Throughout its latest showcase, Capcom has revealed extra details about its upcoming motion recreation Pragmata. Together with giving us a fast overview of the final story of the sport, the newest video launched for Pragmata additionally offers us a take a look at how its core gameplay will work.
The protagonists of Pragmata are Hugh Matthews, who will get caught in a Lunar quake and finally ends up being saved by an android woman named Diana. The 2 should then work collectively of their efforts to return to Earth. Each characters have distinct personalities, with Hugh being a form however sarcastic man, and Diana being curious concerning the world round her however nonetheless shrouded in thriller.
Because the duo work their means by the Lunar analysis station, they may find yourself going through enemies, which is the place the sport’s distinctive mixture of puzzle and action-based gameplay will come into play. Whereas Hugh has weapons that he can use to tackle enemies, their weaknesses can solely actually be exploited by hacking into them by utilizing Diana’s skills.
Diana can, for instance, use her hacking capability – which supplies gamers a fast puzzle-based minigame to resolve – to power the enemy’s armour to open up, giving Hugh a transparent shot at their weak factors. It’s price noting that each the hacking and the principle fight itself are occurring concurrently, so gamers should watch out in avoiding enemy assaults as Diana hacks by their defenses.
We additionally get a take a look at the principle setting of the sport – the AI-controlled Lunar analysis station the place the Delphi company was researching a brand new materials that could possibly be used to 3D print extra complicated objects, from microchips, to automobiles, to total buildings. The analysis station has seemingly been deserted by its human researchers, nevertheless, with the AI and its legion of robots standing in your means.
Pragmata is coming to PC (by way of Steam), PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. A demo of the sport will even be out there to check out at Gamescom 2025 from August 20 to August 24.
