Pathologic

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 23rd, 2006, 12:47

http://www.pathologic-game.com/eng_index.htm

This game was featured on last week videoGaiden and it certainly looks interesting. It's only £5 from play.com, so I thought I'd give it a go.

The website says "Best Russian Game of the Year". With an accolade like that how can I resist? I've burnt all the other Russian games I bought this year, they are now redundant.

Last night I only got as far as watching the initial cutscene, which was creepy if somewhat rough in the graphics dept. And listened to some in-game people talking some pretentious gibberish about demons ... probably, it was hard to tell. I will play some more and let you know if it's worth the time. Personally I like something different now and then.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » December 7th, 2006, 19:50

was this any good? i was considering getting it.

edit: ack! sold out in play.com

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » December 7th, 2006, 20:21

games<sup>TM</sup> gave it 8/10.
Compares it to Citizen Kane.
Uses words like 'fascinating' and 'mesmerising'.
It certainly looks interesting. Keep us posted.

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 7th, 2006, 20:39

Roooooooosebuuuuuuuuud!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 7th, 2006, 21:13

I've only played about an hour or two and these are my impressions:

The graphics are fairly bad but do fit the unnerving atmosphere of the game, it's not a comfortable game to play. I have no clue what is going on so far and there's lots of reading and a lot of it doesn't make much sense to me. I guess it's a case of persevering and seeing how it plays out, it's certainly doesn't seem to be linear.

I can't really recommend it unless you fancy something really different and wordy.