The game runs very slowly on my GF2070S, and this is a bummer. I enjoyed every bit of the very first Pathologic (that was released I believe in some mid-2000s), including story, written language (it's originally in Russian and very masterfully written), setting. This one, although promising at the beginning and bringing me back to the beloved and well-remembered setting, was unbearable to play on high or normal graphics settings. That's why I pass, at least until the devs look into the optimization.
Just finished Blackwell Deception, and very satisfied. The review is about it. Story: Loved the story, emotional. Very amiable characters. I did not notice any gaps or WTF moments. Design: +++++ Puzzles: The puzzles are engaging and logical. I only got stuck and had to resort to a walkthrough when the dog's name was used as password with a spelling different than mentioned in the dialog. Otherwise there was no frustration at all. Controls: TAB to change chars is very convenient. Still miss double click to fast leave the location. KEYBOARD CONTROL (arrows to browse the dialog, ESC to e.g. close the laptop) would be super handy, but missing. Bugs: The compatibility with Win 10 though is still an issue. I had to run it in a window, because it crashed on my laptop until I changing the settings. Sometimes the walking speed slider did not work.
Very painful interface with hovers getting in the picture every time, not possible to TAB between characters, not possible to speed up the walking (or double click to get out of location), hard puzzles feel not more exciting but more frustrating. I would definitely agree that it is overrated.
