Visually, Chan Is Missing has the bustling casualness of Cassavetes or of the early French New Wave — its picture of Chinatown is virtually a mini «
city symphony» movie in itself, whether Michael Chin's black - and - white photography is showing us passersby, details of shop signs,
vast swathes of house fronts or
vistas of Frisco hillsides (there's also a nice wink at Vertigo).
There are some beautiful
vistas throughout the game, the rooftops of Kazakh
City spring to mind, but the
vast majority of environments all start to blend together and feel similar to one another by the time the game is finished.