Pathologic 2 Reviews

Pathologic 2 is ranked in the 40th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
95 / 100
Jan 28, 2022

Pathologic 1 & 2 are masterpieces of games as art. They are cruel and disturbing, but ask unique questions and do things you won't see anywhere else. These are singularly unique experiences that are worth suffering through.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 22, 2021

Pathologic 2 is survival horror at its most challenging and rewarding. A horror game which plagues you both literally and psychologically. It certainly isn’t for everyone but it is a testament to what games can be at their best. Story telling gold. Whilst it isn’t fun, it isn’t meant to be.

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3 / 10
Jun 29, 2020
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8 / 10.0
May 14, 2020

Pathologic 2 is odd and very unsettling. Just to make sure you never get a breath of fresh air in a town that’s going insane, the game is extremely punishing, and your 12 days of hell pass by sluggishly. Although the game will be getting a difficulty setting, the difficulty of the game was personally enjoyable. The only true downsides were the arguably unusable combat system and repetitive models.

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9 / 10
Apr 10, 2020

The best way to describe Pathologic 2 is to imagine a parallel world where Tarkovsky is a video game maker. Pathologic 2 shows a world on the verge of annihilation, and a hero who is looking for redemption on a dark path.

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5 / 10.0
Apr 8, 2020

Pathologic 2 does a fine job of capturing the feelings of a town under distress, though it can feel like a painful chore to play with technical glitches and loading times hindering the experience overall.

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65 / 100
Apr 1, 2020

We are facing a hard, difficult and often frustrating game, but one that has an atmosphere like few others and that the difficulty options will allow it to reach a wider audience. However, poor console performance tarnishes an experience that could have been almost outstanding.

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4 / 10
Mar 25, 2020

Pathologic 2 is an interesting game that's flawed by poor use of its mechanics and boring gameplay loop. The story would be definitely worth exploring if it weren't for the terrible optimization and constant loading screens.

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4 / 10
Mar 24, 2020

Pathologic 2 is an experience, I’ll give it that. But not one I wish to spend any further time in. It’s just far too dull and painful. The most telling thing of all? I fell asleep playing. Pathologic 2 is out now for most systems, and just this month on PS4. If you are absolutely desperate for some contagion related entertainment, you can do a lot better than this.

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Unscored
Mar 19, 2020

At first Pathologic 2 was going to be a remake of Pathologic and finally it has been a sequel. As complicated as its predecessor, it is a video game not suitable for everyone, its story is as hard as its playability.

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7 / 10.0
Jan 31, 2020

Pathologic 2 is a remake of a survival horror game from 2005. It streamlines the plot and makes everything look prettier. You can feel the age however and the supernatural elements can be off putting. Fans of Penumbra and Amnesia should feel at home.

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Unscored
Jan 18, 2020

Pathologic 2 deconstructs the player/game dichotomy even as it celebrates how affecting that relationship can be. It is rich and dense and uncompromising. That it exists at all is an anomaly, but one I can only hope doesn’t stay that way.

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6.5 / 10.0
Aug 19, 2019

Just stay alive!

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8 / 10.0
Aug 11, 2019

A very difficult game that can be frustrating at times, but ultimitely does keep you entertained. Worth adjusting the difficulty to make it more playable.

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Jul 9, 2019

I can’t say I’ve ever played something quite like Pathologic 2. The systems are intricate, the choices have serious consequences and the story is perhaps the most mind-boggling I’ve ever experienced in a video game. At times, it’s too much, the unforgiving learning curve and hard to follow story making it wildly inaccessible. However, if you are patient and stick with it, Pathologic 2 opens up into a completely unique, surreal and harrowing experience that I can assure you won’t have played anywhere else.

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6 / 10.0
Jul 3, 2019

Strange and depressive fight against a devastating plague is not sattisfaction for everyone.

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Jun 25, 2019

Pathologic 2 is a narrative triumph, but atrocious combat gets in the way.

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7 / 10
Jun 24, 2019

The game is exhausting, it's difficult to be in it for a long time. But because of the deep atmosphere, vivid characters and mysterious plot, it clings and doesn't let go until the very end. The experience is uniquely interesting, but requires additional polishing.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 19, 2019

Thanks to its extraordinary aesthetic choices and his infinite variety of roleplaying approaches, combined with the depth and exquisite wickedness of survival mechanics, Pathologic 2 is confirmed as an original, atypical, dreamlike, violent and masochistic experience.

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Jun 11, 2019

Pathologic 2 is the ultimate acquired taste - unforgiving, byzantine, and eye-opening.

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