Dad Simulator 2026! MAX PLAYS: Pragmata (Part 1)
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Host debates the game's concept and hype versus reality, noting early skepticism about Pragmata's identity and gameplay potential.
Maximilian Dood dives into Pragmata’s chaotic, visually stunning debut segment, raving about its tech, hacking/melee feel, and bold Capcom design choices.
Summary
Maximilian Dood jumps into Pragmata with a mix of skepticism and awe, candidly sharing how he doubted the project during its long development but was won over by the demo’s solid feel and Capcom’s polish. He repeatedly calls out the game’s killer visuals, especially when path tracing lighting and reflections sell the lunar environments, even noting how DLSS and high-end GPUs handle the load. The stream blends hands-on gameplay with a tour of the Luna filament tech, limb replicators, and the shelter hub, highlighting the game’s unique mix of sci-fi mystery, AI tension, and environmental storytelling. He praises the responsiveness of Hugh and the pairing with Diana, whose robotic dialogue and banter add personality to the post-apocalyptic crew. Gameplay evolves from exploration to frenetic combat, with hacking-based puzzles, weapon upgrades, and a dynamic loadout system that feels almost soulslike in progression and checkpoint rhythm. He also reflects on how Pragmata sits in Capcom’s catalog: a bold new IP that still carries that unmistakable RE Engine sheen and Capcom’s penchant for challenging, gadget-filled action. The stream occasionally veers into meta-commentary about PC hardware, upscaling, and the tradeoffs of path tracing versus performance, but it never loses sight of the game’s core vibe: big boss encounters, clever gadgetry, and a dad-daughter dynamic that anchors the sci-fi chaos. Overall, Maximilian leaves the stream convinced Pragmata is a standout visually and mechanically, with plenty of room to grow as the story unfolds.
Key Takeaways
- Path tracing lighting and dynamic reflections in Pragmata create stunning, photo-real lunar environments, even drawing attention to glass reflections and lighting on the cradle.
- DLSS and GPU choices matter: Maximilian tests 4K path-traced performance on a 4090/5090 setup and notes significant FPS differences between path tracing quality modes and ultra performance scalings.
- The game uses Luna filament and limb replicators to print structures, drive exploration, and enable rapid upgrades, linking world-building to a practical, resource-based progression loop.
- Hacking mechanics are central: you solve node-based puzzles with a four-button scheme, unlock extra mod slots, and gain access to offensive/defensive hack modes that affect combat and beacons.
- Character dynamics anchor the story: Hugh and the autonomous Diana (D-13/DI03367) banter with warmth, humor, and occasional tension, grounding the game’s sci-fi spectacle in human moments.
- The progression loop rewards experimentation: you upgrade weapons (riot blaster, riot/decoy options), unlock training sims, and discover new cabins and stamp boards that mimic a battle-pass feel.
- The game blends Souls-like structure (world interconnectivity, checkpointing via Fireling shrine) with Capcom polish and big-boss design, creating high-stakes, puzzle-rich combat sequences.
Who Is This For?
Essential viewing for action-adventure fans who crave lightning-fast combat with gadgets, AI intrigue, and gorgeous graphics; also a must-watch for PC hardware enthusiasts curious about performance tradeoffs in cutting-edge path tracing.
Notable Quotes
"Damn, are those reflections from path tracing? I can't believe they can just print something that big."
—Commenting on the impressive path tracing visuals and the Luna Filament print tech.
"The controls feel incredibly responsive... it’s like he moves with weight but is still incredibly agile."
—Praising the game's responsive character movement and feel.
"It's crazy if this ends up being one of Capcom's better-looking games in a representation state."
—Maximilian compares Pragmata’s visuals to other Capcom titles and upcoming projects.
"Diana, I think we can call you Diana now. You’re not human, but you’re helping us out here."
—Character banter establishing the Hugh-Diana dynamic.
"Path tracing on, ultra performance off, and the game still looks amazing—it's a technical showcase."
—Hardware talk that underlines Pragmata’s visual ambition.
Questions This Video Answers
- How does Pragmata's hacking system work and what are the node mechanics?
- What makes Pragmata visually stand out on PC with path tracing and DLSS 4.x?
- Is Pragmata more Souls-like or Metroid-like in its world design and checkpointing?
- Who are Hugh and Diana in Pragmata and how do their interactions drive the story?
- Should I enable path tracing or DLSS for better performance on a 4090 in Pragmata?
Full Transcript
Let's go. The time has come. We're playing it with all the bells and whistles. Why did you crash out over this game? Because this game wasn't anything. Like, it bugged me that people were 3 years later, like 3 to four years later, we haven't seen anything on this [ __ ] And people were like, "Oh, I'm so excited for Pragmata." And I'm like, "There wasn't even a gameplay trailer that you don't even know what it is. It could be an interactive trading card theatrical simulator and you don't know what the hell it is." People just like the idea of it.
I'm like, "That's so weird to me. How the hell are we still getting Killzone 2 in like 2020?" By the time it actually becomes playable and we play it at Summer Games West last year, I'm like, "Oh crap, it's good." But I was the most unbeliever that this game was going to eventually become a real thing or be interesting or good at all. I'm like, "There's no way. It's it's been in development hell and there's no way it's going to be any good." And I was like, "Crap is good." So the Capcom guys were very interested uh at that point, and I'm like, "Yeah, I'll own up to it." You know, I wasn't expecting it to be any good and it's pretty good.
Sorry, I was the ultimate hater cuz I I didn't know what anybody liked about it. Like it wasn't a game. So anyway, now we get to to jump in and uh find out. Now we get to jump in and play it because the demo was pretty good. Demo was pretty good. You just work for Capcom at this point. Not if I keep talking [ __ ] like that, man. Artemis 2. I repeat, this is research vessel Eurotus. Identification number Delta Lima Papa 12 niner4 alpha. Over. This is research vessel Eurotus. Edis, do you copy? Over. Come on.
Still no response from the base. AI. Guess the reports were right. Okay. No AI, no auto landing. We're going in manually. Good. You got it. Just hold on to your lunch. Bring it in. Hugh. Sending control your way. Roger. Switching to manual control. Confirmed. Starting LSTV check. It's a very classic intro. What the heck? Oh, lights on. Landing struts down in green. Thrusters and brakes. Operational. We're clear for landing. Damn. Are those reflections from path tracing? I can't believe they can just print something that big. That's Luna Filament for you. Its applications are practically endless.
So, this game's about AI and 3D printing. As long as you have a blueprint and being a dad. It'd be nice if they could whip up someone to answer our call. We flew all the way out here to clean up their mess. Least they could do is meet us in person. Well, then let's get in there and scope it out. Corporate's waiting. Listen up. Battery's on, everyone. And don't forget to sink in. Com check. We good? Yep. No problems. Loud and clear. Channel's online. Okay, let's move out. Damn. Are they going to put Hugh in the next Marvel vs.
Capcom? Is he going to be in it? Hugh? Everything all right? The heck? Grav sinks aren't working. Watch your step, Ken. Come on. Just Just give me a moment here. Where's our welcome party? I can't believe I missed my daughter's birthday for this. You got kids? Oh, this was produced by Jin Takiuchi. Okay. He's like the big Resident Evil dude. I wouldn't trade it for a thing. Director is the R5 director. I don't think so. I think the director is a new I think it's a relatively younger director at Capcom. initiating environmental optimizations. You know these people a little bit.
I talked to the director at um talked to the director at Summer Games Fest. All right, let's do it. Just get in and get out. Roger. Come on. After you. The director is the art director of Metal Gear Revengeance. Really interesting. All right. Oh, controls like a video game. Uh, let me tinker a little bit. I'm getting massive. You guys aren't seeing it on your end, but I'm getting crazy um screen tearing. Uh, let me see if I can fix it. Pray to God. Well, that works. That seems to work. Um, and smooth as butter.
Let's move it on. Let's get going. Damn, it's a looker. It's a looker. Turning up. Try DLSS. See how we have it on right now. It's looking Jesus. People sure love printing. So again, path tracing has kicked in and it has presented us with very cool visuals. There you go. The sweet spot has been found. Let's move on. It is a good looking game. Not going to lie. Kind of digging the view from here, too. This is your first time to the cradle, right? Yo, you check out that big rig. Can it really make anything?
Oh my god, look at the reflections in the glass. Holy [ __ ] My thing. Hey, Nikki, fill us in. I see someone didn't do their homework. I'll leave the studying to you, Ken. I'm going on ahead. Bro, it's not just any 3D printer. It's called a limb replicator. Now, what do you want to know? Okay, so let's say you can print almost anything. I heard this stuff it makes breaks easy. So, it seems crazy they're printing something that big. You're right. Lim products tend to be on the delicate side, but it's just cheaper to rebuild something.
Cool visual design to this game. Place in better than that. Can't jump or do nothing. Can't do nothing. You wouldn't download a car. The terminal's up ahead. Time to test out your thrusters. It's crazy if this ends up being one of Capcom's better like looking games in a representation state. Like RE9 is up here. One of the best looking games period. really construction still underway. It's crazy if they just pump out another one of this like smaller studio project game, not nearly as big as a Resident Evil and it just now has some of the best visuals.
