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That bit about the annoying cooking puzzle must be a favorite of the developers how often it comes up. The hardest puzzle in their game Siberia is mixing a drink for an elderly opera singer and it is hand's down the toughest part of the game.
the xplay story is very relatable to me, i used to watch g4 a ton as a girl growing up in the early to mid 2000's, that literally was how i also heard about different games and such 😭
I only learned about it by the time I was a bit older, when we first got satellite TV at our house in the middle of nowhere. They had a TV guide and I saw G4TV listed there. X-Play was one of the first shows I saw on the channel and it was nice to see a channel more or less dedicated to video games. That was a very new concept for me. Rarely ever got to watch it because it only ever played at specific times and other times there were re-runs for shows I didn't give a crap about like Attack of the Show! or something wholly unrelated to games, but it occupied more than a few of my days and taught me about some games that, while I didn't necessarily remember, I did eventually look back on when I had played them through pure coincidence. Like Persona 3. I didn't even know that existed until X-Play and then forgot about it until I randomly rented Devil Survivor for DS off of GameFly and got hooked on anything SMT-related, which eventually led me to getting Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 (renting at first and then eventually owning). They have a weird consensus online about whether they were good or not. X-Play, I mean. Some people bitch about their really bad "Flow" review, which misses the point of that style of game, and others talk about them fondly. I preferred their later episodes which were some of the first I saw, when they had properly refined the style of the show and had developed some level of charisma. The earlier episodes always felt kinda awkward and cringy.
I love how much of a time capsule this game is. A few childish comedy scenes aside, I thought it was really good. The robot puzzle can die in a fire, though.
I'm pretty sure Still Life II happens in Peru or something, so it's unlikely. I realise that's a far cry from L.A. but that's kinda the main reason I never got around to playing the sequel.
Apparently this game and the first ObsCure game come from the same people. They have such rare and underrated games. Highly recommend ObsCure by the way, such a fun horror game that definitely stands up (and somewhat it’s crackhead sequel).
OMG. GIRL. SAME HIGH SCHOOL CAREER GOAL!! (Class of 2008!) You HAD to be there to understand the madness that was what this game's ending did to the people who were completely engrossed in it. My father is Czech, just like the main character's, so I was EXTREMELY passionate about this game and its predecessor, "Post Mortem." I spent years following the fan theories as to who the real killer was. By far, the best one was that it was the real Prague killer or Jack the Ripper who just never died, since Post Mortem had some fantastical elements as well (it's the reason I have pronounced "Baphomet" as if it were French because that's how it's pronounced in the game). My personal theory was the one that ended up being correct when Still Life 2 came out, and I actually bragged to people IRL that I was right even though no one cared about this to begin with 😂. So many memories!!! Thank you so much for covering this game!!!
I played this game wayyy too young with my mom, sitting in her lap and clicking away at everything. This game was awesome, but those puzzles were the hardest ever. Walkthroughs helped so much and at the time we had to print them lol 😂 As soon as you said “sound design” I remembered the sound of the computer in their office, because both my mom and I commented on hearing it on our play through. 21:32 thanks for making this video it brought back so many memories.
I too remember loving watching Xplay back in high school. Good times! I love these horror game play through, please keep doing more! Binging through the rest on your channel now!
Man, I got this game at a KB Toys on my birthday, right around christmas! Trying to figure out that lockpick puzzle on my own probably gave me my first gray hair. I just wish I could get it to run on my system these days.
All my plans for socializing today got cancelled so having a surprise Earlybird video about a horror game I never played is a very nice surprise. I'm the only man alive I know who doesn't mind slider puzzles :( Edit: Is the guy voicing Gustav also the voice for Max Payne in the original game? He sounds REALLY similar. I'd love to watch a video about the sequel though, I'm invested in this series now.
Alright next time I have a sliding puzzle I’m callin you lmao 😭 I don’t think it’s the same VA, but it looks like he’s in a few other games as well he does sound kinda familiar haha.
Still Life is one of my favoritest games ever. It made me fall in love with the point-and-click genre (and video games in general) back in 2021. It changed how I see games. It's a shame they never made a sequel and that we'll never know how it ends; truly a shame. But in all seriousness, this game's story is something else. Don't go browsing the Still Life wiki unless you want spoilers for layers of the game you never even imagined. Same advice for if you go browsing old forum posts about this game. And the game exhibits some strong influence from a certain Robert Bloch short story. On the off-chance someone who can help sees this-for preservation purposes, has anyone located a copy of the Still Life web demo with unique story content, previously hosted on the defunct Still Life website? I tried and failed to hunt it down a year ago. (And The Wayback Machine saved its web page, but not the game itself.)
