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RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Umbra - 06-30-2009
Hey, what you think about The Path?) I think this is a grate step to progress, mysterious story with morality, that makes you think about your life)
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Razalhague - 06-30-2009
I liked The Path, but I don't really think of it as a horror game.
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - eliasfrost - 06-30-2009
I read a review of it in PC Gamer Sweden, it looked nice. I might try it someday.
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Petike - 06-30-2009
Pathologic, a pretty original dark adventure game made by an obscure team of Russian devs. Anybody played it ? While it's not technically "survival horror", this game fits the "horror" or "nightmare fuel" label nonetheless. There are no supernatural monsters or ghosts, just pure psychological horror among a bizzare and decaying example of human society.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/10/butchering-pathologic-part-1-the-body/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/11/butchering-pathologic-part-2-the-mind/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/12/butchering-pathologic-part-3-the-soul/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_pathologic_pc
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/pathologic/index.html
The setting is an eerie decaying town somewhere in Siberia at the beginning of the 20. century. A mysterious plague has fallen on the local populace. You take the role of one of three potential healers (a young doctor, a shaman, a psychic girl) who have just arrived there, and try to turn the tables in the hopeless struggle against the dark ever-present epidemic.
Although the game lacks top-notch graphics, it offers a surpisingly dynamic world, a on-the-fly evolving story and a genuinely surreal atmosphere. Make no mistake - it's not another run-of-the-mill survival horror set in a shanty town, nor an RPG, nor a typical action game. Though flawed in some areas (the writers created more original and gripping elements and ideas than the programmers), Pathologic seems like a fine haunting experience...
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Kedjane - 07-01-2009
(06-30-2009, 08:05 PM)Petike Wrote: Pathologic
You pretty much failed with the linking there. All except the eurogamer link 404s for me.
The game sounds interesting though. Sounds like one of those crazy indie games that dare to do what big devs don't, which I generally like, so I'll check it out.
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - eliasfrost - 07-01-2009
That's the great thing with Indie devs. They do all the experimenting and finding new interesting gameplay, while the big game companies continue with the same old style until they die.
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RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Petike - 07-01-2009
(07-01-2009, 12:51 PM)Kedjane Wrote:(06-30-2009, 08:05 PM)Petike Wrote: PathologicYou pretty much failed with the linking there. All except the eurogamer link 404s for me.
I've fixed it now. Sorry about the temporary inconvenience. :redface:
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RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Aliennoffe - 07-01-2009
I think it remind a little bit about the tuurngait challanges.
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Kedjane - 07-01-2009
(07-01-2009, 05:36 PM)Petike Wrote:(07-01-2009, 12:51 PM)Kedjane Wrote:(06-30-2009, 08:05 PM)Petike Wrote: PathologicYou pretty much failed with the linking there. All except the eurogamer link 404s for me.
I've fixed it now. Sorry about the temporary inconvenience. :redface:
Do those texts contain spoilers by the way? The Eurogamer one contained some information I think I'd rather find out myself.
RE: Other great Survival Horror games? - Petike - 07-01-2009
(07-01-2009, 06:31 PM)Kedjane Wrote: Do those texts contain spoilers by the way? The Eurogamer one contained some information I think I'd rather find out myself.
If I remember well, the three-part article on RockPaperShotgun.com contains quite a lot, especially the third part...