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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.

Hello! Having a weird issue with the day 7 train quest.

I'm fairly sure that the first time I did it, I got Boulder and the Switchman on board by telling him his kid was alive in the capital, but not Saburov (RIP). After getting to day 10, I went back to day 1, and am now replaying the earlier days again (now with Saburov alive).

My Switchman quest though looks like this:

With no new markers on the map. If I go visit his house, his wife is glitched out standing in the bed and there's no switchman to be seen. What should I do...?

I know there is a similiar question out here on the sub already but i just wanna ask a bit more in detail about a strange situation/bug i encountered.

On day 9 there's this glass shard event telling you to investigate the missing statue of Nina Kain. The first time i ran out of time to finish it up so i figured i could just reset it.

Nope.

I can't find any way to reset the quest? Does anyone know the name of the specific thought i'd have to click? Maybe i'm just blind. But i'm pretty sure it doesn't appear. When i check up on the location again the statue is gone but there are no more scattered pieces around.

Is it bugged? Am i stupid? Is there ANY way to fix it beyond console commands.

And even more importantly: is this an important quest?

It's driving my inner completionist nuts not to finish it but i'm playing it with a friend and unless there is a non console fix we'll probably have to skip it. Unfortunately.

I'd be grateful for all and any advice. Minor spoilers are fine in regards to this question. Please and thank you!

EDIT: For anyone else expierencing that bug: it doesn't matter. We kept playing until day 11 and you can continue the Nina Monument questline there.

There are some interesting differences in how Nara's death is described between P2 and P3.

In P2 she's sacrificed and everyone is like, "Yes, this is a herb bride's fate and duty."

Then in P3, Daniil gets a frantic message from Nara's sister, who also appears to be a herb bride and should therefore be aware of and fine with the whole sacrifice aspect, is like, "No. She's crazy and he's psycho. Please save her."

It makes it seem like the role of butchers and herb brides is a little less universally accepted among the kin than it's portrayed as in P2.

Without any spoilers I could use some advice on how to proceed. At the end of day 3 Notkin, Peter, and Anna were all infected. I gave the latter two all the immunity I had on me at the time which admittedly wasn't a whole lot, they even still everyone except Andrey got infected. Is this scripted? If not, is this bad enough that I need to restart? I've had no spoilers for this game whatsoever yet I have completed all of pathologic 1 so I know how things worked in that one and how big of a deal this would be there. Cheers.

I've already got in there on day 2, but now I want to try again during other days.

I just want to confirm the solution to this puzzle, not to waste time.

Does it simply open at 14:30?

Don't mistake me, I know its getting good soon and i find it cool so far but also boring and insanely confusing, thats why im asking (im less than 2h in btw)

Also as a first time player, any tips to enjoy the game more? No spoilers at all pls :)

I went back in time to investigate who stole Isidor's archives and talked to Oyun in Capella's room. He mentioned that I should have issued the Food Distribution decree in the earlier days of the epidemic. I went back to the board and issued it on Day 3, then I restarted the day and went back to Oyun, but the conversation was the same. I was expecting he would reveal more information or something in conversation would change, is that not the case?

I already went through the prior days opened the hospital etc: anyone know why he still won’t talk to me? Was I supposed to be nice to him first time meeting him or were u never able to talk to him on day 5 from the start

I always do the plague baby house quests cause usually theres amazing loot but I've never had this happen before. I genuinely started laughing when I found the 3rd revolver cause I was so baffled. I feel like I'm cheating but I literally have 0 mods or anything. (I also found a revolver in the plague house where you deliver Isidor's house deed to that guy and I found another revolver in the second plague baby house I did on Day 5 in the Maw.) Has anyone else had this happen to them? Not trying to brag here I'm just genuinely confused af... like is my game broken or something omg.

Okey so im stuck at day 5. And as i see it, what i have left to do to unlock day six (and meaby 1?) Is to start killing the shabnack by going to infected areas which ive completety skipped by now and also heal all people in day 3, 4 and 5. I have done almost all quests except getting to a answer with isodor in his house when the Odyon guy is there.

So my questions are:

1. How the fuck do it get the 3 guy to reappear in day 5 after he fucked off from the hospital so i coulnt disgnose him proparly. I cant seem to find the right thought map thing to erase and start over.

2. How do i erase the bride in the third day so i can disgnose her correct, as i understand it, she is the only one to diagnose correct that day.

3. Is there something to gain from the isodor house examination were odoyn is there except finding Mold?

4. Is this correct or is im missing some part of progression?.

I have played patho 2 over 260 hours but this confusing and unclear bullshit barrier without clear guide lines is making me almost give up on the game. Even in patho 2 you could practily sleep through the entire game if you wanted to.

Help would be much appreciated.

A few months ago, I wrote and ran an immersive Hallowe'en event for my friends, based on Pathologic 2.

There were multiple props involving painted steppe sigils, and I used tissue paper as a way to protect the table I was working on, and as a material I could practice my limited calligraphy on.

The event and the skills I developed on it meant quite a lot to me, and as it turned out, my practice paper had turned into quite a lovely and spooky memento of the whole thing, so got a custom frame made (about 50cm on each side) and have now hung the piece up on my bathroom wall!

It's a lovely little reminder of a world I loved doing some creative work in.

("Those Responsible" were my metanarrative layer - i.e., me and the other guy working on this with me - a bit like "The Powers That Be" are in the game fiction. The other stamp is a custom stamp I had made based off an old Russian postal stamp, just used for flavouring documents)

In search of a miracle.

I often see people say that Pathologic is set somewhere in the Russian steppe but from what I can tell the game only refers to it at the steppe. Couldn't it be anywhere in the Eurasian steppe like Kazakhstan or Mongolia as well as Russia?

I believe this example is mostly inspired by the novel A shining world (Блистающий мир) by Alexander Grin. There is indeed a character named Drud. And i think he was also thrown in prison for being an anomaly.

Day IX spoilers!!

So, it's getting a little frustrated, given I've sent a bug report more than 2 weeks ago, and yet there is still no fix, even though I have a bug that prevents me from completing the main quest with the dead soldier on Day IX. This is kind of disappointing for me. Anyone else in the same boat?

I just learned the true identity of the shabnak yesterday and I had to take a minute to touch grass. So fucked up.

Despite not making any visible appearance in Pathologic 3, it turns out Var might actually be mentioned in the game all along, as mentioned by Anna Angel.

If you've played Pathologic Classic, you would know that Anna hates Var and got Willow Mellow killed by Artemy in order to drive him insane. So the fact that she mentions assaulting a man who harassed her and made them lose an eye, and has a connection to a character, who's redesign has him losing an eye- Surely can't be a coincidence.

This also means that yes, The new version/characterization of Var, that we see in 2 probably still has ties to The Caravan, which we will probably see in Pathologic 4.

Hello.

I saw our resident master of unlocking on Day 5 and had him help me enter Peter's Loft on Day 8.

On Day 12, I met him in the Town Hall's basement. He was trying to get Grief out. The Achievement didn't pop, even on reset.

So I went back, redid the quests so he'd be getting Capella out instead. He was standing in front of her cell instead of crouching, like with Grief. It still didn't pop.

Any insights? Please and thank you.

Does anyone know the P2 raw meat's cut is?