#lika pathologic

[sucredemar]

Go onyon, I need to collect the hexthec

[grmka]

Lika&Notkin

Мельница — Ночная кобыла

[yourdeepestfathoms]

why wouldn’t you want to play the original 2005 English translation of Pathologic 1?

it’s got all the good shit, such as…

Devot+E36ress

this

Georgiy’s nephew, Maria

this atrocious spelling of naive, which is misspelled EVERY SINGLE TIME the word appears

Hump Man

this fucking guy

the way every single model is absolutely fried to the point where you can count every single pixel

and i didn’t get a picture of it, but the game’s weird obsession with using the word “penetrate”

[prime-povarenok]

I worked on this for 3 days, I don’t like the result, but it feels like everything is too critical to fix, haha btw, from my au, where Lika (Lisa) is a necromancer

[torse]

[rathologic]

Unknown Pathologic Characters, "Want them to get a shout-out despite forgetting to put them in the tournament" award: Some git versus Human Albino

Some git Origin: Pathologic (2006 EN) Description: An adult little person who replaces Lika in order to censor child-murder quests for European ratings boards. Found in the Steppe with a shmowder or lockpick. Haruspex players who let him live have the favor returned on Day 9.

Human Albino Origin: 2004 Pathologic Alpha Description: A person who existed as an early iteration of The Albino. Found in the Steppe with a bathrobe and umbrella. Approaching him as the Bachelor deals the player constant "mental" damage.

[catsaystuff]

I Love Pathologic NPCs so much I'm replaying p2 and writing down different names and random lore

Recently a friend and I made our own pathologic OCS, and I made mine have a connection with one of the kin woman NPCs, which in turn made me interested in all the p2 npcs

I'm only on day 5 of my replay, and i'm aware some of this is probably on the wiki, but here are some random bits of lore and info anyway

NAMES:

Some names of kids that are part of the Soul-and-Halves names: Dandy, Catnip, Ace, Ginger, Snout Smokey and Scout

Some names of the Dogheads: Lika, Chara, Maera

Names of other kids: Siskin, Finch, Uta, Swift, Chickadee, Teensy, Wench, Barb, Pup, Goldfinch, Hatchling, Verochka, Basya

Women's names: Kayura, Aigul, Khetey, Dove, Urmaan, Agnia, Starling

Men's names: Shiner, Piecework, Whistler, Kestrel, Ouzel, Crow, Lefty, Stump, Pochard, Pigeon

Dandy is the kid who trades you sharp things at Notkin's hideout. He also trades the infection maps which he and some others make by scouting the infected districts in hopes it will be useful to Artemy. He specifically sits outside the hideout some days to avoid infecting others inside. He thanks you when you come see a sick Notkin.

Catnip gives you bread and milk on day one if you accept it. You can also go back the next day with a piece of bread to thank her for it. Ginger is another girl waiting outside Rubin's house to notify you about Lika's trial.

Ace is the boy waiting outside of Rubin's house on day 1 whose mission is to notify you about the death of their dogs (Alma, Duke and Wokfling). He can also be found a couple days later on The Cape when you start playing The Kids Game. He tells you not to wake up Nina and also invites you to the Nutshell.

Smokey is the boy who gets surrounded by some Dogheads in one of the stairs to heaven. When you ask him if he needs help he says that he's fine, just admiring the view, and very clearly doesn't want adults to intrude in their business and show up in their places. One of the Dogheads waiting for him to come down is called Chara.

Lika is of course the Doghead you see at the start of the game who gives you a tourniquet but later doesn't show up at the town hall to clear your name. And the Doghead trading a schmowder at the Nutshell is Maera.

Finch is random kid with dialogue, so I'm not sure if it's always him saying this, but he asks Artemy if he saw any trains coming, and later mentions how Uta traded all her buttons for just some sugar, which is outrageous.