I also tried looking for the game on way back machine, it’s a bit sad. I feel like someone somewhere would have it though. Maybe ask around on Reddit if you haven’t already 🤔
That xplay bit was great lol. I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up and I wrote songs about "DK Duke" not realizing it sounded like Donkey Kong taking a shit xD Good video! I've never heard of this game. It took a long time for me to hear about Syberia as well. Both games look kind of janky but then have these moments that are really interesting and have some good timing.
I feel like your channel was like.... RUclips algorithmed directly from my brain! The humor and the time frame of your references hit me in a way I don't find elsewhere. I also had a dream of being on Xplay in high school and none of my zoomer friends understand Simpsons references. I haven't laughed as genuinely from a video essay in a while. I really appreciate the way you break things down and give scenes time to showcase themselves rather than over explaining them. Plus your voice is like S+ and your avatar is super cute!! Excited to see this channel blow up and get the attention it deserves. Will definitely be supporting when the options come up. Thank you for the great content so far 🙏 edit: Oh, there's already a join button. Easiest membership of my life.
... My god that first minute regarding you, your teacher & Xplay had me in stitches! Not to mention that ending joke! Facinating game too, hope you cover the sequel Earlybird!
Thank you for covering this game! I remember being a kid and seeing my aunt playing it once, so finally finding out what it's called feels surreal...She was actually very impressed by graphics back then
I hope you cover the second game! I've rewatched pretty much all of you channel over and over for the past few months. (Overblood has been my favourite)
The ending killed me, I didn't even play it and I was internally screaming when you confirmed it was for sure the ending! I really enjoyed this video, I'd never heard of the game before checking this out! Do you think you'd do a Still Life 2 one sometime, since you mentioned it has a sequel? :)
Hey, you're really improving with the video editing! I just watched your Spore video and noted the pauses in-between sentences, in newer videos they're cut to flow a lot better. You also use effects and music cues well, you have a great voice-over style and I enjoy your humour. I'm glad I found you, looking forward to more!🎉
This game is core memory from a peaceful childhodd. Played the demo as a child, aquired and finished it as an adult, it was just as good. Heads up for the 2nd installment: the puzzles get way more finnicky. Still did not finished that. And didn't know that there was a prequel! Wow.
I have been hopping around your channel since I found it the other night, enjoying my stay. I do not mind if a vid goes long though I understand if you would prefer them shorter. Big fan of your humor and bringing me info on games I've not seen before, for good and bad (looking at you Stray Souls).
Your videos are so good 🤣 the memes, everything lol. I also can relate to wanting to be on G4. That was my life for a little while. That and Newtype magazine lmao
I like slide puzzles! When a friend of mine did a run through Onimusha, he handed the controller to me for a bit that involved solving a slide puzzle before a pit floods with water, and I managed to rearrange the puzzle so it was entirely reversed from the starting point and then solve it within the time limit. I will say it like a perturbed grandmother - I like slide puzzles! I played the Still Life/Post-Mortem trilogy last year. I loved how apparent the Syberia influence is in Still Life, and the setting as well really felt like Christmas in the mid-2000's for that region - they really nailed that presentation. Also really enjoy the interaction with characters, especially Vic's fellow officers. Gus's story felt like a big Game Over at the end, though, and I'm pretty mixed on it. I feel there's a lot to talk about the game as well as the sequel and the prequel, but I'll refrain from any of that since this is where you've started - you'll need to experience them yourself.
You mentioning Syberia got me a bit excited but you don’t have videos on it I know you mostly do horror but I’d like to see a video on that series. I’m a recent fan of it.
I played this one and the sequel relatively close to release, back when. It certainly compensated in atmosphere for what it lacked in gameplay and objective coherence as products. Your video was an enjoyable look back at those times and I'd love to watch your take on the sequel... as for the prequel, getting that glorified quicktime panorama slideshow to work and tolerating it long enough to beat the game? Good luck, you'll need it.
I remember a friend of mine owner of an og xbox, he introduce to me this games and its sequels, then we discover together Syberia, also published by Microids, nice hidden gems
I have vague memories of this game... I'm not sure if I've seen gameplay of this back then or if it's just very similar to other point and click adventures of that time. Regardless, I kinda miss this era where there were so many adventures. My siblings and I played a lot of them in the 2000s. Not all of them were good and personally I wouldn't want to play Still Life, but I definitely enjoy retrospectives like this one! Looking forward to the next.
One of my favourite games! I played it on the Xbox where they got rid of the point and click and you move the characters around instead of point and click. But these puzzles…. Flashbacks…. The Christmas cookies still haunt me!!
This game has such a cool atmosphere, I still need to play the second one. I also got some stuff to attempt to make the cookie recipe irl just to see how they turn out 🤣🤣
@@early-tv Still Life 2 has same character as protagonist, but the story of SL1 is shot in the head. You'll solve TIMED murder room mysteries, just like in Saw...SL2 is an okay game, but it's nothing like SL1. Shame. Hope you can enjoy it, if you ever play it tho'!
