Pathologic is Genius, And Here's Why

Two hours? That sounds like a nightmare. Luckily, so is the game. And what an amazing nightmare it is.
Mandalore's (great and much more concise) Review of Classic HD:
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[@TheHazmat347]

"honey, it's 4pm, time to watch Pathologic Is Genius and Here's Why again" "yes dear"

[@assadissa2]

You mean 4 am

[@Gothstana]

@@assadissa2 Time is an illusion, Pathologic is Genius is eternal.

[@kainreaverz]

Iba a escribir un comentario diciendo algo así, pero en español.

[@jlee7811]

I’m on day 4 of trying to finish this video

[@agalwithnoname]

@@kainreaverz JAJAJAJAJA yo también

[@Snpaulie]

The 3 million views are just the same 30k people watching the video again

[@botanicallyaberry6406]

I saw this comment while currently rewatching this video for the nth time this year lmao

[@WetRatGaming]

On my hundredth rewatch, I feel called out XD

[@vladimirstok149]

what the fuck is wrong with us :((

[@WolfHreda]

@@vladimirstok149 Nothing is wrong with us. Snpaul is obviously the Shabnak trying to single us out and pick us off. Damnable steppe demon...

[@veelogation3890]

its so good tho

[@sarahtonin6367]

"Don't catch the plague, shithead" has to be some of the best life advice I've ever heard.

[@Crusader1089]

It was basically government policy here in the UK

[@Paledomain]

aged like fine wine lol

[@pentax2551]

That part really cracked me up

[@forgot7en]

In this video, you can see the clear rate of the Day 1 achievement is 13.2%. 4 years later, I checked the achievements, and the Day 1 clear rate is 16.5%. In 4 years, there has only been a 3.3% increase of players who actually went this far. And yet, somehow, it has 88% positive reviews from 2942 users. One of the top POSITIVE reviews literally states "made my mental illness worse." EDIT: Apparently it's an increase of about 25%. Thanks random math nerd

[@waytogo8014]

Whats not to like with pessimism and mental illness?

[@EdeN_2006]

So true ​@@waytogo8014

[@SixArmedSweater]

To be fair my favorite game, We Know The Devil, made MY mental illness much worse, but in a beneficial way.

[@rane1442]

@@SixArmedSweater this game looks cool as hell! Thanks for mentioning it I just bought a copy

[@michaeluwuowo]

​@@rane1442how's it going now?

[@casscain5196]

january 2020: daniil dankovsky's fun steppe vacation may 2020: artemy burak'sh tormentous nightmare

[@davidfasthands474]

Underrated

[@ArtoriaZz2137]

does any1 know what music plays under it?

[@joaomartins2541]

Plague.

[@Vellzi]

@@ArtoriaZz2137 El Tigr3 - She Swallowed Burning Coals

[@caitmonroe9349]

July 2020: The Changling's narrative is starting to feel kind of repetitive and it's clear we're being messed with.

[@evanahearne1479]

There's a positive review on steam that describes Pathologic as like "reading Dostoyevsky but the book is beating the shit out of you" and i really feel like that sums up the vibe

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

That is perfect I hope hbomb sees this

[@lovaszaron3138]

Accurate.

[@jadeharley7190]

PLZ I just had to read it for a class this semester

[@nicholaseliotsmith1430]

come to think of it reading the underground man had a similar vibe to trying to read some of pathalogic's (particularly the og translation) dialogue and understand it

[@Stutts1895]

@@jazwhoaskedforthis 89

[@Freezer94]

Wow, I can't believe Daniil Dankovsky plagerised that quote.

[@lindseyclair921]

Dankovsky you prickly prick, you’ve plagiarized us all!

[@lrose5522]

It finally all comes full circle

[@theleaningaxehd]

I waited years for this punchline

[@HugoRBMarques]

Cite your sources!

[@alexdyer5369]

@@theleaningaxehd I feel like I've had a 5 day glow, knowing this came to fruition.

[@mizushimo]

It just hit me that this came out 2 months before we were all dodging the actual plague in real life "So a plague is starting, but no one with the power to take proper action will help because everyone has their own agenda."

[@Hendlton]

And now food costs more and more each day...

[@QuilloManar]

And you have to spend a considerable time convincing the main people in power that there even is a plague for them to do anything about it.

[@2ndeaster]

Death Stranding also released around the same time and it's about an essential worker doing an important delivery in a world where people disconnected from each others. Kojima and Harry got an explanation to do...

[@dylanm8365]

i literally double checked the release date of this vid when he said that line 😭😭😭 fuck

[@Jalae]

So, hbomberguy caused the plague by putting a part of his soul into a video about surviving a plague. This is a normal thing. perhaps we could make a better world by putting our souls into things talking about idealistic happy fantasy worlds.

[@BlondTimeWaster]

So now I'm a girl in a small Russian town in the middle of the plague. It's time to start speaking like I have a PhD in philosophy.

[@i.147]

dont forget to stock up on needles and painkillers in case a doctor willing to trade walnuts passes by!

[@psychic-paranoia8020]

Accidentally kill a child while trying to heal them.

[@kingcrimsonwashere8736]

And remember to keep a Derringer in your back pocket!

[@animechnik8740]

С какого ты города, зай?

[@whereisawesomeness]

Quote Nietzsche without bothering to understand his ideas

[@ShiraCheshire]

I unironically love that we live in a world where a guy can talk about a video game for 2 straight hours, praising it constantly, only to tell you not to play it.

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

and, bonus, he got paid to do it. (talk about the game, i mean, not play it, because youtube.)

[@akillen77]

It's a very unfun game

[@tsartomato]

noah often makes 4 hours long videos like a vid on EVERY COD GAME from storytelling standpoint

[@TheGreenskullgaming]

but you should play Pathalogic 2, just as dread inducing but more user friendly and feels a lot better to play (god does it still hurt though)

[@Rissa_1322]

those are the best ones. I almost never want anyone to play anything i play because they can never have MY experience and if they don't love it like i love it it will CRUSH ME

[@oliverp3545]

A pretty meta thing that Hbomb didn't mention is that with as the bachelor as your first playthrough the town, exploring a place that doesn’t make sense to you is really fitting. But the moment you play as the other two, you're playing with the knowledge you have of the town, which makes sense as they’re both residents of the town. This means that as separate playthroughs the knowledge you had to fight to gainmin the first, comes as a given for others.

[@shuraito]

wow great catch. now that you mention it, maybe they should have made the first playable character danil and unlock burkah after the first playthrough. it would have fit the narrative a lot.

[@raz802]

Actually at 6:45 and again at 38:40, it is mentioned. Perhaps not as deeply as you elaborate on here, but still in a meaningful way I think.

[@cybercrasherstv]

​@@shuraito I think burkah being playable at first makes a lot of sense with this in mind tho. Burkah hasn't been there in a while, so it would explain not fully knowing where everything was, combined with being chased around and not having the time to relearn where everything is now. Especially since there's a giant towering staircase that has a baby inside

[@jaccobbailey8247]

I’d say that’s also why Artemy was allowed as a first playthrough as well. Artemy has been completely disconnected from his home and culture for years at this point, so he only has the general customs still memorized. By the time that he’s returned home, almost everything around him has changed, for better or worse. So it makes perfect sense that you can play his campaign first as well; hell, from the perspective of a first playthrough it almost makes more thematic sense that all the localized words you can use as the haruspex make no sense to you until quite some time into the game - they probably mean much less to Artemy than they did when he lived here years ago. His culture has been morphed and altered without his presence and he’s disconnected from both his people and the steppe. Things are strange, and it’s not until he returns to the kin that they start making more sense. Honestly, I’d say it’s almost as good of a first playthrough as the bachelor

[@donkylefernandez4680]

It makes the Changling's omniscience even funnier

[@lunaraydue1340]

It's fair to criticize the fact that none of the NPCs are doing anything or talking to each other when you enter a room, but if you think about it... Doesn't that illustrate the themes of the game and the secret ending? The fact that they're dolls who only act when their god decides to play with them?

[@coynelaundry]

shes spittin

[@zarawhelan4132]

K why was this actually an amazing take?

