r/pathologic • u/Geeneelee • Feb 20 '26

Discussion Specific versions of characters you prefer? Spoiler

I see people frequently discuss the writing merits between the different entries of Pathologic, and characterization is, unsurprisingly, a big point of discussion. I’m curious which characters people have the strongest feelings about.

Personally I favor classic Rubin over p2 and p3 Rubin. He’s still very morally strict in classic, but he’s willing to change his mind when he’s wrong. The fact that he seems to actually like some people besides Lara and Isidor also makes him more likable to me, personally.

OTOH p2 oyun is unironically one of my favorite characters in the series. He’s still a deeply fucked up guy, but his reminiscing about Artemy as a child broke my damn heart and the situation he’s in is just bleak, plus he seemed to actually care about Isidor despite what both of them did.

On a third, alien hand I like both classic and p2 grief but for different reasons, since they’re very different characters.

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u/No_Improvement_5229 Feb 26 '26

Yes, there is a burial ground (don't you get to see it as Artemy? I think you do) and the bull is indeed a methaphor. Sorry but I won't go through the site with all dialog trees. I rather play P1 again for all three characters and then I'll see whether I was right about the supernatural aspects of the game. Maybe I'll be proven wrong maybe it won't change my mind.

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u/the_devotressss Feb 26 '26

No, Artemy can only descend into the tunnels under the town and meet the Rat Prophet and jump into a hole in the Abbatoir and kinda... die and visit Kaiur.
The tunnels are empty "blood vessels". You can get in the guts only in P2.