Click the link to find detailed information on where to find the Bots hidden in all the stages. Team Asobi extends heartfelt wishes for a prosperous and joyful year. Reflecting on the past year, we are thrilled to share some exciting updates about Astro Bot, our flagship game, which garnered numerous accolades and was met with overwhelming appreciation from players worldwide.
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Astro Bot[a] is a 2024 platform game developed by Team Asobi and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5 in celebration of PlayStation’s 30th anniversary. A follow-up to Astro’s Playroom (2020), it is the fifth game in the Astro Bot series and Team Asobi’s first game since its separation from Japan Studio. Collecting these bots is just scratching the surface of Astro’s commitment to honoring what came before it. There are even more surprises to be found, but players will have to discover those for themselves. Astro Bot is a love letter to not just the history of PlayStation but gaming as a whole. Yes, Astro Bot stands on its own as an undoubtedly solid platforming adventure, but what elevates it above that is the Super Smash Bros.-style set dressing that can be found all over.
Finding everything and everyone that the game hid across its levels has its rewards. Such rewards inlcude leading players to even more great Easter Eggs, and unlocking bonus features like the Photo Mode. Throughout the hour campaign – around 15 for full completion – Astro encounters power-ups that give them abilities like shrinking, stretchy arms, rocket jump, and more. It’s a highlight of how great Astro Bot’s level design is, which easily ranks high among other action platforming gems with its reasonably hidden secrets and gravity-challenging stages. Still, Astro Bot fails to feel as revolutionary or varied as games that pushed the genre, like Super Mario Odyssey. While the game has many exhilarating moments, Astro Bot’s desire to showcase PlayStation gear and characters can feel like it’s holding the game back from being something unique.
Getting back to normal size can break certain barriers like cages fellow bots are trapped in. There are two fist-like weapons in the game which occupy an even amount of power. First, there are the Frog Gloves which allow the player to punch forward with both PS5 triggers on the controller.
With the success of Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Team Asobi and Astro Bot jumped to the PlayStation 5. Each of the 11 levels can be found by finding a secret exit in various other levels throughout the universe. After announcing the news back in February, the DLC levels for Vicious Void Galaxy are now all available.
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Doucet made clear that, while Astro Bot may expand beyond PS5, it won’t return to the robot’s roots on PSVR. This isn’t for any malicious reason, of course, but simply because building a “flat screen” game is very different to building one for virtual reality. Astro Bot is only confirmed for PS5 so far but so were a hoard of other PlayStation exclusives now available on PC. Sony has made a point of expanding its player base and sales by bringing franchises such as The Last of Us, God of War, Spider-Man, and more to the platform. A video speaks a thousand words so please check out our first trailer to see the game in action. This was actually my favorite level of the game, and that’s saying something.
Astro Bot only cares about fun, and I genuinely can’t think of a single moment it made me wish something had been handled differently, tweaked to be easier, or expanded upon. It has been a real delight to continue offering you, our valued fans, an extended Astro Bot experience at no additional cost. Very tight of Sony on that as on my series x, as long as it is my home console all that log in get cloud saves through my subscription.
A Redditor has already tried to make sense of the policy, posting a chart that estimates what it could cost to go past 100 hours based on tier and add-on assumptions. It’s useful for rough planning, but it is not the same thing as official terms. Four years ago, Sony introduced the tagline “play has no limits” to advertise the PS5. Astro Bot is the first PlayStation exclusive since then that truly believes in that mission statement. As I wistfully reflected on that, I was hit by a pang of bittersweet sadness.
Those devs are also real gamers with passion and vision who made tons of classic and unique games back then. I am very happy to see Astro Bot is such a polished 3D platformer. Sony seem to misunderstand and think everything needs to be a 100 million, 60 hour epic in order to sell. TG88 could easily fund 3 or 4 quality 20 hour titles (see uncharted lost legacy, Miles morales) for a fraction of the cost and at significantly reduced development times.