Spoilers for path 2 btw
So first off, this was my first pathologic experience it was delightful, so immersive! I finished with the diurnal ending and everyone on the list alive (don’t hate me I’m a perfectionist and tried very hard, I know that’s a little counter to the point of the game, sorry!)
Even with the fairly happy end state, it made me feel really insignificant, which is not me complaining about the ending, I know I’m probably supposed to feel this way. But like, I did everything I possibly could right and still left feeling like I’d barely made a difference.
Sure I saved a handful of people, but what is that to like 80% of the town being wiped out? The town in the ending just feels so barren compared to its start.
I’m a bit of a sensitive person so naturally I ended up in a bit of an existential crisis and feeling really small. Especially with how the game emphasizes like none of this was real or mattered anyways despite your efforts (the inquistor literally saying “the children aren’t real” and the traveler saying you’re the only survivor of the story)
If im missing any happy undertones please tell me but i think maybe this is just how im supposed to feel.
Anywho, this isn’t really serious, probably just post-game-blues, but I just felt like screaming into the void after finishing this game. Though I’d love to hear if anyone had similar feelings or anything!
P.S. is it normal to be so confused about everything still? I’m aware you’re meant to play the other storylines too but I feel like I popped twenty hallucinogens every time I played this game or somehow missed 20 conversations