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Developer Ice-Pick Lodge has announced Pathologic 3, the first new entry in the cult classic horror RPG series in five years.
Ice-pick calls Pathologic 3 a “rebirth of an award-winning story,” which surely makes it sound like a remake/reboot situation, which is a little strange because Pathologic 2 was essentially an extensive, ground-up remake of the first game. To add to the confusion a bit, Pathologic 3 appears to have started and was even marketed as DLC for Pathologic 2, but at some point the developer or publisher appears to have repackaged it as a full-fledged sequel.
Anyway, yes, Pathologic 3 is in the works and will feature a “time travel mechanic, allowing players to go back and see how their decisions change the lives of the townspeople.” You play as bachelor Daniil Dankovsky, a young doctor in search of the key to immortality who ends up in a remote town hit by a relentless plague epidemic that threatens to destroy the entire city within 12 days.
“Now it is up to him to explore the city itself, its past, present and future, to find answers to its many questions and try to stop the relentless epidemic. (At least… that's what he thinks this story is about. What It's supposed to be about what it's always been about.)”
The first Pathologic had multiple playable characters, while the second game only allows you to follow the Scryer route. The original plan was to continue expanding Pathologic 2 with new characters and playable routes, but now it seems that the Bachelor route has become Pathologic 3, with some new additions and modifications. It will be interesting to see if the other routes become new sequels as well.
Pathologic 3 will arrive on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2025.
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