You then can find Uta later on! specifically during Capella's piano quest. On the second house you go to Uta is playing the piano, and in her conversation she's just shouting at you to go away and threatens to scream if you get closer. Specifically doesn't say "fuck off" because her mom told her not to but she says a couple of "flick off" and "eff off"

Teensy is a little girl who says she still thinks you're good and nice. And Wench is the little girl playing with the bones and scaring boys away. Basya is a little boy who gets surrounded by other kids because his father is a "bad man" (called Whitebeard), and one of those kids is a girl called Barb.

Hatchling is one of the boys staring at Isidor's infected house, and who says Isidor was helpful when Verochka had shingles last year. I haven't actually found anyone called Verochka around the town

There are some kin women like Kayura, who tells you about the Shabnak and says she doesn't believe people kill other people in this town. There's also Aigul and Khetey, who can be found at Aspity's house.

Other women are Dove, whose children are in the tower and won't come back and doesn't personally believe in Shabnaks. Agnia, who is spending her day outside the Judge's door to check which men come asking if killing at night is legal so she can keep herself safe. And there's also Starling who is particularly worried about the people trying to burn off the plague in the streets.

There's of course Piecework, the man Grief asks you to do surgery on. The reason he got injured is because he and Shiner attacked a woman of the Kin. Piecework managed to kill her and the others fought back. They clearly have no medical knowledge.

Kestrel is one of the men trying to stop the mob justice on day one. Stump is the first person you see playing the piano during capella's quest, he's from the Cannery. Pochard is a kin man who says they've lost faith in Artemy and have decided to fight back. And finally Pigeon is complaining on the street about the Kin revolting with no reason.

AND FOR NOW THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT (kinda) if anyone has more small details like these PLEASE add them. can be from pathologic classic too! There's so many good classic npcs like Willow or the Harpist

[katherinakaina]

I like how people are reacting to this post about Hbomb's Pathologic video both in the reblogs and in separate posts. The most common response is along the lines of 'yeah, I guess it's fine, but after actually playing the game I disagree with it a lot'. Same. I got the wrong impression about Daniil and about how difficult it would be. I probably have a dozen minor nitpicks here and there but they are just that, nitpicks. It's a good video.

What is notable to me about people's responses is that in criticizing the work for being inaccurate they tend to be inaccurate about said work. I suppose it's just easy to forget things. But like... You don't have to invent things that are wrong about the video. It kinda undermines your point.

Like, you don't have to kill Lika? Okay. Hbomb never said you have to. Weird that you got that impression. He literally just compares it to other video games where killing children is not even possible. Pathologic on the other hand provides you with incentive. Lika's got a shmowder on him. At this point you have no idea how many shmowders and panaceas you will have. You can always grind for them. It's not a huge loss. But it is an incentive. One of the strongest ones in the game. Not to mention the gun, that is nice to be able to sell on the first day.

Selling guns is also easy. When you get used to it. You can not appreciate how outside the box and uncomfortable that would be for a first time player who was not told all these hacks.

Speaking of. Hbomb oversells the difficulty, that's true. But also he told me how to play the game. How can I really say that it would be as easy if I had to figure everything out on my own? For example, in all the video I watched before playing there was no instructions on how to manage your infection level properly. I found myself almost dying from the plague (the blacking out effects the game has when you approach high levels of infection are pretty cool though, I'm glad I saw them) before I pieced together the perfect formula for infinite health.

And even then he literally acknowledges that the game is easy if you know what you are doing. He just marvels at the fact that it has this reputation. And I think it has it not because it's difficult but because it's tedious. Especially in the Clara's route where you have to just look for Albino without clues? Ugh. I like did it once and then I just looked up the map. And then it was easy. But I cheated though! If you've beaten p1 without using playthrough guides or advice even once and you still think it was a breeze then I bet you are in the minority.

Also ADHD? Makes it more difficult to concentrate maybe? Stop telling people that they suck at the game (that they've beaten btw) just because they found it challenging. It's mean and probably ableist.

Speaking of Clara. He does not underestimate her route. He said it was really satisfying. He's the only person I know to this day who got her ending. Which you can disagree with but he is allowed an opinion and he clearly thought about it. What else do you need?

