Still Life (computer game)

Still Life is a point-and-click - Adventure of the Canadian game developer Microïds from 2005. History and characters based on the Microïds game Post Mortem , a direct successor is still life is not.

action

In Prague in 1929, the private detective Gustav (called Gus) McPherson investigates a brutal series of murders of prostitutes, all of which have certain similarities. Among other things, he encounters resistance from a police chief who is not very cooperative and two less well-to-do but powerful brothers who do not want Gus any good.

At the same time, the story of Gus' granddaughter Victoria McPherson, who, like her grandfather, is also committed to fighting crime, is told in Chicago in 2004. The FBI profiler has been commissioned with her second serial killer case and is already inspecting the plot at the beginning the fifth crime scene. She soon noticed similarities between this series of murders and the incidents her grandfather was investigating in Prague. By studying his records, she finally gets on the trail of the killer.

Game principle and technology

Still Life is a 2.5D point-and-click adventure. For polygons composite, three-dimensional figures act before two-dimensional pre-rendered scenes. The player controls the character - Gus or Victoria - with the mouse through the game world. With the mouse buttons he can initiate actions that allow the respective game character to interact with his environment. He can find objects, apply them to the environment or other objects and communicate with NPCs . Dialogues are controlled by a single choice selection of topics given by the game that fit the situation. As the story progresses, more locations will be unlocked.

Production notes

After Still Life hit the international market in 2005, the company that had previously published the Syberia series was bought by Ubisoft.

reception

Still Life received mostly positive reviews. The Metacritic review database aggregates 27 reviews to a mean of 75.

Reviews in gaming magazines

PC Games 07/2005: 80%
PC Action 07/2005: 80%
PC PowerPlay 06/2005: 75%
GameStar 07/2005: 59%

Still Life 2

Erstveröffent-
lichung

April 3, 2009 May 10, 2009 May 14, 2009

platform

PC ( Windows , Mac OS X )

Game mode

Mouse , keyboard

system advantages
preconditions

Win 2000 / XP / Vista, 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM (Windows Vista 1 GB RAM), 64 MB 3D graphics card

2 CD-ROMs

German

Still Life 2 is an adventure game developed by Gameco Studios .

Still Life 2 is the continuation of the game Still Life and has the same gameplay. The second part was first announced on December 6, 2007 on the developer's website. It was released on April 3, 2009. The story continues from the first part and is based on the same characters and actions.

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At the end of 2008, the former FBI agent Victoria McPherson was looking for the "East Coast Killer" (in German: East Coast Murderer ), who got a lot of media attention due to a high number of murders. Journalist Paloma Hernandez puts McPherson under pressure and keeps falling into the case herself. One evening she received important information about the mass murderer and was kidnapped.

Reviews in gaming magazines

The game received mixed reviews from the media. The complicated inventory was primarily criticized. There were mixed voices for the atmosphere and staging of the game.

PC Games 76%
GameStar 74%
4players 65%

Web links

Still Life at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Adventure-Treff.de: Still Life. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Metacritic.com: Still Life. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
↑ Test and report from PC Games
↑ Test and report from GameStar
↑ Test and report by 4 players

[AT-1] Adventure-Treff.de: Still Life. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .

[MC-2] Metacritic.com: Still Life. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .

[PC_Games_Test-3] Test and report from PC Games

[GameStar_Test-4] Test and report from GameStar

[4Players_Test-5] Test and report by 4 players