I'm I'm actually shocked by this controlling so much better than I remember. Dude, the responsiveness to like the button presses of Hugh and moving around is nuts. It's so responsive. Like, holy [ __ ] It looks like a game where like the main character would be super heavy and weighted and you'd have to like like really lean into these actions and animations. No, dude. Like you He just goes. He straight up just goes, but he still feels weighted. It's It's It's kind of sick. He does not feel like he's extremely slow. Yeah, Capcom's been on a freaking roll.
you over here. Wow. Yes, sir. I'm actually blown away by how good the game's controlling. This game sucks. Yeah, even in the demo was pretty good. Cool. What a mess. Not exactly a popular hangout, is it? Realistic lighting. It is path tracing, so it's not just realistic lighting. It is emulating real light. Like, we can see all of the stuff from back there in there. I'm literally watching what's happening behind that glass reflecting in that glass. Like, it's nuts. It also requires like a 4090 or a 5090 to do it. Trouble doing here. Refraction. Thank you.
Back up. Welcome to the cradle. Please state your request. Clear us a path and then take us to the data center. As you wish. Sheesh. What went down here? You got a 5070 patch tracing with DLSS. That's great. Rumor is we're sending most of the people here back to Earth soon anyway. Just leave everything up to AI. Yeah. And then they send us when the thing needs fixing. I like it how this game is anti- AI. It's like I always say, you can't trust a bot. I like this guy. I like him. Very topical. I don't know.
I kind of like this one. I like this guy. But man, they really not going to come out here and meet us. Yeah, something's off. Alpha didn't go and fire everyone, did they? Wait, you all feel that? Seismic activity detected. Moon quakes. What? Are you all right here? Yeah, we have a crew. Watch out for that, Captain. Warning. Integity. Oh, that's how we get here. First protocol is offline. This is the part that I played. Compromised. I think you guys did too. Yeah, that's in the demo. Sudden child. It's Mega Man. Yeah, that's new Mega Man.
Yeah, Mega Man's a girl. Integrating Luna Nano. Suit integrity stabilizing. Suit integrity restored. It looks like Yeah, the gun from Dead Space. She just lops his leg off. Oops. My bad. The plasma cutter. Vitals stable. Awakening subject Williams. been there. There you are. I'll better be Williams. You patch me up. Jesus. every strand of this girl's hair. Can't believe someone brought that kid out here. Hey. Um, hello. This is your autonomous base administrator. Unregistered guest identified. Walker, please remove him from the premises. Hey, watch out. There's something right here. Use your weapon to shoot bad guys.
I will. Oh, come on. Damn it. Hey, get behind me. Chill, child. Move. Hey, you need to I think I can help. Bypassing first and second firewall. Hooking control protocols. Analyzing them. Converting the interop matrix. Visualization. Here's your puzzles, buddy. Initiating hack. All right, here we go. What the heck was that? There's no time to explain. Here we go. Hey, what did you just do? I asked him. You're not human. Tell me what's going on here. I Forget it. It's going to wait. We got bigger problems. You knew. Captain, are you okay? Contact Earth. Walker, remove our guest from the Captain.
Captain. Wow, the lighting. Damn it. Holy [ __ ] How am I supposed to do that? Damn the lighting, bro. Wow. Look at the immersion in this [ __ ] It's locked. I can open it. You can. Oh, what the Okay. Normal stuff. Suit integrity compromised. Maintenance. Okay. Heal me. For your safety, access is restricted. Please utilize the repair cartridge. Right. Suit life support systems full. Initiating a lock. That shucks. Not sure how much longer this place will last. I see the tram. That could be our way out. That's a tra. Oh boy. Passing through more blue open nodes enhances hacking, increases damage, and keeps enemies exposed for longer.
Maximum exposure. That's right. You can do it as much as possible. No. Why would I? why? Not sure I can really count on you. Can't get by with just your right. Dodging and jumping consumes thrust. When the gauge falls below a set level, these actions are disabled. Our RB is dodge. Okay, we don't have we don't have witch time yet, do we? I don't think so. There's another one. You literally get slow-mo dodges if you get it uh close later on. Man, the aiming in this feels really good. Weird. Find it weird that aiming here feels better than it did in Resident Evil.
I haven't I didn't even change anything. Yeah, you get like a witch time sort of thing. Damn, this [ __ ] looks crazy. I want to see this on the OLED. I might put the 5090 in for this game. No kidding, dude. I legit might. It might have to go back in. Oh, good. What's that? Got it. Emergency mode activated. Rooting into the shelter. Structural integrity of boarding dock below acceptable parameters. Ceiling access. Ceiling. How am I supposed to get back to my ship? I'm on an OLED monitor. I am. But an OLED TV has more glitz and glam.
So crazy that what the hell this is all happening right when all the moon missions are happening. this on console or PC? Uh frame timers in the top right. We're on PC. It's like literal perfect timing for the Artemis mission, you know. Okay, your turn. Just You think Capcom has insiders at NASA? Yeah, they're named Capcom, bro. A state-of-the-art pragmatic created here at the cradle. I possess basic life saving protocols. Okay. Okay, that's enough. I don't need the user's manual. All right, next question. What the hell is going on here? And why are these things trying to kill us?
I don't know. State of the art, huh? Can't believe they're all gone. Guess I'm on my own now. Hey, uh, D, uh, I am DI03367, a state of art. Hang on a second. Don't you have a name or something? I said I am D. Look, how about we call you Diana? That's probably for the best. Diana? Yeah. From now on, you can be Diana. How's that fit? I'm Hugh. I don't do babysitting, but I'm going to need your help. And uh Hugh, Diana. Yeah, you Diana. You Diana. Hu. Diana. Hu. Diana. Hu. Diana. Hugh. Diana.
Damn it. It's already cute. one pragmata and one adult male detected. Oh, they're just called pragmatas. Whoa. They're just called pragmatas. Yeah, I saw that frame drop. I saw it as I sloww walk. Reactivating the filament repair portal. Automatic repair. That's convenient. License zero. Reactivating primary functions. The shelter. Looks like we got some backup power here. Let's see about getting patched through to Earth. Why isn't this working? 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0. So relay channels are locked down. What about the comm's tower? I like it that she does weird robot [ __ ] Look at this.
The TR land leading to the solar power plant is still running. If we got the main power back up, we can ride the rail all the way to the tower. What do you think? It's not even that far. Hey, Yeah. What? See this spot? You think we can get here in one piece? I I guess you wouldn't know that, would you? Nope. But I have an idea. Really? Yeah. We'll go. And if you don't get hurt, that means it's safe. Let's go. Sounds like a plan. So there's a place where uh prying ice from enemy interference where you can safely upgrade, unlock, and adjust load out.
Oh, so we have a we have a a hunter's dream. What the hell? Firmware updator. Damn. Uh, hacking ability. The gun. I ain't got nothing to upgrade. Got nothing. Uh, hello. Talk. Well, let's try our best. Q. Yep. I'm going to need your support till I'm back home. It's pretty fun talking like this. Let's talk a bunch while we have the chat. No. Quiet. you. What's this? The adults are talking. Replicator is standing by. Whoa. Is everything in here talk? What the hell? Uh, what is this resource? I have 120 of it. Okay. Oh, these are like backgrounds.
Okay. All right. Let's get the hell out of Okay, then. Guess we should make for the power plant. Yeah, path tracing is on. board the tram in the shelter. Travel to the tram stations in other sectors at the starting point running open escape hatch before departure. Review your load out. I'm fine. Fine. Ride the tram. Go to the solar power plant. Go. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I might have some extra costumes and stuff like that, but we're good. I want to keep it in um the spirit of the story. I can smash this, right? Why is it so dark?
Guess no one's home. I think this whole sector is in emergency mode. Dan Teroga, thanks for all the gift subs, dude. Holy hell. EP Sloth as well. Anonymous. Secret boss. Smoky man pot. Baby cakes go pick off nearby. Thanks everybody. Let's go find it. Reflections look crazy. Look at that [ __ ] dude. Someone just buffed this wall. Plan a scan ability. Neat. Damn lighting though. My god. Every rookie on the team gets thrown off by their first lockdown drill. You're not alone. Just operate the terminals located in the inactive sectors to disengage locks. Most problems sort themselves out once you're at the controls.
Good luck. Hologram surveillance. Simple mistake I made. Got caught on hologram. Now recording is being spread around cradle. I enjoy my work. Doesn't foster a positive work environment knowing that everyone I do every everything I do is subject of criticism or a joke. Is it really necessary for all operations to be recorded with such strict surveillance? I regret to inform you upon joining Cradle, you agree to a contract acknowledging that all areas except for designated private zones are subject to continuous 24-hour surveillance. Honestly, I sometimes wonder if the company is pushing the boundaries with this policy.
But I so I suppose Delelfie wants to leverage its access to state-of-the-art tech to strengthen security measures cradlewide. I'm sorry I could not provide a more concrete answer. Rest assured, your concerns have been noted. An Amazon an Amazon warehouse. Damn, dude. This this environmental lighting. The only thing I would possibly do is go to like Nvidia settings and bump up the sharpening just a little bit, but it still looks mad good. Backup generator online. To restore functionality, please reboot the main power on the top floor. The top floor, huh? How many floors are there anyway?
Wow. Wow, man. That's just insane. That's insane that lighting talk technology has gotten this good, It's just crazy. Oh, I knew it. It's like crazy that like did it attack us. Yeah, we just like made lighting work the way it works in real life. Like what? What are you talking about? How does that Wait, what? We're just recreating reality, you know? Next thing you know, it's like the rigs are going to have working circulatory systems and [ __ ] and you actually have to feed them calories. Our characters are fed a healthy 2,000 calorie diet a day to sustain working functions.
