted] his hourglass actually looks a bit like a klein bottle or sphere eversion process. Death doesn't know his appointed time and so tends to take a special curious interest when he's in danger.
Eric Idle does a good job as Death's voice with this game, but I prefer Christopher Lee from the animated Discworld films. Also, I always imagined that Death would sound like Christopher Lee in the Discworld books.
Death's personality in the first book with Rincewind was rather different from later books. I think Pratchett was still developing his style and characters back then. Since, Death has become a different and a lot more sympathetic person.
I like thinking both characterizations of Death are canon. Death just started out like a nine to five indifferent bitter jaded longtime worker, then found a new 'customer' who should have been just yet another victim to his routine. But instead Rincewind never died, so, at first he found him confusing, weird, and a pain in the ass, being an obstacle to his job. Then as novelty wore off, he became a temporary fixation as the annoyance grew into increasing exasperation, then into fast rapid morphing into genuine fascinated curiousity (grr, you don't die, why won't you die?!....huh. ....Hm. Why WON'T you die??...hmm..) into mild distant fondness for the fact he poses a unique challenge into something so normally concrete and inevitably the same for everyone else. Death never sees anything change, and for once he does, and it is refreshing and amusing to him once his initial confused ire wears off. And that's where the more kinder, mellower, more introspective Death we all later appreciate and know comes out of.
Basically, he's a psychopomp. A guide. Reapers in many stories do not kill for enjoyment but merely do business for a theological government, which is why I find the subject of psychopomps so fascinating.
That's because he doesn't get him at all. Once, he saw Rincewind hourglass and certified that he, after being blasted by all kinds of magical forces and supernatural occurrences, Death itself is unable to know how much he will live XD
Rincewind's life hourglass looks a lot more like a klein's bottle shape or something. Nevertheless, it is impossible for Death to know Rincewind's exact appointed hour, which is a rather troublesome case. That is why Death has a particular interest in him whenever he finds himself in potentially deadly situations.
What a class game that was!! Drove me absolutely MAD for months. I really need to get hold of the second one, and noir. Thanks for posting this, it made me smile!! x
@Highstar25 Actually in the first Rincewind book (which this game is lossely based on, mixing it with Guards! Guards!), Death was a bit of a jerk. He killed a few animals with a heart attack because he was angry for not getting Rincewind and tried to kill him himself more than once. Not only until Mort his personality was fully established as it is now.
@AstralSpectre he did, but the majority of this book's plot is based on 'Guards, Guards', by which the discworld death's unique personality had been developed more.
so too ask a question on a question *smile* Did you have too use any other applications on top of DosBox like (VDMSound). Cause I have tryed 0.63 up to 0.70 and could only get the music working using VDMSound, although the speech seems impossible. But then again it all depends on which hardware and the various settings that comes with it. Thanks for the original answer.
@bobbiwib It was made in the era of DOS, so if you have a copy of Discworld and DosBox you may be able to run it. Alternatively, if you have a PS1 or a PS3 you can play the PS1 version. You'll probably find a copy online.
I'm about to read the third book Equal Rites as soon as I'm done with the final Edge Chronicles book, and what made me continue on was Death. Surprisingly.
It's on a PC using a program called DOSBox to make the game run on WinXP. (The program also has an option for recording, which is how I recorded this clip)
@Highstar25 maybe you should re-read the first couple of books and remind yourself of the myriad of conversations exactly like this one Death has with Rincewind in them
My favorite character thus far in the Discworld series has to be Death. I mean, come on, how can anyone resist a cute, bony, face like that. And I find the fact that he TALKS IN ALL CAPS funny. Aww, how I love ye, Terry Pratchett.
Yeah there is a way at the end of the game involving the Dwarves and the fireworks, were you shoot them at the dragon(I can't exactly remember) were if you do something in the wrong order it's impossibly to complete.