@early-tv oh noes! Covid going around like crazy. I had it for Xmas 🙃 second round with the stuff in my case. I took 5 days to reply so you should be feeling better 😆 at least I hope so!
Are you thinking about finishing out the series after you get out of the shadowhearts rabbit hole? I am pretty interested in the rest and its not something that's super common to cover (one of the things I enjoy about your content)
Man I rented this game as a kid. Thought it was interesting but never played it again. If I beat it and got to the end and didn't get to find out who the murderer was, I would be PISSED.
You only find out about the killer's identity in the sequel? I knew that tactic sounded familiar! Microids also released Dracula 4+5, which were basically one half each of one game. You can't even buy them separately anymore...
I was wondering if you will mention Post Mortem. I really liked it when I played it back in 2003 (yeah, I'm old 😅). Maybe you could make a review? 😊 And, btw, I love sliding puzzles! 😁
I definitely want to play the other two games! I would have started with Post Mortem but I didn’t realize it was part of the series at first because of the different name 🤣
@@early-tv Yeah... It's really confusing. But as gameplay is different I kinda understand the change. I've played Post Mortem first, and years later I've got a copy of Still Life. Until Gustav showed up I had no idea what I was playing. 🤣 Btw, have you played Sanitarium? A 1998 point and click psychological horror that really needs a remake. 😁
18:40 Yeah, 18 years ago, I stopped playing at the recipe section. I don't understand how cooking recipes are related to the investigation. After watching your entire video, I'm glad I didn't play the whole game.
A few of the puzzles in this game are genuinely frustrating, but I do still like it overall for the story and atmosphere. Still gotta play the next one to see where the story goes 😆
@@early-tv yeah, this story kinda reminds me of a British serial killer "Jack the Ripper". Though they couldn't capture/identify the killer, anyway I'm looking forward to your next video. Hopefully the story this time is not horrible 🤞🏼
If I had to make a blind guess I would say it was her partner I don’t know if that doesn’t make sense but it feels right since he was so insistent on pinning the case on whoever he could find
I was already thinking the mystery seemed kind of underbaked but damn they definitely only had a hook and not a resolution in mind. I wonder if they came up with anything half way satisfying in time for the sequel.
I remember playing the demo for this, back when it was released, and liking it enough to go buy the game. Pretty good, but yeah, that 'ending'. I bought the sequel on gog a while back, but haven't played it.
I can imagine it was much more frustrating back in the day as it sounded like it was a bit rocky on if the sequel was going to come out or not… Didn’t come out til 2009 so a 4 year wait for a resolution 😩
Oh man, I loved this game. Except the F****** cookie puzzle! I got the game in a bargain bin and thought it was a copy protection puzzle like the moddie puzzle in Space Quest 6, which I also got in a bargain bin and couldn't do because it didn't come with the manual! Accursed farms did a couple of videos on this game... jeez, 8 years ago? He spends a good 5 minutes ranting about the cookies. Also his conclusion on the killer, that its either Victoria's dad or vampires, makes more sense then who they say it was in the 2nd game.
Haha I can definitely see how the cookie puzzle came off as a copy protection 🤣🤣 Starting up the second game here soon can’t wait to get some resolution!
I find it hilarious that, of the two videos I've seen about this game in my lifetime, one praised the cookie puzzle as the single best puzzle in a game full of great puzzles, while the other hated its guts. Then again, Ross _is_ a cookie addict, so it was probably a lot more intuitive for him to figure out.
this is only relevant to the earl section of the video but G4 still lives on in my heart! Oh how i miss coming home from school just to watch Adam Sessler (idk if i remember his name right) and Morgan Webb! og Morgan...I had a HUUUGE crush on her, along with Olivia Munn, GAWD Olivia Munn wus such a badd bishh. Id stay up late just watch their "Nocturnal Emissions" IFYKYK >: )
" No one on earth has ever had fun doing a slide puzzle" I only know one person and that was my ex best friend. I was playing a survival horror game with a slide puzzle and was complaining and she literally said "why, i love them!". Notice how i said ex-best friend lol.
It’s okay about the x play thing. I get you. In college for game design one of my teachers had friends who worked at g4. They did a thing where we had a contest to see who could create a 3d computer graphics bumper for g4. We went a little crazy trying to get a 5 second video on the channel. Competition, sabotage, plagiarism, theft. The whole tela novella Mexican soap opera deal. In the end no one really one as g4 just took our work and never credited anyone who made it (which was kinda the whole point, work credit portfolio stuff) but if you ever saw a little robot blow a hole in a wall with the hole cut out in the shape of the g4 logo with an alien looking back that was mine. I think my friends race car speeding by bill boards was better animated.
