I've heard about this before, and I've been interested in it for a while.
But what 0x517A5D is saying about the translation stops me in my tracks. Pity :(
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So I guess my question is: What's the translation like?It ranges from odd yet dramatic to "I can has" (at one point a character literally says that). I recall a fan translation project in the works, but I don't think anything came out of it in the end.
Concerning the horror, I'd say the game is always trying to creep you out with the visuals rather than boo-scare you. The town is mostly "normal" enough to make the oddities seem actually strange and disturbing.
OH DEAR GOD. When I kill psycho knife wielding maniacs in the early pre-dawn hours I hear a child laugh and clap.
GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD.
Day 2, I just got out of the theater. What do I do?If you're the Doctor, you die horribly.
I'd say the most scary part of this is the stagehand raven dudes. They're monstrously tall, they never mover and all they wear are those cloaks and raven.... masks? I actually yelped the first time I saw one (I've not played it. Just seen a few pictures).I'm pretty sure they're based around (or at least inspired by) the venisian doctors who wore bird masks to ward off the plague. They weren't full headed masks instead they just covered the face, but still, pretty similar.
The worst part? The people don't care. Either this is all just your madness, or this town is...
I'm pretty sure they're based around (or at least inspired by) the venisian doctors who wore bird masks to ward off the plague. They weren't full headed masks instead they just covered the face, but still, pretty similar.But they don't doctor. The RPS butcher of it states that eventually you get to the point where they seem to be death dealers.
I'd say the most scary part of this is the stagehand raven dudes. They're monstrously tall, they never mover and all they wear are those cloaks and raven.... masks? I actually yelped the first time I saw one (I've not played it. Just seen a few pictures).
The worst part? The people don't care. Either this is all just your madness, or this town is...
You actually see one (or two) at the start of the game.The thing about it though? It's ALL your fault.
Later on they show up outside the house of every major character that dies.
They're minor characters.
Also, their point:Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I'm being serious here, I don't want to get stuck on a gaem I payed money for.Day 2, I just got out of the theater. What do I do?If you're the Doctor, you die horribly.
If you're the Harrypotterscus, you die in a slightly less horrible manner.
If you're the lady, you win the game.
I'm being serious here, I don't want to get stuck on a gaem I payed money for.Day 2, I just got out of the theater. What do I do?If you're the Doctor, you die horribly.
If you're the Harrypotterscus, you die in a slightly less horrible manner.
If you're the lady, you win the game.
I'm being serious here, I don't want to get stuck on a gaem I payed money for.
I think it'd just be better to just watch SA Goons finish LPing Pathologic successfully, and spare yourself the agnoy. The goons are right now on the last day of the Bachelor...after only a couple years.
Indeed. Assuming they are doing a strict update, and not changing things (i.e. no new story, just new graphics and translation).
But, why?
If you've finished Pathologic (or read my spoiler on the other page) you'd know that "another campaign" would be pointless.
...I think it'd just be better to just watch SA Goons finish LPing Pathologic successfully, and spare yourself the agnoy. The goons are right now on the last day of the Bachelor...after only a couple years.
Its because you start going crazy if you play more than two hours of the game in a day...or three.
Fortunately I haven't had any Pathologic induced night mares yet.
I think they mentioned they would want to fiddle with some of the pacing and quite a few of the mechanical elements as well, because they think some parts were just really poorly done. That could definitely go either way.
Re-writing the story and calling it a sequel: not good. It'd have to be judged on its own merits, and I'd be initially skeptical
I should state that this isn't what I was refering to.
It seems good Pathologic LPs are pretty rare, most are "i'll play till i die" or "i'm a weird foreigner playing the german version" kind of LPs.
Yeah. And dying happens on Day 2, if you're good playing the Batchelor or Day 1 if you're playing the Doctor.
Nope. Means you failed a critical objective for the day. Sometimes you get away with failing one, other times it's game over when the day is over.Yeah. And dying happens on Day 2, if you're good playing the Batchelor or Day 1 if you're playing the Doctor.
So, yeah, I'm playing as the Bachelor and as soon as the clock strikes midnight on day 2, I get a death screen. Is this a bug or something?
How disturbing is this game on a scale of 1 to 10? (1 being "Yay! Happies for all!, 10 being "OH, GOD WHYYYYYYY! *gets locked up in a mental institution*)Hmmmm. Call of Cthulu is about 9 or 10, so from what I've seen, about a 5 or 6.
How disturbing is this game on a scale of 1 to 10? (1 being "Yay! Happies for all!, 10 being "OH, GOD WHYYYYYYY! *gets locked up in a mental institution*)Hmmmm. Call of Cthulu is about 9 or 10
I don't believe so. But everything is free, if you look for it.How disturbing is this game on a scale of 1 to 10? (1 being "Yay! Happies for all!, 10 being "OH, GOD WHYYYYYYY! *gets locked up in a mental institution*)Hmmmm. Call of Cthulu is about 9 or 10
Is CoC free?