Chobbits. Damn, somebody said chobbits. That's crazy. Chobbits is not a thing I've heard in a very long time. Oh, there's a timer. Got to be quick with it. a bot. Good work. Oh god. Starting. We did it. Where was the door I just opened over here? That's back to the front. Wait a minute. Reboots. You're going down. I am definitely shooting a lot of dudes in the head. There's actually no reload. You just got to wait for your grip gun to restore itself. Oh, it was something I didn't even worse. What the hell's over here?
Multiple paths already. I cannot be bothered to remember all this. Walkers are pretty crazy. From handling small stuff to knocking out big tasks, they got it covered. There are no kids here, but if there were, they could probably handle them, too. And with Edus managing the lot, they're always there when you need them. Man, what should we do? It's just so much easier to let the walkers handle it. Well, I mean, there's still plenty of work that only a human can do, like thinking up new innovations or new business ventures to explore. But anyway, enough slacking.
Time to get back to crunching those lab results. I went in here for lore. A little on the nose. I like that Capcom makes anti-AI games. I'm with it. I need more. Can we get more uh games that are anti-AI? More, please. The heck is this? Maybe it's a Luna filament printing error. Whatever it is, it's in our way. What now? It's taking aim. Still move. Hacking. Be careful. Damn, the hack does damage, too. Okay. A lot of puzzle things. This game play's kind of sexy. Thank you. I try very hard. Components used to upgrade weapons and abilities in the shelter.
Okay. Emergency lockown for all on-site locations has been disabled. Please complete a manual reboot of the power plant controller to fully restore operations. Double lock. I'm starting to feel a bit unwelcome here. I wonder if Cradle St. Maybe. I'm not sure. Wow, man. The immersion is pretty It's pretty Oh, they changed this opening area. Oh, Don't look now. Oh, boy. How you like this? Out of bullets. Watch out. There's more. I got him. Hey, you're not bad. Come on. We're not done yet. Give me my loot. Damn. I might actually put the 5090 back for this freaking game.
It's crazy. Emergency exit allows travel to and from the shelter. Okay. Friendly that thing. we can use just to see if I can possibly get 4K running with um things get crazy 4K with path tracing. Whoa, we have boost dash. Not yet. Not. Sorry, child. Oops. Emergency lockown for this area has been disabled. There we go. From a viewer's perspective, the puzzle hack seems kind of intrusive, but it's not. Is it? No. You need to play it. Yeah, it's it's gameplay. It's gameplay focused, right? So when you're playing, it's like left side of your brain, right side of your brain sort of [ __ ] kicking It's actually mad cool.
that one's not that good at long distance. Hello. Take this. Uh-oh. Uh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Yeah. Let's do this. Whoa. This freaking thing is hell. Way stronger than the walkers. It's okay. We got We got hit. We got hit. I've been hit. And I used up all the bullets in that All them goddamn bullets. This area has been disabled. Nice, too. Yeah. Limited limited ammunition. You know, got to run around and find your Only the pistol. heal up. Only the pistol gets big big ammo. He's aiming at us. Be careful. Bang. Bang. Is this now the demo?
Yeah, pretty much. Don't mind if I do. Stasis net. The good [ __ ] You stop them and I'll hack them. Emergency. This is Donkey Kong in space. It is two more to go. It's just Donkey Kong Bonanza in space. You're not wrong. In fact, you're completely right. Oh, wait. I want that though. That thing right there, though. And that thing over there, though. I want those, though. Hey, come on. Need us again. Feel like a damn rat in a maze. It really doesn't. Oh god. Oh god. Go back. Watch out. Oh man, I am stuck doing this without a lot of bullets.
I need a shotgun for this, brother. That literally is just the head. Yeah, let's do this. Move you. There's the air dash. There we go. I'm doing stuff. Pressing buttons and doing things. You know, that's uh how many now? That was four. One more to go. these stuff. Uh, do I have to get clever about getting over there? Well, I guess not. Bingo. I was like, what the hell am I listening to? What am I listening to? Looks like the printing messed up here. Definitely can't go that way. All right. So, I'm going to make this chat.
No, I'm not. I'm going to [ __ ] Ow. Not happy. Oh, just some scary robots. Okay. All righty. Look out for charging sensor matching. Hey, let's take out the big boy. Uh uh [ __ ] Big [ __ ] Jump two. Start over. Reset. Screw it. Get ready. Bam. Get you aiming at him. Music's great. Running low on bullets on everything. Uh, look out. Yay. pretty neat, you know, like all the audio integration. guess it's my turn. Wow, I've been whacked. It's over. What do we have here? Good stuff. Juice. Upgrade our stuff. Giga juice. Uh. Nope. Oh god, went a long way there.
Yikes. Ow, I got whacked. Initiate. That's that. So, they sometimes can have like random drops. I need more guns. Hey, how do how Oh, got it. I see. Mind if I do. The hell was this for? Oh. Huh. Hey. Yes. Wait. Space platforming chat. Hold on. You like that? So many paths to do things. They did that completely different. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. game. Pretty good. It's a game. It's a video game ass video game, you know. Oh my god. I didn't get it. Oh, [ __ ] I need to dash, dude.
I got it. It gave it to me. Good. And where's the last one of these things? Is it over there? Is it up there? There's a bunch of [ __ ] over there, too. Wow. Okay, there's [ __ ] everywhere. Look at all this [ __ ] Okay, back this way to do this [ __ ] Then I'm going jump up there and do that I didn't even go over here. I just I went on like a side questing adventure after I uh killed these guys. Yeah, just realized uh emergency. Oh, this [ __ ] is full of [ __ ] Has been disabled. Please complete a manual reboot of the power plant controller to fully restore operations.
That's fine. That was the last of them. Look at me. Is there any [ __ ] down there? There is some bonus [ __ ] How the heck did I end up in this mess? If we hadn't come here, then Nick and the others would still be alive. Nick, is he the one who called you? No, that was James the captain. Those two, plus Ken and myself, were sent here to the cradle. They were my closest friends. I'm platforming. She's like, Ken Masters. I'm going to I'm going to say it's not Ken Masters. I'm going to say it's Ken from Street Fighter 2010.
It's that Ken shelter. No. Okay. Uh where's our big goal? Is it over here? All my [ __ ] I got all this [ __ ] I feel like I got all this [ __ ] Nice. The chest. You didn't get close to pick it up. What? You missed the loot back on the chest you opened. What? Blasphemy. You open the chest before picking it up. Thank you. What were your friends like? James was calm and collected just like a captain should be. Ken was a real goofball. Nicholas was always angry with him. They didn't get along. No, we were the kind of pals who could speak our minds.
No sugar coating. In a word, friends. Even when you're angry. sound complicated. That's where it was. now our stuff. Damn. I'm glad I remembered to get that and no one told me about it. That's crazy. All right, we're moving on. I'm good thing I remembered everything myself. I hope dropping down here somehow leads us back up to the top floor. Maybe there's an elevator up ahead. Okay. Um, what I find funny is that the game controls kind of perfectly, you know, like I don't have to think about the controls like at all. For the most part, they just do exactly what you think they would do.
It's very intuitive that way. Look, what's this? That's the Earth. The blue part there is all ocean. Look outside and you can see it from here. That's weird. Only got half of it here. Okay, the printer's busted, but the data here looks all right. The ocean water everywhere. Kind of hard to appreciate when it's just the half. Listen, we get back to the shelter, I'll whip you up a new one. Really? I want to see a small spinning globe. So, you collect like holograms to remake them. How the hell are you supposed to How the hell are you supposed to get that?
What the hell am I supposed to do? Huh? The angle. Is this side open? I don't think it is. No, you shot the net. I did not shoot the net, man. That's impossible. It's impossible. You're purchasing read earth memory. Simply insert RAM chip into support replicator and effort effortlessly generate furniture displays and more. Whether you're looking to refresh your interior, recreate a memorable scene, or set up temporary office, let your creativity guide you. Serving up fresh, nutritious replicator meals daily. The third floor cafeteria menu is beef, seaweed, salad, fish and chips, and pudding. Thank you for your valuable feedback.
We remain committed to improving our replicator meals to meet your taste and nutritional expectations. This [ __ ] probably makes you [ __ ] a pineapple. You're like, why am I [ __ ] pineapples? Well, that's just what you get for eating this stuff. You just [ __ ] pineapples and we eat the pineapples now. I don't like this. I don't I don't like this either. Damn. I got to hurry and contact Earth. The key to living on the moon and advancing research development was ensured ensuring access to a stable power supply. It's fair to say that the advanced systems in place at the solar power plant have been the backbone for supporting Delphy's development and expansion at the cradle.
Is Deli Delelfi Corporation, okay, is the name of the corporation. Free loot. How is it going? Things at the solar plant are, in a word, quiet. Grunts like us show up in the morning and check out what the bots have planned for the day. And then we spend the rest of the ship trying to look busy. Gets you thinking. We're both engineers, but you ended up on the front lines of lunar development and me. I wish I could be out there, too. Bots did all the work, leaving him bored to tears. And crime river, are you bored, too, Hugh?