He doesn't simplify the story. He says the game has a rich plot worthy of a novel with the equivalent amount of words to read. Other than that he just doesn't talk about it at all almost. Which is a shame. I also would have liked a story deep dive more. But also... Would I? It was so interesting to play pathologic even with all the spoilers because it is basically a book pretending to be a game. It is at least a thousand pages tome. I'm glad I experienced it for myself.

There are probably more takes out there but I think I made my point. Hbomb exaggerated a lot of things for comedic effect and it may be annoying. But you don't need to do the same? Or maybe you do? Well, then you can understand why he did what he did.

[meirimerens]

on the clock having a fully-formed idea for a Lika pathologic image appear inside of brain homonculustyle from rereading my notes about the trojan war. having a never-before-had experience.

[mayormimii]

For the ask game: Pathologic of course!! Here are the prompts: Worst Character Death (if any), This made me so happy you have no idea Moment, Saddest Moment, and Favorite Location :):)

Graciaaaas I should’ve specified the questions when I sent you mine :”)

Worst character death: Vera Verba. Her quest was too messy and fascinating to end interrupted. She could’ve easily become a recurring character. Lika got a follow-up with Artemy on day 9 if he lives, and it would’ve meant everything to me if Daniil got one with Vera in which he finds out she’s doing well & she gets to somehow return the favor and :o) but No. The Bachelor’s Route is all about doom & despair

This made me so happy you have no idea moment: Sat on this question for a few minutes; I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced unironic joy during Pathologic. Probably during my first month when everything seemed wonderful & hysterical. Seeing the opening animation of the Termites was a high point. After that, I’d only feel such bliss when I’d cross paths with Teensy (especially if she’d do her little clapping animation AHHH). I wish I was kidding, but I can only remember excitement or amusement at most, not really, “I’m so glad.”

Oh!

The first time Mark Immortell left the theater as far as I’ve seen, when I found him in Maria’s room, and she talks to him instead of the player character. Generally, every allusion the characters make to relationships I’m already invested in. “Aha! I knew you cared about each other!”

Saddest moment: When I spoke to one of those angry-looking girl NPCs I was so used to laughing at, but Artemy asks her, “Have you been crying?” so she breaks down about how her family might have eaten infected meat meaning she can’t go home in case they caught the plague. I wanted to cry. (Then there was meeting the Powers That Be for the first time, which left me upset for an entire day despite the fact that I got the happiest ending.)

Favorite location: I wish I had a word to sum up Capella’s wing in the Lump. I also love Clara’s bedroom in the Saburov mansion for what it represents. Ultimately, I can’t describe to you the wonder and inexplicable nostalgia I felt when I entered the town from the Steppe for the first time and the architecture’s aesthetic seemed to escape words yet feel so familiar, like out of a storybook both timeless and specific to an era.

[florentz]

last time i played through pathologic 2 i took note of every single time the game gave me an option to make sure people knew artemy was a surgeon or a doctor

so

here you guys go, in case you were wondering how many times the game makes it obvious you are one, during my second full run of the game

SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT!!!

artemy “i’m a surgeon” burakh

day 12(prologue)

“i’m not just any civilian, i’m a doctor”

to Alexander Block

“artemy burakh, surgeon”

to Alexander Block

DAY 1

“you are artemy burakh, a surgeon”

- intro card

+ at least once to the fellow traveler

“you don’t need to lecture me, boy. i’m a surgeon”

to Lika (doghead at the train station)

“i don’t need it. i’m a doctor, remember?”

to Beak (train station executor)

“i’m a surgeon. a good one, too”

to The Bachelor (in rubins apartment)

“i’m a doctor. what’s the issue?”

to Ace (kid outside rubins apartment)

“actually, i’m a surgeon too, now. that’s why i went away, to study”

to Whistler (outside rubins apartment)

“i’m a surgeon. it’s like a butcher, but with a sharper knife”

to Dandy (in the soul-and-a- halves fortress)

