Pathologoc - The JAVE

Point-n-Click, Action/Adventure/RPG

June 9, 2005 (Russia)
April 20, 2006 (Germany)
August 18, 2006 (UK)

Ice-Pick Lodge
Buka Entertainment (Publisher, Russia)
Brigades (Publisher, Germany)
GMX Media (Publisher, UK)

First Person

"Pathologic is a 1st person, full 360 degrees 3D game, where you play the part of 1 of 3 different characters and try to survive for twelve days in a small town that is slowly being eaten away by a terrible epidemic. By the end of those twelve days, you will be required to decide the fate of the town, according to what you have learned about the disease. If you are still alive that is!

"Each day is divided into one main quest of the day and a few side-quests. The side-quests are optional, but can offer great rewards, while it is very important to successfully complete the main quest.

"Fighting has its place in the game, but the amount of fighting is almost entirely up to you...The game’s AI is not a very strong point, and fighting sometimes is performed in a very funny way, while other times it becomes excruciating.

"Visually Pathologic is of high, but not the highest, standards...What really stands out though is the music. Pathologic features some of the most sublime music I have ever heard in a game.

"There is one thing in Pathologic though that is really unappealing and I cannot believe that the game was actually released in that state. I am talking about the ugliest, the most awful and outrageous translation I have ever seen in my gaming years. Yes, I have played non-English games that were poorly translated, but Pathologic creates a league of its own.

"Pathologic has its little problems and nuisances but it also performs greatly in the areas that are the most important for this kind of a game. Unfortunately, the atrocious translation takes away a good chunk of the fun. If though you are a lover of the macabre, this problem can and should be overlooked, and you will enjoy one of the gloomiest games ever created."