Finally, PS5 Pro will get a showcase sport to place it on one other planet – who wants Project Helix or PS6?

When the PS5 Pro first launched, I wrote that it was brimming with potential – sufficient to justify its mammoth price ticket. However, whereas some video games ran higher on the brand new console, it appeared like I’d find yourself consuming my phrases.

And that was compounded not too long ago when Sony introduced a value rise as a result of ongoing RAM and storage disaster.

It was beginning to seem like the mid-generation refresh was to be a placeholder for PS6 and little more.

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But then PSSR 2 arrived – the second generation version of Sony’s PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution technology – and it’s a literal game changer.

Pragmata: a new PS5 Pro showcase

Not only have we recently been served stunning upgrades to Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, bringing them more in line with their PC counterparts, Capcom has followed up its excellent Resident Evil Requiem (the first game to utilise PSSR 2) with arguably the greatest graphical showcase on the PS5 Pro to date.

I’ve been playing Pragmata on PS5 Pro for the best part of a week and it is everything I wanted when I watched the first online tease. Not only is it a perfectly balanced sci-fi action-adventure, with great lead characters and voice acting, it is breath-taking in its visual presentation.

You do not get the total path tracing expertise we wrote about in our PC-focused piece yesterday, however ray tracing remains to be on board, together with a 4K decision (helped by PSSR 2 upscaling) and clean 60 frames per second gameplay.

You may also push the body charges greater when you have a 120Hz show or TV. I discovered the sport working at round 80-90fps on my PS5 Pro, but it surely wasn’t fairly locked or steady.

It additionally makes some graphical sacrifices (which I could not place my finger on on the time), and though my Philips OLED has VRR (variable refresh charge) I made a decision that the default 60 fps mode was a greater choice.

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Capcom has actually cleaned up the ultimate launch, with little or no proof of the shimmering and edge breakups skilled through the earlier demo model. And generally you need to simply cease taking part in to understand the hair strand know-how used in your Android assistant Diana’s blonde locks.

A sport to match the graphics

The sport itself can be a pleasure to play, with a intelligent hacking mechanic having you clear up on-screen puzzles throughout shoot-outs to deal higher injury. And exploration of the moonbase is at all times fascinating – it jogs my memory of Stray in its tempo and the best way the story unfolds.

Boss battles are simply tough sufficient with out changing into Dark Souls troublesome, and whereas the sport will not be the longest to finish (as much as 20 hours, relying in your path), the journey is nicely price it. Indeed, some may argue that it is refreshing to have a shorter, tighter AAA sport today.

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I can see Pragmata changing into the sport that PS5 Pro house owners load up when friends arrive, to indicate them the facility of the console. It’s out on 17 April 2026 and supplies definitive proof that this era of gaming is way from over but.

Plus, with some retailers refusing to undertake Sony’s eye-watering value hike, perhaps you do not have to attend for PS6 or Project Helix to get a next-level expertise.

Now it is over to you Rockstar.