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Still Life

Two separate murder cases, in two separate lifetimes - so similar in the smallest of details that one could believe they were performed by the same person. Impossible! One of the crimes took place 75 years…

68 15 April 2005

Still Life is an adventure developed by Microids, released 15 April 2005 on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Still Life is

Still Life is an adventure game developed by Microids and released in 2005. It was published by Meridian4. It is available on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Virtools Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Still Life is a 2005 adventure game by Microïds. Still Life is a sequel to Post Mortem. A sequel, Still Life 2, was released in 2009. The game has since sold 240,000 copies worldwide.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are drama, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Still Life holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 83 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 8 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM and DirectX compatible graphics card with 128MB memory. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Still Life launched on 15 April 2005, within three weeks of Psychonauts, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, SWAT 4 and Guild Wars. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, SWAT 4, Guild Wars.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Characters

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Quick answers

Still Life — frequently asked questions

When did Still Life come out?
Still Life was released on 15 April 2005 for Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Still Life?
At minimum, Still Life needs 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, DirectX compatible graphics card with 128MB memory graphics, 1.2GB of storage.
How many GB is Still Life?
The PC version needs about 1.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1.2GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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