/v/ plays Pragmata | TheaterFire

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Only_Champion_8895@reddit

How to write a Game of the Year cheat code. Write a hacky story about having a child and being a reluctant father figure, something 95% of gamers will never experience. Especially not redditors.

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He's a reluctant father figure for all of 30 minutes. This FUCKING game INSISTS on the love and chemistry between its characters. The writing is the worst thing about the game, enough that ive been tempted to skip cutscenes. Gameplay is great, loving it, but Jesus Christ I'm so irritated at how "adorable" Capcom thinks a child intrinsically is.

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I_need_memes_please@reddit

Children are intrinsically adorable, it is entrenched in our DNA to think this way. Are you even a human??

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RobertOfHill@reddit

Shes not a child. Shes a robot pretending to be a child. Was it supposed to be adorable when she spewed an embarrassingly random string of ones and zeroes? She has done this twice so far, and it’s retarded both times.

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OrangeBasket@reddit

I can smell you through my screen

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RobertOfHill@reddit

How cheap are your emotions? Capcom says "The child is saying child things. Love her" and you just.... Do?

Sorry, but I don’t get emotionally invested in characters with absolutely zero character arc.

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I_need_memes_please@reddit

That's a completely unrelated critique to your original statement. Did you even believe what you said with your first comment? This response makes me believe you are ragebaiting and are insincere with your opinions because you know they are retarded.

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NachoNutritious@reddit (OP)

You’re being a fucking Redditor right now.

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RobertOfHill@reddit

Im not saying I hate all emotionally charged stories, I love Death Stranding and it’s also a father learning to love a child that was dropped into his life.

My problem with Pragmata is that they have the guy huff and Puff for 10 lines, then he immediately starts talking about bringing her to his home and showing her the oceans and it’s so fucking forced. The writing is genuinely trash. Some of the worst ive ever seen.

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LoppyNachos@reddit

I don't know about the worst, but the switch up from "I don't trust robots" "I don't like kids" to "I will protect and care for this robot kid as if she were mine" is pretty jarring. Definitely could've used some scenes of him straight up rejecting her or at least slowly warming up to her over time. But Diana is cute and endearing and the gameplay is dope so 🤷‍♂️

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KennKennyKenKen@reddit

Reddit when Sad dad : I FUCKING HATE THIS FUCKING SHIT

Reddit when wholesome dad : I FUCKING HATE THIS FUCKING SHIT

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Ecstatic-Compote-595@reddit

is there such thing as being a reluctant child figure?

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XxTreeFiddyxX@reddit

Miscarriages qualify?

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MinosML@reddit

Hades 1? Lmao

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goneparticle@reddit

it happened in the last of us (both parties were reluctant to be fair)

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Tast3sLikePanda@reddit

Well they do experience a lack of father figure so this is truly an escape from reality

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I_Am_Sharticus_@reddit

"Heckin wholesome Dad simulator"

Pass

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mrstorydude@reddit

You want to fuck the child, don’t you

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I_Am_Sharticus_@reddit

"He's not interested in the game with the girl, that means he's interested in the girl" is pretty fucking stupid.

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paragon60@reddit

“you don’t like anime lolis? must mean you like real kids”

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I_Am_Sharticus_@reddit

If you guys aren't going to make sense you should just DM each other and leave me out of it.

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paragon60@reddit

lol i was agreeing with u, but looks like ur kinda stupid, so now i feel bad about it

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Legiyon54@reddit

Many such cases

I once agreed with a person with the most obviously sarcastic comment ever just proving their point and they went on to write 6 or so paragraphs calling me stupid

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TheDiddlerOfBob@reddit

what if we want you baby boy 😙

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Blitz3733@reddit

you’re on reddit and then even on r/4chan

what did you expect to happen

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Pope_Aesthetic@reddit

You guys are so miserable you can’t enjoy anything lmao.

Reminds me of the “qualityslop” meme

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I_Am_Sharticus_@reddit

"You don't like this so you don't like anything" is also pretty fucking stupid. God damn, what are they feeding you guys?

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TheDramaturge@reddit

I feel like a lot of people wishes to have had a surrogate father, so this narrative just hits with the daddy-issues crowd which, sadly, it's quite large.

Or maybe I'm just projecting like crazy right now, who knows anymore.

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I_Am_Sharticus_@reddit

That's very possible, I think a lot of it is also related to the declining birth rates. A lot of people are stuck making that choice due to inability to afford an actual child or they can't find what they believe to be a suitable partner so they're filling the void with dopamine.

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TheDramaturge@reddit

Under that light, it almost feels like mockery. "You want to afford a kid? Well too bad, here's a game that emphasizes every experience you're missing out tho, it'll be 70 bucks".

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SyntheticDuckFlavour@reddit

*Larry Hall stare*

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altofanaltthatisalt@reddit

Anon wants to diddle

little kiddies pickles

and explore their meadows

‘cause he’s a big pedo.

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Superspookyghost@reddit

The fact that most of the people who hate this game are angry Reddit leftists makes me think it’s probably good.

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persepolisrising79@reddit

Its just another garbage Aaa game

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Duzcek@reddit

Nobodies hating the game, and it has outstanding reviews. What people are hating on is the insane flood of pedophilic comments regarding the little girl.

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killahtomato@reddit

I just beat it. It is short. The combat is great, the story is mid the graphics are amazing and Diana draws you pictures :3 It also unlocks the New Game + and has another story after wards that I have not played yet. Total time for completion first play through on standard difficulty was 15 hours.

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OnePastafarian@reddit

Just have a real kid lmao

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youdeepshit@reddit

They're feral and smell like spoiled milk

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fudgemental@reddit

That smell is strangely comforting on a baby. Like something smelling like exactly what it's supposed to, like your own ballsack or Dijon mustard

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boringexplanation@reddit

It’s the lack of a gut biome in a baby’s stomach that hasn’t developed yet. Some adults can get that smell by taking antibiotics.

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Ecstatic-Compote-595@reddit

either you're a bad parent or you were a horrible child

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JustChillin3456@reddit

Marry and reproduce

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MinosML@reddit

gif

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Triplebizzle87@reddit

I'm trying. Alas, I'm on r/4chan instead of actually trying.

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NachoNutritious@reddit (OP)

https://i.imgur.com/yosJPIp.jpeg

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Beelzebot_666@reddit

Yes, life is work. What're ya working for?

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TokyoJuul2@reddit

Is it a good or bad thing they made her have an adult face instead of a child like one?

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xNeiR@reddit

IDK why this girl is everywhere, but she makes me so so uncomfortable (uncanny valley)

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randomguild@reddit

Clanker lover

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Fayraz8729@reddit

I don’t understand why people are getting attached to this romba, in universe and out it’s already creepy to make human robots (Bladerunner, alien, fallout, etc) so making one a kid is double creepy. Especially since I saw another one doesn’t do the kid shtick and is just a regular robot.

Diana or whatever is a Hal 9000 walking, and it looking like a little girl is disarming which makes it more dangerous

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hinowisaybye@reddit

The reason in universe for it being a kid makes sense. The story is still shit though.

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thereoncewasahat@reddit

The is 4 chan so I can't help be suspicious this is the opposite of wholesome.

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NachoNutritious@reddit (OP)

/v/ is shockingly one of the most “normal” boards next to /sp/.

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Mr__Castle_@reddit

Holesome .

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Commodus_Wankus@reddit

This game has awoken something much darker in Anon