I have a confession to make: I haven’t played the first Pathologic. Actually, I have another confession: I have played it, but gave up after a few hours at most; and since this was about a decade ago, I can barely recall any of it, so don't feel it counts. To play and quit on a game somehow feels worse than not having played it at all, especially when it’s a much-loved cult classic.
I feel I should share my lack of experience with the original, given the fever with which its fans cling onto it, with a smugness of having played an obscure game that’s a secret masterpiece only the gaming literati know about. Not that I’m criticizing this attitude: judging by everything I’ve read and seen, I wish I had the fortitude to stick with it.