Nah, I'm good. Kind of hard to get bored keeping up with your chitchat, Big L. Uh, harden suit increase max. Equipping boost. Equipping mods. Boost specific abilities or grant special effects. Change loadouts at the tram terminal. Oh, maybe I should just go back. Yeah, why am I like I got all this stuff. We can just go back to the Firelink shrine. You know, you start the main power terminal. Hey, free heals. Search your nuts, Jet. The dog is nibbling my pinky right Hey, chill. Chill. Chill. Unit schematic registry expanded or updated. Okay. Um. Ooh. Oh, okay.
So, we can actually like upgrade these. I want to make the shotgun more shotguny. This this prints. So, I just get to make one. I just get to make one. Okay. Attachments. Repair up. Thrusters up. Reducing thruster gauge consumption for during dodges. I'll take that. Whatever this is, I'll take it. Yeah. Okay. Right. Um, what about this? Upgrade nodes. Yeah, there we go. We have nine of these things now, dude. Um, suit defense. Boring. I need more ammo. Uh, that increases stagger. when does ammo capacity go up, hacking, damage, duration, HP, and defense. Pretty basic.
I need more bullets. My god, one bullet. A singular bullet. Crap. Work my butt off for one bullet. What's What's that? You have to print something for you. Lots of and decorate the shelter. One cabin coin. Thank you. Here. Mysterious electronic coin featuring a smiling robot in a hat. Oh, the dude I found. They have no practical value. They might keep her entertained for a while. I'm going to give it a spin. Uh, and she just engages with it. What are all these lines? I don't see those on the real Earth. Okay. Yeah, there's three more things we can get or two more.
She's just Main cabin figures. Mini cabin figures. Functionality zero. Obsession with hanging out. Maximum. Collect more of us and prepare for eternal champ companionship. Championship. These dudes look like they came right out of a Cojima game. That guy has mushrooms on his head. Is this a death? Is this a Last of Us joke? What do you mean Malaysia mentioned? Huh? What do you guys What? Astrobot unit printer. Okay. Oh, when she was looking at the globe. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, I get it. Oh, equip mods. Hey. Yo, what? You can now equip mods. Customize your loadout to match the situation of battle.
That is a lot of things. That's a lot of things. Uh, damn it. I'm missing. Son of a [ __ ] I am missing things there. How could Missed loot. There's backtracking for the missed loot. Uh, hey. Hey. Yeah. What's that? What's that? Huh? What's this supposed to be? Whoa. Hi. How's it going? Detective nearby. Be careful. Oh, that's significantly stronger. Hey, let me in. do we have like a map? Uh, is that where I'm at? let me in, brother. Confused where I am. Is it the big here thing? Okay, so hold up. Go to the right.
H dang it. Okay, I think I'm just going to continue. Yeah, I got to figure out how to get access to some of these things and they are not. They're not like immediately accessible, you know. You have to come back later. Uh-oh. Head shots are good. Sealed. Oh, that just shows how much Luna filament I have, Okay, you can move forward. The dog is taking over my controller. Okay, we're back here. Moving forward. Got to stop uh doing all this sidetracking. Now I'm seeing familiar stuff. Yeah. Now we get these other mods. What are they called?
This is called uh decode hacking nodes. They're called nodes. Um has special effects that trigger when passing through while completing a hack. Yes. Yes. So modifiers now. Damn the lighting though. So good at shooting. I'm so good at it. There's no reloading. I got to stop trying to reload. What the heck do we have here? Wonder if that uses up the node, right? Or if we get like a a couple of them. Oh, wait. I heard him. It said three times. Okay. Sorry. There's a small dog biting my fingertips. Where dude? He's down here. Wait, he's up there.
Got him. Damn. How does he do it? Generational talent. let's go. Intruders detected. Please remove them from Look out for Dangerous. Shoot out. What did you just say? Hugh? Oh my god. Can I actually go up there and get that? No, I can't. Look out. Die. Okay. I'm doing a lot right now. Oh, my brain. Go back. Go back. Now it's my turn. There we go. I have to like jump and shoot. It seems to be better. I'll have to lift if you're ready. Yeah. Hold up. Are we yet? Not sure. Starting to feel a bit lost.
Wave plane can't be comfortable. I'm working on it. Okay. I'm balancing a dog. I'm using my left and right side of my brain. I'm protecting the child. Okay. I'm working on it. All right. Here we go. I'm perfect. I'm perfectly comfortable. Reconnecting primary power. Energy levels at 30%. 40%. 50%. 60%. Warning. Unauthorized access detected. Severing primary connection. This is unregistered guests are forbidden from this area. Initializing sector guard protocol. It's a big boss. Okay. Targets identified. Neutralizing threats. Neutralize us. Metal gear have to fight our way through. Oh boy. Oh boy. What the hell this is?
Never seen it before. So it's not your buddies. Then I guess we can just go in blasting. Unlock. Damn. Where'd he get all those missiles? They were made with Luna. Oh boy. I was not paying attention to that. God. Oh man. We're We're dealing with a lot. We're dealing with a lot. Oh god. You They made this harder. No. No. He's dead. Change difficulty. Chill. Don't need to change the difficulty. It's fine. It's fine. Time for a break. Oh, you pop back here. Restart the main power. You pop back Back to the bonfire. Yeah, you don't drop your souls or anything like that.
But interesting, it has like a Dark Souls style checkpointing system. Right into the boss fight. Whoa. Whoa. That's crazy. That's crazy. All right. Time to focus. Stay away from the red circle. Oh, boink. Try Let's go. Much better. Much better. Dirty bastard. You let me try. Of course it'd be L3R3 protocol initi. Yeah. When the hacking gauge fills, Diana's ability overdrive protocol can be activated. When used, it opens nearly It opens nearby enemies, immobilizes them briefly, and deals damage. Gage is filled by hacking. Whoa. Where did that come from? I think it probably something. Oh my god.
What? What just happened? Data shard. What the heck? Oh, that feels the hacking gauge. Oh, I'm still here. Shoot out. Reload. Please. Please reload. Damn cool area. Shotgun reload slow. We have to We have to crank that up. We have to make it better. Yeah, baby. We did it. This is how we say good job. Damn, she's like Cloud. Stuff. one. Well, let's just take it back to the shelter. All this loot. This is Yeah, give me stuff. How many hours in We're pretty much at end game right now, right? We're trying to minmax and gameplay max this out.
Ignore that barking dog while looks maxing as hard as possible. The mass production array is now. Now open mass production array. Ignore that chat. That's not a dog. Yay. We did it. We did it. So what the heck is this? This is straight up Death Stranding stuff. Vertical monitor. What is that thing? I'm going to get a better look. what the careful? Hello, we are Cabin, your one-stop companion for all things shelter. Companion, huh? So, where you been all this time? We believe you have a shelter license key in your possession. This thing? We wanted out the giant bot.
We want it. So Kevin, what up? Amos pointed in fury. We have been, let us say, asleep, but that device woke us up, leaving us available to offer you our wide range of invaluable services. Permissions confirmed for shelter level Shelter level upgraded. Central terminals now loaded with shiny new Replicator beta now online and ready to serve. Shelter is equipped with a level system. Deliver a shelter license key to cabin. Increase the shelter level and unlock additional functions. All right. All right. What kind of functions are we talking about? Hello, fellow cradle crew. Allow us to enhance your shelder life experience with our newest service.
Introducing Cabin Staff Club. Exchange cabin coins to unlock shelter services. A little quit pro coin. Please accept this gratuitity for first time crew. One cabin coin. Compliments of the shelter. Take a look at our fine selection of stamp boards. Claim prizes from an open slot on the stamp board. Watcher bot data has been uploaded to the bot database on the shelter. The heck does that mean? Tada. Read more about bots here. Lore. It's lore. Is lore. Oh, you have quite the eye organ. Ah, are honored to provide one of our greatest goods. And we're out.
Much appreciated. Okay, time to see actually new stuff. Sebastian, thanks for the 1500. Hope you're doing well. I want to say almost done with the story. Um, and [ __ ] you're not. GTA 5 doesn't release this year. It's going to be God. I chill. Chill. That's good to know. That's good to know. We had a I had a feeling, man. I had a feeling. Played it last year and even within a few minutes, I'm like, "Oh, no. It's really good." Oh, no. It's actually really good. Um, mass production array. Yeah. New stage. I'm literally like right at the beginning.
Max had huge faith in this game at from the start. Of course. Absolutely. That's definitely true. Huge faith from day one before the trailer was even out. Undoubtedly, indubitably. Now we can go to the cops tower. Can't tell if we'll actually get through to Earth, but need to know about my team. Damn lighting. They hide some of these secrets in like most plain sight. It could be right over What the heck? Kitty cat. Hey, wait. Why is there a space cat? Kids, no. Come back. Diana, people have digital pets up here. What are you doing?
Are you trying to hurt yourself? If I break, you can just fix me back up. That's not the point. Whose dev's cat is that? You have to be more careful. If something happened to you, I'd be in real trouble. In real trouble? Why? I mean, well, you best think on that yourself. Okay, I will. I wonder how much of this. We got cats. are all the people will be obvious dad stuff to me like normal dad stuff and to some other people will be like super emotionally resonant where I'm just like yeah history yeah I mean I mean yeah like to some people without without the effect of dad stuff they'd be like oh god yo unreal Bosnian thanks for the gift subs again dude holy hell I'll take that appreciate a good dodging chat.
