Pathologic 2

Immersive, brutal, intriguing, but a bit tedious. The game does a lot of things really well. It keeps you constantly invested in the world, its characters, and your role in the story. It maintains a tense atmosphere that always has you feeling helpless (in a good way). It forces you to constantly re-evaluate your priorities because you will fail if you try to do it all. All of this leads to a punishingly immersive experience that drives the games central story and themes. This is what makes the game truly shine. Where I was put off a bit was with some of the tedium around how much walking there is in the game. Its tough because a lot of the atmosphere that you take in comes while you travel from place to place, as well as some of the resource management (do you sprint to try to get more done at the cost of hunger/thirst?) At the same time though, eventually these long treks from point A to point B get to be a bit tedious and boring (I've heard it was even worse in the original, so maybe I'm being a baby lol). Just spit-balling, but I feel like perhaps with a smaller world and a shorter timescale for everything (day/night, survival needs, quest timers, etc) it would have been a little less painful in that regard while still maintaining the stressful tension? Idk... Still worth a play though!

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[i]Pathologic 2[/i] is a frustrating, disturbing, and often depressing experience, and it's fantastic! Taking place over 12 days as a small town succumbs to a deadly plague, Ice-Pick Lodge creates a game that makes you feel just as helpless as its characters. Whether it's scrambling for enough food scraps to survive another hour or fighting your way through blood-soaked streets to reach another save point, [i]Pathologic 2[/i] is pure survival. Yet, despite how bleak and difficult the game can get, its gameplay loop becomes surprisingly addictive. Granted, the survival mechanics can occasionally clash with the more story-driven sections, particularly when cutscenes interrupt the flow of gameplay. This is most noticeable during the opening and later days. Still, no matter how miserable it can make you feel, [i]Pathologic 2[/i] remains a challenging but ultimately rewarding experience, with a strange ability to make you want to return for more punishment.

Pocos juegos son tan asfixiantes, injustos e inentendibles como pathologic 2, pero solo este ultimo es divertido.

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10/10

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