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Astro Bot
Astro Bot 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. It is the fifth game in the Astro Bot series, following Astro's Playroom (2020), and Team Asobi's first game since its separation from Japan Studio.
As Astro, the player embarks on a quest to save lost robots, retrieve parts for the PlayStation 5 mothership, and defeat the alien Space Bully Nebulax. Much like the previous title Astro's Playroom, Astro Bot uses DualSense controller features including adaptive triggers and haptic feedback.
Astro Bot became the highest-rated game of 2024 on Metacritic. Critics praised the gameplay, level design, and content, with some comparing the game to Nintendo franchises, particularly the Super Mario series. Astro Bot won multiple awards including Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2024, the 21st British Academy Games Awards, and the 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
Astro Bot is a 3D platformer in which the player controls a small robot, Astro Bot, with the DualSense controller. Astro's move set is identical to his previous incarnations from Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro's Playroom, maintaining his ability to jump, hover, punch, and spin-attack. The ability to swim underwater also makes a return from Astro Bot Rescue Mission, having been absent in Astro's Playroom.
The base game has 90 levels, split across six galaxies and 60 planets. Each galaxy contains progression levels (which must be beaten to access the boss stage) and challenge levels (which are optional and are typically higher in difficulty as a result). Upon completing enough progression levels and collecting the requisite number of Bots, the boss stage becomes unlocked, the completion of which leads to a level centered around a certain V.I.P. Bot. Upon the completion of that level, a new galaxy is unlocked.[citation needed]
Traversal between the galaxies and levels is achieved through the "Dual Speeder"; a spaceship modeled after the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. The Dual Speeder is controlled by holding down the analog triggers and physically tilting the DualSense. It can also move around freely on the level selection screen, where it can collide with incoming asteroids and unlock some of the game's optional stages and collect some of the game's puzzle pieces.
Similar to Astro Bot Rescue Mission, every level contains a set number of Bots that Astro has to rescue, ranging from seven Bots in the main platformer levels to only one or two Bots in the boss fights and challenge levels. Each world also requires the player to collect a certain number of Bots before progressing onward. 332 Bots can be rescued and recruited in total: 301 in the base game, 27 via DLC levels, and 4 obtainable through rescue missions in the free-to-play predecessor Astro's Playroom. Unlike in Rescue Mission, "V.I.P. Bots" (collectible Bots which reference various PlayStation characters in their visual appearance and behavior) can also be rescued and recruited. There are over 150 unique V.I.P. Bots, with more expected to be included alongside free DLC levels. Many of the "deep cut" Bot characters from PlayStation's history are rescuable in the game's challenge levels. The likeness of each of the V.I.P. Bots originate from both Sony Interactive Entertainment franchises and franchises owned by third-parties by the likes of Activision, Arc System Works, Argonaut Software, Atlus, Bandai Namco Entertainment, BlueTwelve Studio, Capcom, Crystal Dynamics, Ember Lab, Koei Tecmo, Konami, Mediatonic, Oddworld Inhabitants, Polyarc, SHIFT UP, Sega, THA LTD, Team17, Ubisoft, and Young Horses.
Five of the game's levels are based heavily on classic PlayStation franchises, which in turn, each represent previous PlayStation consoles – namely Ape Escape (PlayStation), God of War (PlayStation 2), Uncharted (PlayStation 3), LocoRoco (PlayStation Portable), and Horizon (PlayStation 4). These levels allow the player to utilize the abilities of the heroes of these PlayStation franchises, such as Spike's Monkey Net being the forefront of the Ape Escape-themed level and or Kratos' Leviathan Axe in the God of War-themed level.
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Astro Bot
Astro Bot 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. It is the fifth game in the Astro Bot series, following Astro's Playroom (2020), and Team Asobi's first game since its separation from Japan Studio.
As Astro, the player embarks on a quest to save lost robots, retrieve parts for the PlayStation 5 mothership, and defeat the alien Space Bully Nebulax. Much like the previous title Astro's Playroom, Astro Bot uses DualSense controller features including adaptive triggers and haptic feedback.
Astro Bot became the highest-rated game of 2024 on Metacritic. Critics praised the gameplay, level design, and content, with some comparing the game to Nintendo franchises, particularly the Super Mario series. Astro Bot won multiple awards including Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2024, the 21st British Academy Games Awards, and the 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
Astro Bot is a 3D platformer in which the player controls a small robot, Astro Bot, with the DualSense controller. Astro's move set is identical to his previous incarnations from Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro's Playroom, maintaining his ability to jump, hover, punch, and spin-attack. The ability to swim underwater also makes a return from Astro Bot Rescue Mission, having been absent in Astro's Playroom.
The base game has 90 levels, split across six galaxies and 60 planets. Each galaxy contains progression levels (which must be beaten to access the boss stage) and challenge levels (which are optional and are typically higher in difficulty as a result). Upon completing enough progression levels and collecting the requisite number of Bots, the boss stage becomes unlocked, the completion of which leads to a level centered around a certain V.I.P. Bot. Upon the completion of that level, a new galaxy is unlocked.[citation needed]
Traversal between the galaxies and levels is achieved through the "Dual Speeder"; a spaceship modeled after the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. The Dual Speeder is controlled by holding down the analog triggers and physically tilting the DualSense. It can also move around freely on the level selection screen, where it can collide with incoming asteroids and unlock some of the game's optional stages and collect some of the game's puzzle pieces.
Similar to Astro Bot Rescue Mission, every level contains a set number of Bots that Astro has to rescue, ranging from seven Bots in the main platformer levels to only one or two Bots in the boss fights and challenge levels. Each world also requires the player to collect a certain number of Bots before progressing onward. 332 Bots can be rescued and recruited in total: 301 in the base game, 27 via DLC levels, and 4 obtainable through rescue missions in the free-to-play predecessor Astro's Playroom. Unlike in Rescue Mission, "V.I.P. Bots" (collectible Bots which reference various PlayStation characters in their visual appearance and behavior) can also be rescued and recruited. There are over 150 unique V.I.P. Bots, with more expected to be included alongside free DLC levels. Many of the "deep cut" Bot characters from PlayStation's history are rescuable in the game's challenge levels. The likeness of each of the V.I.P. Bots originate from both Sony Interactive Entertainment franchises and franchises owned by third-parties by the likes of Activision, Arc System Works, Argonaut Software, Atlus, Bandai Namco Entertainment, BlueTwelve Studio, Capcom, Crystal Dynamics, Ember Lab, Koei Tecmo, Konami, Mediatonic, Oddworld Inhabitants, Polyarc, SHIFT UP, Sega, THA LTD, Team17, Ubisoft, and Young Horses.
Five of the game's levels are based heavily on classic PlayStation franchises, which in turn, each represent previous PlayStation consoles – namely Ape Escape (PlayStation), God of War (PlayStation 2), Uncharted (PlayStation 3), LocoRoco (PlayStation Portable), and Horizon (PlayStation 4). These levels allow the player to utilize the abilities of the heroes of these PlayStation franchises, such as Spike's Monkey Net being the forefront of the Ape Escape-themed level and or Kratos' Leviathan Axe in the God of War-themed level.