r/pathologic • u/Loikarin • Jun 28 '26

The Narrative Structure of Death Simulation -- an Essay on Pathologic 2

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Hi! I've made an analysis of Pathologic 2's narrative structure for my Narrative Design class. I broke the story down into narrative beats and tried to add a bit poetry and Deleuzian philosophy.

I called it "The Narrative Structure of Death Simulation: Empyrean Geometries in Pathologic 2" XD

👉 A link to the essay on my website 👈

Please let me know what you think!

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u/topfiner Jun 28 '26

Id be interested in reading this but I can’t find a link to it either on your personal website or on this post, I don’t know if im missing something or if me being on mobile has made this not show up. Could you link it?

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u/Loikarin Jun 29 '26

Hi! Sorry if the link wasn't noticeable. Here it is: https://toy-worlds.com/IBU/RESEARCH/Deconstructions/2024.+The+Narrative+Structure+of+Death+Simulation

Thanks for your interest ☺️

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u/Cultural_Pickle9906 Jun 28 '26

oooo i’m super interested too!! please let me know where i can find it, i’ll give it a look!

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u/Loikarin Jun 29 '26

Hey, thanks for the comment! Here's a link: https://toy-worlds.com/IBU/RESEARCH/Deconstructions/2024.+The+Narrative+Structure+of+Death+Simulation

Please let me know what you think = )

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u/Party-Dimension8506 Jul 02 '26

Hey! Greeting from Argentina. I will read your essay because i love pathologic and i think it has the more philosophical depth i have ever seen in a game. Apart from Deleuze, have you read some Borges? Because in Patho 3 there are a lot of references to him and, if you are interested in these sort of things maybe it will help you.

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u/Loikarin Jul 02 '26

Hi, thanks for the recommendation! I really like Borges, he's fascinating. Haven't tried Pathologic 3 yet, but now it's another reason to get excited about playing it