“let me patch them up. i am a surgeon, after all. are your men still here?”

to Bad Grief (inside grief’s warehouse)

“everyone does. trust me, i’m a surgeon”

to Lara Ravel (at the shelter)

“sort of. i’m a surgeon”

to The Changeling (at the shelter)

“[i’m] a doctor. from bad grief. tell me what happened”

to Shiner (piecework questline)

“i’m a surgeon. it’s part of my job”

to Andrey Stamatin (at the broken heart)

DAY 1 SUMMARY

“i’m a surgeon”

9 times

“i’m a doctor”

3 times

total day 1:

13 times

(15 if you count prologue)

DAY 2

“of course not. i’m a surgeon”

to Capella (at the lump)

“artemy burakh. a doctor”

to Yulia Lyuricheva (at the lump)

“am i banned because i’m a doctor? i should be free to do whatever i want”

to Manager (outside town hall)

DAY 2 SUMMARY

“i’m a surgeon”

1 time

“i’m a doctor”

2 times

total day 2:

3 times

DAY 3

“you’re mistaken, pal. i’m not a worker. i’m a doctor”

to Worker (outside the lump)

“you’re not a doctor, khetey. i am”

to Aspity (outside soul-and-a-halves’ fortress)

“artemy burakh. surgeon”

to Eva Yan (at the stillwater)

“i’m a doctor. i need the full picture”

to Big Vlad (in the town hall)

“i’m a surgeon. and a damn good one”

to Bachelor (in the town hall)

“quiet now… i’m a doctor”

to Anna Angel (at the willows)

“i’m a doctor. microbes run from me like the devil from a holy flame”

to Anna Angel (at the willows)

“i’m a doctor, making my rounds. do as i tell you. there is an epidemic in town”

to Anna Angel (at the willows)

DAY 3 SUMMARY

“i’m a surgeon”

2 times

“i’m a doctor”

6 times

total day 3:

8 times

DAY 4

“i’m not a butcher. i’m a surgeon”

to Kayura (outside town hall)

SUMMARY DAY 4

“i’m a surgeon”

1 time

“i am a doctor”

——

total day 4:

1 time

DAY 5

“i don’t know. i’m a surgeon”

to Victor Kain (at the crucible)

“because i’m a doctor and i said so. look at the light and let me examine your pupils”

to Murky (outside a pharmacy in the tanners district)

“no. it’s just that you have exeperience with this. you’re a scientist. i’m a surgeon”

to The Bachelor (at the stillwater)

SUMMARY DAY 5

“i’m a surgeon”

2 times

“i’m a doctor”

1 time

total day 5

3 times

DAY 6

“i’m a doctor. i’m here to check up on you”

to Maria Kaina (at the crucible)

“[i’m] a doctor”

to Maria Kaina (at the crucible)

“no. i’m a different kind of surgeon”

to Measly (at the train station)

SUMMARY DAY 6

“i’m a surgeon”

1 time

“i’m a doctor”

2 times

total day 6:

3 times

DAY 7

“i’m not a digger, either. i’m a surgeon”

to The Bachelor (inside town hall)

“let me see your wound. i’m a surgeon”

to Foreman Oyun (in shekhen)

“i’m a doctor, not a murderer”

to Foreman Oyun (inside Isidors’ house)

SUMMARY DAY 7

“i’m a surgeon”

2 times

“i’m a doctor”

1 time

total day 7:

3 times

DAY 8

———

nothing

DAY 9

“[i’m] a doctor”

to Soldier (at the bridge square)

“i’m a surgeon. artemy burakh”

to Alexander Block (at the town hall)

“i’m a doctor who’s making a cure for this plague”

to Alexander Block (at the town hall)

“burakh, doctor. at your service”

to Alexander Block (at the town hall)

^alternate responses for same dialogue

“artemy burakh, doctor”

to Manager (at the town hall)

“[i’m] a surgeon from the hospital. i came to get my pay”

to Manager (at the town hall)

