Jinzo Prime
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C'mon bro, this game is heavily inspired by 3D Mario games, it's okay to like Sony and Nintendo at the same time. I love 3D Mario and this is the only Sony game I'm jealous over.
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ASTRO BOT | State of Play Reveal Trailer
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Tal Shiar Agent
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They better be selling this as a new DualSense design.I mean it could be a stylised version, or not.
But it definitely looks different, the dualsense looks like a dualsense in the beginning.
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I'll still play it eventually, I just expected more. Usually the mainline Mario games show 1 unique idea right up front too (or several). I didn't really see that here. Saw the boxing gloves, a sword, and flying on the controller. As I said, I don't hate this. Platformers are one of my favorite genres; just was expecting more. Not the end of the world. I'll play it eventually. Maybe previews and reviews will explain more in the coming months.
Bumblebeetuna
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Looks cool, my youngest kid will love it.
I'm mostly just worried about the price. The trailer simply wasn't made that well. It felt like it showed too much and too little at the same time.
PaintTinJr
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Do we think "the coming to PS5(r)" at the end of the video is an PSSR Easter egg from Sony for the PS5 Pro, meaning the Pro is launching on 6th of September?
In the video there certainly looked to be some chunky flying PS5's with integrated disc drive that could have been Pro, and there's a new shaped black PS5 in the video too if I'm not mistaken.
Video has gone down a treat with the family. A proper PS5 game and everyone looking forward to the release. hopefully the digital version is sensibly priced so I can double dip Physical and digital for convenience .
In the video there certainly looked to be some chunky flying PS5's with integrated disc drive that could have been Pro, and there's a new shaped black PS5 in the video too if I'm not mistaken.
Video has gone down a treat with the family. A proper PS5 game and everyone looking forward to the release. hopefully the digital version is sensibly priced so I can double dip Physical and digital for convenience .
Roman Empire
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I fucking new they had shown nothing with that trailer, but holy molly 50 fucking worlds?! Certified day 1!
The time trials for this game will be crazy just like the first one.
The time trials for this game will be crazy just like the first one.
BlackTron
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That game was my #1 temptation to get a PS5 until Stellar Blade came out. And still kinda is, because I know Astro's Playroom won't end up on PC. I just wish it was a full game, lol
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Because money
midnightAI
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Come on, you can do better than that...... you'll love it too
thismeinteil
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Remember, Nintendo Invented EverythingTM
Agreed. I'm still getting it, as well, because it looks like a blast. But, like you said, it's disappointing to not have PSVR2 support.
Nothing beats that initial start up of Rescue Missions and being transported into that world. Following Astrobot, looking around corners and up above to find all the lost bots and coins. Or being inside the dark cave with all of the florescent plants and beautifully rendered water. Or on the cliff edge looking down a long drop. Or the bosses literally getting in your face.
I think this may have had it beat, though, with it's even better graphics and the PSVR2's higher resolution. I just hope they come out with a VR mode after this game is a hit. Or at the very least, port Rescue Mission to PSVR2 with better graphics and added levels.
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Games of Today
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This is probably the first PS5 game so far that I actually was impressed by while watching the trailer.
This looks really cool and will sell like hot cakes.
This looks really cool and will sell like hot cakes.
cyberheater
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Sorry. I meant it a very positive way. It looks gorgeous.
Švejk
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I would normally agree, but after playing 3D World and Odyssey, Astrobot snatched that crown with both Rescue Mission and Playroom. Odyssey was so extremely mid, it was only gushed over because of switch hype. Was never so bored playing a 3D Mario. Galaxy 2 was the last of it's greatness.
saintjules
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Will be good to experience this with the Dualsense. Playroom was the only game this generation that I felt utilized the controller the most.
Shin-Ra
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For comparison, Astro Bot Rescue Mission had five worlds containing five levels, plus a couple extra and the crane-game capsule toy machine. Officially 26 missions in total but each level also has a challenge mission.