Um, yeha I remember installing something called VDMSound, but I used DosBox alone to run the game and everything just worked out on its own, I guess. I didn't encounter any problems from the first time I attempted playing it through DB. PC Specs: WinXP SP2, P4 1.8Ghz, 512Ram, GForce4mmx. If you need any other info, you should probably message me instead of replying to the video directly. :)
@Highstar25 In the first few books he was a bit grimmer ... it was in and around Mort when we see his better side ... like gods he has to change with the times too when you think about it
Wizards have the honor of being claimed personally by Death? In the books how Death works changes over time. In one book it says that souls have a buoyancy of good and evil, and either sink or ascend on their own, only requiring Death's personal attention when a soul is balanced and won't go either direction without aid. Another books says that Death personally attends to the final moments of every living thing, every last one of them. From the tiniest most insignificant worm on the bottom of the sea floor, to Great A'tuin itself, Death is there for all because Death can exist in multiple places at once. I loved the Discworld books (I preferred the books about the Ankh-Morpork city watch over the books about Death), but Pratchett wasn't big on continuity.
Wizards and Witches being personally claimed by Death is entirely consistent, though. They also know when it'll happen ahead of time. This makes them basically unphased by danger: If it's not their appointed time, they are going to survive - and if it is, well there's no helping it. Rincewind -doesn't- know his appointed time because he's barely a wizard at all - and has been entangled with so much cosmic oddness that his lifetimer is more like an abstract sculpture. Death has to show up (repeatedly) because he -might- die, but neither of them knows if he actually will.
huh, well i become a wizard in a month... so death will control me and i can talk to him. good thing one of my life goals is to great death like an old friend when i die, and if death is anything like terry pratchetts take on it, then i think we will get along fine
He's right, he has a great sense of humour but he is not a cheery dinner companion... sure he'll get you on goo terms with other guests with his humour but it just wears out when he keeps making puns about peoples deaths...
@Highstar25 And death has always disliked Rincewind...the guy keeps almost dying then escaping in the most silly of manners. If Death had balls, they would certainly be blue.
@ThingxHulk I've read all the books, but I rarely return to the first as to be honest it's the worst of the bunch, as Prattchet's style had not matured as much.
This game is so illogical at some points, and that's not excusable because it's on the Discworld. It's just ill conceived at times and you can also get stuck; it was annoying, but I still played it a lot.
"don't start any long books" that's a golden line
It's as if Death spoke to us, players, too.
Can someone explain the meaning to me?
@@suoerfucker2000 He wont be around long enough to finish it.
He gonna die soon
@user-zn4sr1ll1cTo take a more literal approach, he could be telling Rincewind not to read any long books AS he is hanging from the pole of that tower. As in “you better get your arse down from there real quick”. Knowing Pratchett, and the amount of contempt Death has with Rincewind, it could be both. Man’s got some Final Destination levels of beef.
You know I like Terry Pratchett's take on evil. They're about.to do something cruel, malevolent and generally unpleasant to you, and yet they're always so polite about it. Like now for instance (even though death isn't "evil" in a sense).
He's not evil at all. He simply is. It's just that Rincewind is a rather bothersome case, since even Death isn't sure when his time is.
Death wasn't evil. He just found Rincewind terribly inconvenient because he kept almost dying and then escaping. Death ended up snuffing out mayflies in sheer frustration more than once. That bloody wizard did more harm to the mayfly population by proxy than any other man in history.
The assassins in particular are very gentlemanly
Honestly, this is a pretty inaccurate take on Discworld's Death. Outside of early installment weirdness, he ranges from ambivalent to mildly helpful, and it's not like he goes around killing people. People getting killed is their own business, he just makes sure they die afterwards.
@@willieoelkers5568
When he was covering for the Hogfather (Santa Claus) during Hogswatch (Christmas), one of the things Death did was essentially bend his own rules and exploit a loophole to bring the Little Matchstick Girl back to life because he was disgusted with the ending. That's probably my favorite moment regarding the Death of Discworld, because it shows exactly who he is at his core.
ruclips.net/video/zvwYCbBWxT8/видео.htmlfeature=shared
But, yeah, there's a reason why Death went from a running gag in one book to one of the franchise's most beloved characters.
