Windows

Pathologic

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Technology: LIFESTUDIO:HEAD
• Vampire-inspired games

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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 (3331)
Take a look at the low ratings for another definition of unfairness	Unicorn B. Lynx (63297)
If there are reasons why adventure games are dying, then Pathologic is one of those reasons...	Indra was here... (13176)

The Press Says

Games TM	Dec, 2006	80 out of 100	80
Just Adventure	Oct 13, 2006	B	75
Adventure Corner	Jun 08, 2006	67 out of 100	67
Looki	May 25, 2006	67 out of 100	67
Gamona	Mar 11, 2006	66 out of 100	66
PC Zone	Feb, 2007	64 out of 100	64
PC Gamer UK	Dec 21, 2006	52 out of 100	52
GameStar (Germany)	May, 2006	41 out of 100	41
4Players.de	May 30, 2006	37 out of 100	37
PC Powerplay	May, 2006	25 out of 100	25

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Can I finish it?..	5	Unicorn B. Lynx (63297) Feb 01, 2009
Random crashes	6	Sam Jeffreys (3331) Sep 06, 2008
This is... interesting	10	Indra was here... (13176) Jun 09, 2007

Trivia

The pistol in the game is the Webley-Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver, a British weapon produced from 1901 to 1915. It is easily recognizable thanks to the distinctive zig-zag grooves on the cylinder.