I just finished Pragmata (had to speedrun the last few levels to fit in Control: Resonant, which I feel bad about - but I’d had C:R preordeted for ages and love anything from Remedy… Anyway, I digress.)

Pragmata I thought was good, and Capcom deserve some credit. An actual new IP, a genuinely fun and different game mechanic, visually looks good - and is bright and striking rather than regulation brown - and was just good fun to play. My only criticism would be that the dialogue/plotting felt like it was kinda rushed - like they skipped a couple of chapters and you go from “just met” to “devoted partners” in one scene and missed the plot/character development needed to get from A to B. I feel bad saying it though, because it’s a decent and topical plot and has some genuinely affecting moments.

Credit where due; I hope it does OK because God knows it’s hard enough to find games doing anything new these days.