Oh, I do remember being a kid, when my parents played lots of games, sitting beside my mother, who's been playing Siberia and crying when boys dream, who became already a man, coming true, I saw and played this game. Honestly, puzzles were the most frustrating thing and if there were no walk through, I would be doomed to go back and forth locations 😂
EDIT: OK turns out you mentioned this at the end, I should really finish videos before I reply... I seem to recall there was also a game called Post Mortem by the same folks, I think it's a whole game about Gustav. I cannot for the life of me remember whether I actually played it or not, but I do know I've bought all three on CD.
Ah Still Life. I still re-read the screenshot LP that first introduced me to it every couple years. *I* don't think it's worth playing, but no shame to anyone who likes it. Now the sequel on the other hand, Still Life 2, THAT I will throw shade at anyone who defends it. But yes please play Still Life 2.
Huh? There was only 2 ingredients I didn't get right away. The lockpicking puzzle... is hell sure when you aren't writing down which pin springs which other pins.
I think what I found charming about this game was the main character because of her pixie cut. Something just always clicks with me when a bad ass female main character has a short cute haircut like that.❤❤❤ I don’t have to have another reason to love a game other than that, but I did like the serial killer mystery aspect I was super invested in the LP that I watched, don’t really remember if the mystery was ever solved, and for that I am kind of sad
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We gonnna get part 2 and we needed more in depth its such a fun game
We do need prequel and sequel too! I loved post mortem and still life as a teen.
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He's no "Roger Bacon" though
I told my HS counselor I wanted to make video games, and she laughed and told me I should get a real job.
The struggle is real haha. But hey! Plenty of people do get game dev jobs and do great :D
Fun fact - the font used in this game is called "Anime Ace", which is the de-facto font to use for every furry webcomic ever. Don't ask me how I know this!
Not just furry webcomic. It's just a standard font for comics and manga especially.
Your pfp explains how lol
you are a furry, thats how you know that information
Fun!
Isn't Earlybird a furry too? Not trying to kink shame, just saying because she uses a furry bird avatar to represent herself.
That bit about the annoying cooking puzzle must be a favorite of the developers how often it comes up. The hardest puzzle in their game Siberia is mixing a drink for an elderly opera singer and it is hand's down the toughest part of the game.
Haha I think the hardest one in this game (for me at least) is definitely the lockpicking puzzle... but that cookie one was somethin' else too 🤣🤣
I'm so glad that the algorithm recommended your channel. Your sense of humor is a delight.
Haha thank you I appreciate it!
Earlybird: "NO ONE ON EARTH LIKES SLIDE PUZZLES!"
Me: 🥺"I like slide puzzles..."
I wanted point and click mystery game video essay, and now I have it. thanks.
Haha I’m a sucker for point and click games and this one was pretty interesting! I still need to play the next game c:
“Want some cookies!?” - Ross “moldman” scott
well If you wanted more cookies you should have baked a double batch!
the xplay story is very relatable to me, i used to watch g4 a ton as a girl growing up in the early to mid 2000's, that literally was how i also heard about different games and such 😭
Haha I loved XPlay so much, I miss it 💖
I only learned about it by the time I was a bit older, when we first got satellite TV at our house in the middle of nowhere. They had a TV guide and I saw G4TV listed there. X-Play was one of the first shows I saw on the channel and it was nice to see a channel more or less dedicated to video games. That was a very new concept for me.
Rarely ever got to watch it because it only ever played at specific times and other times there were re-runs for shows I didn't give a crap about like Attack of the Show! or something wholly unrelated to games, but it occupied more than a few of my days and taught me about some games that, while I didn't necessarily remember, I did eventually look back on when I had played them through pure coincidence. Like Persona 3. I didn't even know that existed until X-Play and then forgot about it until I randomly rented Devil Survivor for DS off of GameFly and got hooked on anything SMT-related, which eventually led me to getting Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 (renting at first and then eventually owning).
They have a weird consensus online about whether they were good or not. X-Play, I mean. Some people bitch about their really bad "Flow" review, which misses the point of that style of game, and others talk about them fondly. I preferred their later episodes which were some of the first I saw, when they had properly refined the style of the show and had developed some level of charisma. The earlier episodes always felt kinda awkward and cringy.
I love how much of a time capsule this game is. A few childish comedy scenes aside, I thought it was really good. The robot puzzle can die in a fire, though.
I hope the bouncer is in the sequel, he was almost as fabulous as the killers top hat!
Hahaha I hope so too
I'm pretty sure Still Life II happens in Peru or something, so it's unlikely.
I realise that's a far cry from L.A. but that's kinda the main reason I never got around to playing the sequel.
@@NewExile I'm sure the devs could think of a reason for store brand Chris Tucker to relocate to Peru.
Apparently this game and the first ObsCure game come from the same people. They have such rare and underrated games. Highly recommend ObsCure by the way, such a fun horror game that definitely stands up (and somewhat it’s crackhead sequel).
Wait what really!! I didn’t realize it was the same people. That’s really cool haha
this games also a semi sequel to post mortem, as gus is the main character in that
Oh no, the finale! Oh god that was a bad decision. I would love to see the next one and the confusing Hobbit-style prequel!
