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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: pathologic? |
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pros - weird!
cons - barely in english!
anyone have any first-hand experience? most of the descriptions are "it's weird and you should check it out cause it's unique!" which is not much of a description, unfortunately. _________________
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Dracko .
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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I own it, but haven't had much time to play it. All I've gotten out of it so far, impact-wise, is the same sort of feeling I get out of seeing a Samuel Beckett stage production. Which is already something else.
It takes a lot of getting used to, that's for sure. But the effort is like nothing else in gaming, so I found it worth my time. I'll certainly devote more time to it once I have a computer that isn't a piece of shit.
I suppose this thread was prompted by this feature? _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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helicopterp .
Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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meat and theater here sounds even better than turkey legs at the renaissance fair. _________________ Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one. |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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i've never seen a beckett screen production so i have no idea if that's good or bad (i only know him as joyce's secretary) but it was prompted by like, everyone on earth sending me messages or links to posts about pathologic and asking me how it was. _________________
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Dracko .
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Well, you best read one of his plays, then! _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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as i keep telling my wife, i don't like theater. they're like movies (long) but with the whole creepy making eye contact with you thing. (i always have to suppress the urge to wave and whathaveyou)
anyway, so pathologic is an adventure game? that's unintentionally not fun? _________________
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Dracko .
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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You could still read them, man. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I had no idea what that game was. This screen shot made me want to play it more than anything written:
_________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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helicopterp .
Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Dhex read Molloy. It's a novel and you'll love it. _________________ Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one. |
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Scratchmonkey .
Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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How would one acquire this, if one were interested? |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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I found my copy at a games shop for a fiver, but hey, I'm in the UK, so...
Try Amazon UK, I suppose. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.gamersgate.com/
is apparently selling it for $15 bucks.
beyond that amazon.co.uk seems to be the only joint for a retail box. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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How reliable is this Gamers Gate? Anyone have any experience with it _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I chose the Euro servers for download and am getting 250kbs+ right now. Thanks for the advice! _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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I bought this game like a year ago but haven't had the time to play more for a couple hours.
I was put off by the opening of that series of articles, I hate it when people say THIS IS THE BEST GAME YOU NEVER PLAYED because a) 98% of the time I have played it and b) there is 98% chance that there are better games I haven't played, don't fucking patronise me, alright?
I should get back into it one day. I had no idea what I was supposed to do which is the primary reason I didn't continue playing. Lack of direction. _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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huh.
that was uh. ok. _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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what
i'm just sayin', is all _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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seriously.
looks amazing, though. _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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oh, are you talkign about your experiences with the game?
i really should get back to it. it didn't seem that weird when i played it to be honest, but then again i've played some weird games and seen some weird movies and what have you. it's certainly creative! i also like the atmosphere. _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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it's definitely all sorts of out of fucking nowhere. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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What the hell? This game is hardly playable. I can't understand anything. This is like playing an adventure game made by the people who translated Castles of Shikigami 2 for the US. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:54 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, that's why I had such a problem with direction. It wasn't often I understood what the characters were saying. I wish someone made a fanpatch that improved the translation... _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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apparently that fanpatch is on the way. or something along those lines.
promises promises... _________________
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Lackey .
Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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The fan patch sounds pretty good from what I read on their forums. The devs are kind of involved in it too, clarifying what lines mean and what terms are and such so I have some hope for it. Honestly I didn't find the dialogue to be totally impenetrable if I just really pay attention. It's not the kind of game you could stop playing for a while and hope to just pick up again.
I took some screenshots of the art found in the game, just because I liked it:
Quote: | most of the descriptions are "it's weird and you should check it out cause it's unique!" which is not much of a description, unfortunately. |
This is kind of apt though, because it doesn't come across like it could be any kind of game but Pathologic. Technically it is kind of an adventure-rpg except without any inventory juggling and no stats or character improvement. Actually it's more like an adventure game crossed with one of those desert-island type survival games. Obviously the whole game is just in service to the content of the story, though. _________________ | Little bird fighting against a bat sect game | |
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Redeye .
Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth
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daphaknee just enemies now
Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 892 Location: YAY AREA
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:20 am Post subject: |
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more screenshots please |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: |
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the house interiors are absolutely beautiful, i must say. the little decorative touches are excellent. (not so much the actual textures) _________________
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Lackey .
Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say the textures are pretty decent, they just don't edge them most of the time so the polygon cut-off is pretty obvious and the lighting is pretty much flat everywhere which just makes it even more evident.
I don't know that the game is trying to be imemrsive though! I really don't know. It's the only game I've played where I felt like having 4 identical NPCs standing together was deliberate.
I also like the stark brutalism of the apiary against the decaying art nouveau architecture of the rest of the town. And the abattoir is just weird. _________________ | Little bird fighting against a bat sect game | |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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I really wish I could play this game. Perhaps I should give it another shot. Maybe even if I get a bit unhinged first it will help. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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Lackey .
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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So apparently tensionis their next project. It looks... um... anyone know anything about it? _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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All I know is that the trailers look really frickin' cool and the game is full of naked people with cold dead eyes. _________________
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