[@moosekilzer8690]

Especially with the addition of this being a stage play, since extras often freeze in the background

[@shneancy220]

A 2 hour long film me: eh, a tad too long innit A 2h YT video me: ayyy, how about a 3rd rewatch

[@sofo02]

Hahaha fourth time still going strong

[@jdthejugoo]

The story of this game is so engaging I like hearing about it

[@matthewkopeck8540]

Wait you seriously wouldnt watch a movie because it's 2 hours long

[@shneancy220]

@@matthewkopeck8540 yes, everything I write on the internet I write being extremely serious, all my words expressing my deepest thoughts and feelings.

[@matthewkopeck8540]

@@shneancy220 then I dont see how the original is even relevant if you were being sarcastic in the first place? Jeez, you 13 year olds are dumb.

[@frankieghost9902]

its *my* stress induced meltdown and *i* choose the comfort media

[@alisaurus4224]

Hello from the day after the election

[@augusthuffle3043]

Here I am going back to rewatch this. I glance at the comment section. I am immediately called out.

[@notablink182fanaccount2]

@@augusthuffle3043 Couldnt have said it better myself

[@B0redZer0]

Yup.

[@dirtbra1n]

going in for my 17th rewatch in the span of like 2 months . I’m gonna have to ask you to warn me before you call me out like this

[@wail4084]

4 years, you waited 4 years for that joke.. respect, honestly.

[@grilledcheese2084]

What joke?

[@drendraleigh4722]

​@@grilledcheese2084"I'm gonna use this in a future video and pretend a philosopher wrote it" But it turns out(As things kept turning out) that a philosopher DID wrote it!!

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

Oh gosh i didn't notice he used said phrase!

[@ShayLaLaLooHoo]

Cite your sources, _Bachelor!!_

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

@@ShayLaLaLooHoo ye!

[@leilas5419]

i watched this when it first came out and all these years later "DANIIL DANKOVSKIYS FUN STEPPE VACATION was just the tutorial for ARTEMY BURAKHS TORMENTOUS NIGHTMARE" still lives rent free in my head

[@leilas5419]

as a native russian speaker i feel like i should play this in the original russian script at some point

[@riirah1010]

IT'S MY FAVORITE PART

[@ashikjaman1940]

She Swallowed Burning Coals was the perfect song choice

[@riirah1010]

@@ashikjaman1940 THANK YOU I have been looking for this music for months!! IT'S SUCH A BOP

[@0meAcat1]

Hahaha every time

[@_UnknownStory]

KZbin Algorithm: Do you want to watch the 2 hour long "Pathologic is Genius, and Here's Why" video for the fifth time? Me: yeah

[@zaya9993]

i cant even count how many times ive been here, oops...

[@Omnicide101]

@@zaya9993 it is my 3am KZbin binge and I get to pick the comfort video

[@panickedshrieking5454]

I've watched this about 50 times. That being said this video is one of the few things I can fall asleep to.

[@holliebrokaw3716]

It's my insomnia video My algorithm recomend it every night after 10

[@CP_Maverick]

I think I'm at that exact number now. I just bought the game yesterday and I have yet to play it because this video keeps my attention lol

[@MrGermandeutsch]

*_Pathologic, a Game where the Player becomes the NPC, but the Protagonist never appears._*

[@jojonas5463]

Bruh

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@jojonas5463 indeed

[@matthewlunsford2904]

@@MrGermandeutsch bruhhhhhh

[@kinagrill]

Well it's a game that feels like there IS no protagonist, just someone that really shouldn't have any control, is given control of a potentially viable NPC that COULD do something... potentially, maybe. It's like playing NPCs in Dungeons and Dragons.... and the hero party never pops up.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@kinagrill I mean, this is exactly what I intented to imply in my initial comment, isn't it?

[@Ace-kk9rx]

BABE WAKE UP its time for the bimonthly rewatch of the hbomberguy pathologic video essay

[@lrose5522]

Babe wake up, have you rewatched the pathologic vid? It's about time again for the bimonthly rewatch

[@Ace-kk9rx]

@@lrose5522 THANK YOU BABE I will make time today to rewatch it

[@ferretbutler1326]

Hey, its that time again.

[@sj_bardplays6416]

So twice a month or every 2 months?

[@ferretbutler1326]

@@sj_bardplays6416 6 times a month

[@eMoney542]

Based on my experience and reading this comments section, I feel like the 8M views are just 1M people who have watched this video an average of 8 times lol

[@knightofloosebowels8636]

I just came back to rewatch for probably the 10th time

[@under-dog5390]

Guilty as charged and am not done yet. I cant help but keep coming back to this video as I find it that fascinating.

[@EGH9701]

True, I'm probably on about 20+ times now as I listen to it as I sleep every night because it's the best.

[@sdebord8707]

Don’t call me out like that

[@impracticalKim]

Yeah sounds about right

[@teodoraristic822]

This is *MY* sleepover and *I* get to choose the movie!

[@nicolesong6199]

mood

[@yerthebestaround9654]

7 hours of Pokemon Omega Ruby?

[@jimmykeffer7401]

But we always watch Pathologic is Genius and Here’s Why

[@Taz31415]

@@yerthebestaround9654 Pierce Brosnan at Mrs. Fitzsimmons sea bass.

[@MrInurbutt]

@@nicolesong6199 theway too loud 00 cc in

[@bentonic4998]

Next time someone tries to argue with me, i'll hit them with the ol "YOU ARE BROKEN. I, ON THE OTHER HAND, AM USED TO WINNING"

[@Jessica-tc1ug]

and say it in the most robotic way possible

[@timothymclean]

What a prickly prick.

[@chewychibi03]

Ahahahaha

[@myopicmanatee6432]

Make sure to throw in random Latin words to show your intellectual superiority.

[@AlasKenn1]

It's like T-posing with words

[@zhilemon923]

had a nightmare about pathologic last night, but it was one of those self aware ones so I was just like "WHAT AM I DOING SLEEPING I NEED TO BUY A DELICIOUS EGG"

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Well shit pack it in guys, this dude's brain summed it up in a paragraph where it took this other schmuck 2.16 hours XD

[@donkylefernandez4680]

You woke up, instantly forgot it was a dream, and locked tf in. You'd survive.

[@remingtonn_]

i also had a nightmare about pathologic, but i'd argue mine was worse because it was pathologic PLUS terrifying monsters. and a significantly more realistic plague (half my dreams include very realistic medicine. it's very odd. like this one parasite dream i had where the parasite caused the accurate symptoms of liver failure...) i tried to save a child from being mauled in the dream, and it just made everything worse. it actively would have been better if i did nothing and let a kid go missing.

[@notreallyginger5831]

I had a dream where the characters played connect 4 and daniil rage quit against clara

[@ND-nr6mx]

​@@remingtonn_But you forgot about the delicious egg :/ idk, I think other guy got it worse

[@grapes4832]

Dankovsky is the purest embodiment of that “His autistic personality and transgender looks have captivated me” tweet I’ve ever seen

[@HiBuddyyyyyy]

He’s just one of those characters that trans mascs and/or autistic people latch onto. I’m keeping a list of those types of characters.

[@iridiumSerpent]

​@@HiBuddyyyyyywho have you got on the list so far?

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

Funny enough, Dankovsky was the actual subject character of the “Dear Lord they’re doing ungodly things to his cervix on Twitter” post

[@HiBuddyyyyyy]

@@iridiumSerpent Dankovsky, Herbert West (reanimator), Will Graham (Hannibal), Adam (Saw), Jesse pinkman (breaking bad), I will probably come back to this comment and add more when I find them. (Also disclaimer I guess, I’m not really in the breaking bad fandom, that’s just what I’ve seen from the odd post and comment I’ve seen around online.)

[@grapes4832]

@@HiBuddyyyyyy I’d like to submit one Galo Thymos for your consideration Lio also, actually

[@ArkayeCh]

Playing Bachelor: "I hate this entire town." Playing Haruspex: "This entire town hates me." Playing Changeling: "Just like the simulations."

[@h4jlk790]

Bachelor: “the town hates me” Haruspex: “the town hates me and thinks I’m a killer” Changeling: “just like the simulations.”