I suspect the ‘over 50 planets’ is equivalent to Rescue Mission’s 26 missions.
‘Six galaxies’ is equivalent to Rescue Mission’s five themed worlds.
And the ‘die-and-retry’ levels are equivalent to Rescue Mission’s challenge levels, taking the level total to ‘over 80’.
So 50+ full size levels and 30+ short challenge levels.
blog.playstation.com
I suspect the ‘over 50 planets’ is equivalent to Rescue Mission’s 26 missions.
‘Six galaxies’ is equivalent to Rescue Mission’s five themed worlds.
And the ‘die-and-retry’ levels are equivalent to Rescue Mission’s challenge levels, taking the level total to ‘over 80’.
So 50+ full size levels and 30+ short challenge levels.
Astro Bot arrives on PS5 September 6
Join Astro on his own supersized space adventure.
blog.playstation.com
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Trogdor1123
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Looks pretty great wow.
Topher
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Right when I said "I dare you to pack this game in with PS5 Pro", the black PS5 showed up a second later and I was like...
Think that is just a PS5 without the plates.
Angry_Megalodon
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It can't, the same way a 2D game can't beat a 3D one, the technological leap is massive and it impacts gameplay and level design in ways a "flat" game cannot replicate.
The poster is spot-on. While we understand the financial/commercial reasons to make this game for everybody, a native VR version would blow it out of the water. Its going from "cute platformer that borrows from the best" (what journos will say about this one) to genre-defining, miles ahead of everybody else.
yurinka
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Why are you acting as if this game, Death Stranding Director's Cut, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, Convallaria, Lost Soul Aside, Death Stranding 2 or Physint wouldon't exist?
What Hermen and Jim did was, as many years others did before in EU or USA, branched out their XDEV Japan team giving them their own office in the same building, where they are growing, and now instead of publishing/overviewing/supporting SIE's 2nd party games developed in Japan also handle games developed in the rest of Asia.
So they are now part of the global XDEV team and no longer report to the local gamedev team where they started (again, as they did before with the EU and US XDEV offices). Meaning they can focus on 2nd party games and the internal development team can focus on developing internal developed games, like this Astro.
Regarging Japan Studio internal development, Hermen and Jim cancelled the mobile games that Japan Studio was making to keep them focused on making console games, fired the management that was there during 30 years not being able to release a sales hit and instead had several money pits like TLG, merged their different internal development teams into the most popular one (Team Asobi) and gave them a new office in the same building where they have been, and will continue, growing.
Think that is just a PS5 without the plates.
Yes, it's just a base PS5 with no plates in the side.
Maybe their idea is to release it for PS5/tv only and if it sells well enough, use its profits to fund a PSVR2 version. The visuals aren't extremely detailed, as if since they start they have been considering a PSVR2 version.
Yes, money is the reason of why Sony only puts GaaS and ports of old games on PC.
PC is only a secondary market for them to get some extra revenue and profit. Their main business by far is their PS console, so they keep there their single player, non-GaaS titles at least a few years since its original PS release.
They have many 1st and 3rd party games from multiple generations that aren't available on PC, and use them as USP to make people buy PS consoles.
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Shin-Ra
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ASTRO BOT FAQs
Is ASTRO BOT free, like Astro's Playroom?No. Unlike ASTRO's Playroom, ASTRO BOT is a standalone, full-sized adventure that offers over four times more worlds, 300 bots to rescue and dozens of new powers and features to discover.
Is ASTRO BOT multiplayer?
ASTRO BOT is a single-player experience.
Is ASTRO BOT available for PS4 or PS VR2?
ASTRO BOT is exclusively available for PS5.
What kind of game is ASTRO BOT?
ASTRO BOT is a 3D action platformer that features over 50 planets in multiple galaxies.
Are there in-game purchases in ASTRO BOT?
No, each planet already has plenty of coins to find and spend in the Gatcha Lab!
Which studio makes ASTRO BOT?
