Astrobot - 94% Metacritic Sony mascot IP [PS5]

[Shifty Geezer]

No thread for this?!

Rave reviews - seems very Nintendo - and great tech.

Strangely this trailer is light on some of the physics. Cue DF!

 

[Nesh]

A game designed around the pure concept of fun

 

[Globalisateur]

Thanks Shifty for the thread. Yes this is what games should be: unadulterated fun with tons of physics !

 

[cheapchips]

What horribly joyful Sony title. I'm looking forward to Astrobot having kids and becoming a sad dad.

 

[ZebMacahan]

Glad to see this is getting great reviews. I think we need more games like this.

I have played some of the original demo/first game, but for some reason It didnt really speak to me :/
I love the old Sly Raccoon games, the first Jack and Dexter, Ratchet and Clank (except for the atrocious writing in the new one). I thought both Psychonauts 2 and It takes two were brilliant. Maybe I need some kind of story, or the world to feel real (even if its a saturday cartoon world) to get hooked. Something about the idea of running around inside your console doesnt speak to me.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

So... has it sold well? No landmark "One Million Sold" tweet yet. Hopefully it's got legs, but I fear it'll be a critically acclaimed, low selling venture, great for the platform and gamers but making the suits want to t chase GaaS again.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Also, very good QA and low bug presence, but there is one you need to be aware of:

PSA: Astro Bot Save Files Are Being Lost, Here's a Temporary Solution - PlayStation LifeStyle

A number of players have reported losing their Astro Bot save files because the game utilizes a strange method of saving progress.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

A large number of players have reported losing their Astro Bot save files because the game utilizes a strange method of saving progress. We’re not sure if this is a design choice or a bug that needs to be patched, but the autosave feature doesn’t actually create a save file until players quit out to the main menu. If Astro Bot crashes or PS5 unexpectedly shuts down mid-game, the save data is lost for good.

 

[Davros]

Is there a manual save or quicksave option ?