[@user-mc2qh4nv5g]

Bachelor: EFF U Haruspex: EFF ME Changeling: Just like the simulations

[@expectationofplenty]

@@h4jlk790 hugs 🫂

[@vulpesignis2201]

Average barchelor fan: i uant to have fwan Average haruspex enjoyer: damn this story is better than harry potter Changeling: *Changeling*

[@nickmontalbano9573]

Watch those wrist rockets.

[@majorghoul9017]

Giving you a 6 shot revolver and then pitting you against exactly 7 guys is hilarious

[@clsisman]

It’s extra funny when you’re Clara and it takes you 12 hits to floor the last one and four for them to floor you 🫠

[@wahbl997]

The game is actually unrealistic here. In real Soviet Russia there is always a way to unsheathe your balalaika or make your pet bear or your babushka fight the 7th one. You are never lost in real Soviet Russia.

[@maggiem6209]

That has to be the most meanly obvious joke at a player's expense I've ever seen in gaming. 😂

[@090giver090]

@@wahbl997 The game is obviously set before the Revolution. So, this is what we had to get along in those dark tsarist times. 😆

[@PhobosTK]

Which is funny, considering that it looks like Russian/Soviet Nagant revolver that had a 7-round cylinder

[@alecchristiaen4856]

What I find fascinating is your brief stint talking about immortality through art. Achilles was foretold he would either die young in the Trojan war or live long enough to see his name forgotten. He chose the former, and to this day we speak of the achilles heel. Gilgamesh was forced to give up on his quest for immortality, but the tale of this quest lives on today and is considered the world's oldest poem, being older than the entirety of the Imperial house of Japan. Pathologic joins a chorus of art proclaiming that art begets immortality, and actually does so with a question mark, asking us if this immortality is even good. It's a weirdly...nihilistic bend to the idea. These heroes of yore have become immortal in the written word, but the likes of Socrates detested the written word, as it can't defend itself, it can't change, it can't learn, it can't redeem itself. They've become immortal, and in that immortality have they been petrified. Achilles is remembered for his wrath and bloodshed, and his pettiness causing the death of many (including those he loved); Gilgamesh was such an asshole, the gods literally created Enkidu to bring him down a peg. In pathologic, you'll likely do AWFUL things. Maybe, ironically, the ones that do what they must to survive are the ones least excited over the chance to see their deeds immortalized. Maybe their mortality in spirit can be a solace; a universe that can forgive as it forgets. Thanks, I listend to you for so long, I started musing on the nature of nature like a total cockwomble.

[@normalperson4sure]

this is such a great encapsulation of an idea that i've been trying to articulate for so long, but even better. immortality through art isn't real (you're still fucking dead) and when it works it's very rarely for the GOOD things you've done. brilliant work, i hope other people see this comment because it's criminally undervalued right now!

[@ava_marie_v]

Wow, I cannot believe I ran into such an incredible comment under a Pathologic review.

[@kingalphawerewolf]

I take some umbrage with this statement. Hero's in the Greco sense are remembered for both good and terrible deeds. In that sense, Stalin, as much as the wright brothers are Heros. But Stalin and other terrible doers are more commonly immortalized because our brains latch onto negative things much more easily then good ones. Because evolution has built the lesson that failure is the greatest teacher into our literal biochemistry. You'll remember fucking up and falling out of a tree far more easily then the many times you did it perfectly fine. Which is why art should work hard to immortalize good things, even small good things. This obsession with morally grey and villians and things is a self-feed back loop. Finding superman being a pure do gooding man 'cringy' or boring, isn't a good thing. And finally immortality through memory can be called untrue for a dry inhuman scientific way. But we define ourselves by those around us, and that important aspect can live on far after we've gone.@@normalperson4sure

[@258hunterkill]

I love this idea, and I think this is an excellent expansion of what Harris was saying in that section of the video. To take it a step further, I would say these characters immortalized in stories are not actually unchanging, not caught in status. For example, as a society, we don't remember Cinderella from the Grimm fairy tale we (mostly) remember it from the Disney version and 1000 new version have been created in the last 80 years drawing a lot from that version. In the same way, a response to the nihilistic viewpoint is that I don't remember the story of Pathelogic from the game. I remember it from a thought-provoking entertaining, even hopefully 2 hour video about Pathologic. It's an immortality of change, but not choice and also of the goodness to always be what you are needed to be until you are forgotten.

[@Crusader1089]

The Odyssey of Odysseus is also considered to be a Greek meditation on the different forms of immortality, including literal immortality, with Odysseus eventually deciding that family was the true immortality. It's also worth noting that the Achilles heel did not present itself in the original and oldest legends of the Trojan war, and was likely a Roman addition.

[@gammarailgun5406]

40:57 CITE YOUR SOURCES, BACHELOR

[@gloriousbastard3319]

As a native russian speaker I feel like I need to point out that the remastered english translation is EASIER and LESS CRYPTIC to understand than the original russian text, that's how weirdly it is written. Every conversation you'll ever have in this game will feel like you're trying to communicate with a half-dazed semi-senile theatre prima who someone forgot to notify about the fact that the show has been over for several decades now and who is clearly on meth. But they are my half-dazed semi-senile meth addicts and I love them.

[@yelirmae]

i love this comment, thank u for putting these words in this combination. 😅

[@gloriousbastard3319]

@@yelirmae thank you, it took me about 15 minutes to string them together

[@Spike-Prime]

This comment should be pinned so all can see as long as the video is up.

[@Angela1111122222]

Never expected Heizou to explain to me the Russian version of pathologic

[@gloriousbastard3319]

@@Angela1111122222 the dialogue in this game is so DrEaMy TrAvElLer~

[@ctoconnor1732]

Harris says that Pathologic is the most alone you can get with your thoughts in a game. he says this because clearly, hes never depersonalized while playing solitaire for multiple straight hours

[@jamesduffy7549]

Both of you are casuals. True dissatisfaction comes from 72 hours of bloxorz on coolmath games

[@finnorourke4861]

Nothing hurts more than grinding for 30 humanity in the depths, and missing 1 sunlight maggot...

[@zlodrim9284]

System Shock 2 is probably the game that made me feel the loneliest.

[@AnimeDreamer141]

@@zlodrim9284 i see you've never played chess against yourself

[@maxmad7641]

B l i g h t o w n y o u f o o l s the place of 0 fps and home of gross swamp, things? Reminds me a lot of pathologic 2 on console

[@clonedelta22]

Each time I rewatch this video and, "Now." gets farther and farther away, the harder that segment hits.

[@garbagesalt]

now is now, and now is then, now is 10:27 pm on sunday the 24th of march 2024, and now is like 3 am on month and day in 2019 or whenever it was he said that he originally said it

[@boserboser6870]

​@@garbagesaltand this now that was posted 2 weeks ago (from my perspective) is quickly following it

[@sugarkane1571]

I’d argue that the revelation that you’re a toy is much better than a movie’s revelation that it was all just a dream. When you wake up from a dream, you’re absolved of all responsibilities and consequences you had in the dream since, well, it wasn’t real to you. So you have protagonists ultimately didn’t do anything wrong or right or anything at all, since it wasn’t real to them. It throws away any kind of importance to actions since you know it will be meaningless to the main character. An ant that is a dreaming person will wake up without any changes to their life. But for a character to discover that they’re a toy for a bunch of kids, what’s so different from this to meeting the big and cynical man upstairs? Their life may not have much meaning to the kids, but this doesn’t change the reality they live in. Even if dictated by some kids, their actions still have consequences for the town and themselves. They still have to eat, sleep, avoid the plague, etc. They can’t leave the reality they live in, they just got a chance to see what’s above their reality. An ant seeing their ant farm tank for the first time doesn’t change how they’ve worked to feed the colony.

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

Also, the game uses the twist not as a "haha gotcha" moment (which is usually how the dream/hallucination plot twist goes), but more so as an extra twist of the knife for the characters. "Yeah, it's all miserable, Bachelor. Wanna know something else? You're a toy." Hell, the conversation right after that, in the theatre, addresses you as the player and asks you not to abandon your character. I really like it because it raises the point that if you felt your actions were important when playing a game, does it really make a difference if it's actually a game inside a game? Either way, it isn't real to you (the player).

