Pathologic 2

 PC
User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 319 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 277 out of 319
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 319
  3. Negative: 25 out of 319

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  1. Mullon
    Aug 21, 2022
    7
    Imagine you have a friend who gets you your dream job. At your job while you are putting the finishing touches of your greatest project, the culmination of your interests and ability, you get a call from your friend saying they're about to killed and to drop everything and rush over and save them. You do so and go to their house and find the place empty. You go back to your job only toImagine you have a friend who gets you your dream job. At your job while you are putting the finishing touches of your greatest project, the culmination of your interests and ability, you get a call from your friend saying they're about to killed and to drop everything and rush over and save them. You do so and go to their house and find the place empty. You go back to your job only to find your friend smashing your project to pieces. Then, to add insult to injury, they berate you for leaving your project unattended. That's what this game is.

    I like the doctor simulation aspect of this game. It's fun collecting herbs to make ingredients, rushing over to the patient's house, dodging the infected and gang members along the way, figuring out which medicine they need to increase their chances of survival, looting abandoned houses for money and supplies to upgrade your gear, and bartering with the townsfolk with the junk you loot for other junk you need, all while keeping your five survival meters filled. I wish that had been the entire game. What I don't like is when the game tells you to cross the entire map to complete some vague goal before a time limit is up, while doing everything it can to destroy your survival meters. Unfortunately that makes up most of the gameplay and is why I am in no rush to play this game again, while I would like to play the doctor stuff again, getting to it is a deal breaker. It's only intersting the first time when you don't know the story.    … Expand
  2. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 1, 2022
    5
    thank you Felipe Ramos for showing me this game and making it very clear that it's really not for anyone to play, I just felt bad because during the whole game there just isn't a moment of Cheers/joy/fun/entertainment

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#50 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#21 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. GamingTrend
    Jan 31, 2022
    95
    Pathologic 1 & 2 are masterpieces of games as art. They are cruel and disturbing, but ask unique questions and do things you won’t see anywhere else. These are singularly unique experiences that are worth suffering through.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    Jan 3, 2020
    90
    "Unbearable" is definitely one word for Pathologic 2, but that hides a few others: engulfing, ingenious, profound, invigorating. [Issue#341, p.106]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Sep 11, 2019
    69
    Pathologic 2, just like its predecessor, has a ton of annoying routines which will easily scare away even the most patient players. Yet after getting through the game to the last bow I felt a sudden urge to return to this moody prairie town in the middle of nowhere.
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