I can confidently say it's about 75%. Damn, this is looking great. Holy hell. That's new. Yes, that's that. Okay, they die quick. Uh, explody. Wow, the reflections, brother. This is so so crazy to me. Hey, rewarded for my due diligence. Game tickled any of my girl dad brain yet? Not yet. Not yet. What if it's like normal stuff? Mass production array uses a massive limb replicator. Installed in the ceiling to test print structures, capital ships, and jumbo airliners because the area will be sealed off by heavy bulkheads. When you hear an announcement, please evacuate. Oh [ __ ] my refractions.
Look at that. You really can make everything with lunafilament, huh? It's making a taxi. They don't have it on Earth. Nah. Testing's been limited to the moon, as far as I know. People back home have only heard about stuff like this. Does that mean there are no pragmata? No clue. But I've sure as heck never seen a bot that needs as much watching as you do. Is that a bad thing? Nah, you keep things interesting. That's The inquiry keyword pragmata is classified as security level six. Only a summary is available for viewing. A high functioning autonomous prosthetic body with a simulated organic structure currently undergoing operational testing in limited sectors due to sign due to differing design concepts.
It is not compatible with standard work bots commonly used throughout the cradle doesn't what anonymous thanks for the gift sub dude. So, she doesn't like the bots, but damn. Jesus, dude. Path through tracing this. Oh, hi. You're very tall. You're very tall. Like extremely tall. Pragmata is what her Yeah. her her robot is called they're called pragmatas. That looks like where we're going to go. Ah, during lunar exploration, the or lunum was discovered accidentally through nanom machine refinement. It yielded lunafilament, a material capable of replicating structural and functional data. Research at the cradle is actively exploring its applications with expectations of driving significant growth and breakthroughs.
I thought they said this stuff breaks easily, so I was like, "Oh, they're so that's why they're making stuff in low gravity." But no, no, no. They're saying that the material that's used to 3D print everything was actually found on the moon. It's a precursor of the next seven years. Look, I think that's the comm's tower. What? Where? There. That big one. Right in the middle. Oh, here's the New York area. Would you look at that? Oh, we're already here. Looks about New York. New York. Is that a place on Earth? Yeah. In America. So many lights and signs.
I I can't decide what to look at first. This was the initial trailer for the game. Multi hack. Oh, that was one of these nodes. Cool. See, now any graphical bugs could be easily explained. It's world tour mode. I didn't want to use that. Did not want to use that. Hey, they're just dropping them. A bunch of bops at once. Where's all the secrets? Where are they? Uh, dude, there's stuff over there. There's straight up stuff over there. Do you hack the enemies? Uh yes. So you control both. The hacking is done on the four face buttons.
Then the shooting is done with the triggers and the uh left stick. It sounds weird, but go play the demo and you realize, oh, it's not. It's not weird at all. Yeah, this is ultra performance mode in 4K. Hello, this is due to an unidentified Nag. No, thank you. This area has been secured. Mass printing will resume shortly. Damn. So, that's how it is. Edus isn't very nice, is it? Hack the beacons. Five left. Access beacons to reach the comm's tower. Yo, anonymous. Thanks for the gift sub, Oh, so weird, too. I don't know. Try scanning.
Literally hacked the planet. Planning in this game is insane. We're doing path tracing. So, yes, it just is. It's actually insane. Uh-oh. What the what in the It almost had us. Yeah. Nice moves, kid. All slamming out there. My plan found you. Okay, we have a port now, dude. Just stop and smell the roses for a second. Holy hell. Crazy looking. Wow. Sniffer. Just stop and sniffer. Hey, I want that. E, the riot blaster to blast damage and knock back enemies in a wide area. Oh. Oh, it's a grenade launcher. I have to swap it for the stasis net.
Oh dear. Hope you're ready to blast up. God, you flinking the enemy. Take that. Back off. Sorry, I had to juggle. I had to juggle. Here it comes. Look out. I got it. What's that tweeting? Things be tweeting. Free your mind. Is New York City always like this? This isn't really the same. It's more like your average shopping area. Earth sure has a lot of places. There's also a ton of stuff you can't find on the moon. Really? I want to see. that's funny. Red zone. Resident devil. I read it. I read it as Resident Evil.
Right of history. How the hell? Oh my god. I have to go back. Jump. Damn my brain, dude. They solved that one wrong. There needs to be a quick reset, you know. Maybe there is. I'm just not doing it. Look, there's a bunch of dolls all lined There's a beacon. It's so close. Come on. It's got to be another way. This is It's a mannequin. They're made to look like humans to show off clothes and stuff. They might look the part, but real people got that lifeblood in them, right? And no blood means no moving.
No, I mean, uh, humans got a certain warmth to them. Oh. Oh. Oh. Over 36° C, right? No, just forget it. Foolish child. Oh boy, dude. You're going to die. Literally going to die. I'm floating. Oh, that's a there's a glass there. What the hell? Yeah, but what's over here? Yeah, but what's behind me though? Literally nothing. Actually, generationally nothing. This is max health. Open enemies stay longer for 15%. That's a mod. Okay, that can help me better. What the hell did that do? Did it stop the lasers? It did. So many secrets. Jesus. H.
How are we going to reach that beacon? There's no clear way through. The only choice is ups. The enemy. you. Might as well use it. Use it or lose it. Ah, this was the secret. Look at that. That's a lot of lip. This was the secret. Look at me with the huge brain. You have to hack an enemy to kill it. You can just run it. Uh, ruin it and fun. You can do damage. It just does an extremely small amount of damage. The hacking like opens them up to the full 100%. What is this joking?
Dead hunter. No hack run would be tedious. Yeah, would be extra tedious. Dead space. How about that? That unit can bust up groups of bots. Spicy barbecue burger. Damn, that is mad cheap now. They probably made this like years ago when that maybe was like expensive and it would be like a joke, but now it's hella cheap. But it's plastic. This is true. Ow. God damn it. Well, at least I got that. Just realized where I was. Take that. Wait. Oh, you pick up one and you can drop one. How funny. Hello. Oh, hi. Good job.
Something else is shooting me. Holy moly. Oh my god. Stop scootering around. Look out for charging. What did you say? What do you have? Oh my god. Move. You watch out. I'm trying here. Yay. Get him. What? Where is he? What? God. That's it. Got my ass kicked. Diana is over here backseating. Uh oh, it's up there. Jeez, there's a lot of these. This is going to take forever. Can't we just pop them all at once? They aren't connected. So, I don't think so. Something big. Extremely rare high purity chunk capable of upgrading equipment to higher level function.
Ooh, shiny. Standing here, it feels just like being on Earth. It's as if New York I saw as a child is right before my eyes. It's not about meeting the basic conditions for life. We humans need landscapes that can hold our memories, places to call home. Luna filament can recreate those memories for us. I could stay here forever. Nah, this person really felt like they were all on Earth. This is not for me. Why is that? Well, doesn't necessarily look like I don't know. It's just too clean here. The earth is purity. Let's just say people can be a bit messy.
But maybe I like messy. Does Earth really look like this? You've really been left in the dark, huh? Didn't anyone ever teach you this stuff? Nope. I was left in sleep mode for so long and when I woke up the vault was all messed up. Must have been the quakes. There was no one else. Nope. Nobody. All alone, huh? I know the feeling. I got this jelly on screen. I got to figure out how to kill these lasers. Very bright. Oh, I didn't even see the mannequins there. My god, it's a spoopy. What are these Resident Evil devs or something?
Knew it. It's the resident devil devs. Let's hurry back and get back to cabin. So many secrets throughout the levels. Almost reminds me of like Doom. Overdrive. No, we we're good. Oh my god. We're not good. What? That was cool. Wow. Amazing. Wow. Who the hell? Where did you Damn. Sniped me. Restart the whole level. It's going to go great next time. we can upgrade. Probably not the whole level, just most of it. Unit schematic registry updated. So I can now make the riot blaster. Wait, wait, wait. Can I upgrade it? Attachments. Extra node slot.
Extra mod slot. Thruster charges. might need some defense. Let's try that. Uh maybe we actually increase our defense just a little bit. Just a little bit. Um, damage on that gun goes up a bit by 0.1. Devs, come on. Come on, devs. Well, we're hacking like every time, so we should use that. The glass cannon build. The mannequins we saw had a lot of different kinds of outfits. Why was every mannequin wearing something different? Because stores got to keep up. People are always chasing the latest trends. I want to try on lots of outfits, too.
Really? What kind of styles are you into? Well, what do you think would look good? Uh, well, uh, kids clothes. Uh, you uh, I think you should stick with what you got now. Suits you good. Just go to Target. You'll be fine. Mega Man outfits. We wish you a happy shelter life. Does this game run on RE Engine? Uh, all Capcom stuff runs on RE Engine nowadays. pretty much all of it. Printed gear can be equipped at the tram terminal menu and taken to the shelter into any sector. Already equipped. Okay. Odds. Oh, do you have to put these on every time?
Dang. I need to buy more of those. man. Beetle, thank you. Gbos, uh, Lady Witch Fox, Billy, Boris, Marov, Sloth, River, Gary, Game Time, Skolo, uh, Pacto, thank you, the Lionhe Heart, Sleepsy or Sleeps FGC, Brendan, and Sir Pipwise. Thanks, dude. Right here. Okay, you should try targeting their head. I have the red. I think that's the weak. This area is extremely dangerous. Securing this red zone. Unlock. Aim for the head. Why not? Why wouldn't I? KY, thank you, dude. Why wouldn't I go going to the red zone? Hey, what? What could go wrong? Open.