[@thejudge1728]

This reminds me of a tweet I've read a while back. "A Russian book is only truly good if either the writer, the reader, or the characters suffer" and the reply "And only if all three suffer, can it truly be considered a masterpiece".

[@orgax]

Perhaps It makes sense if we remember that we Russians have never had good times, there has never been freedom, wealth and security for ordinary citizens.

[@user-io5rq1yy8c]

@@orgax ооо, либераху порвало

[@orgax]

@@user-io5rq1yy8c Причем тут либерахи, ты собственную историю забыл?

[@PierreDalique]

Suffering is just an essential part of Russian culture. Doomer Kingdom. And I like it

[@Altropos]

Me: looking at my 1600 page copy of War and Peace * Nods sufferingly

[@Mistheart101]

I just wanna note something someone said in the premiere chat: Most kids are all "I wanna have magic powers!" and these kids are like "I want this bachelor of medicine to realize his quest to conquer death is ultimately futile."

[@worldwar2freak12]

Russians.

[@tomhill3248]

I don't. Immortality sounds sweet.

[@shizotypical]

I mean, Klara did have magic powers, was it that great of an experience for her? These kids know.

[@melissahourihan2344]

my times playing dolls as a kid would get dark sometimes too I get it.

[@AmonDevilman]

I once put my toys trough a literal Ragnarok.

[@Crowbars2]

21:40 - Artemy: "People only fear bloodshed when it's _their_ blood and _their_ shed."

[@MaxLennon]

I don't think that's Artemy, is it? To me it seemed like a detached narrator from the theater itself.

[@Crowbars2]

​@@MaxLennon Yeah, you're right. I checked the Pathologic wiki and it says that it's the narrator. It's confusing since Hbomb says it's Artemy in the subtitles, but whilst showing the Bachelor's face...

[@Tesrob]

Thank you! This quote runs in my head all the time and sometimes I want to hear it

[@zbsfm]

yeah that’s right, get out of my shed!

[@lafken2]

I love that quote, because it makes me think whoever said it was like "hey, the words coming out of my mouth sound deep and meaningful! I'm gonna keep talking, because clearly it's all gold!" And then they added "... And their shed" and clown music started playing

[@riirah1010]

1:45 translated by a mystical rat 2:29 it's an amazing game! 3:20 and by ambiguous I mean,, imaginary 5:29 your gentle hands 17:21 a very powerful ability to strongly incentivize that you don't do whatever you want. 24:48 unless you submit yourself to their whims. 45:15 You're supposed to be asking this guy for help, Daniel! 45:59 the prickly prick that'll bury us all 51:30 GO, ONION! I NEED TO COLLECT THE TOOLS- 52:04 that is not how you pronounce chimmyray 54:45 apologizing if they don't make much sense 1:03:21 get good at walking 1:05:09 TORMENTOUS NIGHTMARE 1:09:37 give me the hherbs, Worm 1:14:52 he even says random latin phrases at you. I love this prickly little prick 1:19:21 I'm gonna cure the town! 1:20:23 DANKOVSKY YOU PRICKLY PRICK YOU'VE BURIED US ALL 1:21:23 there was nothing to hope for from the start 1:36:02 rude to you but in a cute way 1:46:00 forgive me if my speech is unclear or absurd 1:52:23 more brilliant when unfinished 1:54:06 but don't play it, it sucks

[@catslino5037]

Such good quotes! Underrated comment

[@riirah1010]

@@catslino5037 thank you! :D

[@caraskelton1525]

Many thanks, enjoy this comment as as small sliver of my abstraction of my soul as a token of my thanks

[@riirah1010]

@@caraskelton1525 I gladly accept this token of soul and offer you a piece of my appreciation in return

[@lafken2]

I'd humbly like to add: 19:14 DON'T CATCH THE PLAGUE, SHITHEAD

[@katyadade1041]

I am from Russia, many of us played it as kids with no internet, it felt normal-paced because we usually didn't have too many games to play. So we never questioned if it was weird.

[@pestilenssi8979]

That's amazing lol

[@pedrosaraiva]

Imagine the reaction a child who’ve only played this game would have towards, say, mario 64.

[@fyfrrez]

This game actualy like living in Russia. So we felt at home.

[@zab416]

@@pedrosaraiva That would be kind of a mind fuck. Probably at first "TOO BRIGHT" and then they'd get into it but keep wondering where the deception parts were. Would not be freaked out by the haunted house level but maybe still by the eel? That is my guess on this hypothetical kid.

[@pedrosaraiva]

@@zab416 ahah yeah I thought the same thing “wait, how am I supposed to know how hungry mario is? Do i have to guess based on in game time? Also there’s no food anywhere”

[@cosmoknott4451]

On my 6th rewatch and only just now realizing that there are worm people in this world probably because there are worms in the kids' sandbox.

[@olivialanc9035]

HOW DID I NEVER GET THIS OMG-

[@Omnicide101]

Cosmo Knott Is Genius And Here's Why

[@dewayner5388]

You think that’s bad, I’m only just realizing the text description at character selection is yet more purple prose to tell you how the character sees their own history and role

[@stagpie6449]

The sickness is also called the Sand Plague iirc!

[@ONE-vt1fz]

@@stagpie6449 in pathologic 2 it was changed to sand pest! as in theres something infecting the sandbox!

[@enenome9810]

Sometimes I wonder why the phrase "delicious egg" haunts me. Then, I return.

[@i.7525]

By this point we all know Daniil is an onion, but you should all also know that in Polish, "burak" just means beetroot. So Artemy is just..... Mr. Beet

[@sturmdragomir8716]

Burak in slovic countries is a pastry in a triangle shape made of filodough stuffed with white cheese and parsley. Not sure if this is relevant

[@sturmdragomir8716]

There are layers to the filodough crispy crust laso

[@sturmdragomir8716]

*also

[@llucija]

​@@sturmdragomir8716pretty sure thats a burek, not burak

[@GrayFortune]

Mr breast give me money

[@ArcturusAcerbic]

This is a 2h long documentary depicting a man developing Stockholm syndrome towards a game. 10/10 fun.

[@bigmouthprick5852]

@@oneiric1213 I am looking for it on the wiki page. Where does it say that?

[@lordbuss]

@@bigmouthprick5852 "Stockholm syndrome is a "contested illness" due to doubt about the legitimacy of the condition", at the begining.

[@thatannoyingguyinthecommen5970]

@@sambeckettcat everything you have written here is a Complete fabrication of the truth with absolutely zero evidence to back up such a claim, if this was even remotely true then there would be alot of source material in Google or any other search engine in the UK (I'm not in a censored country) that would offer to agree with this ludicrous statement, iys a very entertaining and enjoyable little anecdote that belongs firmly in the fictional corner right in between Where's wally and stig of the dump...

[@dantegaland9337]

@@thatannoyingguyinthecommen5970 pulled from literally the first heading on the wiki page: "...In her 2020 treatise on domestic violence See What You Made Me Do, Australian journalist Jess Hill described the syndrome as a "dubious pathology with no diagnostic criteria", and stated that it is "riddled with misogyny and founded on a lie"; she also noted that a 2008 literature review revealed that "most diagnoses [of Stockholm syndrome] are made by the media, not by psychologists or psychiatrists." "... as well, she observed that not only was Bejerot's diagnosis of Enmark made without ever having spoken to her, it was in direct response to her public criticism of his actions during the siege.[6]"

[@thatannoyingguyinthecommen5970]

@@dantegaland9337 did you really just quote a wiki page and try and make out it's facts?? Bro I could literally start a wiki page right now and say what ever I wanted and it would never be fact checked and I could post it and say its 100% Gospel 🤣🤣🤣 gtfoh with this haha

[@DabbleDo]

I love playing Pathologic. It’s easier than people think. You just press play, and this nice British man explains it to you!

[@imakerbadcontentrbad8664]

Ah, so it's just like LittleBigPlanet! Lemme get the kids, gonna boot up Pathologic for family game night!

[@langerjunge]

Is that the one where he tells you to walk through the door to the left, not the one to the right?

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

​@langerjunge I love The Stanley Parable. It is so good.

