Still Life

Following on from the dark and bloody Post Mortem, Still Life pulls player back into dark environments and gory murders halfway between Seven and Jack the Ripper, as you try and hunt down a murderer in both the 1920's Prague and in modern day Chicago.
Everything will pull you further into the game, from the depth of the characters you'll interact with through the game to it's oppressive musical score. Even the levels and the textures have the perfect murder investigation feel, though they keep a different feel between the high-tech Chicago sections and the Prague traditional private eye style. It can definitely be said that there aren't many point and clicks out there with an atmosphere like it.

Like Syberia, Still Life has a perfect balance between searching for clues and solving puzzles, and though difficult enough to fool you at times, it stays easy enough to solve, or not, as you'll no doubt find out. There's a serial killer to catch so get that download going...

Still Life 2

Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson.

In Fall 2008, Victoria is sent to Maine where Audrey Dunnigan's body has just been found. The modus operandi and the video sent to the police and press leave no doubt as to the killer's identity: the East Coast Torturer has struck again! No clues are picked up during the autopsy, as the serial killer painstakingly washed the body. Once again, the killer has not committed any errors.

From her motel room, Victoria comes across a report by Paloma Hernandez, the journalist covering all the crimes bearing the East Coast Torturer's signature. Hernandez has been highly critical of the FBI's and Victoria's lack of progress. That does not stop Hernandez from phoning and asking Victoria to meet her later that evening. Hernandez claims to have some so-called clues on the killer in her possession. Victoria flatly refuses. Just moments later, Paloma is kidnapped by the Torturer.

Still Life 2 remains true to the spirit of its first installment and continues to allow to play and manage two characters bound by the same fate. This time, the aim is to control two heroines, see the game from two complementary viewpoints and experience two different gameplays. Depending on whetheryou are playing Paloma Hernandez, the victim being hunted by the killer or Victoria McPherson, the FBI agent tracking him down, you can alternate between survival and investigation.