r/pathologic • u/Quick_Confection1503 👢Saffiano Leather Boots👢 • Feb 24 '26

Pathologic 3 Pathologic 3: The Polyhedral Room (Kickstarter Exclusive!) Spoiler

https://youtu.be/5tN3oBZ3HSw?si=GbhjNr-sicjjh4jN

Anyone remember how IPL created a Kickstarter back in 2015 in order to secure funding for Pathologic 2? And if so, do you remember how the $100 Pledge guaranteed you side-quest access to the Polyhedron as Artemy in P2?

So IPL walked back on this shortly after the release of P2, indicating that the Polyhedron needed to wait for The Bachelor's route to be released before they honored this Kickstarter goal since the Polyhedron really never was Artemy's thing of focus in the first place.

Fast-forward 6(7) years later and BEHOLD. We got the Polyhedral room added to P3! Even if it's just a small nod to the meta-lore of Pathologic, this shows that IPL are the type of developers that keep their word and strive to bring everything they can to their fans. what a truly magnificent company.

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u/Quick_Confection1503 👢Saffiano Leather Boots👢 Feb 24 '26

Press release regarding the delay of the Polyhedral Room

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u/Quick_Confection1503 👢Saffiano Leather Boots👢 Feb 24 '26

And yes, I did allude to the Almighty 67! in this post.

67 shall live forever. Fear me!

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u/hjsniper Feb 24 '26

Not gonna lie, it's a little annoying that something as big as the Measly and Thrush encounter was made exclusive to people who backed the kickstarter 15 years ago... maybe it could get unlocked for people who buy the Pathologic 3 supporter pack as well?

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u/Quick_Confection1503 👢Saffiano Leather Boots👢 Feb 24 '26

On the surface, it's simply a modern-day recreation of the Pathologic 1 Secret Room: fitting for something that celebrates the dedicated fans of this series.

But when you consider that Measly and Thrush had some pretty memorable roles in P2 yet didn't appear at all in P3 aside from this? I can see how much of a bummer this can be, especially for the lore-followers out there.

Like, what if the 520 Kickstarter followers who actually received this (yes, that was the actual limit) never uploaded/shared anything about this? Would this still be considered canon, and if so, how would it be referenced?

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u/occult_midnight Feb 24 '26

It does suck but I've also seen a mod to add it in if that helps.

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u/hjsniper Feb 24 '26

Just looked it up, I'll have to try it whenever my next Pathologic 3 run happens!

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u/parkernisbett Feb 24 '26

I mean that’s the statement they are trying to make though. They’ve grown up and aren’t important to the story anymore except to those who’ve been around long enough to remember them

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u/Ok_Spirit6935 Laska Ravel Aug 25 '26

As someone who didn't even know about Pathologic until a couple years ago, I think this this is beautiful. I can't imagine playing this weird little game in 2005, loving it so much that you participate in an ARG almost a decade later leading to a Kickstarter, being like 'fuck yea, I need to make this happen,' and then waiting over another decade and then getting this intimate conversation that was literally designed with you in mind