Rincewind is sorta Death's hobby as I've heard in described. Thanks to his unknown-to-him status as [redacted] his hourglass actually looks a bit like a klein bottle or sphere eversion process. Death doesn't know his appointed time and so tends to take a special curious interest when he's in danger.
MrNullcast wait is redacted an SCP reference?
@@judabug323 likely no. its an 8 year old comment, he was likely just trying to prevent spoilers. plus we shouldnt talk about ..|.....|..|.....
"Death does have it's advantages you know. It's easy to do lying down. Also have you ever considered the saving of money on food rent and clothing?"
In this economy - yes.
@@KaizokuSencho ruclips.net/video/NUrvR0Ig-YA/видео.htmlsi=KfxGE3l62yobwagD
Eric Idle does a good job as Death's voice with this game, but I prefer Christopher Lee from the animated Discworld films.
Also, I always imagined that Death would sound like Christopher Lee in the Discworld books.
Jeff Cotten,
Yep, him too.
R.I.P. Terry Prachett & Christopher Lee.
Jeff Cotten,
Ah, now I see.
Please accept my apologies, for I seem to have mixed up the voice actors for this game.
Thank you for the clarification.
The real Death has the voice of Christopher Lee, and the real Devil has the face of Powers Boothe. It is known.
There is no real devil or even death for that matter.
Eric is fitting when he talks about the bright side of death.
Death's personality in the first book with Rincewind was rather different from later books. I think Pratchett was still developing his style and characters back then. Since, Death has become a different and a lot more sympathetic person.
I like thinking both characterizations of Death are canon. Death just started out like a nine to five indifferent bitter jaded longtime worker, then found a new 'customer' who should have been just yet another victim to his routine. But instead Rincewind never died, so, at first he found him confusing, weird, and a pain in the ass, being an obstacle to his job. Then as novelty wore off, he became a temporary fixation as the annoyance grew into increasing exasperation, then into fast rapid morphing into genuine fascinated curiousity (grr, you don't die, why won't you die?!....huh. ....Hm. Why WON'T you die??...hmm..) into mild distant fondness for the fact he poses a unique challenge into something so normally concrete and inevitably the same for everyone else. Death never sees anything change, and for once he does, and it is refreshing and amusing to him once his initial confused ire wears off. And that's where the more kinder, mellower, more introspective Death we all later appreciate and know comes out of.
*RIP* Terry Pratchett
I hope Terry was able Party with Death.
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER
Basically, he's a psychopomp. A guide. Reapers in many stories do not kill for enjoyment but merely do business for a theological government, which is why I find the subject of psychopomps so fascinating.
Love the voice effect of Death :D
Personally, I think Death has mixed emotions towards Rincewind. He's actually being very polite about collecting his soul despite how rude it seems.
That's because he doesn't get him at all. Once, he saw Rincewind hourglass and certified that he, after being blasted by all kinds of magical forces and supernatural occurrences, Death itself is unable to know how much he will live XD
Rincewind's life hourglass looks a lot more like a klein's bottle shape or something. Nevertheless, it is impossible for Death to know Rincewind's exact appointed hour, which is a rather troublesome case. That is why Death has a particular interest in him whenever he finds himself in potentially deadly situations.
I think perhaps Pratchett hadn't quite realised what he could do with the character then...I'm glad he expanded on Death so much!
He'd written Mort, Reaper Man and Soul Music by this time. I think he had a pretty good handle on the character by this point.
What a class game that was!! Drove me absolutely MAD for months. I really need to get hold of the second one, and noir.
Thanks for posting this, it made me smile!! x
I've played Discworld missing presumed.... It was a hoot a lot of python humour in there too.
Death sure likes to reverse the polarity, especially if it's the neutron flow that he reverses the polarity of, doesn't he?
Death having another near-Rincewind experience
when i read discworld books and sees death lines, this is the voice i picture.
