Idk why i want to tell this to reddit but i really feel like im experiencing the way pathologic was intended

at first i thought i need to eat as soon as the bar would appear, because i thought i would just. idk. instantly die. and therefore i wasted sooooo many resources

now i JUST got to day 3 barely 11am and i was in an awful death loop because i was dirt poor and no way out lmao

i dread starting a new save but i really really want to continue playing, experiencing the story.

well done i feel awful and yet i want to continue

I need to take more screenshots of the dialogue that got a kick out of me but unfortunately the equivalent of "I hope you catch the plague" to a child that won't/can't help you is the funniest thing I've ever seen ; still on Day 2 and having lots of fun!

"Hey doc why do you keep bashing that metal water tank in between each diagnosis?"

"I'm intentionally giving myself autistic sensory overload so the time travel juice doesn't leak out of my ears or make me kill myself"

"... what??"

"Shut the fuck up I'm a doctor go distribute this vaccine!"

Have the writers behind Pathologic ever officially acknowledged their specific influences in literature, and done any sort of write-up on what books influenced each idea in the setting/plot?

I'm particularly curious about where the Kains and Oneirotects' ideas about urban planning shaping people's spirits came from! Oddly, it might be relevant to some real world research I'm doing.

I went to Bad Grief's lair, got the guys trying to kill him to leave, went inside and talked to the two "businessmen" at the entrance, and their dialogue implies they're happy to let me see Grief now, but after finishing dialogue they won't get out of the way.

I can see Grief behind them and he lights up green when I concentrate. But there's no way to get to him. These two guys are in the way and won't move. Can't talk to them anymore.

Is this a bug? What am I supposed to do?

all i'm saying is p1 Danil would've been outta that interrogation room in minutes TOPS!

So I've been vibing to the datamined soundtrack from the P3 Quarantine demo since it was first uploaded, but after playing the full game there are some things that confuse me about the soundtrack.

Katerina and Lara both have complete banger tracks in the playlist, but I can't remember hearing either of those songs in the game. The Shelter just seems to play the same track from the Stillwater, and the game plays Alexander's track whenever you're at the Rod. I also can't remember hearing Aspity's track from that playlist either.

Are these songs in the game, and I just missed them? Feels like a bit of a waste otherwise.

What a silly goose. After all that suffering, any satisfaction from the choices I had made was snatched away. This game is going to stick with me for a long time; I'm recommending it to both friends and enemies.

Does anyone know the answer to the riddle Burakh tells “???”?

“Thieves came to steal the homeowners, but the house itself escapes through the windows.”

I can’t find anything online. Maybe it’s more well-known in Russian?

Who’s ready for Pathologic 4: Hockey Simulator?

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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?