ASTRO BOT is developed by Team ASOBI, part of PlayStation Studios. Previous games include The Playroom, ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission and ASTRO's Playroom.
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touchfuzzy
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Yeah this looks fantastic and will probably be my GOTY barring Silksong or Metroid Prime 4 actually coming out.
yurinka
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Team Asobi wasn't a Japan Studio subsidiary, it was one of the Japan Studio internal development teams. They all worked in the same office and most of their members were from other Japan Studio internal development teams. Witht the restructuring all these teams were merged into Team Asobi, this is why the studio got rebranded: because now they were the only Japan Studio team.
As part of the restructuring, the Japan Studio XDEV Japan team, the one who was in charge of the 2nd party Japanese games, got branched out to get their own office in the same building, a bigger one because now they were going to handle more projects because were tasked not only to manage Japanese 2nd party games, but now were going to also manage games from the rest of Asia (like Stellar Blade, Convallaria or Lost Soul Aside).
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5 months?
James Sawyer Ford
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Mario hasn’t been great since Galaxy. Team Asobi has been eating their lunch
Mario Switch 2 won’t look anywhere near as good as a ps5 game.
Nintendo fanboys need to settle down with their need to always be better when truth is their Mario games have been severely lacking for generations
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Ass of Can Whooping
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4 months. Forgot we're basically in June now
Or 3 months. However you want to calculate it
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SteadyEvo
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This. Day 1. Saw some complaints about the graphics in another thread. Don’t get it. The original looked ultra crisp and polished despite being released years ago. This is more of the same and to me the graphics of the original still hold up very well today.
Can’t wait to see what kinda ideas they cooked up for the dualsense
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ASTRO BOT FAQs
Is ASTRO BOT free, like Astro's Playroom?
No. Unlike ASTRO's Playroom, ASTRO BOT is a standalone, full-sized adventure that offers over four times more worlds, 300 bots to rescue and dozens of new powers and features to discover.
Is ASTRO BOT multiplayer?
ASTRO BOT is a single-player experience.
Is ASTRO BOT available for PS4 or PS VR2?
ASTRO BOT is exclusively available for PS5.
What kind of game is ASTRO BOT?
ASTRO BOT is a 3D action platformer that features over 50 planets in multiple galaxies.
Are there in-game purchases in ASTRO BOT?
No, each planet already has plenty of coins to find and spend in the Gatcha Lab!
Which studio makes ASTRO BOT?
ASTRO BOT is developed by Team ASOBI, part of PlayStation Studios. Previous games include The Playroom, ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission and ASTRO's Playroom.
Astro Bot is such a love letter to Playstation. I LOVE IT!!!
Yep it's 3 months and one week. That's super fast!!!
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TheTony316
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Wrong thread. lol
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Hypereides
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SIE better advertise the shit out off this game. It deserves as much. Especially, after how they gave SCEJ the short end of the stick on their output during their latter years.
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PatientGamer
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90+ metacritic if this game had a Nintendo label on the front.
In all seriousness though, I'm copping this day 1! Platinum'd Playroom asap and have been hugely anticipating a full-title from these guys.
Really does seem like Sackboy + Astro are the mascots for PlayStation now. Would love to see them both in a game at some point.
In all seriousness though, I'm copping this day 1! Platinum'd Playroom asap and have been hugely anticipating a full-title from these guys.
Really does seem like Sackboy + Astro are the mascots for PlayStation now. Would love to see them both in a game at some point.
fudgybrownie
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Would be cool if they give us costumes to collect and wear like Sackboy. But doesn't seem like it.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
In Sackboy ABA I’d always go back to naked or near naked, colour change costumes just to make his position easier to read.
The camera’s mostly pulled out further and Sackboy doesn’t face forwards all the time unlike LBP so the emotive/acting aspects were lost outside the final scoreboard closeup+photo.
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FoxMcChief
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My most anticipated game at the moment. I’m glad we don’t have to wait long. Even happier it’s not tied to dying VR hardware.
Imtjnotu
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