Comments on: Butchering Pathologic – Part 1: The Body

By: tomz

tomz — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:50:55 +0000

Pathologic has the cruelest survival mechanics ever in a video game. Every day brings its own problems and tasks, and plot threads vanish as the next day begins – - pool houston.

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By: tomx

tomx — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:33:16 +0000

I also think that Pathologic has the cruelest survival mechanics ever in a video game. Every day brings its own problems and tasks, and plot threads vanish as the next day begins.
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By: Ipos

Ipos — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:54:01 +0000

Guys, I bought this game right after release. I liked this game but for some reason I played only Bachelor story. Today I will install this game and finish it completely. Wish me good luck :)

By: Henry Swanson

Henry Swanson — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:33:07 +0000

Cool article.

Pathologic, Rez (HD), Killer 7 (Gamecube), Mercenary II on an old Amiga 500, Pathways into Darkness, System Shock II* & Beast Busters II.. oh man, if only I could get around to getting around to playing such mind-searingly awesome games as these (and had the money, heh).. ‘epic’ wouldn’t begin to cover it.

I found the bizarre existential atmosphere of Pathologic to be incredibly literary; full of mysterious potential. It’s like Shadow Of The Colossus – it makes one wonder “Do games this good even actually exist?” (And, if so – in what strange way do they exist?)

..Right now (5am) I’m so fractured and unintelligible that writing this article comment is adding to the nightmarish surreality of the game world I think I now inhabit on a permanent basis.

OMDog I just gotta go to bed
Henry Swanson

*Important User Note: actually getting “System Shock II” to actually run on a modern pc.. is itself the true & perhaps only point of the game. That’s right – it’s really an emergent online social ARG, in which you talk to other afflicted ‘shockers’ about getting it to run.. and failing. Such games can take years to resolve themselves.

As for Pathologic – it’s really about the pain of trying not to submit to the overpowering temptation of finding cheat codes for it online ;-)

By: Noise

Noise — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:49:51 +0000

In case anyone cares, here’s the new steam group created for appreciation of this game. Join even you only just started!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/pathologic

By: Xander77

Xander77 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:17:08 +0000

The “let’s play” thread on the somethingawful forums gives you a chance to check the gameplay out:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2988164

By: A-Scale

A-Scale — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:03:49 +0000

I am sad to report that I tried the game, tried my damndest to like it, but simply couldn’t stomach its flaws. I can see that there is something important going on under the surface. There is a genius in the theater elements brought to the game medium, but it seems like the game was made hastily and without a lot of effort. I’m ok with the terrible graphics, but you rarely see more than 3 types of people on the streets (gritty guy, little girl and normal guy), and every shopkeep is the exact same model. That combined with the atrocious combat, complex gameplay elements with no explanation given and the horrid translation made the game simply unplayable for me. I would almost prefer to read the story that is told in the game in book form, rather than play it in such a confusing, mixed up environment.

I hope some will appreciate it, I cannot.

By: spd from Russia

spd from Russia — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:23:19 +0000

so Iv tried to play this “game” … few hrs in and just walking around and talking with everyone I can without much progress at all ;/ it gets rather boring, the ammount of charachters and facts is pretty big to keep it all remembered from one session to another. the story seems superfluous. the world is pretty big but very empty with nothing to do there, the ‘action’ part is so poorly made (didnt hope for it anyway, even russian shooters have mostly poor combat)

the atmosphere is nice tho, and the story is intriguing, but there is no gameplay so far, except exploration. Ill try to play it a bit more, and maybe find the russian version.

And one last thing – knowing russian gamedev Im pretty surprised this got made (and finished) at all! I can imagine the budget was ridiculously small for such an ambitious project, the team was rather small and inexperienced

By: Thaine

Thaine — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:24:13 +0000

The article reminds me of Omikron: The Nomad Soul — which was also way ahead of its time, but marred by terrible gameplay.

By: Sirin

Sirin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:08:14 +0000

Best game I ever played. So deep and meaningful that it actually leaves its trace in you – it’s unforgettable. Even if you hate it for low fps and poor graphics, you can’t get it out from your head. You will come back to it – again and again.
“Neither the Death nor the Sun can be looked at in front….. Who said that?”

By: Giraffe

Giraffe — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:48 +0000

Good thing my native language is Russian!
I will be trying to get the original.