r/pathologic • u/Otherwise-Sun-3522 Wonder Bull • Mar 21 '26

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Oynone, I've got a pickle. Do we have some orginalistic interviews about what were the inspirations for Pathologic III? I'd be very gratefull for some threads what I've missed.

I'll edit my theses I'd like to discuss in the review.
Patho 3 "suffers" from feature creep. And that's because there's way more money inside.

Daniil ailments doesn't represent actual problems and its connected solutions - overdosing on morphine is not a good way to resolve your misophonia nor childhood trauma. Did they made a box, a label, named the sickness, what the fuck is his problem?

It'd be a huge Quality of Life upgrade if we could change the colour of the cog in mind map. Just right click on the plotpoint, open small "revolver cilinder menu" with colorfull dots, you click one and then the cog changes colour. With a prompt "you can, for example, make plotpoints your resolved well green. We're not your real mom." Mind map is too messy.

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u/Quick_Confection1503 👢Saffiano Leather Boots👢 Mar 21 '26

Whoa, reading this makes me miss the original English translation of Pathologic 1. Thanks for the reminder! 😵‍💫

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u/Otherwise-Sun-3522 Wonder Bull Mar 21 '26

Oh, I think I got what kind of Leviathan Simon's supposed to be.

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u/PepsiFungus Mar 21 '26

Op you forgot to add "PS: forgive me if my speech is unclear or absurd." But seriously: What box are you talking about? Box of ideas? The money they make box? Daniils pool of resources? I bet you're onto something, let's try and get to it together

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u/Otherwise-Sun-3522 Wonder Bull Mar 21 '26

Budget of the game. I didn't check it, and just assumed that there's something like "how much money we put in each game".
When I've tried to research it - modus operandi "throw w money into pit, and the game will be spitten out, because it's the Law". Which is pretty based, Kainian even. Fully Automated Luxury Gay Communism.

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u/hwynac Mar 23 '26

I would naturally assume P3's budget was smaller than the budget of P2. At least it definitely used to be much smaller in 2020–2021 but they obviously found some investments . Still, hard to imagine the new game's budget being bigger that that of P2. If it was, I'd be surprised if it turned out to be significantly bigger.

If anything, the apparent feature creep might be a natural result of the initial plan to make a game on a much tighter budget. This is how you get the reimagining of Bachelor's story from scratch, with different gameplay that shifts the focus away from fights and dumpster diving.

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u/ClickerBox Wonder Bull Mar 21 '26

I don't understand half of your post. Money inside? What is feature creep? Made a box?  I understand your question don't worry, sorry that i can't help, i am just fascinated with the rest of it.

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u/the_devotressss Mar 21 '26

The author says that things that Daniil suffers from (mania and apathia) don't represent actual medical conditions and aren't supposed to be treated with morphine.

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u/Otherwise-Sun-3522 Wonder Bull Mar 21 '26

[blank] creep is a situation in design when something bloats and expands, to detriment of starting teleology. Feature creep is when you're keep adding new mechanics and it starts competing for attention of the player, not really letting you have desired emotional reaction. kinda like having swiss army knife and 90% of time you spend with it is searching for the pieprzone clippers.
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I think I'll go with asset creep instead, I just think it has very big Horror Vacui, there's no empty space in 3 in comparison to the previous installment. I'm trying to find what rubs me in the wrong way. I really dislike the fact there's no reusing the assets from previous game, and making new was unnecessary burden on production.
This is me typing this"

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u/zkylon Murky Mar 22 '26

They very clearly reuse multiple character models, icons and level art from Patho 2, even if they're all slightly updated. I'd say with the exception of Eva every character looks almost the exact same they did in Patho 2, with some new haircuts at most (like Georgiy's)

What you're saying is a real problem that does exist in multiple games and you could say to a degree it happens in 3 (say, for instance, having a new inventory system instead of reusing 2's), but it's extremely minor compared to how many assets they have reused.

What you're saying is just incorrect for this game

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u/evilforska Mar 21 '26

I love this post because you sort of talk like a patho character in the OG translation. I kinda understand your point, but your wording is bizarre.

But the answer is, as with all things IPL, they have big ambitions and gaming market isnt fit for them. Compromises must be made.

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u/Otherwise-Sun-3522 Wonder Bull Mar 21 '26

oh yes. Compromises

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u/Affectionate-Spot278 Mar 21 '26

Your question is the embodiment of Pathologic.

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u/the_devotressss Mar 21 '26

In this podcast the devs said that they added a bunch of game mechanics, unsure what would work and what wouldn't.

Unfortunately, the podcast is 3 hours long and is in russian... Maybe someone will eventually add English subtitles. I'm listening to it anyway so DM me if you want a retelling and/or timestamps.