Pathologic: The Marble Nest

Pathologic: The Marble Nest is a stand-alone short story set in the Pathologic universe, set on a single day during the Second Outbreak. It was initially released as a limited demo for backers of the Kickstarter project as a sneak preview of what the story of Pathologic 2 would be like, on December 1, 2016. It was later released for anyone to download. Ice-Pick Lodge describe it as "almost like a small autonomous game that uses the assets, characters, and premise of Pathologic, but works on its own. Kind of."

Following the official release of Pathologic 2, Ice-Pick Lodge re-released an updated version of Pathologic: The Marble Nest as a DLC on October 29th, 2019. It was available as a free download to anyone who already owned Pathologic 2 as of the release date. It was later released with the Xbox One release on Decmeber 12, 2019, and on Playstation 4 on March 7, 2020, one day following Pathologic 2's console release.

Plot


The events of The Marble Nest take place on the tenth day of the outbreak as experienced by the Bachelor. The player takes on the role of the Bachelor as he attempts to keep the last uninfected area of the Town safe from the Plague. They must also work to piece together clues to unravel Death's mystery - or don't.

The Bachelor can grow hungry and exhausted, and infection and immunity will rise and fall with the players actions, similarly to the Haruspex in Pathologic 2. However, the survival mechanics are lenient compared to Pathologic 2 "...as if the Bachelor didn’t try to cling to life too much...".

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