Love or hate Pragmatas hacking, its more than just a minigame

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News Source : Rock Paper Shotgun

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  • Pragmata is a third-person shooter set in an AI-ravaged moonbase.
  • You need to hack down robotic baddies’ defences before giving them the ol’ semi-auto handshake.
  • The hacking process involves moving a cursor through various grid cells towards a shutdown icon, with bonus effects depending on the cells you hit along the way.
  • There’s scope here to inflict all manner of robo-afflictions, provided you’re willing to risk more time on the grid.
  • Maybe even granting a toybox of Dishonored-style powers to confuse and displace the bots before you decommission them.
I loaded up a recent Pragmata demo in blissful ignorance or, at the very least, regular ignorance of the depth of feeling surrounding its central hacking system. The need to shut down robotic bad [+4267 chars]

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