“[i’m] an emshen”

(technically means doctor)

to Blood-Kin (inside the abattoir)

SUMMARY DAY 9

“i’m a surgeon”

2 times

“i’m a doctor”

4 times

bonus +1 for “i’m an emshen”

total day 9:

7 times

DAY 10

“i’m a surgeon, not a diagnostician”

to Aglaya Lilich (at the cathedral)

“artemy burakh, doctor. where’s general block?”

to Officer (at the town hall)

“i’m a doctor. let me examine the general”

to Officer (at the town hall)

“you paper-pusher… wake up! i’m a doctor!”

to Officer (at the town hall)

“i’m a doctor”

to Sentry (outside the theatre)

“i’m a doctor. sanitary inspection. any infected among you?”

to Officer (the steppe- only if you choose to escape with aglaya)

DAY 10 SUMMARY

“i’m a surgeon”

1 time

“i’m a doctor”

5 times

total day 10:

6 times

DAY 11

“calm down, officer. i’m a doctor too”

to Loyalist (at the train station)

“this is beyond me. i’m a doctor, responsible for the town. it is in agony, but something can still be saved”

to Boddho’s Murmur (outside the broken heart pub)

SUMMARY DAY 11

“i’m a surgeon”

———

“i’m a doctor”

2 times

total day 11:

2 times

DAY 12 - DIURNAL ENDING ONLY

“no, vlad. i’m a doctor, not a manager. my job is different”

to Vlad the Younger (at the cape)

SUMMARY DAY 12

“i’m a surgeon”

———

“i’m a doctor”

1 time

total day 12:

1 time

SUMMARY:

“i’m a surgeon”

22 times

“i’m a doctor”

28 times

TOTAL:

50 times (+2)

average 4 times every day

[nerdkiller]

I really wanted to come up with another fandom for the ask, but it was between Pathologic and UA, so... Pathologic ^^

Hey friend!!

I feel like you already know my responses to so many of the ask prompts, so I'm trying to think of ones you might not already know about... (/the ones I haven't answered yet already)

Favorite male character: Khan obviously... My prince who is never wrong

Least favorite character: I don't really hate any of them (I mean, we already talked about how I feel about Oyun) buuuuuut. I dislike P2 Var because he's boring. And whatever the name is of the NPC that tries to rescue Grace in P2 as well :/

Favorite ship: KHANPELLA NÚMERO UNO DEL MUNDO

Favorite quote: I think it's actually Clara's quote from the prologue in P1 that she keeps repeating: "Those who favor hard logic and direct action are bound to be misguided." Simply for what it means for her route.

Worst Character Death: When Lika gets psychically judged by Clara :/. Actually. I hate killing the Dogheads.

Saddest moment: I might have to recant what I said about my favorite friendship in the series, but maybe not, because I think that the Albino and Clara are siblings in a way? But regardless, I think the conversation they had in the steppe made me so sad. Speaking to Aspity as the Haruspex was also very sad to me, especially when he asks Aspity about how his father gained the right to become Warden through his sacrifice, and Aspity tells him that Isidor did something miraculous. It really hit hard, especially after recognizing all the death and sacrifice the Haruspex ended up making.

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment: you need to revisit Vlad Jr in Clara's route on the final day :^) I thought that was so wild. Not really my top favorite moment but it was super cool. As for P2, in every playthrough I save a million screenshots of the Train Station Khanpellla scene lol.

[dobodleaday]

08.15.21 “Give him this leash. He’ll understand what it means.”

[llapshaa]

“Everything is fine with me, Sanya He's drinking again, right? ... Stay with us tonight, okay? ... Zarya? Uh-huh...I'll stay..” Sticky-Sasha. Zarya is a variant of the name Elizar. (to the people who chose Lika's full name, respect). The second one doesn't have a particularly close-knit family. Lika's appearance was undecided. Guys are 15-16 years old

[prime-povarenok]

"Wendigo" - drawn under "SEMATARY - WENDIGO"

[torse]