Pathologic 3's time travel format might seem to diminish Pathologic's challenges, but is actually a new and diseased way of ...

The Pathologic 3 apathy and mania system turns survival into something more cerebral, creating a punishing game.

Time has always been a major obstacle in the Pathologic series, but never has it been more in-your-face than in the upcoming third entry. In prior games, time was your opponent, forcing you to weather ...

The original Pathologic, released in 2005, told the story of a remote steppe town overcome by a mysterious plague, presented across twelve days from the points of view of three different playable ...

But perseverance is the point of Pathologic 3. It’s punishing, but the frustration factor is lower than in Pathologic 2, thanks to its streamlined survival mechanics. Managing your mania/apathy via ...

Pathologic might be a tough game to recommend, but it's one every single enthusiast needs to play. The metatextual survival RPG is the textbook definition of friction by design alongside Dark Souls.