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Description

A village, isolated for years from the surrounding influences of technology, finds itself subject to a terrible plague. You control one of three potential saviors, a government agent sent to the village (The Bachelor), an undertaker's son come to take over the business from his father (Haruspex), and a girl with mystical healing powers (Imposter), the latter who can only be played after completing the game using one of the other characters.

As a "simulation" it concentrates on making sure that the story is completely immersive and that the player is drawn into the story, which is deliberately convoluted and almost impossible to understand fully without first playing through the game as all three characters.

The player views the world from a first person perspective, with menus available to display many of the players stats and the current position at the touch of a button, in a similar way to most mainstream RPGs. Combat is not a particularly important part of the game and is therefore controlled by a rather inaccurate point-and-shoot system, although the in-game weapons are deliberately ineffective.

Much of the game's storyline is played out through conversations with other characters, which take place in a separate menu containing a previous chat log at the top of the screen and clickable dialogue options at the bottom (a system instantly recognizable to anyone who has played KotOR). Items in the game are controlled using a menu placed at the bottom of your screen with separate item slots for each, vis-a-vis Diablo or Neverwinter Nights.

Alternate Titles

  • "瘟疫" -- Chinese title (Simplified)
  • "Мор: Утопия" -- Russian spelling
  • "Wen Yi" -- Chinese title
  • "Mor: Utopia" -- Russian title

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User Reviews

A unique game, the first of its kind, with all the good and bad points that can bring. Sam Jeffreys Bronze Star Contributing Member (2214) 4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars
Take a look at the low ratings for another definition of unfairness JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53181) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
If there are reasons why adventure games are dying, then Pathologic is one of those reasons... Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12559) 1.33 Stars1.33 Stars1.33 Stars1.33 Stars1.33 Stars

The Press Says

Gameinator (Gameru.net) Jun 24, 2005 9 out of 10 90
Absolute Games (AG.ru) Aug 19, 2005 85 out of 100 85
Games TM Dec, 2006 80 out of 100 80
Just Adventure Oct 13, 2006 B 75
Looki May 25, 2006 67 out of 100 67
Adventure Corner Jun 08, 2006 67 out of 100 67
Spieleflut.de Aug 15, 2006 59 out of 100 59
GameStar (Germany) May, 2006 41 out of 100 41
PC Games (Germany) May 01, 2006 31 out of 100 31
PC Powerplay May, 2006 25 out of 100 25

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Random crashes 6 Sam Jeffreys Bronze Star Contributing Member (2214)
Sep 06, 2008
This is... interesting 10 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12559)
Jun 09, 2007

Trivia

In the German release, the three main characters are voiced by the actors who dub Jude Law, Uma Thurman and Andy Garcia in German versions of many American films.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Wurg Iamnotjim (71) on Aug 24, 2006.
 

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