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Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam

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PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote at 00:21 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:28:19 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:31:18 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
>>this thing:
>>
>>>Decided it was just too silly for me.  The reviewers are calling it
>>>"Dad-Space", a take off of DeadSpace which I liked and should go back
>>>to one of them, maybe the 1st if the graphics aren't too dated like
>>>Skyrim turned out to be. Uninstalled that. Was my favorite game for a
>>>while back in the day.
>>
>>
>>Yeah, Capcom has been getting rave-reviews for "Pragmata" but I can't
>>imagine playing it myself. The kid is creepy, and generally I don't
>>enjoy the mechanics of their games anyway (case in point, the
>>aforementioned reliance on save points). Plus, I'm not that fond of
>>Capcom as a company anyway; a lot of their choices are user-hostile.
>>So I was unlikely to ever buy or play "Pragmata". Still, your review
>>confirms I've made the right choice.
>>
>>
>
> *--
>
> Yeah, the kid was creepy like you said, and a nag at such a young age
> (like they are in real life for the most part :-)), from the couple of
> hours or so that I played it.
>
> And of course, she had to be a blue-eyed, bleached blonde.  Not a
> brunette with brown eyes. At least she wasn't Asian or Japanese.
> -pw


Watching a letsplay of it, I honestly find the whole trope of "AI acts
like little kid but is actually really powerful" a bit annoying. The kid
is cute, though.
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-04-21 10:31 -0600
  Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-21 13:28 -0400
    Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-04-21 18:17 -0600
    Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-04-21 18:21 -0600
      Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-24 04:40 +0000
        Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-04-26 09:18 -0600
  Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-22 08:52 -0700
    Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-04-22 12:53 -0600
      Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-23 09:52 -0700
        Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam PW <noneused@noneused.net> - 2026-04-24 21:22 -0600
    Re: Well, tried Pragmata then got a refund from Steam Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-23 10:56 -0400

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