And award for the most god awfully pathetic puzzle in any game ever goes to...
On the positive side, at initial appraisal it at least looks very nice. The background art is very well done and adds a certain degree of atmosphere. Animation is a little sloppy which detracts from things somewhat. Character movement is intermittently robotic with sprites running into scenery. This is disappointing and a shame considering how much attention has been paid to the way things look over all.
This game pitches itself as a very adult interactive story, but anything it arguably achieves in the story department is unravelled by the unintuitive way puzzles are clumsily dumped into the mix.
You will find yourself encountering very dull and very familiar fare playing this game. The story is interjected by "filler puzzles" that are either incredibly easy or so badly designed that solving them is a matter of random clicking. Even worse they seem to have no logical reason for being in the places that they are. I consider that a very cheap way to add play hours to what is a very short and uninspiring offering.
The main character is stereotypically dull, replete with snotty and childish dialogue- badly delivered. Secondary character Gustav is more palatable and thoughtful but he is also sadly, more elusive.
I really must mention- at one very memorable point in the game, you will find yourself asked to complete a puzzle so painfully nonsensical and inappropriate to the storyline, that words simply fail me at the stupidity of it. It is the most dire puzzle I have ever seen in all my years of gaming. I was so disgusted that I almost gave up playing the game at this juncture. I will not add a spoiler but you can compare it to Agent Starling stopping her hunt for Hannibal Lecter so that she can sit down a knit a nice jumper.
The worst of it's crimes is that still Still Life is a horribly horribly boring game, not at all chilling or even surprising. There are many adventure games that are over a decade older than this one, and are far and away better, more innovative and more immersing.
Give it a miss unless you are easily amused.