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Eh, the ending. I really like the whole story and themes of Pathologic, but by the ending, the game starts to sink itself in a "look how intelligent we are you peasant" black hole and pulls out a metacommentary conga line that just kills the entire atmosphere. The game has plenty of allusions to theatre: the setting of the stage before you choose who you are going to be, there are the "Authorities" who are directing the play, actors and stagehands about the town doing their tasks and three protagonists who perform their parts. The player is there to provide choice and agency specially in the end - which is commentary enough for the "game" part of it. (For comparison, The Stanley Parable is much more effective at doing the entire meta part while binding it to gameplay and storytelling. Of course, it is a dedicated game to do that purpose and Pathologic is waaaay older than that, but the intention is fundamental here.) Anyway, great LP!
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