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Capcom Crafted Pragmata’s “AI‑Generated” New York Look by Hand

The team says it mimicked common AI errors to sell the fiction without confusing players.

Overview

  • Developer comments from a 4Gamer interview, published Thursday and relayed by Automaton, confirm the New York‑like stage was built to look AI‑made despite being hand‑authored.
  • Director Cho Yonghee says the goal was a familiar place that feels slightly off to signal it is not the real city.
  • Producer Naoto Oyama cites deliberate ‘errors’ such as taxis sinking into streets and buses jutting from walls to create an uncanny vibe.
  • The team says it tuned these distortions so players would not mistake background oddities for puzzle clues or critical paths.
  • In fiction, a lunar facility uses a material called Lunafilament to fabricate Earth‑style spaces, and outside the story the game has a Steam demo now and launches April 17 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.