[@childecamehome7149]

​@@langerjungeoh my god the stanley parable, so good

[@boogiebong420]

​@@langerjungethis has got to be the best reply ever written

[@citruslllad]

1:31:10 the girl in the street is the same as the girl in the garden, right? unless it's just an instance of the same character design being used, i wouldn't be surprised if this was the girl's way of inserting herself into the story. she decides her toys need a bit of help, so she imagines herself there helping them. incredible

[@cassie.m.0723]

Maybe it's futile but I still dream of a day when we'll get the hbomberguy video for Pathologic 2

[@wimbusbert1249]

I hate his streak of saying he's going to make a video on an interesting topic and then not doing it. Sequel-bating and not following through is pretty shitty. The first agreement is "be impeccable with your word"

[@caramel9154]

@@wimbusbert1249 i think it's more complex than that

[@joyflameball]

​@@wimbusbert1249 I take it you don't have ADHD

[@wimbusbert1249]

@@caramel9154 definitely. But I can only speak as a fan, because that's what I am. And in fairness, he did just say he was going to release supplemental content in his last video and then actually did it, so, cheers there.

[@mikejohn8528]

@@wimbusbert1249We’re lucky to get 8 more videos for the rest of the decade

[@Sins...]

Of course Dankovsky has so much walking to do, he's gotta meet his daily Steppe goals.

[@cmd5789]

Dad? I didn’t know you watch youtube

[@jobotherobohoboanddr.rappa5073]

Haaaaaaaa ha haa

[@Ender11037]

Angry like.

[@tortis6342]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I'm laughing but it hurts.

[@WangleLine]

bwahahhaha

[@garrottingonabudget5626]

Still can't believe that Tommy Tallarico made the soundtrack for this masterpiece.

[@sarahroberson6036]

He did…no way

[@bugdracula1662]

Not only that, he was the first American to eat an egg!

[@juliacorinnaalice8124]

His mother must be very proud!

[@ohno8774]

It doesnt surprise me - hes worked on over 400 video games

[@brynnp1165]

@@ohno8774 *500 video games!

[@premingergang1099]

As I was rewatching this today I was struggling to hand-sew a patch with a very tough backing onto denim, it was a difficult and unpleasant experience during which I pricked my fingers numerous times and considered giving up to try again a different day. Hbomberguy's resilience against this game inspired me to keep sewing until I was finished, and similarly to him I felt satisfied and rewarded for my efforts by the end of it. Thanks for giving me the drive to continue :)

[@saokz7]

congrats!

[@spawnofheck504]

oh hey I was ALSO sewing while watching this! I just started a new cross stitch pattern. Small world!

[@bee_doug]

That’s wild, I was sewing while watching this for the first time!

[@drebbmebben5322]

"THAT'S what the game looks like???" -My loving partner who has heard me listen this video hundreds of times, but apparently never looked at the screen

[@latrodectahespara2728]

"I put a lot of effort into my visuals, but, y'know... that's fine." I'M SORRY HARRIS I HAVE ADHD

[@obliviousotterI]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODUH

[@DoomedDruid]

I listen to these at work

[@caatko1388]

Same thoughhhh Not sure who this guy is but he has a nice voice... And I'm a sook that hates jumpscares 😭

[@therandomdickhead5744]

Same, had to rewind the video several times because I was too busy staring at something in-game to understand what he was saying. Like, not even important shit, aka wtf is that rat animation lol

[@bagds0]

Same. I suspect quite a few of us do.

[@midgematic8659]

The Bachelor: *says something pretentious* The Player: Im not with him. Ive never met this man before in my life

[@LAAV69]

This so hard

[@ultimatequeenofdeath666]

nice pfp, spleens is best cat

[@inkaf225]

@not Shane kid you're clearly a kid for dissing grey.

[@benburke3015]

40:55 the distance Harry went to complete this joke 4 years later could circle the entire circumference of the earth 50 times over lmao.

[@KommissarAzuraCh]

In the other video, which time stamp did he used the quote?

[@darkchaosruler]

@@KommissarAzuraCh Its the Plagiarism video, 3:37:18 to be exact

[@KommissarAzuraCh]

@@darkchaosruler thank you! I knew it was in the plagiarism video, but i couldn't remember where he said it. Thanks!

[@Uffda.]

@@darkchaosrulerthank you!

[@takacsnic]

at 9:04 when he says, "you might be wondering why I'm reading the words out when they're on the screen, and that's because some people like to listen to these videos," it felt like a nice moment as right then I was in an art class and listening to this while doing an assignment, idk it just made me smile. He puts so much work into these videos for anyone to enjoy it however they can.

[@jcs6387]

a plague is starting and the people in power have no idea what they are doing and you feel completely powerless *haha i love fictional video games*

[@ImperativeGames]

IKR? Next pandemic will be even funnier because it seems no one will learn anything from that one. Why the fuck vaccine takes so long?

[@user-yl2so8db5t]

Imperative Games because that’s how science works. A year is an incredibly short estimate for a vaccine considering it takes years and even decades to run trials for this type of thing usually to account for the diversity of millions/ billions of people with differing conditions. In the meantime, the government is supposed to contain the situation til a vaccine is developed and... well. It’s not. Blame fully lies with gov.

[@ImperativeGames]

@@user-yl2so8db5t One would assume that modeling how the immune system works would be a much higher priority and the international project would be created and properly financed... Because viruses don't have (national) prejudice and a real threat to everyone...

[@dylanparry8364]

Escapist fiction is just my favourite 😭👌

[@Merahki3863]

@@ImperativeGames we already have general models of the immune system and the human genome. That describes a normal person. The problem is quite a high percentage of people aren't normal and the factors are so intricate it's hard to measure why. Top quality research requires measuring people over a long time (decades) very invasively and having a wide sample to make sure the people you are studying aren't 1 in a million. To get a full picture you also need to study what doesn't work, to really get a fuller picture of what's going on. Nobody is going to sign up for that lifestyle and very few follow through with it. Researchers do a lot of low quality less invasive research and that's just how it's gonna be if you live in an ethical society.

[@traxor2135]

"Come back in 6 months" Yeah I've played Pathologic 2. IN REAL LIFE, BABY.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

Plaqueridden Costcos with Novaxx Carrens trying to strip you from your mask, an insane political figure trying to use the infection to keep himself in a position of power while eliminating his enemies, money is less worth then toilet paper after a few days...

[@MS-il3ht]

​@@PancakemonsterFO4 "a crossover of Fallout and Stalker" - GameStar writes

[@cldomed550]

I’m on day 1

[@andrewcapra7153]

"A plague is starting but no one with the power to stop it is willing to do anything because they all have their own agenda" *awkward laughter*

[@minumeyli]

Andrew Capra I swear this is exactly what it’s like in the US 💀💀💀

[@theworldmushroom2581]

The fact that the advice about Nina is the most replayed part if the video implying people went back to remember it while playing the game makes me really happy

[@GentleIceZ]

40:55 You did it. I've been waiting so long, but you finally did it. I feel complete now

[@DrSilvestri]

Exactly- seeing that in the plagiarism video was so very gratifying

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

It’s kind of crazy because I watched the Plagiarism video *first* and just a few hours ago while itching for an hbomb video I hadn’t seen yet to dig into this one. So seeing that bit *floored me*

[@MadDunhill]

@@Cosplaybuddygiraffes same thing here!

[@GentleIceZ]

@@Cosplaybuddygiraffes lol. I'm technically on the opposite end of things, because I started watching Hbomb when this was his most recent video. So I've been waiting the full amount of time XD

[@alexandreparot5846]

I was so incredibly happy when he did it

[@PineappleLiar]

Great job everyone, since this video’s been released, we’ve gotten the Pathologic first day completion achievement up to a whopping 15%!

[@boch2411]

how much is it now?

[@PineappleLiar]

@@boch2411 15.3%

[@jamesonsockstoes5470]

Lol

[@handlehandlehandle]

Wow!

[@Endeva09]

Tekkers

[@Methus3lah]

27:03 “A plague is starting, but no one with the power to take proper action will help because everyone has their own agenda.” This aged well.

[@slevinchannel7589]

„To read makes our speaking English good." -Cody, from Some More News. „Dictionarys are Part of the Reptilian-Movement’s Plan to Make us Understand Words!’ -Hbomberguy, the Hbomberguy-Guy. I cant be the only one who sees the resemblance. Both are epic and do social Commentary on YT. So if youre Fan of one but not the other: Duh!

