Still Life 2

A lot of negative things have already been written about the game. I should probably have heeded it, because it's all true. - It's significantly worse than the 1st part. - The story seems completely implausible from start to finish. It becomes increasingly unrealistic and annoying towards the end of the game and is extremely drawn out due to plot twists that seem contrived. - The flashbacks to 2005 are completely unnecessary, seem contrived, have nothing to do with the main storyline and drag out the game. In the cliffhanger at the end of Still Life 1, it was 99.9% clear who the killer was. This could have been confirmed in an intro without interrupting the game with annoying flashbacks. - The puzzles are not particularly difficult, but they are annoying, repetitive and often time-critical. You often don't even know why you have to collect countless objects or look at things - it's just to unlock something (e.g. you get a phone call without which you can't continue). - The game only takes place in 3 locations and is completely linear. - The technical realisation is lousy (bugs, flat 3D graphics, badly animated characters, poor UI, constant changes of camera perspective and a missing hotspot function make searching for objects really annoying) - The voice acting is much worse than in the first part and seems quite unprofessional. In addition, the sound is poorly mixed. - Towards the end of the game there is a bug, which means you can't finish the game. There is neither a correctly functioning version, nor a savegame on GOG. I had to watch the end on youtube... This game is a prime example of what went wrong with point and click adventures in the 2000s. Fortunately, things have improved again much since then.

terrible....it was a long awaited game after Still Life and a complete fail....

I only give it three stars because of the beginning of the game, which was tense and exciting. The second half just dragged on and dwindled off story wise, which was a pity. They did manage to connect both games but couldn't give it the ending it deserved.

I spent way too many hours on just trying to find a way to progress. I studied a walkthrough, collected all clues, etc. but I still cannot move forward in the part where Hawker arrives at the crime scene. The game does not give you a clue on what to do or how much you still need to do to move on. Even following a walkthrough is a problem because it is really not obvious what needs to be done to push the story forward. Some characters just wait for something to happen or for you to do some actions, but it is totally unknown what actions that should be. And finally, bugs , from simple ones like disappearing main character to game breaking ones which I just encountered. I read that people are even uninstalling the game and trying again to be able to finish it. Save your time and money, play other games.

The story is a mess, repetitive as you wouldn't believe... And if you're not lucky you'll find a bug like I did: I couldn't even finish the game. 0/10