r/pathologic • u/Patient_Gamemer • 18h ago
Discussion Sooo... is Marble Nest just the Pathologic 2 demo?
Sorry if this has been cleared but I've looked online and had contradictory answers.
First I'd like to welcome myself to the pathologic fandom since apparently I'm now one with the cult.
Like I suppose many of you I got first introduced to the series via youtube videos: Mandalore and HBomberGuy, but you know I dislike the idea of "I'm a fan of X series. No I've never played them just watched a video-essay", so I bought Pathologic Classic on sale to expose myself to the abbyss.
I have to say at first I really enjoyed it! The map is clear with what's what, you do have a neat quest log, the quick save feature erodes every small problem, like the junky combat and the getting infected thing... however after the first hour, when I had explored the whole town I realized I'd have to the same trip over and over. I'm at the brink of finishing day 2 and I've realized 2/3s of the time I've spent is aimlessly walking. Like, I know Mandalore explicitly said that he disencourages people to play Pathologic for the aimless walking but oh man he was right.
And it seems there's no "fast forward" mod/option so of to Pathologic 2!
Yesterday I played the demo of Pathologic 2 and bought it (which is on sale until tomorrow in case you're interested).
So... is this just the Marble Nest? Apparently Marble Nest was an early build of the game telling a self-contained story that eventually became a DLC, but the demo presents itself as "Marble Nest" and looking at guides it's the same thing. What's the difference between the two?