OMG. GIRL. SAME HIGH SCHOOL CAREER GOAL!! (Class of 2008!) You HAD to be there to understand the madness that was what this game's ending did to the people who were completely engrossed in it. My father is Czech, just like the main character's, so I was EXTREMELY passionate about this game and its predecessor, "Post Mortem." I spent years following the fan theories as to who the real killer was. By far, the best one was that it was the real Prague killer or Jack the Ripper who just never died, since Post Mortem had some fantastical elements as well (it's the reason I have pronounced "Baphomet" as if it were French because that's how it's pronounced in the game). My personal theory was the one that ended up being correct when Still Life 2 came out, and I actually bragged to people IRL that I was right even though no one cared about this to begin with 😂. So many memories!!! Thank you so much for covering this game!!!
how does this channel not have 10 k subs
Haha! I doubt that will happen, I'm shocked I got this far! I appreciate it! 💖💖
I played this game wayyy too young with my mom, sitting in her lap and clicking away at everything. This game was awesome, but those puzzles were the hardest ever. Walkthroughs helped so much and at the time we had to print them lol 😂
As soon as you said “sound design” I remembered the sound of the computer in their office, because both my mom and I commented on hearing it on our play through. 21:32 thanks for making this video it brought back so many memories.
Was an excellent video! Really liked the editing.
Thanks, appreciate it!!
I too remember loving watching Xplay back in high school. Good times!
I love these horror game play through, please keep doing more! Binging through the rest on your channel now!
Man, I got this game at a KB Toys on my birthday, right around christmas! Trying to figure out that lockpick puzzle on my own probably gave me my first gray hair. I just wish I could get it to run on my system these days.
All my plans for socializing today got cancelled so having a surprise Earlybird video about a horror game I never played is a very nice surprise. I'm the only man alive I know who doesn't mind slider puzzles :(
Edit: Is the guy voicing Gustav also the voice for Max Payne in the original game? He sounds REALLY similar. I'd love to watch a video about the sequel though, I'm invested in this series now.
Alright next time I have a sliding puzzle I’m callin you lmao 😭
I don’t think it’s the same VA, but it looks like he’s in a few other games as well he does sound kinda familiar haha.
I also enjoy slide puzzles
I've never heard of this game, but that just made this video even better. XD
I hope you cover the next one. :)
Amazing review as always. I hope algorithm will notice you, and your channel becomes popular overnight.
Haha thanks, appreciate it!!
Still Life is one of my favoritest games ever. It made me fall in love with the point-and-click genre (and video games in general) back in 2021. It changed how I see games. It's a shame they never made a sequel and that we'll never know how it ends; truly a shame.
But in all seriousness, this game's story is something else. Don't go browsing the Still Life wiki unless you want spoilers for layers of the game you never even imagined. Same advice for if you go browsing old forum posts about this game. And the game exhibits some strong influence from a certain Robert Bloch short story.
On the off-chance someone who can help sees this-for preservation purposes, has anyone located a copy of the Still Life web demo with unique story content, previously hosted on the defunct Still Life website? I tried and failed to hunt it down a year ago. (And The Wayback Machine saved its web page, but not the game itself.)
I also tried looking for the game on way back machine, it’s a bit sad.
I feel like someone somewhere would have it though. Maybe ask around on Reddit if you haven’t already 🤔
That xplay bit was great lol. I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up and I wrote songs about "DK Duke" not realizing it sounded like Donkey Kong taking a shit xD
Good video! I've never heard of this game. It took a long time for me to hear about Syberia as well. Both games look kind of janky but then have these moments that are really interesting and have some good timing.
Hahah, I bet the song was a banger though.
These older adventure games always have really good stories (or so bad they're good) :D
I feel like your channel was like.... RUclips algorithmed directly from my brain! The humor and the time frame of your references hit me in a way I don't find elsewhere. I also had a dream of being on Xplay in high school and none of my zoomer friends understand Simpsons references. I haven't laughed as genuinely from a video essay in a while.
I really appreciate the way you break things down and give scenes time to showcase themselves rather than over explaining them.
Plus your voice is like S+ and your avatar is super cute!!
Excited to see this channel blow up and get the attention it deserves. Will definitely be supporting when the options come up. Thank you for the great content so far 🙏
edit: Oh, there's already a join button. Easiest membership of my life.
Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it!
Glad to know I'm not the only one that had a dream of being on XPlay hahaha. ♥
... My god that first minute regarding you, your teacher & Xplay had me in stitches! Not to mention that ending joke! Facinating game too, hope you cover the sequel Earlybird!
I do plan on doing the other games! When I have some time haha 😆
Definitely curious where the story goes!
Thank you for covering this game! I remember being a kid and seeing my aunt playing it once, so finally finding out what it's called feels surreal...She was actually very impressed by graphics back then
I really like how this game looks it’s got a great style. Still gotta play the second one and see where the story goes 😁
I hope you cover the second game! I've rewatched pretty much all of you channel over and over for the past few months. (Overblood has been my favourite)
The ending killed me, I didn't even play it and I was internally screaming when you confirmed it was for sure the ending! I really enjoyed this video, I'd never heard of the game before checking this out! Do you think you'd do a Still Life 2 one sometime, since you mentioned it has a sequel? :)
Hey, you're really improving with the video editing! I just watched your Spore video and noted the pauses in-between sentences, in newer videos they're cut to flow a lot better. You also use effects and music cues well, you have a great voice-over style and I enjoy your humour. I'm glad I found you, looking forward to more!🎉
Thanks, appreciate it!!
Haha I'm still very new to editing and definitely still learning c:
Syberia is such an underrated game series, to see a horror game created by the same developers is amazing especially given I've never heard of it.
The first Syberia's great, but the second?... Not so much. 🤷
early- 2024's best rising xplay personality (also the laugh at 3:00 kinda took me out)
Truly the best laugh 😂
This game is core memory from a peaceful childhodd. Played the demo as a child, aquired and finished it as an adult, it was just as good. Heads up for the 2nd installment: the puzzles get way more finnicky. Still did not finished that.
And didn't know that there was a prequel! Wow.
I just found your channel last week! Your content is really high quality and I just very gladly subscribed. Keep on it!
Thanks a ton, I appreciate ya!!
I have been hopping around your channel since I found it the other night, enjoying my stay. I do not mind if a vid goes long though I understand if you would prefer them shorter. Big fan of your humor and bringing me info on games I've not seen before, for good and bad (looking at you Stray Souls).
Haha thank you I appreciate it!
Blast from the past! I played this so many years ago and all I remember is the baking part cuz I got so frustrated lol
I love the Blockatiels.
The sheer panic on their little faces. 😆😆😆
Your videos are so good 🤣 the memes, everything lol. I also can relate to wanting to be on G4. That was my life for a little while. That and Newtype magazine lmao
You deserve more views well done
Thanks so much, kind of you to say!
I love videos like this, I cant play horror games but can watch others talk about them
patiently waiting for your review of the other two games😸
Still Life 2 will be soon!! C:
Thanks for this video. One of my favourite games and you're very entertaining!
shout out to that early 2000s screen saver at 8:20 LMAO
I miss screensavers 😩
I like slide puzzles! When a friend of mine did a run through Onimusha, he handed the controller to me for a bit that involved solving a slide puzzle before a pit floods with water, and I managed to rearrange the puzzle so it was entirely reversed from the starting point and then solve it within the time limit. I will say it like a perturbed grandmother - I like slide puzzles!
I played the Still Life/Post-Mortem trilogy last year. I loved how apparent the Syberia influence is in Still Life, and the setting as well really felt like Christmas in the mid-2000's for that region - they really nailed that presentation. Also really enjoy the interaction with characters, especially Vic's fellow officers. Gus's story felt like a big Game Over at the end, though, and I'm pretty mixed on it. I feel there's a lot to talk about the game as well as the sequel and the prequel, but I'll refrain from any of that since this is where you've started - you'll need to experience them yourself.
Haha I'm just not smart enough for slide puzzles 😫
I still haven't played the other games yet but I am really looking forward to experiencing them c:
You mentioning Syberia got me a bit excited but you don’t have videos on it I know you mostly do horror but I’d like to see a video on that series. I’m a recent fan of it.
I'm a sucker for point and click adventure games, I might do Syberia in the future! c:
I played this one and the sequel relatively close to release, back when. It certainly compensated in atmosphere for what it lacked in gameplay and objective coherence as products. Your video was an enjoyable look back at those times and I'd love to watch your take on the sequel... as for the prequel, getting that glorified quicktime panorama slideshow to work and tolerating it long enough to beat the game? Good luck, you'll need it.
I remember a friend of mine owner of an og xbox, he introduce to me this games and its sequels, then we discover together Syberia, also published by Microids, nice hidden gems
I have vague memories of this game... I'm not sure if I've seen gameplay of this back then or if it's just very similar to other point and click adventures of that time. Regardless, I kinda miss this era where there were so many adventures. My siblings and I played a lot of them in the 2000s. Not all of them were good and personally I wouldn't want to play Still Life, but I definitely enjoy retrospectives like this one! Looking forward to the next.
You have the best content and I can’t tell you enough how much I enjoy every video and love your presentation and outlook thank you for making my day
Thank you, I appreciate it!!
11:18 oh my god, he doesn’t just scream “nooooo” like he’s drawing out the word ‘no’, he actually says it like it rhymes with moo 😂
Some of the soundtrack is Mozart's Requiem - Dies Irae and Confutatis.
How can I say no to that face 🥺(your content is real good. Found ya through the stray souls vid, hope to keep seein stuff from ya ^^)
Haha thank you! Appreciate it!
