Pathologic 2 is a narrative-driven dramatic thriller about fighting a deadly outbreak in a secluded rural town. The town is dying. Face the realities of a collapsing society as you make difficult choices in seemingly lose-lose situations. The plague isn’t just a disease. You can’t save everyone.
The plague is devouring the town. The chief local healer is dead, and you are now to take his place. You’ll have to look for unexpected allies. The local kids are hiding something. Try playing by their rules.
Posted on: April 24, 2020
KingShotgunHobo
Verified ownerGames: 435 Reviews: 46
Ascension isn´t a Deus Ex Monopoly
4 out of 5 because it´s mostly a too harshly unbalanced fight against bars and stats, fetchquesting and generally if you go pacifistic, which you will unless you use the custom difficulty sliders, you will realise it´s a pure walking sim most of the time. The Original was just that. Mostly walking and trading. PLG2 is just that too MOST of the time, but with reduced walking times and with sprinting and more way more combat. PLG2 is a reIMAGINING of pathologic 1. EXTREMELY atmopsheric story, world and philosophies, intriguing characters and a still beautiful hobo with a shotgun style hobo economy. Item spawns are smart as in, the game at certain days helps you give you enough water flasks/bottles when you need them, other items you still have to scavenge. this game, in it´s own terms without referencing pathologic 1 from now on, does many things better than most games, but also poorer than some others. Combat, is way improved but still janky and too stamina based. the thing about decisions decisions, decisions is a bit of a fluke in the endgame, but it does have many branches within the days from 2 to 11. Pathologic 2 plays within 12 days, each day 2 real life hrs. It is generally built with a starting point, many paths towards two/"three" endings. What this game does best is the world building, the mystery, the art, the sound (except weapon soundmixing), the general feeling of dread as you grow a personal attachment of these transcendental decisionmaking processes, and some characters. The economy is unforgiving and brutal, combat still does too. You will probably save often. You will walk alot, you will read a lot, you will hate your decisions alot . This game does one thing perfect, letting you feel like a microbe in a cosmos of fate. Immersive Sim? 100% in my book. It´s tedious, it´s beautiful, entrancing, torturous. So is framepacing, performance sometimes and the ressource grind. Exploration isn´t as rewarding as you´d expect either. Unique!
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