Christopher Lee is the voice of Death
God I remember this games cover art in a thrift store as a kid, I thought it was scary lol
HA HA, I worked on that game, what a blast from the past
I love this scene, its so funny.
Eric Idle was ideal for this role.
Eric Ideal
@Highstar25 Actually in the first Rincewind book (which this game is lossely based on, mixing it with Guards! Guards!), Death was a bit of a jerk. He killed a few animals with a heart attack because he was angry for not getting Rincewind and tried to kill him himself more than once. Not only until Mort his personality was fully established as it is now.
@AstralSpectre he did, but the majority of this book's plot is based on 'Guards, Guards', by which the discworld death's unique personality had been developed more.
I didn't know they were even making a miniseries!! Holy Ofler, I cant wait!
@Highstar25 This is more of the earlier version of Death, where he wanted people to die and was angry that Rincewind kept escaping him.
I don't think he's trying to get people to kill themselves in a bad way. he just likes his job... and Rincewind is one of his jobs.
People have Near Death experiences... Death has Near Rincewind experiences.
This game embodies pure madness
I like Rincewind's voice! Good interpretation of Death speaking in all capital letters.
I think you'll find it's Rob 'Marion & Geoff' Brydon, though Pertwee did do a lot of the voices.
so too ask a question on a question *smile*
Did you have too use any other applications on top of DosBox like (VDMSound). Cause I have tryed 0.63 up to 0.70 and could only get the music working using VDMSound, although the speech seems impossible. But then again it all depends on which hardware and the various settings that comes with it.
Thanks for the original answer.
Jon Pertwee: A wonderful Doctor and a very cool Death.
Eric Idle fucking ruled in Monty Python, and he fucking rules in this
@bobbiwib It was made in the era of DOS, so if you have a copy of Discworld and DosBox you may be able to run it.
Alternatively, if you have a PS1 or a PS3 you can play the PS1 version. You'll probably find a copy online.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin
Eric Idle... rings a bell. Love his voice for Rincewind, although it is a biiiit high.
Death rocks.
I'm about to read the third book Equal Rites as soon as I'm done with the final Edge Chronicles book, and what made me continue on was Death. Surprisingly.
It's on a PC using a program called DOSBox to make the game run on WinXP. (The program also has an option for recording, which is how I recorded this clip)
where can i get this? is it on the PC or do i need some sort of console? :)
I played both games about a month or so. Good vid!
i wish there were more Discworld games.
I loved the artwork for the game
rincewind's voice is none other than Eric Idle from Monty Python
@Highstar25 maybe you should re-read the first couple of books and remind yourself of the myriad of conversations exactly like this one Death has with Rincewind in them
never seen this game before, but now I am determined to see more
An out-reach policy? Classic! XD
My favorite character thus far in the Discworld series has to be Death. I mean, come on, how can anyone resist a cute, bony, face like that. And I find the fact that he TALKS IN ALL CAPS funny. Aww, how I love ye, Terry Pratchett.
According to IMDB's data base,
It's Jon Pertwee.
which version of DOSbox were you using?
This brings back on memories!!! Awesome!
Help, he's making some good points
A shame they couldn't get Christopher Lee to voice Death in this game or the second.
@DarkestLostSoul I think some people at a certain party in "The Light Fantastic" might have figured that out--eventually.
Among the best adventure games ever!
"Don't start reading any long books!" :D
Yeah there is a way at the end of the game involving the Dwarves and the fireworks, were you shoot them at the dragon(I can't exactly remember) were if you do something in the wrong order it's impossibly to complete.
Um, yeha I remember installing something called VDMSound, but I used DosBox alone to run the game and everything just worked out on its own, I guess. I didn't encounter any problems from the first time I attempted playing it through DB.
PC Specs: WinXP SP2, P4 1.8Ghz, 512Ram, GForce4mmx.