Got health. We're going to fight Whoa. Oh, hi. Here it comes. Look out. Oh my god. it's okay, dude. That stuff's crazy. stop scootering around the enemy. You're the first We're demon over here. Here it comes. Look at him. He's shooting at me. Regular guns. Dang. That was amazing. It's a video game. Dang, it is a video game. This game is gaming now. Big reward. Oh, this was that extra room. I see. That's where I saw the thing before. Now we cook. I owe you. Guess that's that. Right. Blaster, please. I need some uh regular shotgun stuff, not just this scootering around.
Yeah. Wonder if there's a thing you can get to pick up all the extra Luna filament later on. missed that before. Man, now I feel like I'm speedrunning levels. Interesting. So, what I was always saying is that this game feels like it wants to be played fast, right? Just naturally. It feels like it wants you just to to blast through it. And I feel like that may be why it has almost souls like respawning. You're supposed to sort of overdrive protocol at the right. It's over. Feel like they want you to like cook through it.
Isn't that all Capcom games generally? No. A lot of Capcom games are usually very generous with their checkpointing. This one literally has a hub. When you die, you go to the hub, you know, which is not in a lot of Capcom games, not recently. game has its own like Fireling shrine. Oh, this one's tough. I already solved it. Oh, dang. So, the the puzzles you solve stay solved, which is why you can just cook forward. Yeah, it's very old school is what it is. It's almost like they knew that playing the game is fun, so they made it so that you have to repeat levels.
You know, if you get whooped, you got to repeat And it was shocking to me at first. I was like, what? You're having me do this? This is kind of insane. And then it's like, oh, but going through this stuff quick is sort of neat. Now, usually DMC DMC puts you back at like the previous encounter. I really just go backwards. I have to go back. It's been a while since I played DMC 5. That's that. So, here is where we got roasted before. [ __ ] up there. No need. Close quarters. Increases attack power by 10% and within 10 meters of the enemy.
I wonder what weapons that would work with. Stasis net. Riot. I like the riot blaster. This project which recreates iconic cityscapes from major cities such as New York, Seoul, Madrid, and Delhi is an unprecedented large-scale output test. At the same time, it aims to provide the Luna filament can enable rapid urban development, showcasing its value on Earth. Sure. All to make money. We're good. Yeah, it is still on the moon right now. Oh, that's convenient. Thank you, Mr. Replicator. [ __ ] ass printed a bridge. There's got to be something over here, Is that a teleporter over there?
If so, if it's a checkpoint, then I can done down here and get it this time. Why? I don't need you crawling off the side of a bridge going after it again. I won't do that again. That's our checkpoint. You said best think on that yourself. See, I can do that. Wow. Word for word. Because I wrote what you said to my memory course. Is this not operating right now? Hold on a second. Hold on a second. We have a checkpoint. Ultra combo. Oh, this takes us up. What if I like get ready? I'll be right on that.
hey, I'm living. I'd like to have a shotgun though. I'm holding on to overdrive for the next pragmata game chat. Clearly out the shooting immediately. Reload, please. There we go. It's over. I had no guns when I took out these big babies. Damn, look at all this. Look at all this loot. Yes. Uh-oh. Wait, it was the wrong guy. It's my turn. Okay. Bang. Bang. Yo, Sizzy. Thank you. We're doing fine. Just going to get all this fat loot. Nobody would dare fight the babies early. I would. Curious ones. always get enough to know. Kept chasing anything that caught my eye.
Do you chase? One time I went after a squirrel and totally face her. See, you ran after animals, too. Just like me. Yeah, well, that's how I know it's dangerous. Cool. I like fighting guys out here. It's neat. Where's this thing? I'm going to go back and heal, right? Let's go back and actually get a uh a refresh. Yeah, the combat is engages the hell out of you. I mean, I'm glazing it, but we're also sponsored. Uh big shout out to Capcom for sponsoring the stream chat. If you guys uh don't know about Pragmata, there's also a demo for it and it's available now on Xbox, PlayStation, and uh PC and Switch 2.
So, uh the game is actually out out. It's been like 6 years. It's actually real. It's actually And yeah, if you want to try the demo for free, the demo is free and then the game is uh just available. So, exclamation point Pragmata. There's also pinned uh comments in the YouTube and Twitch chat. There's a panel banner down below on Twitch as well. Um, hold up. Anything special? I can buy hacks here. What is this? Unlock crit shot. Dang. You get visceral, bro. You get visceral attacks. What the heck? Oh, the witch time. I want it.
I want witch time. I want witch time. That's why these things are so good. Sick. So, if you dodge at the right time, you get uh slow-mo. That's dope. Yeah. I want the execute. We have to find the other uh thingamajig. Okay. Yeah, this game runs really good if you don't do path tracing. Path tracing is very demanding, but I've seen people like running this in 4K on even some lower-end rigs um with DLSS and stuff at like just locked 60. It runs very good. Path tracing though is extremely expensive. Like if you look at my 4090 just for comparison's sake.
Um where is it? Uh look at this. Look at the processing load, brother. I literally have to drop it all the way down as low as I possibly can to get anywhere close to 60 fps because if we do quality at 4K, we're getting like maybe 40ish frames per second. maybe 40ish. And it's just like it is path tracing is very expensive, but it's neat. It's neat that we have the option. And I the nice part is that the game still looks really good even if I drop it all the way down to ultra performance, which is Dude, what's what is ultra performance upscaled to 4K?
Is that like 720p technically? 720p upscaled to 4K. Is that what that is? Yeah, this actually a 720p image upscaled to 4K and it looks good. Like, no kidding. It looks really good. Yeah, I have DLSS 4.5 in here. All right, let's get back. Uh, mods. Yeah, I want it. Oh, I only have two mod slots. No, no, no. Let's go spend some more money. Hold Do these use the same resources? I think Luna filament uh is the stuff that we have here, right? Hacking abilities, attachments. Yes. Mod slot. Yes. Damn, I have a lot of this stuff maxed out.
More thrusters, more repair. That costs that. That costs that. Can just go in with these guns. Um, when hacking gauges full, press L&R, hacking gauge gain. Let's see more hacking stuff, right? Oh, that's already maxed out. Sheesh. Uh, more thrusters then. Why am I holding on to this stuff? Here we go. Now I can put my third mod on. Um, my weapon loadout sucks currently. I have that. Okay. Nice. Does this game have any kind of melee combat? Not yet. No, it's still all depending on um shooting essentially. No spoilers. Shh. Oh, my stomach. My god, my stomach.
Charge piercer. A powerful attack unit that fires armor-piercing rounds. When charged, its power and piercing effects dramatically increase. Damn, I almost don't like the spoiler before firing results. I almost don't like the fact that it spoils me of what it looks like ahead of time. I almost want to discover how wild it is in the moment. Look out for it. It's almost like a charging buster or something. I've been shot. Neither are shooting to me. Big baby. Look, the big old piece of junk again. Oh god, I've been locked out of his face. Those antennas are in the Oh, wow.
What the heck? they locked out a portion of the grid. Neat. The game is changing. I was like, what's happening? And I couldn't go over there. You can reset the hack by pressing and holding the touchpad. I don't use a touchpad, okay? I only use arcade style controls. That thing packs some punch there. Yes, I'm I'm playing this on piano. Yes, that's it. Look out for char. Dude, I can do so many boost dashes in the air now. Relay amplifier increases hacking range by 30%. That mob lets me hack from farther away. Does it now?
Is there something down there? No. No. No. No. No. Oh, that's where we were, right? God, that is where we were. I can see a beacon over there on that roof. Hold up. I really want that. Every corner I go to gives me loot. right on. What's beeping at me? Beep beep. Nicholas, thank you, dude. All right, that's three. We're already halfway there. Last half full, huh? H. Give me big stuff. That's behind a wall. Come on. Hot dogs. I get to you. I got to fall into this. Yeah, it looks like it. Hey, what was that?
Cabin will like that. Dude's name is Cabin. Hey, look at me. I'm a god. There's a reason this humble playground fixture is always a hit. Maybe simple, but that doesn't make it any less fun. Is that another? Sure is. Let's take it back to the Weird corner. That a bot. What in the hell? Some good stuff. Don't let it get away. Scary. It's okay. Good lord. We'll get another shot. Whoa. Lost it. God. Step off. Shoot. Playing the video game now. Playing the video game now. This is so cool. Max. Uh, okay. Both of these are very good.
Yeah, the slow-mo thing is mad cool. Where' our robot go? I'm going to need more of these now. What is that? Upgrade. Yum, yum, yum. Hey, the bot's gone, man. Son of a. Was too distracted by the billion dudes. I think this is literally the only way I can go. Yeah. Tony, I feel like I've already gotten a ton of upgrades. Did you hear that? Oh, getting close to night time. Do humans really need to eat more than once a day? Your energy efficiency doesn't seem good. Sure, that's fair. But sharing a meal is more than just recharging.
I was an orphan, so at dinner with my new family, just having someone that would listen was magical. It was all kids stuff, but they were always there. Talking with someone who just accepts you for you is a kind of nourishment, but for your soul. You can get nutrients from talking. Something like that. Why is Hugh so down to earth? This character isn't realistic. There's another beacon. This guy must be insufferable. Sitting here appreciating his friends and stuff. This guy's the This dude's the epitome of kiss your homies. Oh god. Hold on a second. What do you want?
