So is this game good or no?

[Botul]

I heard people say ♥♥♥♥ like "It's an amazing game, but people make the terrible mistake of actually playing it." What does that mean?! I never played this and I only learned about it like 5 minutes ago, is this game good or no? I'm so confused

[Heikai]

It's a good game if you're willing to immerse yourself into the world and story by reading a lot of dialogue and don't mind unpolished gameplay. The world, story and atmosphere are the strong points here. I got hooked by the strange town and its inhabitants. It's captivating. Pathologic is also a survival game so you need to take care of your meters. This may seem challenging at first but once you get the hang of it, it's not too bad. Dare I say, easy?

A few more points: The game is real-time and you can miss quests, so you're under a time pressure. You should check the controls in the settings menu because they're not explained in-game. Despite its name, Pathologic 2 is kind of a remake and much more polished than Classic HD. You may wish to check it out even if you don't play this one.

This game is a must try for people who want to explore video games and see something truly unique. You might love it. Or hate it. Check out Pathologic 2 either way. :D

[*^SaoSin^*]

It's unique game, one of a kind. With heavy focus on dialog and atmosphere.

[Botul]

Publicado originalmente por *^SaoSin^*:

It's unique game, one of a kind. With heavy focus on dialog and atmosphere.

alright.

Publicado originalmente por Heikai:

It's a good game if you're willing to immerse yourself into the world and story by reading a lot of dialogue and don't mind unpolished gameplay. The world, story and atmosphere are the strong points here. I got hooked by the strange town and its inhabitants. It's captivating. Pathologic is also a survival game so you need to take care of your meters. This may seem challenging at first but once you get the hang of it, it's not too bad. Dare I say, easy?

A few more points: The game is real-time and you can miss quests, so you're under a time pressure. You should check the controls in the settings menu because they're not explained in-game. Despite its name, Pathologic 2 is kind of a remake and much more polished than Classic HD. You may wish to check it out even if you don't play this one.

This game is a must try for people who want to explore video games and see something truly unique. You might love it. Or hate it. Check out Pathologic 2 either way. :D

Thanks for the insight

[mio]

It goes on sale cheap quite often (like 90% off), if you're intrigued the best thing you can do is try it for yourself and see if it's for you. It's a perfect game for discussion, both in terms of the narrative itself and how it relates to video game design more broadly. But nothing will ever compare with the experience of playing it first-hand. I've personally not finished it yet, but can definitely say it's worth it even just to try.

[Braylovsky]

With this game, you will learn that the true enemie is inflation

By the way, I hope you like games that are insanely complicated, kinda hard, kinda cryptic, kinda weird and that gives you barely any instructions.
Dont fear death, because you will die a lot.
That, and brown-red angels will kill you if you move

[meradorm]

It's insanely good, but it's also very taxing and stressful to actually play. It's like a walking simulator that's trying to kill you in real life.

[rosencrantz]

its an amazing game! but its not an experience that can be classified as pleasant. its emotionally tiring and you also just Walk a lot. you can die in so many ways, and often

[gloodgy]

great themes and story with near infinite room for interpretation. truly a masterwork that is often boring slow and a bit too stressful. pathologic 2 is way better gameplay wise and tells pretty much the same story. play 2, its worth it

[luckymud]

game is memed too much about being the hardest game ever, it really isnt.
infact, its actually pretty easy once you understand how to play it.

[Heikai]

Publicado originalmente por luckymud:

game is memed too much about being the hardest game ever, it really isnt.
infact, its actually pretty easy once you understand how to play it.

Agreed!

[Dox Mulder]

It's a great game that's not fun to play.

[matrixdll]

It's a visual novel that masquerades as an [open-world] walking simulator, masquerading as a survival horror.

It rarely holds player's hand and it's quite slow in its pace, so a lot of the initial experience goes against forming any remotely good impression of the game, but just let it simmer a bit (i.e. survive for a couple of days for a Bachelor character and let the plot / aesthetics or survival mechanics hook you up) and you won't notice yourself falling down the rabbit hole that is Pathologic's story that somehow, by the end of each in-game day, always keeps you intrigued for its next spin.

[BigChunggus]

Novel/Walking Sim/Survival/FPS, Its main feature is the novel part. The story is pretty good, you're pulled into the politics and drama among the denizens of the town (Like GOT). Each major character has a flaw, etc. they're 3 dimensional, sometimes you'll love them sometimes you'll hate them. The walking part is both good and bad, yeah, sometimes it pisses you off when you end up wasting time without getting anything done, or when the game's mechanics screw you over so you had to redo the whole day (tip: read letters periodically), but walking allows you to think about the story and if the task you're doing is worth risking time and resource for.

One good example of a 3 dimensional character is Aspity, She spreads misinformation and makes you go on a pointless goose chase so that a criminal you're hunting down could escape. To her she's simply saving a life, but to me.. she's a b**** and the game should have allowed us to kill characters, specifically her. Add in the fact that she lives at the far end of the town, she did that on f***ing purpose, she chose that house specifically to make me walk more than I should.

[Haruspex]

YOU WILL NOT HAVE FOOD
YOU WILL NOT HAVE GOOD WEAPONS
YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANTIBIOTICS
YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE ON THE TRAIN
YOU WILL NOT SAVE THANATICA
YOU WILL NOT MAKE A WORKING VACCINE
YOU WILL NOT HOLD EVA YAN'S HAND
YOU WILL NOT HAVE AS MANY SCHMOWDERS AS YOU NEED
YOU WILL NEVER SEE WHAT THE CHILDREN IN THE POLYHEDRON SEE
YOU WILL NEVER BANG MARIA KAINA
AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY

[BIG DADDY SUS]

its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible