I’ve rummaged through Laura’s house and found huge amounts of food before. Maybe it’s accumulative or something, but check back another time maybe. Although, it sounds like you’re learning what it takes to survive through the hobo economy so I’m sure you’ll figure it out.
Good luck!
I convinced four, four! of my friends to buy this as the inaugural game in our playing club. I have done a very good deed.
Finished day 2 and my club is gonna meet tomorrow to share thoughts. I’m amazed that one of my friends thought to turn himself in on day 1 so I’m pretty excited for how are paths will diverge
Is it recommended to restart the game at a certain point? I haven’t reloaded earlier saves so far and I plan on soldiering on for as long as possible but I’m not confident I’ll make it.
There’s no specific point that anyone suggests to restart at, I think. You probably know best if you are really in a spot that’s not survivable, but definitely the thing to struggle against is the thought that there’s nothing you can do - because truly you can probably go mug someone and steal their food, or sell something valuable, etc. Those are the times where I think the game works to get you in and expects you to get yourself out of 
But it’s hard! Keep us updated on your adventure, I’m always interested to hear and talk about Patho 2.
I’m on the evening of Day 3 right now and my near future is survivable. Out of my group of friends that I’ve brought along for the ride, one is at the same point yet has died >7 times. I’m not sure what to tell him because he seems ready to quit.
I like the desperation and unclear objectives in Pathologic 2. I haven’t died yet, but I’ve come very close more than once. However, my motivation waned and I haven’t returned to the game in a couple weeks because
I referenced a guide for tincures too. My brain no good to remember what flowders go good together.
since at least 1 other person is also playing this rn (and to encourage more to play!! ((also, as of right now, i think it’s still 20% off)) i thought i’d write out what’s been helpful for me so far. though, in general, i find it’s less severe than path2.
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anyway, i’m on day 2 after having done a lot in day 4 and 3. but now i’m seeing that this day will make me want to do some of those days over again. it was a real pleasure seeing my girl murky again. missed that little pigpen. woops, enough posting, time to play
another thing to keep in mind is that while we have been blessed with the power of time for once in this series some decisions require you to restart the entire chain of events to undo, some you can go back and fix the moment you fucked up, and some decisions are permanent. So it’s still pathologic wahooo. The game tells you if you’re committing to something irreparable though (at least so far)
This play keeps getting more and more out of control every time they put it on!!!
this game has a really really good mix of like, “putting out fires” style design that Firaxis tried to overindex on in later years as they hired more board game designers and also regular videogame narrative storytelling
the UI is kind of awful on a laptop without a controller though and this isn’t the kind of game I usually enjoy sitting at my desktop to play so I’m not far into it yet
day 8
this town is a nightmare half remembered, things different upon waking. did i walk into a trap or is it a labyrinth of my own design? the winds are moving in a different direction, changing history as it unfolds. i walked down a cursed street and saw my end. even with the power to change the clocks, i still don’t have the time to do all i need to do. death remains on my heels and over the horizon. why so jittery dankovsky
I’m early in this but I like everything about it so far. there’s more tension in the dialogue than in 2, but that’s partially because it’s easier to set up. in this game you’re a true outsider and a reasonably straitlaced (though drug addled!) scientist, so you get plenty of ‘what the fuck are you saying to me’ dialog options, and people will often treat you like you don’t know anything, since you don’t. in 2 everyone hated you and assumed you knew what the fuck they were talking about, and the haruspex had a lot on his mind, so your dialog options were often just as cryptic as what you were being told. that ruled in 2! in 3 the dialog still rules, but probably a touch less so? to make up for it, it’s more consequential. in practice I end up butting heads with the dialog options a lot because I care way more about the cryptic bullshit in the town than dankovsky ever reasonably would outside of his narrow obsessions. but that’s the price you pay for something this fleshed out.
