Pathologic 3

Kinda boring

I punched this trash can a little bit too hard time to die of a heart attack

Pathologic 2 is my favorite video game of all time and I avoided Pathologic 3 because I assumed it would be disappointing. This is the same story, in the same town, with the same characters, and yet the gameplay is completely different. I'm still wrapping my head around the nonlinear story aspect, but the mania/apathy health system is the coolest metric I've ever seen in a game. Hands down the best depiction of mental illness I've ever seen, it's cathartic and horrifying at the same time. There's nothing else like it. You've gotta try it

I enjoyed the game but not as much as Patho 2 Still I think its still a very amazing game. First of all the survival mechanics completely gone, however the balance you have to keep and how the plague affects him are a great way to narrate how multifacetic the town is and how reality exist in different forms and all of them are valid and real (A main idea of the whole franchise). However I would say that I enjoyed patho HD more than this one, because Patho 3 changed all the concepts around the Kains and Simon from smt more magical but still tangible to smt more metaphysical and quantic. But the main issue is that it was so frustrating, like really frustrating having to re-do things like a hundred times. Still the reason why I still think that it is an amazing game is because of all this "flaws". A game and its mechanics is a smart narrating tool and allows us as players to characterize the characters. In this case the frustration of not having the control even when we get to re-do things, that some characters feel unexplored or blank and even that theres no fear of death like in Patho 2, gives a perfect image of who daniil really is. after all Patho 2 and Patho 3 is living the events trough daniil or artemy, so their worldview is different and like in real life you will like someone else more than other. but it doesnt mean one must be better than the other. they requiere each other to show how the whole works. i think you will enjoy this game, only if you really love patho and if you undestand and analize every detail, every dialog and interaction. otherwise it will feel, boring, repetitive and hollow

Gameplay is way too confusing and badly explained and I quickly stopped enjoying the game itself. Perhaps that was part of the design, to frustrate the player in the beginning and let him figure things out on his own, but I will probably give up soon and drop this game. Some examples: 1) When I visited a plague district for the first time (day 3), I was told that I should go and look for a flower, and that I should use the sounds to find it. So I go towards the loudest sound and get killed by the Earth Mother. After being killed several times and losing a lot of amalgam, I left the game, looked the answer up on the internet (Tip: [spoiler]stand still and look around, if you look in the direction of the flower, you will hear a certain sound[/spoiler]). Ok, now I've found a flower and apparently I can use this to create a cure?? Again not explained what I need to do to create the vaccine, and I leave by the end of the day without a vaccine, a wasted effort and a lot of amalgam lost forever. 2) Same remark for the Riot districts. The mind map tells me that I need to save some guy, I get to the marker on the map after dying a few more times (and losing more amalgam). I see two rioters in front of the door and the door is locked. I wave my gun at them (as I was told to do) and it works then 1min, then I get beaten up. I have no idea what to do, so I give up, and move on to the next quest marker. Again a waste of time. I hope my words here have been able to convey my feelings. Instead of enjoying this game or being intrigued by this game, I am fully frustrated.

8/10

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