Pathologic is a Russian survival-horror/RPG about a remote steppe town collapsing under a plague, with the story told through three playable outsiders: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Changeling. Each route covers the same 12-day catastrophe from a different worldview, but rather than offering a clean mystery to unravel, the game forces you to survive inside a collapsing social order where resources are scarce, motives are unclear, and every explanation of the town feels partial or suspect.
This game is not fun in the way games normally are. Pathologic is very slow, thoughtful, and immersive. You'll be rewarded heavily for focusing, following the plot, roleplaying, and generally being careful. But at the same time, if you get comfortable, careless, or greedy at a bad time? It is not afraid to be really cruel.
It can make you very, very...
Played the first Pathologic for a bit- didn't stick with it.
I'll say this about P2- it's quite a different type of game than most people are used to. It's not violence-based, it's mostly about the story and your character trying to tackle a very large problem with a lot of different tools.
If you like good stories, mysteries, can handle games that...
Dang I tried but the performance was pretty bad even after all the fixes I could find online and I can't even close the game normally. I have to force kill the program every time.
Embrace your mistakes, and push through till the end.
a great game about struggling to stay alive and save everyone else in a plague-ridden town by trading nuts for drugs with children.