[@D00000T]

Pathologic 1&2 are my favorite Covid simulators

[@SamHaeger]

I keep watching this through the pandemic, it's a weird catharsis.

[@ChariMahariel]

@@D00000T I ironically got COVID soon after trying this game

[@jangoneko3875]

aged like fine fuckin cheese, holy shit

[@HelpIveBeenShot]

Coming back here four years later when Harris finally actually reincorporated that bit about quoting Danil. Perfection..

[@SpaceFrog999]

MY JAW DROPPED WHEN I GOT TO THAT PART

[@Brigtzen]

wait, where?

[@hermitcrabguy29]

​@@Brigtzen the "Plagiarism and You(tube)" video

[@Brigtzen]

@@hermitcrabguy29 that's a pretty long video, do you know where in the video it occurred?

[@Redingold]

Hbomberguy: "So a plague is starting, but nobody with the power to do anything about will take proper action, because everyone has their own agenda" Me: *sees video was released in November 2019* Apollo_dodgeball.jpg

[@vashtilives2469]

“So a plague is starting but no one with the power to help will take proper action because everyone has their own agenda...” *stares into the camera in American*

[@QuazimodoRodrigo]

laughs in brazillian

[@misia_lina]

Gently chuckles in Polish

[@bleysmcnutt5500]

Belly laughs in American

[@oskarxie1474]

Snickers In Danish

[@pepsia6508]

@@QuazimodoRodrigo kkkkkkk

[@vincenzoorasi2498]

"you are broken Lara. I, on the other hand, am used to winning" is something you'd expect Shadow the hedgehog to say, swiftly followed by "you're a beta male, Sonic!"

[@deviouscrackers9464]

I read it in his voice lol

[@PermianExtinction]

I'm literally always going to comment every time I see someone mentioning this line-it is mistranslated. Yes even in the updated TL. Daniil isn't being nearly as goofily rude as it comes off, he's telling her not to worry about HIM (because that's what she was worried about, that he was going to be executed by the Inquisition), literally just saying that she's a doomer. The line is more like, "Your spirit is crushed, Lara."

[@deviouscrackers9464]

@@PermianExtinction it's still really funny to make fun of the line though

[@tgreaux5027]

*EGGS*

[@Ahrone1586]

@@PermianExtinction i dony understand

[@thecheshirespy5002]

I fell asleep listening to this, and thought I imagined most of it up. The hunger, the price change, especially shmowder. I'm astounded that my brain made none of this up except for putting into a Stardew valley art style.

[@ryanisverycool]

now i wanna see stardew valley pathologic

[@taurominos]

i was told by my drama teacher to watch this so i have it on in the background while im restoring a danse macabre woodcut

[@ryanisverycool]

W drama teacher

[@laurenbastin8849]

Haha, imagine officials denying an obvious plague is going to kill everyone, that could never happen now...

[@peytonfryer5700]

I LOVE FICTION!!!

[@senza4591]

Haha.... Ha... 😐

[@benelgar-white1174]

Q

[@benelgar-white1174]

@@peytonfryer5700 q

[@benelgar-white1174]

@@peytonfryer5700 q

[@nixnox1962]

Ukranian Russian here, I might be able to explain the "Dragon/Leviathan" bit. So its not them using weird words just cause. The phrase Immortal Dragon has cultural connotation because our folklore and children's tales often feature a superhuman tank of a knight called a bagatir fighting various enemies, like baba yaga, koschei the "death-less" , and a dragon named zmei gorynych. They essentially created a smorgasborg of Slavic folklore as a backdrop for the story and this phrase is a small example, they combined the famous titles of two villains central in our cultural folktales, and this led to: "the dragon without death". Or a little more concisely: "the immortal dragon" as seen in the "out of place" translation. Leviathan may make more sense to English players in context but it loses depth when the cultural/nostalgia feeling is replaced by a simple overused metaphor. It isn't a fully faithful translation, but I got no problems cause this may actually be impossible without a player having intimate cultural and lingual knowledge of the origin. But yea 95% of quirky translation here is just direct or adapted translation of a creative mash of slavic slang, references, idioms, etc. used in this story to draw in Slavic players by drawing on their memories and cultural identity with clever and subtle slips to create a feeling of even further depth in the setting and and increases the game's inherent draw to that subsect of players.

[@patrickoeary1425]

This was really interesting to learn. Thx for clearing that up.

[@WaaveLvl0]

That's extremely interesting. I love the discussion around translations vs transliterations, it's just so incredibly complex when you have to weigh out what's better for the story; keeping the intention faithful to the original language or creating a clearer narrative to the non-native audience. In a situation like this I think going with the literal translation would've been the smarter option, the strangeness of the phrase in English really works for the tone and things like this also may lead to some of the audience learning details important to the game like your explanation of Slavic culture being directly tied to to it or just really cool facts in general.

[@moongoose8768]

Think a lot of ppl don't wanna spam yr replies, but we all thank you for explaining.

[@KasumiRINA]

Translating culture specific terms from Slavspeak into WASPspeak: "Bagatyr" is just a knight errant, comes from Mongolian title "Baghatur" "Zmei" or "zmiy" means literally "snake", and Gorynych is the name of a multi-headed hydra "Baba" is a dismissive term for a woman. "Baba yaga" is just a forest hag So russian folklore is not that confusing... really a mish-mash of Greek, central Asian and local Tatar/Bulgar/Slavic/Baltic legends, you got common Indo-European themes like phoenixes, being called just... "hot bird", princesses turned into frogs, and the most unique things are Yaga's hut having giant chicken legs (yes, her house moves), and Koschei being a skinny old man whose immortality is hidden in a nesting doll of needle-in-an-egg that's in-a-duck which is in-a-hare. Other themes are very similar to stuff from Greek myths renamed.

[@GreebleClown]

So it’s like the difference between calling someone a dragon and comparing someone to Smaug? There’s a bit of a nuance to it if you know exactly *which* dragon is being referenced... cool! I’ll have to look up the folklore, it sounds interesting!

[@thegoodgolly1465]

Me, having this on while I do chores around the house: wow I'm so glad hbomberguy videos don't need me to watch them the whole time Hbomberguy: y'know I put a lot of effort into these visuals...

[@matthewpinn4]

Jokes on you Hbomberguy! I've seen the video 4 times now the visuals are in my mind!!

[@Letangier]

In case anyone was curious, like i was, a haruspex is like.. an ancient roman priest that divines the future through sacrificial organs. A more modern translation might be “necromancer” but honestly i think haruspex is completely on the nose 😳

[@Bella-pb6uk]

i don’t think a necromancer is quite the correct translation. i’d probably say augur, considering necromancers don’t really do any divining of the future!

[@Letangier]

@@Bella-pb6ukmaybe not YOUR necromancers 😉

[@0ptimuscrime]

“Your main quest is getting these warring factions to admit that the obvious problem exists.” Hmmm, wonder what that’s like

[@thevoidwantssanrioplushies9882]

I yelled "Global warming" and scared my cat T_T

[@jacksonelh]

TooLateToTheParty not really to be honest, pillars is the only example I can think of.

[@Grisolder]

@@jacksonelh Well, it is also definitely a Bioware thing : think about Dragon Age Origins, or Dragon Age Inquisition, as well as the whole plot of the "Mass Effect" trilogy.

[@jacksonelh]

Grisolder I haven't played any of those haha. pretty much the only rpgs I haven't played yet

[@gulfgiggleanimations4472]

What’s that? I couldn’t hear your joke over the sound of people drowning in the boiling ocean.

[@themandownstairs4765]

broke: "i digress" woke: "forgive me if my speech is unclear or absurd"

[@domesticcat1725]

Bespoke: oops lol

[@FinneousPJ1]

Ali G: "But I digest..."

[@owlismyfavouritecolorflame2325]

i apologize if my words come across as mangled or silly

[@thatannoyingguyinthecommen5970]

On coke "this is fucking amazing, wow my mind is blown...best game EEEEEEEver"!!!

