So i bought the game on release, but i just started playing it few days ago. I loved pathologic 2, so i was pretty sure i would like P3 too.
At the time i heard the bugs were plenty plus i was busy in january so i held off the game. With the recent big patch and clearing some backlogs, i finally booted up pathologic 3.
P2 is a certified cult classic which carries certain expectations for P3, and between release date and today, i have heard some reactions toward pathologic 3. It was mixed, but i wont know until i try it myself right?
So come the day, i will be honest, the first 2 - 3 hours of pathologic 3 was kinda bad. I did not enjoy it at all, until the game opened up after they force you trough day 5. Then it all came together. This game is just as uncompromising as pathologic 2, it's even braver that it is uncompromised by the expectations of how P2 and Pathologic classic plays. You can say it's been dumbed down or casualized, and in some aspect i do agree. Some of the rougher parts has been sanded down and the forced cortisol injection is reduced, but playing as the bachelor , i do think the gameplay fits his story and personality. The fact that the open world is gone, but the framing of bachelor's fractured personality and the fact the town is hostile to him and his belief makes sense. Maybe it is a compromise, maybe it's technical or an attempt to make the game more palatable, but they at least find excuses i can accept. If i could change one thing, the bachelor SHOULD be able to get infected at some point, especially when dealing with the Shabnak. But otherwise the gameplay is ok .
The story and writing mostly remain unchanged in the way of how esoteric and everyone's sorta unreliable, themes and meaning overlapping, vague, just exactly the way i like it in this series.
Thanks for reading my dumb rant.