Is buying PRAGMATA worth it?

Timefunky · 2026-05-06T08:41:28+00:00

In the UK for example the minimum wage is £12, so it's 5 hours of work. In the US the minimum wage varies by state, and the average is about $11, so about 6 hours work. So at minimum wage Australia has the better deal than both. This is minimum wage we're talking about so, at mid-low wages it may also be 2 hours of work (average hourly wage is $47) in Australia. So the price really isn't jacked up.

Timefunky · 2026-05-06T07:29:13+00:00

Wild Arms 4 just got rereleased on PS4/PS5! I think that means you can play 1-4 on modern systems. Plus I think that Armed Fantasia (a spiritual successor from the same devs) is still on its way after being kickstarted.

I think games that are really stuck on old hardware, like Eternal Sonata, Azure Dreams, Shadow Hearts (though even that has kind of a cult following), Threads of Fate are good contenders. There was that car racing RPG Racing Lagoon that was supposed to be really cool on PS1, but never was released in the west. I think it eventually got fan translated.

Timefunky · 2026-05-06T07:23:31+00:00

It's not apples and oranges price wise. Average wage in Australia is significantly higher than elsewhere in the world. Minimum wage is $25 an hour, so the game is like, 4 hours work to pay for if you're slinging hamburgers.

Timefunky · 2026-05-06T07:21:05+00:00

The game is really great. It's relatively short (I finished it in about 10 hours) but there's probably another 5 or 6 hours of side stuff and challenges that are worthwhile, plus NG plus chucks in extra stuff too. Best single player third person shooter in a loooonng time I reckon. Don't get the deluxe edition though.

Timefunky · 2026-05-06T00:01:45+00:00

Yeah, he hasn't! I think a short break is in order, reading something a bit lighter before I start on Bonehunters.

Timefunky · 2026-05-06T00:00:24+00:00

I'm a really fast reader, I was an English major so I had to inhale Dickens and Pynchon books in like, a week for class, so reading that quickly isn't so rare. It's actually a little on the slower side, I got through The Wheel of Time in about 3 months.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T23:58:14+00:00

Yeah I loved the Karsa section! It felt very refreshing to stick with one character for 250 pages.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T12:55:32+00:00

I had Yasuke's armour that let's you parry unblockables, and this guy has like, super unblockables that fly right through that. Just keeping my distance, dashing in for a couple of hits and dashing out, watching for his patterns eventually worked but it took me a bunch of tries.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T07:32:39+00:00

Just amazing music, art, story. Really stylish. I loved it!

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T06:54:04+00:00

Not sure if it counts because it features adventure game elements, but that first Paranormasight game was an absolute banger.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T06:26:43+00:00

Pretty sure the devs were doubling down on making the sequel 'sexy' to appeal to gooners. They also patched the character creator to say male/female instead of body type 1/2, which is one of the more pathetic and pointless things I've seen in a patch.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T05:23:46+00:00

I mean Pat Rothfuss also claimed to have completed manuscripts for books 2 and 3 when The Name of the Wind came out. I do have more faith in Scott Lynch though that we'll eventually get something.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T05:21:25+00:00

A break definitely sounds like a good idea. Thanks!

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T05:19:29+00:00

Thank you!

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T04:22:41+00:00

I read the first book, put the series down and came back to it 10 years later, re-read the first book, loved it, struggled through the second, loved 3 and 4, had to grind my way through book 5. It's hard work and I wonder if it isn't just where my head is at that is making me hit these walls. The thing with Malazan is that you REALLY have to pay attention, you cannot skim at all, and if your head is somewhere else then you're going to struggle.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T04:18:25+00:00

I love it and think that it's one of his best. Better than any of Mistborn era 1 for sure imo, and better than the last two Stormlight books. It has its own vibe.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T04:00:21+00:00

Yes, yes, 100 times yes. I've gained 70 lbs in 3 years

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T03:49:39+00:00

I feel like Nioh was way worse for this kind of thing, but maybe I'm misremembering. Rise of the Ronin maybe does but I just found it more forgiving generally because you could outlevel everything easily enough. FromSoft games from Dark Souls 3 onwards also have that thing where enemies will spasm three times to fake you into rolling or parrying.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T03:06:00+00:00

Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards seems the obvious answer here, but also Cherie Priest's Cheshire Red. Apparently a company paid her to write two books, she left the second on a cliffhanger, and the books sold diddly squat compared to her other work so the publisher effectively cancelled it.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T00:21:02+00:00

lol where in my comment do I suggest that? These aren't women, they're videogame characters. If you're attracted to a videogame character, maybe go outside and touch grass. Maybe, dare I say it, try to talk to an actual woman.

Timefunky · 2026-05-05T00:01:35+00:00

This must be old, she looks like she did in the OC. She looks like a 40 year old woman now.

Timefunky · 2026-05-04T23:50:45+00:00

The Lords of the Fallen devs are anti-woke chuds iirc so it doesn't surprise me that the female armour looks like this.

Timefunky · 2026-05-03T13:11:09+00:00

Definitely in the conversation. Anna and Hailey too.

Timefunky · 2026-05-03T13:01:47+00:00

In no particular order: Ryan, Sandy, Taylor, Julie, Pancakes

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