Is Pathologic survival game?

[RebelJack]

Can you get infected by plague? you have to eat or drink?(i guess not huh?) is there some kind of scary NPC what stalks you and cuts you when you dont expect that(i would love that) i have to say i never seen Pathologic because it sounded so crazy to me but when i saw trailer i said WOAH THIS MUSTS BE AWESOME! hmm i think i will buy this game when i will have chance it looks very good i love horror games :3

[MagneticJerk]

You can get infected, and have several different drugs at your disposal to either increase immunity (which can also be done via protective clothing) or reduce the infection if already present.

You also have to eat and sleep.

As for the stalking NPC - kinda, there are clouds of the plague which you will encounter in infected districs which will chase you and you have to avoid them to not become infected, but they certainly won't cut.

Still, Pathologic isn't a horror game, more of a survival fps-adventure, which is carried by its story. If you don't enjoy the story, or story-heavy games in general, Pathologic is probably not the game for you.

[Croc]

Think of it more like an open world adventure game with survival. It's also a race against time where each day lasts 2 real hours, and you have 12 days to try and save the town. That means you have to be careful with how much you sleep (and you can eat coffee beans to stay awake if you really need to).

It's not really a conventional horror game though. It's more of a surreal descent into madness as you watch the situation get worse each day. The suspense is great. I've always said that the game "gets you under its boot, and then crushes."

It's still really old and rough around the edges. If you haven't heard already, this game is getting a full modern remake, and this is just a remaster of the original getting released on Steam.

[RebelJack]

Originally posted by MurcDusen:

You can get infected, and have several different drugs at your disposal to either increase immunity (which can also be done via protective clothing) or reduce the infection if already present.

You also have to eat and sleep.

As for the stalking NPC - kinda, there are clouds of the plague which you will encounter in infected districs which will chase you and you have to avoid them to not become infected, but they certainly won't cut.

Still, Pathologic isn't a horror game, more of a survival fps-adventure, which is carried by its story. If you don't enjoy the story, or story-heavy games in general, Pathologic is probably not the game for you.

Story is good... but i still see this game as horror a bit... you know the scenery.. and atmosphere

[RebelJack]

Originally posted by Croc:

Think of it more like an open world adventure game with survival. It's also a race against time where each day lasts 2 real hours, and you have 12 days to try and save the town. That means you have to be careful with how much you sleep (and you can eat coffee beans to stay awake if you really need to).

It's not really a conventional horror game though. It's more of a surreal descent into madness as you watch the situation get worse each day. The suspense is great. I've always said that the game "gets you under its boot, and then crushes."

It's still really old and rough around the edges. If you haven't heard already, this game is getting a full modern remake, and this is just a remaster of the original getting released on Steam.

Yeah i heard about that time... it must be very intense not like in skyrim where you can sleep eh... 1000hours and nothing happens here it really does... sounds interesting thanks

[root1902]

Yes, it is a survival game, but at the time survival games in the way you think about them now weren't really a thing - survival horror obviously existed, but that was a bit different and didn't have you cosntantly eating or sleeping etc. to stay alive - so it often doesn't really get called as such. Though if anything, it pretty much invented what you'd consider the moden survival genre years before games with inferior survival mechanics like Day-Z or whatever.

The survival system is still way more interesting than anything I've played since - because it's so perfectly balanced and fits so well into the narrative and world and the game is primarily about the atmosphere and characters - the grueling survival gameplay just adds to the really intense brooding tension and slow-paced atmosphere and narrative so much more.

[RebelJack]

Originally posted by root1902:

Yes, it is a survival game, but at the time survival games in the way you think about them now weren't really a thing - survival horror obviously existed, but that was a bit different and didn't have you cosntantly eating or sleeping etc. to stay alive - so it often doesn't really get called as such. Though if anything, it pretty much invented what you'd consider the moden survival genre years before games with inferior survival mechanics like Day-Z or whatever.