One of my favourite games! I played it on the Xbox where they got rid of the point and click and you move the characters around instead of point and click. But these puzzles…. Flashbacks…. The Christmas cookies still haunt me!!
This game has such a cool atmosphere, I still need to play the second one.
I also got some stuff to attempt to make the cookie recipe irl just to see how they turn out 🤣🤣
@@early-tv Still Life 2 has same character as protagonist, but the story of SL1 is shot in the head. You'll solve TIMED murder room mysteries, just like in Saw...SL2 is an okay game, but it's nothing like SL1. Shame. Hope you can enjoy it, if you ever play it tho'!
Oh this is making me feel so old. I played this on Xbox when it first came out. Good game.
Would you pleeaase also make a video on the part 2? I really enjoyed this one and wanna know how it ends ✨️
16:05 oooh, Mozart's Requiem mass! (Confutatis)
God, I loved this game. Aside from the awful cliffhanger and that recipe puzzle...
Yeahhh that cookie puzzle was somethin else haha.
That's how it ends?! Pleeeease do the second one. I must know!
Oh the Vader nooooo. Had me cackling. Hope you're feeling better!
I know right I need to know what happens!
And thanks I hope so too, I have covid it’s knocking me out 🤣
@early-tv oh noes! Covid going around like crazy. I had it for Xmas 🙃 second round with the stuff in my case.
I took 5 days to reply so you should be feeling better 😆 at least I hope so!
Are you thinking about finishing out the series after you get out of the shadowhearts rabbit hole?
I am pretty interested in the rest and its not something that's super common to cover (one of the things I enjoy about your content)
Yes I do definitely plan on doing the next game in the near future! Need a little break from Shadow Hearts after the 3 hour video 🤣🤣
Will you play the second game soon? loved this video
Keep up the good work!
Thanks!!
Man I rented this game as a kid. Thought it was interesting but never played it again. If I beat it and got to the end and didn't get to find out who the murderer was, I would be PISSED.
i actually love this game, i've been meaning to play the sequels but haven't gotten to them yet.
A friend and I would always say we wanted to be on X-Play back in, like, 2007 or so when we were in middle school, lol
My chair scowls at me too, but it’s because I let my cats scratch him too much. He also wants me to lose weight, but that’s his problem 😄
You only find out about the killer's identity in the sequel? I knew that tactic sounded familiar! Microids also released Dracula 4+5, which were basically one half each of one game. You can't even buy them separately anymore...
I…..I like slide puzzles….😢 19:50
I get what you mean with the Vampire the Masquerade reference. Both games are mascara running Capital G Goth.
thanks for the game review :-D i just got this game the follow up and the prequel on GoG
Oo have fun with them!!! The atmosphere is so good. I still need to play the second one 😁
I was wondering if you will mention Post Mortem. I really liked it when I played it back in 2003 (yeah, I'm old 😅). Maybe you could make a review? 😊
And, btw, I love sliding puzzles! 😁
I definitely want to play the other two games!
I would have started with Post Mortem but I didn’t realize it was part of the series at first because of the different name 🤣
@@early-tv Yeah... It's really confusing. But as gameplay is different I kinda understand the change. I've played Post Mortem first, and years later I've got a copy of Still Life. Until Gustav showed up I had no idea what I was playing. 🤣
Btw, have you played Sanitarium? A 1998 point and click psychological horror that really needs a remake. 😁
5 bucks to the dream fund.
Ahh thanks a ton! Very kind of ya 🎉
18:40 Yeah, 18 years ago, I stopped playing at the recipe section. I don't understand how cooking recipes are related to the investigation. After watching your entire video, I'm glad I didn't play the whole game.
A few of the puzzles in this game are genuinely frustrating, but I do still like it overall for the story and atmosphere. Still gotta play the next one to see where the story goes 😆
@@early-tv yeah, this story kinda reminds me of a British serial killer "Jack the Ripper". Though they couldn't capture/identify the killer, anyway I'm looking forward to your next video. Hopefully the story this time is not horrible 🤞🏼
If I had to make a blind guess I would say it was her partner I don’t know if that doesn’t make sense but it feels right since he was so insistent on pinning the case on whoever he could find
I was already thinking the mystery seemed kind of underbaked but damn they definitely only had a hook and not a resolution in mind. I wonder if they came up with anything half way satisfying in time for the sequel.
I loved this game so much as a kid!
I remember playing the demo for this, back when it was released, and liking it enough to go buy the game. Pretty good, but yeah, that 'ending'. I bought the sequel on gog a while back, but haven't played it.
I'm definitely invested enough in the story that I need to play the second one soon! I really like the atmosphere in this game c:
I have a confession to make: I actually like slide puzzles
Haha, I only dislike them cuz I'm a dummy 🤣
I like your vids keep it up!
