tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post5910211004485373102..comments2018-05-07T14:35:03.585-05:00Comments on Pathologistics: Pathologic: Day Twelve—Endgame (Part 2)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961318385141981097noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-87622637435845894032013-02-08T17:38:26.282-06:002013-02-08T17:38:26.282-06:00thanks for the insight. Are you related to the dev...thanks for the insight. Are you related to the developers or do you know these just from the original text?<br />When I played the game, I thought the plague was the big bulls labor pains. And the miracle Devotress was talking about is the birth of new. So I let her do her thing.u.d.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03514805419593921023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-73328487805516656112012-06-26T20:41:43.793-05:002012-06-26T20:41:43.793-05:00I was definitely of that conviction--though I supp...I was definitely of that conviction--though I suppose that was to be assumed by the character I was playing. The root of the plague is still present. It's a shame neither of us possess the language aptitude to play it in Russian--I'm sure there's a whole boatload we missed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961318385141981097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-77756420954811823432012-06-26T19:31:26.242-05:002012-06-26T19:31:26.242-05:00another thing in the Haruspicus' ending that m...another thing in the Haruspicus' ending that many walkthroughs seem to miss and which I'd like to point out:<br /><br />the Polyhedron is NOT the source of the Plague — the Plague did indeed come from the blood (whether this fact itself natural or not and who is to blame is another question). the Polyhedron's "root" simply pierced the vein. but the Haruspicus wants to blast the Polyhedron not because it's "evil"; this is not vengeance, and he clearly understands that piercing the vein was an accident.<br /><br />but the vein is filled sacrificial blood — Aurochs blood. plagued Aurochs blood. see where I'm going with this? by destoying the Polyhedron the Haruspicus can pull the cork out, spilling the prophesized "rivers of blood" into the town and making enough panacea for everyone. and that's how he wins. the disease is still there, only now he has the cure in endless amounts.<br /><br />(one can also argue that the disease will NOT be there with the rituals performed by a Burakh, not an Oyun — performed properly, that is, but once again that's another matter. the point is the Haruspicus doesn't erase the Plague by destroying the Polyhedron, he just finds an absolute method of curing it.)<br /><br />I apologize if that is something you've noticed but decided not to emphasize; I find this important, and since the translation is far from perfect and this may only be obvious in the Russian version, I feel compelled to point it out.Альфинаhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171534758458731241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-26155219272231614572011-12-27T21:58:36.158-06:002011-12-27T21:58:36.158-06:00Also, @........ I want to thank you for saying tha...Also, @........ I want to thank you for saying that. It's good to know your understanding of the game was enriched through reading our experiences. We can only hope more people will come around. Thanks for reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961318385141981097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-3539193520884179382011-12-27T21:57:22.718-06:002011-12-27T21:57:22.718-06:00@Rory: I wasn't so perplexed by the Devotress,...@Rory: I wasn't so perplexed by the Devotress, but I felt like I always missed *something* with her. I remember on the first day getting invited by one of the kids to see a strange "cat" which, I gather, was somehow connected, but because I lost track of the day, and forgot the location, I missed it.<br /><br />But overall, despite the fact that I found myself playing a very individualistic and stuck-up character, I felt as though it was a collective victory of sorts--the arguments enriched each character's understanding of the problem, even if the Bachelor was dead set on one thing, and the Haruspicus on another.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961318385141981097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-36380425789634515652011-12-24T23:25:17.150-06:002011-12-24T23:25:17.150-06:00this game got a horrible rating in germany, becaus...this game got a horrible rating in germany, because it was "boring", many dialogues, strange speach, that they could not understand. they played 1 hour, and deleted it. I think, and i hope, that sometime this game will have the fame, that it deserves. it is one of the best, serious, philosophical, melancholical, and thoughtful games that i ever played / readed.<br />i tryed to understand what happened. who was saying the truth, who was lied, who didnt know. at the end i understood what happened in this little village, but when i readed some of your text, i understood, that i thought not wide enough. i am still at the beginning, so i think i have to play it again, 40+ hours of playing / reading more, but this game is worth the time. it is a shame that this "game" isnt much popular.<br />it is realy nice to see, that there are other people, that like this game like me. you have done a very good job at this blog................https://www.blogger.com/profile/14760529929965491336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314700683809474351.post-36921037275107200442011-12-14T16:44:16.742-06:002011-12-14T16:44:16.742-06:00I'm glad neither you nor Josiah picked the &qu...I'm glad neither you nor Josiah picked the "right" ending, or the "righter" ending... When I played the Bachelor, I went with the Devotress's miracle, and I think that that's the most interesting of the three endings, but it's also not the correct ending to choose. Not that the "correct" ending matters when you meet the two figures in the theater, since conversing with them (it seems) leads to the internal self-reflection that's the purpose of Pathologic in some way. So the victory scenario was deserved, even if destroying the Polyhedron wasn't the "final" ending, so to speak.<br /><br />I'm curious: did speaking to the Devotress frustrate you as much as it did me? To play the whole game and then find out that the one character who's remained silent the whole time has worked out a miracle solution, that felt like a slap in the face after talking to the Authorities and the theatre creatures. It's essentially a declaration that within the main game, the player has lost, and the Devotress won. That's why I was so eager to play as the Devotress (and what she discovers is somewhat astonishing, even after you've played through as one of the main characters): I wanted to see why she was allowed to win and I wasn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com