The survival system is still way more interesting than anything I've played since - because it's so perfectly balanced and fits so well into the narrative and world and the game is primarily about the atmosphere and characters - the grueling survival gameplay just adds to the really intense brooding tension and slow-paced atmosphere and narrative so much more.

Yeah make me more Hyped :D

[Drain]

You can get infected, and will likely spend most of the game infected. The objective is not to avoid infection; this is nearly impossible(perhaps entirely impossible with certain quests or areas). The objective is to instead drug up enough to survive until the end of the game. With a barrage of drugs, it can be supressed for quite a while. The main problem is re-exposure to the disease, which means, being exposed to more of it while you're already sick. This must be kept to a minimum or there's no way you'll survive the overwhelming amount of drugs it would take to stop it.

You want to keep Immunity high, and Infection low, which will naturally progress in reverse directions over time(more with repeated exposures). So... chug those drugs, but since they eat health or fatique themselves... better be careful with them.

[RebelJack]

Originally posted by Drain:

You can get infected, and will likely spend most of the game infected. The objective is not to avoid infection; this is nearly impossible(perhaps entirely impossible with certain quests or areas). The objective is to instead drug up enough to survive until the end of the game. With a barrage of drugs, it can be supressed for quite a while. The main problem is re-exposure to the disease, which means, being exposed to more of it while you're already sick. This must be kept to a minimum or there's no way you'll survive the overwhelming amount of drugs it would take to stop it.

You want to keep Immunity high, and Infection low, which will naturally progress in reverse directions over time(more with repeated exposures). So... chug those drugs, but since they eat health or fatique themselves... better be careful with them.

Woah it sound very good,thanks.

[NemesisLeon44]

Pathologic is a horror game. Instea of using jump scares, it uses the opposite side of the horror spectrum. A gradual wearing down of any hope you may have. Instead of an invisible monster that suddenly and loudly appears and seems powerful, you're facing a monster that you can see easily miles away, and you can see it coming very very slowly. But the closer it gets the more you realize there's nothing you can do to escape.

The "monster" knows you can't escape. And so do you. Many hours of foreboding, suspenseful torture. This was always my favorite brand of horror. I think only silent hill does it anywhere near as well as Pathologic.

[Sebaseyffert]

En Parte Es de Terror Psicologico, De Supervivencia Y De Comercio Libre

[Sailor Mars]

Yes it is. But you also need to solve the main daily quest. But also not allways...
Just give it a try!

[Tortuga]

It is difficult to explain, we could say that it is a survival game, but very hardcore

[RebelJack]

Originally posted by Boros:

It is difficult to explain, we could say that it is a survival game, but very hardcore

Oh god why did you have to revive this thread?

[Medieval Pranker]

Originally posted by ♠RebelJack♠:

Can you get infected by plague? you have to eat or drink?(i guess not huh?) is there some kind of scary NPC what stalks you and cuts you when you dont expect that(i would love that) i have to say i never seen Pathologic because it sounded so crazy to me but when i saw trailer i said WOAH THIS MUSTS BE AWESOME! hmm i think i will buy this game when i will have chance it looks very good i love horror games :3

You're wrong, man, this is a sadistic hardcore quest.
The developers want you to feel anal pain from the slow steps of the character, the rapid passage of time and the broken mechanics of close combat.

[RebelJack]

Originally posted by Christmas Spirit:

Originally posted by ♠RebelJack♠:

Can you get infected by plague? you have to eat or drink?(i guess not huh?) is there some kind of scary NPC what stalks you and cuts you when you dont expect that(i would love that) i have to say i never seen Pathologic because it sounded so crazy to me but when i saw trailer i said WOAH THIS MUSTS BE AWESOME! hmm i think i will buy this game when i will have chance it looks very good i love horror games :3

You're wrong, man, this is a sadistic hardcore quest.
The developers want you to feel anal pain from the slow steps of the character, the rapid passage of time and the broken mechanics of close combat.:cozycastondeath:

You really had to revive this thread did you... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