I just learned this morning that the Bachelor route of Pathologic 2 is actually, factually happening, for real! There's no release date yet and it'll probably be a couple of years before it's done, but shit, I'll wait! It looks incredible! It's going to be completely different from the Haruspex route, to the point where it's not going to be chronological or open world. The Bachelor isn't going to have to struggle to find food and not die to bandits, but instead he's going to be dealing in time and life and death.

If it were a different development studio I'd be a little worried that a totally different gameplay loop might ruin something about the Pathologic experience I've come to love, but I'm not a bit worried about that, actually. I trust them to do gameplay that makes sense and fits well with the themes and concepts the Bachelor cares about. As a dev pointed out when answering questions, the Pathologic gameplay loop (open world survival and resource management) was pretty groundbreaking and interesting when the original Pathologic came out, but here in the 2020's, it's been done to death. Something new and strange, a new way to think about surviving in this town with resources that are less material (memories and time if I've read correctly) is going to be so interesting!

My hype levels have skyrocketed. Now I just have to somehow forget about this game for a couple of years until it actually comes out.

Oh, I'm also looking forward to Elden Ring DLC and Silksong. Obviously.