Pragmata obtained 466 votes, pushing it previous huge names like Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and Metroid Prime 4: Past, all of which truly appear like they could launch inside the subsequent 12 months. And this isn’t a one-off or fluke, both. Since its reveal in 2020, Pragmata has been a constant determine in these Famitsu reader polls and lately has regularly ranked inside the prime three. In truth, it’s a must to go all the way in which again to September 2023 to seek out a problem of the journal the place it wasn’t one of many 10 most needed video games.
Whereas the numbers are stunning, they don’t present a lot context. We’ve seen simply transient flashes of Pragamata over the past 5 years because of some fairly cinematics and transient snippets of gameplay, so it’s arduous to know precisely what Famitsu readers discover so thrilling. I’ll admit to being intrigued by the sport after its reveal, however its rocky historical past has relegated it in my thoughts to the identical place as Deep Down, one other cool-looking Capcom venture that garnered numerous consideration however by no means noticed the sunshine of day.
Because it stands, a lot of what we find out about Pragmata comes from official Capcom advertising and marketing copy, which describes the sport as “an all-new motion journey title that depicts a near-future dystopian world on the moon by a deeply profound story and setting,” descriptions that are echoed on the PlayStation and Xbox shops.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we should additional postpone the discharge of Pragmata,” the event crew mentioned on the time. “Our crew is at the moment arduous at work making the very best recreation that we probably can, however we want extra time. We’ll proceed to do our greatest to make sure that the ultimate product is one that’s worthy of your endurance.”
Is Pragmata simply one other Deep Down, or would possibly it make a return à la Fumito Ueda’s The Final Guardian and shock even its most stalwart supporters? Is Capcom perhaps holding out for a subsequent technology launch? It’s arduous to say with any certainty, however what is evident is that Pragmata made an enormous impression on the gaming public, and it could be a disgrace for Capcom to squander that type of lasting pleasure once more.