Call of Cthulu is about 9 or 10, so from what I've seen, about a 5 or 6.
I heard grown men cry at it. Cause it's hard and tedious. And fishmen randomly rape you.QuoteCall of Cthulu is about 9 or 10, so from what I've seen, about a 5 or 6.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of Earth? That game was taaaaammmmeeeee. I'd put it at a 5.
Is it, like, subtle, the way you make these choices? Or is it just kind of text options of varying degrees of horror?
Pathologic has made me disgusted with the actions I freely chose on many occasions.Indeed. And my understanding is anyone with the stomach to play all three lines goes "What the fuck?" at things they did previously. Things like when you are the Horespex vivisecting a man in hopes of seeing what organs look how bad is something that makes sense. Then, when you get to that point as The Bachelor, WTF was that dumbass Horespex doing?
If it is a bug, I'm sure it has a deep and profound meaning.
I did not survive my first fight as the Doctor. Or the second.
If it is a bug, I'm sure it has a deep and profound meaning.
I did not survive my first fight as the Doctor. Or the second.
Combat in Pathologic is deadly. Really, really deadly. About on par with Penumbra, I'd say.
If it is a bug, I'm sure it has a deep and profound meaning.
I did not survive my first fight as the Doctor. Or the second.
Combat in Pathologic is deadly. Really, really deadly. About on par with Penumbra, I'd say.
It is the one thing I find odd about Amnesia.
It isn't that you can't fight, it is that you can't even put up a fight. Giving me the impression that I am in some weird bubble.
Though I am probably mistaken especially since I havn't played Amnesia and I am trying not to see it incase I ever do play amnesia.
Pathologic is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up crying and sobbing from.
Amnesia is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up screaming from. Pathologic is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up crying and sobbing from.
Amnesia is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up screaming from. Pathologic is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up crying and sobbing from.
Especially when you realize that....Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Call of Cthulhu is no way that high, and I'm not even one of those guys who judges everything as unscary (System Shock 2 still definitely creeps me out). It was definitely pretty atmospheric at the beginning for the first couple hours, I really liked the chase scenes a lot and got into the game, but as soon as they gave you a gun things started devolving pretty quickly into mindless shooty-shooty bang-bang, fishmen or no.QuoteCall of Cthulu is about 9 or 10, so from what I've seen, about a 5 or 6.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of Earth? That game was taaaaammmmeeeee. I'd put it at a 5.
http://ice-pick.com/translate/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=3409e5a49166fef7aa588352a5b94019So I guess my question is: What's the translation like?[...] I recall a fan translation project in the works, but I don't think anything came out of it in the end. [...]
Actually that isn't true.Amnesia is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up screaming from. Pathologic is trying to be the kind of nightmare you wake up crying and sobbing from.
Especially when you realize that....Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I watched a friend play this some years ago... all I remember is buying meat from a kid, and then the kid just decided to kill us. Also the text on screen and the spoken dialogue didn't exactly match up... and I want to say it even contradicted itself once or twice. Caused a lot of confusion.
Would this game stand up if any of you had lived through a epidemic?
Would this game stand up if any of you had lived through a epidemic?
The game barely feels like it takes place in a epidemic personally...
Would this game stand up if any of you had lived through a epidemic?
The game barely feels like it takes place in a epidemic personally...
Haven't played it. Please explain.
You didn't play long enough to go out after dark.
Go out after dark, then tell me there's nothing going on in the streets.
Would this game stand up if any of you had lived through a epidemic?
Would the game be worse/better if I lived through some kind of epidemic?
I can't answer that not living through one. I can say that the major flaws are mostly to do with controls, translation and gameplay rather than the plague representation. I don't see those flaws changing in anyway even if I lived through an epidemic or twelve world wars.
Is it still a very interesting yet highly flawed game?
Yes.
It does handle the matter is a largely respectful manner however if that's what you're most concerned about.
I'm going to hold off for now. Mostly because while I respect the original for what it was, it was really hard to actually play. "Fight for survival" is really frakking annoying when death means "reload from last save." If it's only going to be a graphical/auditory improvement, then I'm fine with not getting a copy at a slight discount.
I'm going to hold off for now. Mostly because while I respect the original for what it was, it was really hard to actually play. "Fight for survival" is really frakking annoying when death means "reload from last save." If it's only going to be a graphical/auditory improvement, then I'm fine with not getting a copy at a slight discount.
Try reading the page, it explains in great details that it isn't simply a graphical update.
Hey Draco, reckon you could update the OP/title?