Still Life

by Encore

Product Features

• Compelling storyline, set in 2004 Chicago and Prague during the late 1920s
• Rich and intriguing characters Crime scene investigations of gruesome serial homicides Challenging puzzles finely integrated into the storyline Beautifully detailed environments Breathtaking cinematics
• double Jewel Case

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0017HO06U
• Item model number: 16670
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 7, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,087 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Unveil the Macbre Masterpiece... Brilliant young FBI agent, Victoria McPherson, is investigating a serial murder case. The body count, now at five, lacks real leads and a mountain of circumstantial evidence. While on holiday at her father's home, Victoria discovers one of her grandfather's old case files. Oddly enough, Victoria's case resembles her grandfather's case from the past, right down to the killer's MO. Is there a link between the two cases?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It is a little better than you have been led to believe, February 26, 2009

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VB - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Still Life (CD-ROM)

I'm not one for gore or S&M, and this game contains both - and nudity. Female, of course. (I don't want to get into that argument) The story is interesting. I had a lot more fun (if that's the word) playing as Victoria's grandfather Gus in 1920's Prague. I especially enjoyed his "encounter" with the head of the Prague Police. Dirtbag. Victoria is "rich little girl, cop" in present day Chicago. Well, FBI, actually. She is less entertaining than Gus, but just as macho.

I agree that some of the characters are like cardboard cutouts with stereotypical voices. The black cop in Chicago should have the NAACP screaming from the rooftops. Some of the characters, though, are quite good. Thinking about "the coachman" still creeps me out a bit. I don't think I quite trust Victoria's boyfriend, either - but that's another story.

There are three very difficult puzzles in the game. All of these puzzles are integrated into the story very well. They all share one characteristic: It's a lot of work for nothing. The game will not proceed unless you solve them, but you get nothing for doing it. The first is picking a lock. I had no idea how difficult it could be to get through a lock made in the early part of the twentieth century - in Prague. The second is breaking into the "secret archives" at the FBI office in Chicago. Fried a lot of Replicators doing that. The most diabolical puzzle, for me anyway, is the third: making gingerbread men. I guess you had to be there.

All in all, though, I liked the game. I even pre-ordered the sequel. The game has a strange sort of flow to it, with strange details. It was different. I'm getting tired of Myst games, and this worked out OK.

5.0 out of 5 stars top quality point and click adventure, February 11, 2011

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chompermom "visit me at The New Base .com" (by the sea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Still Life (CD-ROM)

I love point and click adventure games of all kinds, from the cheaply made to the high end ones with great graphics and music. I've played free games made by amateurs and expensive games made in the last few years by big studios. But Still Life is one of the best I've seen so far. With graphics and sound right up there with Paradise, Syberia, and The Longest Journey, a story that is believable and engrossing, puzzles that make sense and are not too hard, this was a great game and kept me going for a long time. The crime scenes and characters are realistic and gory or offensive at time. There is violence, bad language, sex (not seen, but alluded to). This is definitely a game for grown-ups. It's not a game for everyone, but if you're a fan of serial killer movies and forensic crime dramas you will like it.

4.0 out of 5 stars LOVED IT!, January 11, 2010

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Jaime Cettina "shopaholic" (Paramus, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still Life (CD-ROM)

The game was awesome! i wish they make more. This was such a fun and challenging game. I do admit i used the walkthrough at certain points but its ok! i wish they will come out with some more! right now i am playing the Art of Murder collection so i am going to see if i like it. But so far this game and the others in the series are my favorites!