Pathologic (game)
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| Pathologic (Мор. Утопия) | |
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| Developer(s) | Ice-Pick Lodge |
| Publisher(s) | Buka Entertainment, G2 Games (UK) [1] |
| Release date(s) | 9 June 2005, 18 August 2006 (UK) [1] |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | PC (Windows) |
| Media | CD-ROM |
| System requirements | Pentium III/Athlon 800 MHz, 384 MB RAM, 3D-accelerator with 32 MB memory, 1.8 GB HDD |
Pathologic (known in Russian as Мор. Утопия) is a 2005 action-adventure computer game developed by the Russian studio Ice-Pick Lodge and published in Russia and other CIS-countries by Buka Entertainment. The game was published in the UK on 18 August 2006 by G2 Games [1].
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[edit] Synopsis
The game is about three people, known mostly by their nicknames: two men, Bachelor (Бакалавр) and Haruspex (Гаруспик), and a girl nicknamed Impostor (Самозванка), who try to uncover the source of a strange lethal sickness that befalls a random small town. Although you can play as each of them, there is only one storyline, but seen from different points of view. Some of the secrets can be uncovered only by consecutive playing for each of the three characters. Every day you receive quests from NPCs and exactly in midnight of each day, the incomplete quests are erased from your notebook. Even if you won't complete the quest, it will not be so bad because there are several factions that compete against each other. Few of the quests are impossible to finish at all.
In the middle of the town, there is a great building named Polyhedron (Многогранник) that is the base of it. Rivers of blood flow beneath the town. On the 12th day the player must choose one of four options: leave the city to die, destroy it, destroy the Polyhedron, or give the choice to Impostor that will destroy the sickness.
[edit] Reception
Pathologic was critically well received in Russia, winning 5 major Russian awards.[2] However, its reception in English-speaking countries has been varied, being both praised for its remarkable atmosphere and concept while equally panned for its poor translation, dated graphics and eccentricity.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Pathologic entry at GAME web-site, last retrieved 18 August 2006
- ^ Pathologic Official site (in English). Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
- ^ Eurogamer: Pathologic review. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
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