Astro Bot is an expertly designed platformer that finally invites young players back to PlayStation.
Astro Bot MSRP $60.00 Score Details “ Astro Bot is a triumphant and expertly designed return to PlayStation's more playful days.” Pros Cons It was a prime beach day in Cape Cod, but I couldn’t pry myself away from my cousin’s PlayStation. He had brought it over to my parent’s summer home one day in the late ’90s and hooked it up in the back bedroom. We drew the blinds to block out the glare and spent hours playing a new game instead: Spyro the Dragon. I was transfixed.
The general structure is identical to Astro’s Playroom, but delivered on a grander scale. The adventure starts when a PS5-shaped spaceship full of adorable robots gets attacked by a gooey green alien. It crash lands in the desert but its parts fly off to different planets, as do all of its bots aside from Astro.
Toy-like charm Airtight platforming and level design give Astro Bot a strong foundation, but its real secret sauce is its toy-like appeal. If you talk to a parent who has played a game with their child, you’ll likely hear them outline how differently kids and adults interact with games. While adults tend to barrel forward with a focus on the end goal, kids are more likely to interact with as much as they can, picking up on more subtle animation details.
Astro Bot still takes advantage of the console’s power too, but not by dipping into photorealism or needlessly flashy spectacle. Incredibly smooth performance means I’m never taken out of the flow by frame hiccups. Vibrant colors make me feel like I’m in a cartoon, but Team Asobi doesn’t flatten its environments or skimp on detail. In fact, it only emphasizes them with the DualSense. In one level, I start by walking across swaths of bright green foliage.
I won’t spoil what characters appear here, but know that it isn’t just your average Kratos and Aloy cameos. There are shocking deep cuts here from every corner of PlayStation’s history, including its indie partners. If you have a seminal PS1 game in your mind or a semi-obscure PS2 horror game, there’s a good chance it’s represented here. Aside from a lack of Final Fantasy representation, Astro Bot pays its respects to several generations of formative games.
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