Thanks so much! ♥
I remember playing this game back in winter 2005. Very cozy title. The ending had me fuming though.
I can imagine it was much more frustrating back in the day as it sounded like it was a bit rocky on if the sequel was going to come out or not… Didn’t come out til 2009 so a 4 year wait for a resolution 😩
Oh man, I loved this game. Except the F****** cookie puzzle! I got the game in a bargain bin and thought it was a copy protection puzzle like the moddie puzzle in Space Quest 6, which I also got in a bargain bin and couldn't do because it didn't come with the manual!
Accursed farms did a couple of videos on this game... jeez, 8 years ago? He spends a good 5 minutes ranting about the cookies. Also his conclusion on the killer, that its either Victoria's dad or vampires, makes more sense then who they say it was in the 2nd game.
Haha I can definitely see how the cookie puzzle came off as a copy protection 🤣🤣
Starting up the second game here soon can’t wait to get some resolution!
You should of had her eyes shimmer in the last little skit to mimic the dude
Not sure if you’ve played post Morten the prequel to still life, it’s a wild ride. I’ve played through most of this series and I really loved it.
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodline vibes really are the best vibes. The music in particular does reflect that.
The bouncer dude sounded a lot like Chris Tucker..😂
i love slide puzzles i used to have toys of them (they too hard for me at that time)
I wanted to be on Attack of the Show so bad as a teen 😂
I find it hilarious that, of the two videos I've seen about this game in my lifetime, one praised the cookie puzzle as the single best puzzle in a game full of great puzzles, while the other hated its guts.
Then again, Ross _is_ a cookie addict, so it was probably a lot more intuitive for him to figure out.
Haha! Everyone has different tastes
I found out just how many crazy people are out there that love slide puzzles for example 🤣💖
this is only relevant to the earl section of the video but G4 still lives on in my heart! Oh how i miss coming home from school just to watch Adam Sessler (idk if i remember his name right) and Morgan Webb! og Morgan...I had a HUUUGE crush on her, along with Olivia Munn, GAWD Olivia Munn wus such a badd bishh. Id stay up late just watch their "Nocturnal Emissions" IFYKYK >: )
" No one on earth has ever had fun doing a slide puzzle" I only know one person and that was my ex best friend. I was playing a survival horror game with a slide puzzle and was complaining and she literally said "why, i love them!". Notice how i said ex-best friend lol.
A sociopath 😩
It’s okay about the x play thing. I get you. In college for game design one of my teachers had friends who worked at g4. They did a thing where we had a contest to see who could create a 3d computer graphics bumper for g4. We went a little crazy trying to get a 5 second video on the channel. Competition, sabotage, plagiarism, theft. The whole tela novella Mexican soap opera deal. In the end no one really one as g4 just took our work and never credited anyone who made it (which was kinda the whole point, work credit portfolio stuff) but if you ever saw a little robot blow a hole in a wall with the hole cut out in the shape of the g4 logo with an alien looking back that was mine. I think my friends race car speeding by bill boards was better animated.
13:05 giving off max Payne vibes
"Can you believe the gall? I mean really, me, a subscriber? It's totally preposterous." said this subscriber calmly.
Oh, I do remember being a kid, when my parents played lots of games, sitting beside my mother, who's been playing Siberia and crying when boys dream, who became already a man, coming true, I saw and played this game. Honestly, puzzles were the most frustrating thing and if there were no walk through, I would be doomed to go back and forth locations 😂
Walkthroughs are definitely helpful for these old puzzle games 🤣
EDIT: OK turns out you mentioned this at the end, I should really finish videos before I reply...
I seem to recall there was also a game called Post Mortem by the same folks, I think it's a whole game about Gustav.
I cannot for the life of me remember whether I actually played it or not, but I do know I've bought all three on CD.
Become the XPlay!
Ah Still Life. I still re-read the screenshot LP that first introduced me to it every couple years. *I* don't think it's worth playing, but no shame to anyone who likes it. Now the sequel on the other hand, Still Life 2, THAT I will throw shade at anyone who defends it.
But yes please play Still Life 2.
I will be soon!! :D
Huh? There was only 2 ingredients I didn't get right away.
The lockpicking puzzle... is hell sure when you aren't writing down which pin springs which other pins.
only six mental breakdowns, cpk... shiiit
I think what I found charming about this game was the main character because of her pixie cut. Something just always clicks with me when a bad ass female main character has a short cute haircut like that.❤❤❤ I don’t have to have another reason to love a game other than that, but I did like the serial killer mystery aspect
I was super invested in the LP that I watched, don’t really remember if the mystery was ever solved, and for that I am kind of sad
Koudelka's design is all around great 😊
@@early-tv I agree! just watched something about that game too
Jade from Beyond Good and Evil is another badass with a sweet short haircut! She's so cool. I need to replay it :3
Played the demo of it back in 07/08 and it terrified me.