Look out for targeting something. Okay. Can these laser bros stop lasering me? What the hell is that? What the hell was that? I countered the missile, bro. I countered the missile in midair. Missed it. Too much. Too much brain power. Leave it to me. We can parry missiles through through hacking. Oh boy. income. Look out for targeting. Right on. Oh, this is getting wet and wild. Something's aiming. Missile spotted. There's so much happening right now, bro. I need to kill one at a time. Just one at a time. I've been shot again. Not looking good, my homies.
Watch out. They're more Yeah, let's do missile spotted. Parry the missile. Yes. Okay, now we have some guns to work with. My god. Oh yeah. Please hit him. I don't want to die. Woo. Jeez, that was a lot. That was a lot. I really regret using my hack and the first wave, not knowing that there was going to be a second wave. loot, please. Please loot. Oh, that was not it. Here we go. Okay, pretty neat. Well, yeah, I stopped blinking, too. My eyes are all dry now. Two more to go. We can do this, Hugh.
Having fun? That was the first like mega engagement of the game, I'd say. Like that feels like if you're playing this on this the standard difficulty there there's a lot to deal with. You have to be getting like used to using these mechanics. Work finishes on New York. Well, I've been thinking maybe something with a bit more history. How about something Japanese? Isn't that where you're from? What about something in the Kigumi style? Like you'd see with the temples in N. They are made entirely from wood, but can supposedly stand over a thousand Nothing but wood.
Just thinking about it. Wow. You'd need wooden samples at least 100 years old for something that strong. A worthy challenge. But with everything is possible. I can get the uh the visceral finishers Let's go get it. Crit shot. Yes. Oh, it's a node that spawns so it doesn't happen all the time. Okay. Now I have to buy it. No, I maxed it out. Dang, I committed. increases overdrive protocols damage opens duration time. I'm already maxing out all this stuff. Let's repair up here. I'm going to do um a test really quick. Let's do a graphical test.
The middle of it all. I think we have to go back to the main menu to change that. We might have to uh save. What have I not saved yet? Holy moly. Turn a title. Hold on a second. I want to try it. We have to do it in main menu. Turn it on. Turn it off. Let's see what it looks like without it. I'm just going to run around with ultra high resolution. graphics. Um, path tracing off, rate tracing on, DLSS, DLA. Yeah, let me have it. See what this looks like. Okay, ultra high res now.
Yo, really newbie? Thanks for the gift, sub. Back here again. Safe and snug. I mean, it is crispy. Getting nutrients from talking. What happens if the nutrients aren't enough? Um, you probably feel lonely or just uneasy. Might even start losing faith in yourself. Could you get sick? Some do. Well, I got coins to spend. Yes. But everyone's different. Well, I've got you to talk to, so I'll probably be fine. Hey, can I give you something? You thanks for talking to me all the What are you going to give me? is this I thought it was going to be like an upgrade.
I thought she was going to use Here's a gun. I drew it. I thought she was going to give me a gun. And she got something for me to put on the fridge. me too. Not half bad. Kale. Yeah, it's nice having all of these things everywhere at all times. That doesn't do much for me, chat. That doesn't do much for me cuz I just have this stuff, you know? I just have this stuff. I mean, it means a lot. The the game part of it is very nice, you know? It's very nice to have the video game child give me stuff, but you know, the real life part of it is uh is very nice.
All I'm saying is that Let me show you how this works. Ungrateful. I mean, I She's a robot. My real child. Hold on. Can I spend things here? I think I still have Bro, I all on my desk still, dude. They're all She made a crazy fuzzy monster for me, Dag, man. Here's the thing, chat. I'm living half the game in real life, okay? I'm living half the game in real life over here. Now that that almost made me cry cuz I haven't pulled that out and looked at that in a long time. That almost made me cry.
Okay. Cabin stamps. we're clocked memory loaded. The TR menu. Chargeable weapons charge 30% faster. That's very good. Reduce damage received by 20% when your HP is below 50%. Dude, you can unlock skins. What? You get skins? Huh? What is this? Triple bingo. I get skins for my huge ass. Authorization to master red zone gates. Yes, I do. Uh, I like the default costume. I don't want to change anything right now. I like this a lot. Bingo. Well done. that's not Oh. Oh, this is the reward I get for spending. Dude, this is like a battle pass, but it's like an in-game battle pass.
And I don't mean like the type of battle. This is like literally a battle pass, but we're just unlocking things as a result. Deal 10% more weapon or hacking damage against down or immobilized enemies. This is one of our more It's a bingo pass. We hope you enjoy your purchase. I've been wanting to do this. Been wanting to do this. Oh yeah, that thing. We're cranking the volume. Somebody left their dice here. Wait, since when did we had dice? Since we printed the globe. They both appeared at the same time. I see. Looks like How different is it without path tracing?
Not that different. I mean, we'll get to some environments to see how different it is. Who made that? Put in a little extra to cheer us up. I see. I want to tell the person who made it that I liked it a lot. Hugh, I love gambling. This is like a slot machine. She just keeps going. I love gambling. This is so much fun. And drinking. Oh god, stop the robot. Increasing hacking range by 30%. Overclock and skirmisher. Jeez, I have some stuff to work with now. 15% longer. like the hacking range increase. More damage to these guys.
I like this idea. Seems like it'll be fun. Sure. Ride the TM. Get out. Let's go. Dude, you're telling me I only found 54% of this? What? I found only half of the things in the first area. Dude, I was looking. I think I have to go back. I think there's like a bunch of like glitched out parts that you have to return to later on. Yeah, some parts are blocked. Got to look harder. No, I had huge eyes. My eyes are huge. I mean, it still looks really good, you know, and even the ray tracing by itself is like not bad, doing the job.
It's just not as like deeply accurate as path tracing. Like look, it's still working. Interesting to see my option on FXA plus TA. Ooh, let's check it out. So, you're saying no DLSS at all? Uh, so what? DL AAA. Turn it off and then just go down to here. Oh man, is that that is very crisp, man. Oh, man. Wow. That is really crisp. Does it look too crispy for you guys? It just looks like really crispy, you know? Doesn't look oversharpened or anything. It just looks mad crispy. Maybe it's a little too crispy. Yeah, it's kind of bad on bit rate.
Be real. All right. I could see it. It's all downhill from There's a lot of granular detail in this game, and I could see how that would be a bit too much on uh the stream. Yeah, the bit rate might not be able to keep up. Hold on a second. No anti-aliasing at all. Oh yeah, that's crunchy, brother. That is crunchy. It's a crunchy looking game now, dude. Huh. Ronchy. So, I'm thinking DAA might maybe is the best option, personally speaking. hold on. Upscaling. Yeah. Yeah, it feels like DLAA is where it's at. It It anti-aliasing the image looks way better.
Red Max, the hell's that about? Uh, Earth hidden gems. You don't want to miss a Wesker production. I'm going to tie this into Resident Evil Visit the site. What site? A Wesker production express. Red Max. What are we guys talking about? What? I don't see a website. The website go to it. A wesker. Oh, it's a weskerproduction.com. Somebody had to have Somebody had to have made this. I don't Capcom didn't make this. This is made just by a guy. Just a dude did this. Look at Leon. Shut Somebody did not a weskerproduction.com. Dude, there's no way.
Someone must have claimed it before they did. Ted, they they're going to have to take out the.com. Hold on to your Heiny. Hold up. My what? Like something out of an amusement park Uh where? I'll tell you later. Hold on. I I missed stuff. Oh, or I didn't. Oh, it's a filament block. Damn it. Wait, wait, wait, big baby. I think I've been here before. The loot goblin before had a thing you missed. Where was that at? Was that back here? I mean, because the loot goblin disappeared. Maybe I had to go back and come back to repop it.
Yeah. You know what? I will say without path tracing the game is a little flatter. I will say it it it is definitely helping. It's flatter. Yeah. Like the like just the like the way light hits things just makes things not look as like have as much depth. What the hell is that down there? Just bots. Hey, hold up. I don't need that right now. Oh, hello. All these guys are going to repop now, which is going to cause problems. Yeah, it's not that it looks bad. It looks Dude, this bot is gone. Wherever it was, um, it looks very good still.
I'm just saying the path tracing I'm I'm actually noticing a bit of the difference even though we don't have as much of the uh the visual clarity. That's helpful. might have been what I was missing. Did I go over here? Oh god. Look out for it. Targeting center. Literally farm these guys. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is where we went up before the loot. Music's actually really cool, too. It sounds like Mega Man music, says the Chat, everything sounds like Mega Man music to you. Okay, hold up. We're dinking around. Overdrive protocol. This guy. Oh my god.
Ow. Jeez. Damn. Dude thinks he's Leon Kennedy. This dude thinks he's Leon Kennedy. Okay. Wait. Yeah, you're right. There was a big ass item down here. Somebody was actually right. Long range targeting increase attack power 10% when the enem is over 20 m away. Okay. I already got all that. I already got all that. Uh got that. We're good. Yeah. Let's just take one of these. Uh, actually, what is this? What's in here? Were we already here? Yes, we were. We just unlocked that as a shortcut. I see. I see. Cool. I'm going to hack the hack the planet or I'm out of space juice.