[@MamaFeng]

1:46:00

[@melonwar3927]

The Bachelors quote "Truth does not do as much good in the world... as its counterfeits do evil" is incredible, his character constantly assumes his perception is the truth where it isn't and that perception, the "counterfeit truth" does terrible damage to everyone. He's arrogant enough to preach this quote profoundly but only because he assumes, to the point of 'knowing', his perception is the truth and as such can't follow his own quote, he's a walking contradiction.

[@Neptunequeen42]

IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS. WHAT IS THE SECOND STILL OBJECT

[@leave669]

I went looking through the latest comments for the answer. Please I need to know

[@tinkerer3399]

The first one that springs to my mind is the mannequins in BioShock Infinite which were kinda memetic shortly before the time of initial release. But the issue with that is that those actually did move when you werent watching them. Although they are always still when you were watching them and... come to think of it I have no idea how they moved in universe.

[@shiny-dust]

i think it’s the dinosaur statue in the museum hallway in vampire the masquerade bloodlines

[@mothgoth0]

@@shiny-dust OH MY GOD UR SO RIGHT

[@steveharrison76]

@@shiny-dustTHANK YOU! I reckon you’re right!

[@basicwhitegirl3558]

Have I played this? No. Do I even know what it is? Also no. Will I still watch the entire video? You bet.

[@emmettchan5545]

It's a video meant for people who've never played it btw

[@gregorycomey]

I don't think you want to play Pathologic 1 if you're sane.

[@emmastefaniadraghici4178]

@@gregorycomey Can confirm, have played pathologic 1, sure as shit am not sane anymore.

[@liamboyd6882]

Me lol

[@disabledanarchy]

@basic white girl; I think you've just echoed the voice of the people, lol.

[@Joe-vz4yc]

26:54 "a plague is starting but no one with the power to take proper action will help because everyone has their own agenda"

[@kellanlevi5663]

Yeah that line hits different after it started happening literally in the real world

[@bumblenbee4013]

That line hurts, I remember rewatching this December 2020 and feeling intense grief.

[@jhonshephard921]

I immediately checked if this was made before or after 2020 when I heard that line but man it predicted a LOT of what happened during it.

[@landlockedcroat1554]

unrealistic

[@TheInfernalOnionz]

Not like in the real world haha ha ha hahahaHAHAHAHAHAH OH GOD

[@andrewherrmann5243]

I might be disgustingly late to this idea, but I thought I'd bring it up: the sound of a child crying that plays whenever your reputation goes down... Is one of the kids from the garden making that noise, weeping because their story has taken yet another turn for the tragic? Again, this has only occurred to me as a possibility after listening to this video about a dozen times. (btw sorry mr. bomberguy, my job won't let me have my phone out :(

[@spookysomeone]

rip hbomberguy you would've loved fear and hunger 🙏🙏🙏

[@WangleLine]

I'm so sad he lived his entire life only frollicking in endless flower fields

[@spookysomeone]

@@WangleLine fear and hunger is a game but this interpretation of my comment is beautiful thank you

[@WangleLine]

@@spookysomeone oops! lol

[@actualcatboy5762]

RIGHT!!!???!???? watching this as someone who's never gonna play pathololgic but got many hours in funger I was just shaking my phone the entire time

[@Suthek]

Imagine if the horrible translation was something unique to the Bachelor. He's not from there, he may not speak their dialect (or even language) all that well. Imagine getting turned off by the near unintelligible conversations and then you decide to play the Haruspex and suddenly everything is written perfectly crisp and clear.

[@thegreensunsetgroup2501]

I think that's the next logical step to make this game worse (worse in this context means better because it's pathologic)

[@epicgamer-ny4fj]

Don't give them ideas! Your lucky they even let you understand what the language they are speaking in the FIRST place!

[@Gloss613]

this is the opposite of playing as a malkavian in vampire the masquerade: bloodlines, no one understands you, and you can't understand anyone

[@bookbook9495]

@@epicgamer-ny4fj cough cough butchers

[@D00000T]

Second terrible idea to make the game worse (and better for pathologic) : force the player to only play the bachelor up to a certain point on their first time and have almost all the text be in untranslated Russian. Once the player gets fed up and goes back to the main menu, give them the ability to play the haruspex with perfect translation

[@TheWeeabooCrewGamers]

I wish there were more games in the “Playable Russian Literature” genre

[@jaredbumblecrum]

Metamorphosis as a text based adventure could work, now that i think abt it

[@TheWeeabooCrewGamers]

jared bumblecrum Given that I’m a Kafka I think I should make it. I’ll credit you for the idea and release it for free if I ever get around to making it.

[@myopicmanatee6432]

A Crime and Punishment game would be awesome. It could just be a parser asking if you feel guilty yet.

[@aquanecromancer5776]

The Void is by the same devs and even more compelling imo.

[@myopicmanatee6432]

@@aquanecromancer5776 The Void is an amazing experience and works on a purely abstract level. It is also a very stressful game where time and resource management are vital. It is also reallllyyy hard.

[@Hiya8partyz]

4 years later and we finally get payoff for a joke. Good job hbomb

[@isakmagnusson8647]

What joke was that?

[@mementobox]

@@isakmagnusson8647 He uses the Bachelor's quote as if the Bachelor was a philosopher in his latest video "Plagiarism and You(tube)". Turns out that the Bachelor plagiarized that quote as his own from an actual philosopher.

[@isakmagnusson8647]

@@mementobox Okay that is genius

[@prometheus9732]

⁠Back from the plagiarism video, the foreshadowing here is insane.

[@solsoups]

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which- ​@@prometheus9732

[@joelw9811]

I’m on day 5 of the bachelor’s storyline and this game absolutely rules. “You weren’t playing a game where you have to eat food to survive. You were playing a game about starving.”

[@Dante-ob5mh]

Me at the start: "2 hours!!?" Me at the end: "I wish there was more"

[@cashnelson2306]

Same!! I wish he talked about the developers

[@DarkRelm22]

God, same haha

[@Desimere]

haha, yeah, and i don't even play games.

[@Ildskalli]

You're absolutely right! At about the 1:50:00 mark I started to panic, knowing that I was running out of video. It was fucking amazing!

[@churlbreak671]

"A plague is starting and no one with the proper power to help is taking any action because they all have their own agenda." Damn, thats some dystopian shit right there man hahaha, thank god it'll never happen in real life oh

[@KoylTrane]

Same reason many people are sceptical about vaccines, they try to find what's the agenda this time.

[@chloekm7958]

@@KoylTrane sometimes the agenda is just to not die.

[@KoylTrane]

@@chloekm7958 in my case it's agenda to push uncertified vaccine while shitting on other ones.

[@thc_freebaser]

@@KoylTrane it's fucking FDA verified and kids are getting it with little issue. THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS TO THE VACCINE THAT OUTWEIGH HAVING YOUR WHOLE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DESTROYED, AND POSSIBLY HAVING TO LIVE IN A LIGHTER VERSION OF AN IRON LUNG.

[@KoylTrane]

@@thc_freebaser you don't even know what vaccine I'm talking about, you clown

[@NeoNovastar]

Sometimes you just gotta watch pathologic vids just to feel something

[@HiBuddyyyyyy]

I’m watching it right now because I feel sick from anxiety!!

[@Helena_Finch]

​@@HiBuddyyyyyyI also watch this video when my anxiety flares up - hope you fell better!!

[@HiBuddyyyyyy]

@@Helena_Finch I do now, thank you for saying that :)

[@Helena_Finch]

@@HiBuddyyyyyy glad to hear it! :-))

[@ohnothepineappleohno1524]

Shopkeeper is seriously looking you dead in the eye and telling you a egg is worth 1650$

[@KiraTesla]

Assuming it's rubles, and using today's exchange rate, that egg is about $18. Completely ridiculous

[@thesavageking7082]

Time for my monthly viewing of "Pathologic is Genius, And Here's Why" I hope it'll be just as good as the other 15 times I've watched it

[@gloomsi]

*handshake*

[@NicoTb4]

@@homelessalcoholic2716 also check out barny 64's wow adventures or "metal gear solid 2 is a masterpiece" by paper starships

[@unknowncreature-0069]

Hey I do the same exact thing...

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

same but with his rwby video

[@psychopompous489]

Was it?

