Both locations/times in
Still Life have a distinct look. Chicago has its rat-infested apartments filled with dirty, graffiti-covered walls, as well as the modern, clean environment of the city?s police station/morgue. Other locations (like Victoria?s father?s house) seem to be a nice blend of the two -- though his house isn?t a dump like the first scene in the game, it isn?t quite as shiny and new-feeling as the local PD headquarters.
In Prague, you get the feeling that you are looking at an old film with muted colors and older music. These effects alone helped to pull me into the time, and the various buildings there only made it feel more real. When I first stepped into the old chapel (that was converted to a morgue), the difference between there and the clean environment at the basement of the Chicago PD was overwhelming. One was shiny, sterile, and a place you probably wouldn?t mind visiting (if it weren?t for the bodies on the tables), while the other?s stone floors were stained with blood, had bodies lined up along the wall, and was run by a half-deaf mortician.
