Still Life

(Played it on Mac M1 with Porting Kit. Works fine, stable fps. Two freezes throughout the game, so don't forget to save). Finally I beat it! The visuals, the overall style is just fantastic. I'm going to give it 5 for that only. For me it overcomes the flaws this game has. I'd always prefer beautiful artistic pre-renders over 3d. One of the most beautiful and classy games I've played. The story is a good balance. It has some silly elements, yet with the right amount of mystery and dark themes. It's a dark story not trying to go all the way 'realistic'. And thanks god for that — I am damn tired of all these trauma dumps and hysterical TV series style reenactment in a lot of modern games which is supposed to 'deepen the characters'. I don't get all the hate about the puzzles. I mean, the lockpicks are evil indeed, but other than that they are beatable. There are however some more easy fixable problems which make the puzzles more annoying than they could be. The bucket puzzle: it is itself is pretty cliched, can be solved in a sec, but I had to reach for the walkthrough for that because... I couldn't find the zone where I can empty that damn bucket! Usually that happens because there's another active zone next to the active zone, and you just don't realize there's something else there to click on. The scalpel near the toolbox - another 'great' example of that problem. It's funny how defunded Chicago police seem to be. They barely have enough officers for the crime scenes, and no people at all to watch the cameras in the security room. There are no paper cups or even sugar at the coffee machine and Victoria has to drive her own car for work.

*IMPORTANT*: if the game doesn't start in Windows 11, use DXWnd (full screen mode). I played this game for the first time in early 2006. I was 15 at the time and I really liked it. I decided to buy it and play it again, since it's so cheap here on GoG and man, it's still good! I don't want to spoil the story, so I'll try to summarize the pros/cons. PROs: * Great storyline. * Great atmosphere. * Sound is great too. * Victory is a very intriguing main character. * Longevity. It is about 10 hours of gameplay. Cons: * Some puzzle are a bit weird. * Sometimes it is not very clear what you have to do or where to go. * The ending may not please everyone. Now it is time for me to play Still Life II :)

Really a good game - pretty challenging also.

One of the best point-and-click games I've ever played!

I played this game when I was younger. Loved it then, love it now. Great story, great puzzles and great voice acting.