Pathologic 2

 Xbox One
Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Cubed3
    Apr 16, 2025
    70
    Pathologic 2 is extremely unpleasant and crushing to play, but that is seemingly the entire point. The thought and effort poured into the balance of all the economies to make every action carry immense weight took courage from the developer. Haruspex are healers with a single purpose and live to save lives, but living does not come so easily in Pathologic 2. Those who are fascinated by the prospect of an immersive survival game where the fun is trying to make the best out of a losing situation will find this worth their time. Just keep an eye on your blood pressure while playing.
  2. XboxAddict
    Jan 22, 2020
    65
    The world and narrative does a great job of immersing you into a bleak and desperate world, only to be constantly taken out by long loading times, pop-in textures and terrible combat. While I wasn’t a fan of the survival elements, those that enjoy their challenging games should thrive with the difficulty. You can’t save everyone, sometimes not even yourself, but Pathologic 2 surely is an experience unlike any other, for better and worse.
  3. Generación Xbox
    Jan 20, 2020
    75
    The Russian studio Ice-Pick brings us again an interesting proposal that mixes elements of exploration, rpg and psychological terror to give as a result a great title that compensates its technical and gameplay failures with a really good story and setting.
  5. TheXboxHub
    Jan 12, 2020
    70
    Things in Pathologic 2 on Xbox One come together to create a game that deserves to be tried - but only really because it's unlike anything you will have ever played before.
  6. Xbox Tavern
    Dec 30, 2019
    73
    Pathologic 2, although not as polished as maybe Fallout or Elder Scrolls, still contains all the necessary features for a story driven first player adventure. The games difficulty and time frame can have you sweating under the collar and sometimes become a bit overwhelmed, but you can praise it for its detail to character work and story line.
  7. GameSpot
    May 30, 2019
    50
    Pathologic 2 is the product of a perverse design philosophy. It's alternately intriguing and off-putting; it draws you in with its eerie, dreamlike setting and cast of unnaturally eccentric characters, but then it pushes you away with its nagging, mundane demands. In the end, I was resigned to let failure take me.

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 30
  3. Negative: 7 out of 30
  1. Xbox_Alive
    Jan 7, 2020
    8
    Pathologic 2 is a marvelous masterpiece as a psychological game. Before we start I want to tell you that most of the "mind play" games orPathologic 2 is a marvelous masterpiece as a psychological game. Before we start I want to tell you that most of the "mind play" games or "psychological" style games are based on the story and your mind not the game play. Pathologic 2 contains both elements. There's so many options that you can consider so many things that you can decide and if you just miss a spot you'll be in your inner hell trust me. Where the hell am I? What happened to game , which was the real are we on the past now or is this present day? These are the questions you might get from your confusion. I really don't wanna write about the story line of the game, because I don't want to spoil It for you. If you really want to know about this game no review would help you to do that. You need to come inside and experience it yourself on your Xbox One.… Full Review »
  2. Am-I-A-Martian
    Dec 15, 2020
    9
    Behind its insufferable gameplay, Pathologic 2 hides a deep universe with carefully written dialogue and incredible world design. It'sBehind its insufferable gameplay, Pathologic 2 hides a deep universe with carefully written dialogue and incredible world design. It's mesmerizing the amount of thought that Ice-Pick Lodge put into their world, and the risks they took to make the world into fruition. Everything is coherent, from the way you move around the map to the unforgivable survival mechanics. This game is depressing, and proud of it.

    The only reason it doesn't get a 10 from me is the fact that this game runs really ROUGH on the Xbox One. I have a pretty high tolerance for bugs and glitches and don't like to let technicalities influence my reviews, but I feel like it wouldn't be a fair review without mentioning these issues.

    I get that this is a tiny studio we're talking about, but I have to say that seeing a loading screen every time I walk like 20 steps really breaks the immersion that the rest of the game works so hard to maintain. I even debated giving it an 8 just for these issues.

    Incredible game. It's probably more entertaining to just read about it online or watch other people play it though    … Full Review »
  3. Broyax
    Apr 4, 2020
    0
    L'indé étronisé étron de la semaine est russe ! il est donc soit tout en russe... soit tout en anglais intégral ! et il est pathologique, çaL'indé étronisé étron de la semaine est russe ! il est donc soit tout en russe... soit tout en anglais intégral ! et il est pathologique, ça c'est sûr... et certain. C'est un jeu crade, glauque et sinistre pendant une épidemie d'on ne sait quoi, dans une époque non identifiée (pendant la révolution bolchévique peut-être ?).

    Vous êtes un médecin mais on en sait pas plus, car le jeu commence au milieu et la narration progresse à reculons, histoire d'embrouiller encore davantage ce qui peut l'être et d'aggraver encore cette ambiance exécrable qui pue la dépression et la psychose paranoïde (trop de vodka).

    Les dialogues sont ineptes et présentés d'une façon... aberrante dans ce FPS qui semble, ne le cachons pas, tout droit sorti d'une benne à ordures et... d'un autre âge ! l'interface est à l'avenant et la jouabilité (?) est aussi repoussante que l'ensemble du "jeu" proposé ici : un mauvais "délire" au sens très psychiatrique du terme...    … Full Review »
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