I'm I I haven't seen the loot guy respawn yet. I don't know if he does. Not know Diana has like a shield on her right That goes that way. This goes this way. We want to go up. Oh, that's overdrive. Ah, I see. Spartan rage. Yeah. This like a secret like Hey yo, what? We're back. The hell was I doing? All right, we did side questing. Here we go. Back to uh back to the ordeal. Is that where to go or what to do? Oh, this is where I was at before. Yo, Jace, thanks for the tier one.
the pathway. Is that a grapple? Wonder what would happen if you turn this on. When disposing of bots in the limb recycler, strictly follow these steps. Place the target object in the radiation zone. Verify the object is completely inside, then activate. Standing within the radiation zone is during their cycle activation result in fatal lacerations. Damn, I don't want to get fatally lacerated. Oh, this space laser. hell do we have here? A defense unit that creates a lifelike hologram decoy. Draws att enemy attention for a short time. Decoy itself does not deal damage. A spoiler. Ooh, I finally have occupying that slot.
Oh, what? Oh, that just gives you a hack gauge. Oh boy, I see some fun over here. Stop. Missed one. Wow. Dude, even if you jump at the right time right before it hits you, it puts you into crazy slow-mo jump. Doesn't need this to be a dodge. It can be a slow-mo jump as well. That's pretty sick. All I did was jump and it did mega slow-mo. Sanctimonious Fox. Thank you. End of the road. A century old TV designed for transmitting sound and images. Looks like our only way out is down. I had a feeling this would happen.
Me, too. Holy crap. Baby. It's on now. Take this. Oh jeez. I had to do it. I had to do it. Damn. Ruthless bastard. Oh, I thought I could walk through Hey. You want to go back to the center and regroup? I'm seeing stuff that I could blow up. Happy birthday. Happy second birthday on the moon. Did you make another one of those fake cakes with the food replicator? I can't wait till next year when we finally celebrate your birthday. Only six more months until we're back in each other's arms. I'm so proud of you.
I love you. Koko says she can't wait to see you. Meow. your beautiful wife. Party, huh? Why do humans celebrate getting older? Life's worth celebrating. Every new year is another gift. But when you've almost had 40 of them like I have, they can blur together a bit. Too. It's hitting too hard right now. Hitting a little too hard. Chill out, bro. Incoming. Overight activated. Laser zap. This game's pretty cool. This game's pretty cool. There's some fun fun stuff happening right now, man. Use that to pull bots 100% of the time. Maybe. Doll sound in the previous room.
I thought he was coming from this room. He's definitely coming from in here. Where are you at, my dude? Here's the thing. I see that. It's also like, how do I get up dur Maybe it's one room over? It is. I think it's that. So, I got to do this. I'm going to assume. Okay. And it was not. It definitely was not. Wow. More limbs. Space gloop. Can I just like jump up there? Literally can. These are so fun to collect. Yes. Where you at, buddy? There's something in here that we can get, but we cannot destroy it yet.
Anonymous, thanks for the good sub, Hey, let me see. Diana, don't. I think I see how it works. I should be able to break this down. I'm going to try something. Someone needs to put like speed rap to her voice, Someone needs to take like like some some rapper that's like speed rapping like Eminem and [ __ ] Who was that? I want to do my part. I know I can help. Glad to hear it. I'm counting on you, kiddo. Roger that. There is one thing that this game is getting right. That hit me in the heart.
It did. That one got me. Chris, again, thank you anonymous. Appreciate it. Um, kids just want to be involved, right? Kids just want to be somehow involved in what you're doing. Whether or not it's like boring to you, they just want to be involved. They just want to help, you know? So yeah, I get it. Some of this some of this game is doing that. Quick, look at the monitor. Look at the size of that boat. It's It's attacking humans. Why? Where is Edos? Why is it doing anything? Edith is the one that ordered the attack.
No, that can't be it. It's It's trying to get in. It's It's almost there. Quick, we got to get out of here. What happened to these people? You know anything? I haven't seen anyone besides you since leaving the vault. Can't believe we haven't found any survivors. Not a good sign. Dude, we just opened up so much of the game because we can like Castlevania backtrack now. Like, holy hell. I'll take a multi hack. Here's the crazy thing. Even if this was a Mega Man game, it'd be pretty sick. Like here that's the funny part of it is that like even if it didn't have like you know the fatherdaughter aspect to it but it was all about Mega Man and hacking and engaging with enemies and it's a third person game and he's like pew pew and charging and hacking and air dashing and like it would actually be mad I'll be honest.
Can these devs do a Mega Man game? I'm just going to be completely honest. Could we get these devs to do like a third person Mega Man action game? That would be really neat. I think they deserve it after like this is a relatively like younger development crew at Capcom from what I understand. Like a lot of the devs on this are not like all veterans. It'd be really cool if they got like a legit actual modern-day representation of Mega Man instead of just games that are old games. You know, Mega Man 11 is just an old game.
The new Mega Man is most likely just going to be an old game again. So, it's like it'd be really cool if it was like a a soft reboot of Mega Man in some way. That'd be really sick. I feel like they have a formula here that's very neat. Although it does sort of take away the specialness of this game and the fact that it is a new IP and they found a like they found a way to this is this is this is how you know you're a Capcom fan is that our IPs have been denied for so long that we just want to find reasons to justify old IPs to come back in some way.
But when they do something new that also is like isn't as celebrated at times, but it should be because Capcom has so many IPs that people just love, you know, that we're just waiting for moments for them to come back in some way. Anyway, Ender System, uh, throw up a warning, limb recycler, off the charts. Think about it. Only one tiny scrap or three giant chunks. Power cost is the same. It's using it on high cost items whenever possible. Is that hard for you to grasp? Keep your head in the game, Kevin, or the AI might decide you're the next thing to recycle.
Damn. You know, and I understand it where it's like, yeah, you have like a younger development team or something like that or like, you know, that are trying to do something different. So, it's better that they do a new IP instead of like an established thing, which could lead to failure and upset fans and stuff like that. But when you have a new IP, you don't really have expectations, you know, like this is the difference. You don't have expectations. So, you can only impress people. Um, and Pragmata obviously is impressing people. It obviously is like doing it for a lot more than any new Capcom IP in a long So, now I think they've proven themselves where it's like, hey, you know what?
You guys have proven yourselves. Now you should get something big. I honestly think that now you should get like, yeah, take this graphics and all the stuff you built and all like the visual style of it, dude. Make a Mega Man game. Holy hell. What if this was the new Mega Man X or something like that? Imagine like an absolutely beautifully animated Mega Man X in like this style. And he's like doing all these crazy transformations and you're flipping and flopping to different modes on the fly and dashing all over the place and hacking. Like I don't know, man.
It just be It feels like it's so rich for opportunity. Instead, like Mega Man is an IP that is specifically sort of held back. The only the only new Mega Man you games you get are pretty much old games. Blow it up. I think I'm going to turn path tracing back on. I think I think this is great. I like it a lot. But Oh, we're unlocking a shortcut. Hell yes. Hell yes, dude. That's mad cool. Okay. I'm like, where are we right now? Oh, Dark Souls. What was in here? Duh. Oh, I see. The upgrade components and the um the increase of your devil trigger are pretty similar like visually.
I can't go in there. Yeah. You know what I wasn't expecting? I was not expecting this to be the closest Capcom game to a Souls game. I was not expecting that. I did not get that impression from early from the demo. I didn't get that impression from the early play test, any of that kind of stuff. I did not get that impression. It's not a Souls game straight up, but like all the enemies respawn. The levels are super interconnected, like you know, multifaceted level design. You fight like a big boss in the end and stuff and it moves and is connected in a world that you come back to at your Fireling Shrine to upgrade stuff and move forward.
When you die, all the enemies come back and you got to go back and you don't drop your souls or anything like that. So, Castlevania, Metroid Vania. Well, I mean, the biggest difference between Castlevania, Metroid Vania is that that's traditionally done best in 2D, right? And chat, yeah, you're not wrong. All all Dark Souls, Demon Souls, Souls games are is Castlevania and 3D for the most part, but like very well executed. The problem is the 3D Castlevania games aren't done super well. Some of the old ones, you know. So anyway, yeah, some levels feel like they're interconnected and but you're interconnected by a uh like a teleporter.
So I guess not. You know, 3D Metroid Vania in a way that that's pretty much what a lot of Souls games are. Not exactly the same, but either way, all I'm saying is that I was not expecting this to be that. And I'm sort of like pleasantly surprised by the way we're doing stuff and how things are happening. And it's kind of like fascinating. hacking duration. I can get a big upgrade now. Defensive units are a class of weapons designed to overcome overpower opponents. They can decisively turn a fight. Yeah. Okay. So that my defensive gun is on down abilities.
More repairing 1,200 overdrive. I can afford all this cuz I've been killing so many dudes. They don't want you hoarding ammo. No, they sort of give you resources the way that like a a boomer shooter does, which you clear out an area and then you get a bunch of rewards, you know, after you've beaten it. It's like, here's all your stuff. Go get it. Upgrade my side guns. That's a good point. It's from here. Yeah. Level one can be equipped with the tram terminal rate of Oh, okay. So, all the basic stuff we want to get cuz the basic stuff just unlocks it.
I see. I wasn't doing a lot of this. Yeah, guns are disposable. They're they're meant to be like cycled. They're resources, not permanent upgrades, which is kind of very Boomer shooterish. There's a lot of old school in this game, you know? There's a lot of like very classic game design things here, which is maybe why it's tickling dad brain so much. Rate of fire. I'll buy that. cool. And I can talk to you because we got a cabin key, right? Pressure bot data. Oh, I Oh, literally bingo. I'm an idiot. It's literally bingo. I'm an idiot.
I did not get why I was unlocking stuff. I did not get that. I'm literally just…
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