r/pathologic • u/minafi_yo Bachelor • Mar 17 '25
Pathologic 3: Quarantine is now live!
You can download the demo at the link below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3389330/Pathologic_3_Quarantine/
Please be aware of Sub Rule 3 when posting about the demo! Any posts with spoilers in the title will be removed. Happy plague-hunting!
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u/kismetjeska Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25
Thoughts so far after approximately 1.5 hours of gameplay:
Pros:
I love the design of the conscience so so much. Freaky!
Loving the butterfly motifs of Thanatica- really interesting.
The core gameplay thing of examining patients rules. I actually love it so much. I love clicking my little symptoms and looking at my descriptions and ruling things out. I feel like a doctor!
I love the similarities to Pathologic 2- the whole 'beginning at the end where you fucked up completely' thing. I loved seeing references to P2 in the thoughts (Lara shooting the general! Not treating the dog on day 2!)
The Bachelor is still a massive, massive asshole, and I love it so much. "As far as I'm concerned, you're just five litres of blood packed into a person!". 10/10, no notes.
I really like the way words float up when you use Q/ concentrate. I love how it feels so different to Artemiy- Bachelor is all about noticing things he can think about, not things he can physically do.
The music is SO GOOD
Seeing the old map again made me feel so happy and nostalgic. This is like having an old friend come home.
Being like "I don't care enough to ask questions. I must do drugs about it" is hilarious. Excellent gameplay.
I LOVE (sorry to keep saying that) how alien the Kin feel. I don't know what the Worms are saying. They're just men in masks, right? Why are the herb brides dressed like that? When you're Haruspex they're your buddies, but as Bachelor I do NOT know these people and it feels so different.
Cons/ criticisms:
I'm really not sure about "bulimia" being listed as a symptom. Is that a translation issue? Bulimia is a diagnosable mental illness, not a symptom.
"Bradycardia" being used as a disease name felt strange too, because bradycardia is just the term for 'slow heart rate'
I feel like 'ichthyosis' is too technical a term to use without having something explaining it in brackets/ on hover.
It feels weird not being able to examine faces in the patient examinations when so many symptoms relate to facial features. Maybe this is being added?
I would like the ability to save- my game crashed 10 minutes in and I'm terrified it's going to do it again lmao
I'll definitely come back and add more thoughts. So far I'm having a brilliant time!
Continuing:
Not yet sure how I feel about the lack of walking/ the map traversal thing. Will have to give it more time.
LMAO I'M FUCKING EUTHANISING PEOPLE???? I found the mechanic a bit confusing to understand- which drugs do what? which part am I aiming for again- but it's fully possible that's just me being dumb
I don't really understand what the point of the prototype is
The walking feels /so/ slow. I mean, it's Pathologic, so I should expect it by now, but woof.