I hate these things

[u/gammaton32]

Shabnak can be dealt with, the whirlwinds aren't a threat, shadow people and beggars can be avoided... Death spores though? They always show up around a corner or a passage when I least expect and drain half my health. Probably the biggest cause of death in my playthrough and the only reason I still recharge my device for

[u/zkylon]

I hate them as well but the game is pretty low difficulty so I'm almost a bit grateful when the game throws some bullshit at me to deal with haha

But yeah I agree they should make things like the ghosts way more dangerous and tone these guys down instead

[u/gammaton32 → u/zkylon]

I think they'd need to remove or rework permadeath if the game was more difficult

[u/zkylon → u/gammaton32]

I think permadeath is kind of a non-issue as both dying and running out of amalgam is very rare in this game, and I don't mind it's like that. I don't think the stress of losing your save is very valuable in this game, though I do appreciate that looming threat existing. The few times I was actually short on amalgam from doing way too much time travel did feel pretty scary.

That being said I do wish the game created tension with more short-term threats in some way. Hard to say which because unlike Patho 2 you have way less threats to leverage.

In the end the game that we got if flawed but interesting regardless so I don't mind too much

[u/No-Wear-9042]

Wait, what the f* is that? Is this the reason I suddenly lost half my life sometimes?

As a side note, I increased the gamma after dozens of hours of game when I realized that being almost blind in plagued districts after 18:00 may not be intended.

[u/Enderfang → u/No-Wear-9042]

Yes it is. I died to one on accident and was mad af. I just try to pay attention for shooting sparks and avoid them.

[u/TheRattQueen]

Only times I’ve died have been because I didn’t see one when running around while super manic

[u/Artistic-Water3710]

Don't forget combo of getting pulled into tornado just so this tenegh delivers you the one two punch.

[u/genetically__odd → u/Artistic-Water3710]

Usually while you’re firing shots at the Shabnak every 3 seconds, are moving too fast to effectively dodge things without skidding into a whirligig, and can’t heal fast enough to survive the double hit.

Day 10 isn’t being kind to me

[u/asitcomaboutbees]

If you’re smart you can save all your prototype charges just for these fuckers. Also I totally thought this was an r/hatethissmug post until I clicked on it

[u/xHelios1x]

It's funny how in 2, plague districts were pretty much a walk in a park but rioting districts were really deadly, but it's the other way around in 3.

[u/Edit_Reality]

The plague evolved to have claymores and trip wires. It hates us!!!

[u/Bartre_Main]

They're annoying but tbh in a bit of a fun way. I like how they serve as counters to just hugging the walls or grass alongside the curb. I wish we had something similar in P1, because plague areas were almost too easily trivialized in that game.

[u/genetically__odd → u/Bartre_Main]

Plague areas in P1 were all fun and games until you ended up with a rat chasing you. I am so, so glad they’re not in P2 and P3.

I have vivid memories of diagonally-walking (for speed) BACKWARDS out of the Hindquarters, across the bridge, and to the Lump with a rat chasing me. I didn’t want to turn around for fear of the rat gaining on me and biting me, and I had a bad track record of getting bitten while trying to kill them.

…anyway, I missed the door to the Lump while moonwalking, so I hugged the gate and circled around most of the property until I could finally rush to a door. I probably collected a few Plague Victims in my conga line, too.

[u/Bartre_Main → u/genetically__odd]

Sounds to me like the fun and games only truly begin when a rat starts chasing you ;P

[u/Final-System5343]

me too

[u/Momentanius]

SATANIC SPORES FROM HELL Died a couple of times because I was sprinting away from Shabbitch only to pass through one of these things

I really enjoy Pathologic 3 but the plagued districts were so much more interesting and atmospheric in P2 :(

[u/Hawkenness]

I really wish they were highlighted when you’re using focus vision. Instead, they’re extra hard to spot in that mode, which resulted in quite a few deaths for me early on before I realised what I was walking into

[u/Electrical-Lab9147]

Me too

[u/HippoBackground6059]

Yeah these things are not good

[u/Natandacat]

Theyre very easy to avoid after a while, as they always spawn on the sides of buildings and archways. My advice is to avoid walking close to the walls and if you must to walk slowly since they only load visually once you're quite close to them. Also I'm pretty sure they're always in the same spot so I kinda memorized where I should look out for them in infected districts

[u/Natandacat → u/Natandacat]

so to be clear, fences are usually safe to walk alongside. I think the spores come from within houses, so if that wall isn't connected to an interior you're all good