If you need any other info, you should probably message me instead of replying to the video directly. :)
It's a bloody impossible puzzle game, a great one as such:)
*Starts reading a long book*
Love Rincewind the undying coward
@Highstar25 In the first few books he was a bit grimmer ... it was in and around Mort when we see his better side ... like gods he has to change with the times too when you think about it
not a good dinner companion? Blasphemy! I never thought I'd find a kind of deeath fan club on youtube lol
Wizards have the honor of being claimed personally by Death? In the books how Death works changes over time. In one book it says that souls have a buoyancy of good and evil, and either sink or ascend on their own, only requiring Death's personal attention when a soul is balanced and won't go either direction without aid. Another books says that Death personally attends to the final moments of every living thing, every last one of them. From the tiniest most insignificant worm on the bottom of the sea floor, to Great A'tuin itself, Death is there for all because Death can exist in multiple places at once. I loved the Discworld books (I preferred the books about the Ankh-Morpork city watch over the books about Death), but Pratchett wasn't big on continuity.
Wizards and Witches being personally claimed by Death is entirely consistent, though. They also know when it'll happen ahead of time. This makes them basically unphased by danger: If it's not their appointed time, they are going to survive - and if it is, well there's no helping it.
Rincewind -doesn't- know his appointed time because he's barely a wizard at all - and has been entangled with so much cosmic oddness that his lifetimer is more like an abstract sculpture. Death has to show up (repeatedly) because he -might- die, but neither of them knows if he actually will.
@Nogmor His job is to collect the souls and not to kill the people...the killing normaly happens by someone else^^
@piromaniac9999 In some ways yes, but in the second one at least the puzzles were more sensible and didn't require you to use the walkthrough.
Nogmor, can you do a video showing the scene with the dragon?
no in this game it isn't. chris lee does the voice of death in the animated film soul music and hes going to do it in the new live action discworld.
My God,...
Eric Idle sounds exactly like Rincewind!
@Highstar25 i CAN imagine him telling them to hurry up and die though
especially rincewind
:P Death always says with BIG FONT
luv this game
Glad to see one that's not an ass to us because of the revolution.
I don't like how death's personality is in this game, I mean, he never actually tries to get people to kill themselves in the books :S
An emulator or Dosbox.
huh, well i become a wizard in a month... so death will control me and i can talk to him. good thing one of my life goals is to great death like an old friend when i die, and if death is anything like terry pratchetts take on it, then i think we will get along fine
DosBox-0.65 (From it says near the applications name)
Wow. A little different from the Playstation version. I just did a Game Replay on it.
i just LOVE this game! it´s just so weird!!! :-)
How do you play this game, is there an online version?
The explanation was wrong, Death does visit commoners, sometimes, on special occasions
5 people probably spat on their hands while climbing a flag pole and fell to their deaths.
He's right, he has a great sense of humour but he is not a cheery dinner companion... sure he'll get you on goo terms with other guests with his humour but it just wears out when he keeps making puns about peoples deaths...
@Andreazor Eric Idle? yeha, that's him.
@BlackLink27
thats what I keep telling everyone. No one listens
thanx.
@Highstar25
And death has always disliked Rincewind...the guy keeps almost dying then escaping in the most silly of manners. If Death had balls, they would certainly be blue.
héhéhé Discworld 1 . GREAT!
Maybe not. According to IMDB it is Pertwee. My Bad.
@Highstar25 In Colour of Magic he does.
Jon Pertwee died before Discworld 2 was made
@ThingxHulk I've read all the books, but I rarely return to the first as to be honest it's the worst of the bunch, as Prattchet's style had not matured as much.
I'm American,and I respect the British, but I never get it back. Lol. xD
Reminds me of secret of monkey island. :3
GO DEATH. XD
Thats Jon "Doctor Who" Pertwee as Death.
Classic! I love this game!
Who does Death's voice?
Doctor Who!
I
Twoflower!
Rincewind sounds like that guy from Monty Python... what's his name...
...wait what do you acctually do in this game? xD
This game is so illogical at some points, and that's not excusable because it's on the Discworld. It's just ill conceived at times and you can also get stuck; it was annoying, but I still played it a lot.
They got Death's voice all wrong.