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There's a demo for Pragmata, if anyone is on the fence about this game's unusual mix of real-time puzzling during combat. I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. It channels the era of wild experimentation at Capcom that gave us the likes of PN03 and Killer7.
 
Dai said:
There's a demo for Pragmata, if anyone is on the fence about this game's unusual mix of real-time puzzling during combat. I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. It channels the era of wild experimentation at Capcom that gave us the likes of PN03 and Killer7.
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The demo was awesome. I went from "will probably skip this" to "I want to buy it"
 
Dai said:
There's a demo for Pragmata, if anyone is on the fence about this game's unusual mix of real-time puzzling during combat. I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. It channels the era of wild experimentation at Capcom that gave us the likes of PN03 and Killer7.
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I had been going to mention this demo but forgot to post.

I had been looking forward to the game before but wanted to try the demo to verify that and due to some impatience as well I also wanted to see what it would look like (on PS5) since I suspect most of what has been shown is the PC version. I totally loved it. I had to play a few times to beat the boss because I suck at games like this but that didn't matter.
 
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I had to play a few times to beat the boss because I suck at games like this but that didn't matter.
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It does take a while to get into the game's unique rhythm. I think what made it click for me was when I realised that stopping midway through a hack doesn't reset its progress, so you can dodge or reposition without having to redo the whole puzzle. I don't think the demo explained that.
 
Dai said:
It does take a while to get into the game's unique rhythm. I think what made it click for me was when I realised that stopping midway through a hack doesn't reset its progress, so you can dodge or reposition without having to redo the whole puzzle. I don't think the demo explained that.
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There's the aspects unique to this game like that, but I just suck at anything with FPS-type controls and will probably never really be good at such. The demo took me about 38 minutes when I made it through, and I'm seeing other times like 17, or even 10 or less. But I don't care about that aspect; I'm not competitive at all so as long as it's fun for me it is fine.
 
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Sony State of Play February 2026: Everything announced

Here's everything announced during the February 2026 Sony State of Play.
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Last night's Sony State of Play was once of their better streams in recent years. Highlights included: Legacy of Kain Defiance remaster, a new Dead or Alive is in development, Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally getting ported in August, new 2.5D Castlevania, amazing trailer for Silent Hill: Townfall, Rev. Noir (a new JRPG from Konami), and the PS1 version of Time Crisis is getting a May release with added gyroscopic controls. Capcom and Konami had an especially strong showing.




 
I never expect much from these since the big games that most are excited about tend to not interest me at all, but this one was pretty good for me.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse looks good and Brigandine: Abyss was an unexpected nice surprise. Rev.NOiR is possibly interesting though barely any gameplay is in that trailer so it's hard to tell what kind of JRPG it actually is so far. Looks like action rather than turn-based so that was disappointing since I'd prefer the latter. Was also nice to see a different trailer for Pragmata.

I'm cautiously excited for a new Dead or Alive though I haven't liked the series since 3 so keeping expectations in check there. Marvel Tokon continues to look good though I can also tell it's going to be so chaotic that I'll have no idea what is going on haha.



Darwin's Paradox! also looks hilarious and fun:

 
I'm so glad my favourite fighting game series is back with DOA, despite that I never picked up DOA6 but with what I did play I couldn't get into it compared to 5 and earlier titles but I'm ready to give it a fresh chance with Last Round as well as DOA7 on the horizon now.

I've never really played much of Castlevania but with me getting into Metroid lately and this new game looking great, I'll be picking this up.

I'm yet to pick up Vol. 1 of the MGS Master Collection but that and Vol. 2 are must-buys eventually. I adore MGS4, I'm so glad it's not stuck on the PS3 anymore. I've never played Peace Walker though so that'll be good to play. I was hoping Rising would be included but always next time if we're getting a Vol. 3 which I assume will include MGS5 as the other major title. It is neat we're getting Ghost Babel as well. I'm also hoping a Vol. 3 will include Portable Ops and the Acid series to complete the series (I don't see Twin Snakes being included).
 
Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen are releasing on Switch Feb. 27th (Pokemon Day)


Really excited for these, I've never owned these before but I have played them many times by other means but it'll be great to have them officially and with PKMN Home support (beats sending them through multiple systems).

I do hope the event PKMN (Mew, Ho-Oh, Lugia and Deoxys) are included like how Celebi was with Crystal on the 3DS.
 
Ariana and the Elder Codex now has a demo for PS5 and Switch:
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「Ariana and the Elder Codex」

The Librarian Ariana's mission is to repair the Seven Hero Codices, which have been altered. Due to the terrible damages, magic has vanished from the world. Side-Scrolling Action RPG
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That seems to link to the US PlayStation store, so here is the UK link:
Ariana and the Elder Codex Demo

Or just search for "Ariana" on your local store and it should turn up.

I played this previously via the Japanese demo and was impressed.
 
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