Comments on: Butchering Pathologic – Part 3: The Soul

By: Noise

Noise — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:51:29 +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: hypo

hypo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:28:45 +0000

thanks for the spoiler warning. i’ll read part 3 once I beat the bachelor’s story…or succumb to infection. loved parts 1 & 2

By: Dryani

Dryani — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:47 +0000

Pathologic is an immersive, different, and eerie game. All in all I would definitely recommend it to anybody looking for something with substance. The company that produced it took a risk on making a different game, and that risk brought about an amazingly cool first person adventure game.

Also, the music in this game is fantastic.

By: Mr.President

Mr.President — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:22:08 +0000

Another playthrough attempt (look like it will actually get finished this time):
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3033830

By: luphisto

luphisto — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:41:35 +0000

im afraid playing that game would warp my already deviant mind. excellent set of articals though.

By: Izkata

Izkata — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:17:32 +0000

I, too, would be interested in a full spoiler – I know I’ll never be playing this game, but was still intrigued as to the story itself.

By: Mr. President

Mr. President — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:50:08 +0000

People at the Ice-pick Lodge forums have pretty much figured out the game’s geographical setting and time period (among other things). I suggest you go check it out if you know Russian.

By: it-ogo

it-ogo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:17:03 +0000

Thanks for the article!

I installed this game (in Russian), played it up to 7th or 9th day then removed. All of that – three times. It’s too exhausting and too mind-catching in the same time. The masterpiece you are destined to pass and miss.

Three themes: theater, meat and… sickness. No? :) The last one is not hidden.

Is this game felt like specifically Russian by russians? Hard to say. For the Russian this game is a strange balance of native and… let us say, alien.

There are many parables which are less evident outside of the cultural context of time and place. 1910 is a good date. But maybe 1917 is better. Or 1991. Which are ways to overcome the catastrophe of crashing the country? Old native way – brutal and wise – by Haruspecus. New Age Imperial way – enlightened and rational – by Bachelor. Or maybe some new way of unknown future – fanatical, spiritual and insane – by Devotress.

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:16:02 +0000

Then good luck, Snofeld.

They’re right about the strategy guide–you will need it.

By: Snofeld

Snofeld — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:12:05 +0000

When i first read these articles I was intrigued, and my curiosity has only grown over time. My copy of the game arrives tomorrow. Wish me luck.

By: Mr. President

Mr. President — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:37:18 +0000

Wow, this must be the most insightful and well-written article about a videogame I’ve ever read. Props to you, sir:)

Pathologic’s difficulty is kinda overrated. It might seem a little intimidating at first, but after a few hours you’ll get the basics down, and from that point on you can more or less forget about survival and pay more attention to the amazing story. Don’t worry, the game will still be challenging, but will no longer seem annoyingly unfair. Just use the walkthrough for your own sanity’s sake (somebody should probably write a strategy guide too) and save often in case you get infected or something else goes horribly wrong. By the end of every scenario I had WAY too much supplies and regretted wasting so much time on obtaining them.

To everyone who’s upset about the spoiler in the article: don’t be. There are more revelations like this in the game, and many of them are mutually exclusive – which means some of them may or may not be fake. Like Quinns said, this game loves bending the truth, making you figure out what to believe.

By: spd from Russia

spd from Russia — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:32:35 +0000

hey LxR you need to team up with GSC – their technology and combat gameplay with your living, changing day-by-day world and mindblowing plot = best game of this type ever :)
(yeah one can dream)