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12 days on the fringe.

Pathologic, a weird horror tale of major reality malfunction in a secluded Russian town, told by means of first-person perspective action and adventure game with RPG elements, is available on GOG.com, for only $9.99

People are used to thinking of space and time as if they were solid. They're not. The thing we call reality is just a function of how the human brain perceives them, in its very limited capability. There's but a thin veil separating the world of men and the dimensions that were never meant for us to see. Sometimes those parallel universes will push against the veil, testing the integrity of its fabric. Sometimes the fabric will tear. When it does, insanity pours through the holes into our world. The rules cease to apply, everything shifts and twists. Most of the times we don't notice. The fail-safe mechanisms in our brains go off and filter out whatever seems off and unfitting. But once in a while the tear is too large and the worlds collide with such force, that there's no way to ignore the madness and horror. This is a story of such an event.

Pathologic aims to scare you, but not in the usual "monsters jump at you all of a sudden"-way. Everything in the Russian town that serves as the game setting seems off. Even the rules of geometry seem to have taken a day off in some parts of the landscape. The barrier between life and death isn't working as it should. A strange plague is attacking the townsfolk. Nightmarish creatures roam the streets taunting you with appearance so alien, that you simply cannot accept their existence. You have only 12 days to discover the towns secrets and find means of saving it from falling off the face of the Earth, and into the realm of madness. This is game is one of a kind, everyone, so if you enjoy weird and terrifying stories, surreal aesthetics, and gripping storytelling, be sure not to miss it!

A stitch in time will save you nine, so the sooner you grab Pathologic, for only $9.99 on GOG.com, the more hope you can have to fix the fabric of reality before it falls apart.
By the way, I recommend you to read the article series Butchering Pathologic done by Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

(Beware of spoilers; it's better to just "taste" the series)
Post edited March 28, 2013 by Mivas
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keeveek: Good game, but this release... is kinda late.
What an ironic remark for a GOG release. ^^ Nah, I get it, was featured in bundles and stuff already. Well, I missed it and apparently it's not on Steam yet (at least it doesn't show up for me) so definitely a good release for me.
Thats a surprise did not see this coming.
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F4LL0UT: What an ironic remark for a GOG release. ^^ Nah, I get it, was featured in bundles and stuff already. Well, I missed it and apparently it's not on Steam yet (at least it doesn't show up for me) so definitely a good release for me.
Yeah, I was referring to bundles. More than one, if I recall. I checked if I have it, and yes, I have it on desura, so well... It's of course cool that this game landed on GOG, but I doubt many will jump on it for full price now.

I guess it's better to release some game AFTER it was in a bundle than BEFORE :P
Hmm so its from 2005, it did get a retail release but its from a small publisher and has appeared in Indie bundles? Seems to blur the line between 'Indie' and 'Old games' nicely!
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keeveek: I guess it's better to release some game AFTER it was in a bundle than BEFORE :P
Judging from the outrage that occurred after the GOG release of Botanicula: yes. :p
The combat is this game is truly terrifying in more ways than one.
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keeveek: I guess it's better to release some game AFTER it was in a bundle than BEFORE :P
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F4LL0UT: Judging from the outrage that occurred after the GOG release of Botanicula: yes. :p
So you believe every company is gonna backstab GOG if given the opportunity ? ??
Vote for other Ice-Pick Lodge games on the wishlist:

Cargo! The Quest For Gravity
Knock-Knock!
The Void
Post edited March 28, 2013 by Barry_Woodward
I got this on Desura from some bundle a while ago.. Have yet to play it, seemed really bizarre. Looks interesting, though!
this is really ONE OF THE BEST games in the history of gaming...

too bad I'll never be able to finish it - the real-time system breaks my neck every time I try :(

once I've read an awesome article discribing what Pathologic is really all about - does somebody remember that?
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cool, Mivas posted the name of the article in his (her?) review, thanks!!!
Post edited March 28, 2013 by Kunovski
No Russian? (no pun intended)

What actually determines what languages are being included in a release?
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Berserkr: No Russian? (no pun intended)

What actually determines what languages are being included in a release?
One simple rule:

Never include Polish. NEVER.
Better late than never, I guess.
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F4LL0UT: Remember this game. I first read a mediocre review which was still intriguing enough for me to try it, especially since it was described as a poor-man's Stalker before Stalker was even out yet (and which I was a huge fan of since I read the first review). So I got the German version and it turned out to be pure weirdness. Just like their next game, The Void aka Tension. I disliked the German dub so much, though, that I didn't play it that much, hoping that one day I'd get hold of the English version. And yay! Here it is!
The English translation is supposedly really bad too.

But there's a Polish fan translation that seems to be quite nice
http://www.pathologic-game.com/eng_index.htm
Post edited March 28, 2013 by cich