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Pragmata - Reviews Thread

Another one for the backlog..........god damn!

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Gamer_By_Proxy said:
Yea I recently found out about those "access to an account with the game" crap. Never doing that.
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Not just that if its way beyond the 20% how fo they even make money if steam is taking 30%?

Anyway super weird that alot of reviewers shit on the short playtime. I hate bloat more than anything in gaming

Most people dont even finish their games why do they need big games if its mostly filler slop. I dont get it.
 
Come On Tars said:
made that mistake once.
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Yea, gg.deals doesn't list those, so I didn't know about it. Then I started looking at some other key sites and they started popping up.
I asked grok to find me the cheapest deals sometimes too, and even it says to avoid those account sharing ones.
 
Always seemed like Capcom had something good cooking here, even though it was rather long in the oven. Hopefully the sales performance is good enough to reward them for taking a chance on a new IP.
 
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Surprised for the great scores.

I thought the demo gameplay was rather boring. That hacking mechanic looks as much fun as playing that wii u starfox game
The surrounding unrealistic.. so not a moonbase but more like a weird mario level.

And i'm the biggest fucking capcom fanboy here.
I even own the capcom 2player fightstick console..
 
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Yeah. I just got to the mini boss in the demo. I guess I am supposed to make sure I get the yellow sheilds on the hacking.
I also had the crappy pistol at the time and got killed.
 
Krathoon said:
For some reason, Capcom's engine did not hold up real well in Monster Hunter Wilds. It works fine in other games.
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I think it's just a bad engine for open world games, Monster Hunter Wilds only real glaring technical issue is the performance, and Dragon's Dogma 2 had the same problem, the more linear, structured games like Resident Evil, and Devil May Cry seem to be more what the engine was made for.
 
Good scores but Dragon's Dogma 2, Monster Hunter Wild and Requiem all got 85+ at MC so uh... I'll wait on impressions from people who aren't shills lol.
 
Nice to see confirmed in the reviews that it's another great game, that's the impression I got from the demo.

We already got several great games this year, and seems we'll get many great games more. This year to make a short list of 5/6 games for the GOTY candidate is going to be painful. Even a top 10.
 
yurinka said:
Nice to see confirmed in the reviews that it's another great game, that's the impression I got from the demo.

We already got several great games this year, and seems we'll get many great games more. This year to make a short list of 5/6 games for the GOTY candidate is going to be painful. Even a top 10.
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The only real solid GOTY contenders we've had so far are RE9 and Pokopia. Maybe Mewgenics as the "token indie nom" but talk on that one seems to have died down already.
 
GrayChild said:
> Brand new AAA IP that takes legitimate risks.
> Innovative new mechanics that help the game differentiate itself from the rest.
> $60 instead of the 70-80 bucks asked nowadays.
> No open-world bloat.

Can we have more of these?
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If you end up liking it, spread the word about it. More word of mouth, more sales.

That's a large way on the consumer side to encourage more of this from AAA publishers.

Edit: Eventually I hope people re-discover that it's going to be way more of a net positive for gaming for people to share new games they enjoy (like gamers used to do years ago) than hyperfocus on games they want to hate and fail.
 
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Memati187 said:
So this is essentially the japanese tlou with robots yeah.
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Please tell me what part game is anything like TLOU? Unless you think having kid beside main character make the game like TLOU then with that logic is DK Bananza is like TLOU?
 
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Just played the demo , it's pretty good . It reminds me of when I'd just pick up a random game from gamestop back in the ps2/ps3 eras . So cool Capcom hasn't lost the plot in this day in age with gaas, open world slop and filler gaming.
 
The progression gets repetitive, the game is pretty easy overall, and the bosses, while cool-looking, don't really push you that much. Story-wise, it's also pretty standard. There are a few nice moments between Hugh and Diana, but overall it's a bit predictable, and sometimes a little cheesy. Still, for the gameplay alone, Pragmata is worth checking out, just don't expect it to last more than about 10 hours.
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80

An original and engaging gameplay concept built around a strong dual-character idea, but quickly dragged down by repetition, lack of challenge, and a weak narrative that prevents Pragmata from truly taking off.
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70

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It's difficult to take these review aggregators seriously when people don't use the same scale.
 
I'm playing Yakuza Kiwami 3 and then I'll play this one right after. I'm already on the daddy train, I'm prepared for some feelings. When I see Kiryu's kids finally calling him dad it already make my eyes wet.
 
Fabieter said:
Not just that if its way beyond the 20% how fo they even make money if steam is taking 30%?

Anyway super weird that alot of reviewers shit on the short playtime. I hate bloat more than anything in gaming

Most people dont even finish their games why do they need big games if its mostly filler slop. I dont get it.
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I hear you. Not every game needs to be 100+ hours. In fact, it's refreshing to see a game be a tightly curated, 8-12 hour experience when we have so many open world games that take dozens if not hundreds of hours to complete.
 
Watched a few reviews. IGN says the story isn't anything to write home about, FightingCowboy says the opposite and that it's emotionally moving. Also as an aside, what's the deal with IGN reviews having a campfire chat segment at the end of the review that is as long as the review?
 
I'm hearing shimmering is "really bad" on ps5 pro ....

That sucks since this should be using PSSR2.

I'm seeing a lot of games still suffering from shimmering on fokiage and in the case of this game and RE9, rt reflections.

Disappointing as I was expecting this to look better than the demo, not worse. Control also has awful shimmering with pssr.

Trying to understand why some games look amazing after pssr update and some have the same issues I was seeing with pssr1 ...for example SHF looks amazing now but Dragons Dogma 2 still has the AO boil on foliage. Control is probably the worst case for pssr2, I was expecting a huge boost for that games RT and image quality but its not there. Re9 reflections can look awful but Alan Wakes rt reflectiona got a big boost (it still has shimmering in other areas).

Is it an engine thing that no upscaler will be able to solve or does pssr still have a ways to go? Dragon Age Veilguard water reflections still look like ass as well. Seems UE5 games in particular got a bigger boost than other games that use RT.
 
Nocty said:
the game is ÂŁ50 on steam man, for 7-10 fucking hours... seriously, I hate how things are nowadays.

Absolutely wild to me that so many indie games below ÂŁ20 at launch that have 100, 200 and sometimes more gameplay time. SUCKS cause I really like the look of this, just cant justify that cost per hour. Will grab on deep sale
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Mfers will brag about dropping 2K on a high end PC but a game that can already be found for 20 dollars less is too much. Bro I get why devs would skip PC when they see shit like this all the time + people saying they buy PC just to pirate.
 
Puscifer said:
Mfers will brag about dropping 2K on a high end PC but a game that can already be found for 20 dollars less is too much. Bro I get why devs would skip PC when they see shit like this all the time + people saying they buy PC just to pirate.
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Nah, man, PC gamers buy a lot of games, just not a full price. Got Pragmata on pre-order for $50, absolute steal for such a good looking game that's fun.
 
I had a blast with the demo, but was a bit skeptical it would be fun for a full-length game. Definitely looking forward to picking this up sometime this year.
 
Capcom just went Super-Saiya-Jinn-Goddu!

WTF!!??! I was totally not expecting this to review so well.

Means I gotta pick this up day one.

Publishers, pay attention! If you give me a straightforward linear shooter with innovative mechanics, great graphics and production values and a great story, I will throw money at you. --- signed me the consumer.
 
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