[@nessie6899]

It is vital that everyone know that in pathologic 2 the bachelor is so short that in one of the parts where you meet him outside of isidor’s house the devs had to make him float a few inches off the ground in order to make him easily noticeable so you don’t step on him. This fact is important to me

[@eldritch_midnight6007]

I thought he was short in classic HD but I wasn’t sure if that was true for every character or just the bachelor

[@dani.2479]

I'm making an AI dungeon scenario where it's just this but the bachelor is just a fucking dwarf with a scalpel

[@nessie6899]

@@dani.2479 that’s just the bachelor in-game. Little gnome man who loves causing problems

[@dani.2479]

@@nessie6899 nah im straight up making him a fucking dwarf

[@nessie6899]

@@dani.2479 honestly good. thank you for your service

[@maybe0rdinary]

Ok. Ok so I ADORED this video first of all. I love Pathologic's strange and convoluted story but I'm SO impressed with how you managed to dismiss the Changeling's story for THAT LONG just to reveal the secret ending twist and carry on to explain the last playthrough. Like that was EXTREMELY well delivered, I'm super pleased by this outcomr

[@m_worm]

there is an emotion evoked by the knowledge this video was published in november 2019 that i cannot name but it is absolutely looming for two straight hours. very well done

[@CatEarley]

"your main objective is getting these factions to admit that the plague exists"

[@zab416]

*sigh* Big mood

[@thedeathray8620]

"So a plague is starting, but no one with the power to take proper action will help, because everyone has their own agenda." That also describes it well.

[@burningsinner1132]

@@thedeathray8620 And then we empowered them with emergency powers they abused to hell and back, pushing the interests of those in power to invest in the chaos to reap the profit. We've seen whole corporations rise on it (Hello, zoom!) and a lot of agrocomplexes exploited the hell out of small guys grief, forcing them to sell their stuff for cheap. And the best part is that they did it on the money they got from emergency funds under justification of keeping the economy afloat! Surprise, we all were the clowns burying us all all along!

[@nanahuatli2144]

I think it's aged like a fine wine. Only now do we know how right they were.

[@burningsinner1132]

@@nanahuatli2144 Back in the days I thought that no gov is too stupid for that kind of stuff. And then all the governments started to ruin my positive expectations like it was Tokyo Olympics.

[@allysonmccartney2150]

An interesting detail I noticed: at the end of the opening play all of the characters exit the stage but they all exit in different ways. the bachelor takes the stairs thereby ruining the illusion of the performance. The haruspex exits back through the wings of the stage as most stage actors would. And lastly Clara hops off the front of the stage like a child. Just an interesting detail

[@TheKing-qz6mb]

That's a solid observation good on ya!

[@maxmad7641]

This man is BIG BRAIN

[@misteryA555]

The bachelor also likes to take what he sees as the most logical route. The stairs are in view and easy to use so why wouldn't he take them? The haruspex goes behind the scenes because his role in the town as a menkhu is largely behind the scenes. He understands the inner workings of his town, like all the backstage work in a play. And the Changling jumps off the stage instead of either exit because she... I dunno, understands that this is all a game and therefore isn't confided to the same rules as the other two?

[@sarahelster6835]

@@misteryA555 what is even more important is that the imaginary wall between the stage and the viewers is the first fourth wall. That's why we even use the word fourth wall, it all began in theater

[@sonyblank1487]

@@misteryA555 without a certain other video, I'd say it was her extreme rejection of the social convention of the play, the world itself, and her interactions.

[@OfficialChisco]

Oh Pathological video essay. The time for you to assist me has come again. The hour grows late yet I find myself not tired. Sing me to rest as you have done many times before. Only you, a video I’ve watched like 6 times all the way through can do this task for me

[@mijiah]

40:57 THE PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED

[@nussymussy]

debunking flat earth: 45 minutes discussing this game: 2 hours and 10 minutes

[@SorchaSublime]

one was a labour of hate the other was a labour of love

[@enahassenkam3171]

To be fair, flat earth doesn’t really take much to debunk.

[@transatlanticdylan8229]

Pathologic is far more layered than flat earth theory

[@aug1014]

Flat earth took less time to debunk actually. He ranted about a bad spy plane and a poorly designed t-shirt during the video

[@soulmechanics7946]

This game is pretty amazing, to be fair. I love this. This is the sort of game I have always wished existed.

[@sebastianquintana5412]

As a med student i can confirm that clinics and surgeons often end up trying to hunt each other down

[@zab416]

Shit I've shown a few med students a screenshot of this game. I didn't mean to help fuel the ongoing blood feud. Or the bureaucratic cat and mouse. I'm not sure which is more deadly.

[@tylerbeaumont]

Pathologic is just an analogy for trying to find the right number to call for an uncommon treatment while working in first appointments prove me wrong

[@zab416]

@@tylerbeaumont Scenario in your comment gives me a similar sense of looming horrible doom as Pathologic, this is a solid game theory.

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

Do you also wake up everyday looking at your original goals for life then continue your quest helping deal with the unexpected plauge?

[@Chloe-kd6zq]

🔝🔝✨🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@miracat12]

this game is starting to feel a little too real after living through both an on-going pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis

[@miracat12]

@Krivvet girl 6.9 million people died

[@Jiub_SN]

⁠@@miracat12you understand how minor that is right? Not to say it isn't bad but for 8.1 billion people that's significantly better then any other major plague. Like, the Black Death killed upwards of 54% of the worlds population and the Spanish flu killed significantly more at upwards of 100 million. Like when talking about pandemics Covid had less impact then most diseases that are commonplace. There's also the fact that most of the people who died died because of weak immune systems/ongoing health issues and poor diagnoses early in the pandemic. The fact is that less then 1% of those infected died and less then .01% of the world was infected. People tend to do this a lot more today, but gun crime, police brutality, basically anything that you think is bad now is significantly better then it was 10-20 years ago, the only difference is that the internet lets you know when something happens anywhere in the world instantly. Basically, the number of people that died is a good thing all things considered. We can do better, but acting like that's a crazy number is being ignorant

[@lrose5522]

​@NotAClanker Yeah but it's getting compared to the in-game plague, which only killed a single town at the worst, so being like "6.9 million ppl died" is a valid retort to the other guy

[@liesalllies]

People only care about bloodshed when it's their blood. And their shed.

[@a.s.1484]

@@Jiub_SN "oooh only the weak died, so it's not that bad actually!" Please take this opinion to the garbage can, where it belongs. Covid might not be THE deadliest disease _ever_ but it's got *very serious, disabling longterm consequences* , even when the initial infection was mild. Death toll isn't the only measure to decide the gravitas of a disease.

[@justthatguy3760]

41:08 was that joke four years in the making??? Holy shit that's dedication lol

[@Duskets]

The Virgin Bachelor THE CHAD HARUSPEX

[@sagapulastation1711]

*THE MEGACHAD CHANGELING*

[@nicolodelucia8743]

the infinity chad taya

[@agushernandez6083]

@@nicolodelucia8743 The Ultra Infinity Chad Deluxe Rat Prophet

[@b3nl555]

The Gad worm

[@alexandreparot5846]

The Gods of Chads Ice Pick Lodge

[@Tylerururu]

This video infected my brain because I watched it shortly after getting a job in food service and every time I went to grab onions out of the cooler I said to myself "go, onion, i need to collect the tools"

[@joelovedaymusic8385]

Hahahaha I love that! I guarantee I'll go the other way and start referring to "oynons" while I'm cooking

[@SOLO.DANDELION]

I laughed way to long and... thx

[@cassiopeiawarrener9654]

Meanwhile, every time I handle eggs the spirit of Harris Hbomberguy Brewis rises in my head speaking directly into my soul 'delicious ... e g g.'

[@versebuchanan512]

The walk-in, or your station mise? You're in the business, don't call it a cooler unless you're at somebody's uncles bbq, linedog.

[@NeoNovastar]

​@@versebuchanan512i highly doubt bro is paid enough to give that much of a fuck lol

[@dannylieberwirth1784]

you have NO idea how excited i got when the bachelor quote he said to watch out for actually showed up in his latest video (plagiarism and you(tube)) i actually screeched. IT FINALLY HAPPENED

[@jozefdoyle]

41:06 THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED