Quite comfortably the best platformer this generation. I don't even like the genre, but this game is special.
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Astro Bot Rescue Mission VR is mind blowing, incredible, ingenious....+++ endless evaluative's
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This gane forces you to smile all the time. It is not just amazing, it makes you feel like a child, like when a kid opens his/her Christmas present and plays for the first time his/her brand new Genesis with Sonic or snes with Mario and were mind blown with a joy face.
You just want to see the next stage because each one is even better than the previous.
I've never been fan of platformers, but this one is much more than that.
You just want to see the next stage because each one is even better than the previous.
I've never been fan of platformers, but this one is much more than that.
I will never understand why 3D platformers never try to copy a bit more how 3D Mario controls. Give your characters some momentum god damn it!!!
I am only in world 4 and while the game is great it still does not capture the Nintendo magic for me and does not feel sufficiently 'physical' and playful in its gameplay.
I am only in world 4 and while the game is great it still does not capture the Nintendo magic for me and does not feel sufficiently 'physical' and playful in its gameplay.
I need to go back to this at some point, I only played up to the third world and it never really clicked with me for some reason. I think after all the praise I was expecting to be blown away from the beginning and that didn't really happen.
I enjoyed what I played though.
I enjoyed what I played though.
I dont think a game has ever made me feel as warm and fuzzy inside as this game. I've said something makes me feel like a kid again enough times when talking about games. But this game really truly did capture that same feeling I had when I used to boot up my old Nintendo games as a kid on our wooden floor model TV in the basement. I have fun playing games and love the shit out of them but rarely do they make me feel genuinely happy. This game did that. Being fully immersed in this world in VR caused every negative emotion I might have had lingering in my mind completely melt away.
The next game in this series on PS5 is probably the easiest purchase I will make next gen.
The next game in this series on PS5 is probably the easiest purchase I will make next gen.
Best experience I had on PSVR with Wipeout, Rez and RE7.
Astro Bot is a very charming game.
It's also very derivative game in the sense I could immediately catch the source of inspiration of the various mechanics and the encounters/obstacles the game throw at you (mostly from Nintendo games).
How Japan Studio leveraged PSVR potential while at the same time avoiding the pitfalls is reminescenting of what Nintendo did with 3D Land in relation to 3DS features.
In both cases the games were carefully designed around the platform.
Astro Bot is a very charming game.
It's also very derivative game in the sense I could immediately catch the source of inspiration of the various mechanics and the encounters/obstacles the game throw at you (mostly from Nintendo games).
I agree.
How Japan Studio leveraged PSVR potential while at the same time avoiding the pitfalls is reminescenting of what Nintendo did with 3D Land in relation to 3DS features.
In both cases the games were carefully designed around the platform.
I liked Astro Boy but found it a bit shallow and simple. Mechanically your movepool was pretty limited even by the end and the biggest innovation was simply existing tangibly in VR, though a lot of that is present in other VR platformers like Lucky's Tale. I felt a little bit underwhelmed even though I enjoyed it, probably due to the fact that I'd already played some more complex VR stuff at the time. I can't wait to see what the team does for the sequel, though, because it will surely be mind blowing given how strong a foundation they have built.
Same. I love platformers, and Astro Bot comes short in the design department big time. It has a good presentation, and boss fights. The actual platforming though is incredibly simplistic and isn't very engaging.
Still sad it never got an accessibility patch that allows the camera to turn left and right without you having to use your body.
Until HL Alyx, it was the only VR experience that had really impressed me, and it really was great! It did give me serious headaches from all the damn head movement you have to do though.
I love that Astrobot. I don't have VR and so thanks for the LTTP. I can now enjoy vicariously.
Recently though, I have been wonder how awesome it would be exploit VR for Isometric God games like Black and White. Essentially a resurgence of an entire genre courtesy of VR.
Recently though, I have been wonder how awesome it would be exploit VR for Isometric God games like Black and White. Essentially a resurgence of an entire genre courtesy of VR.
I handed it off to my dad and he could play very naturally almost right off the bat. And thats impressive. After astrobot, I've thought VR is clearly superior for a 3D platformer. More natural.
Yeah. The perfect 3D, plus the 6DoF on the headset means you don't need any extra visual clues to line up jumps in three dimensions. Your mind just instantly adapts and it all becomes very natural.
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Which is just incredible. Like I can be looking straight above my head and accurately and with precision have him jump behind my left shoulder and its completely natural.
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Only wish it had more songs, it's a shame they get re-used so often.
Most important game of the generation. I love how everyone mocked that "VR's Mario 64 moment" quote when it popped up, and then shortly after it was basically unanimously agreed that that's exactly what the game was. It was no hyperbole. Astro Bot is that good and that important.
Probably my favorite VR game and you do it all with just a PS4 controller. People often discount PSVR because of the limited tracking but its also got some of the best VR games despite that.
One thing that really bothered me was if you move forward too much the camera can't go backwards even a little so you either have to do some sections blind or restart the level.
This game was like a proof of concept for me regarding vr. I remember playing the demo and thinking how nobody is gonna understand how amazing this is without actually playing it.I just started this yesterday while I wait for Valve to ship my Index's (My town will likely resemble I Am Legend by the time that happens) thinking it would be a nice VR warm up to whenever I play Alyx and despite hearing all the positive words related to it I truly couldn't have prepared myself for how amazing this game is. I feel like there aren't enough adjectives to describe it and anything I do say will seem like hyperbole but it is incredible. It makes me grin and dance (OMG THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD) and laugh and grin and dance and hum and clap. It is childhood wonder wrapped into a game. It is refined Mario 64 nostalgia bottled up and injected into your old cynical veins. I am so in love with this game I feel like I could start an instagram account where I compose poems everyday related to it. It is so amazing. Why? Well first:
1) Astro Bot is the most freaking adorable little character ever. His little chirps and animations make me want to just bite myself to stop the overwhelming love threatening to put me in a coma if I don't snap out of it. He will look up at you as he passes below your feet with a wink. Sometimes jumping across a bridge in front of you he will turn and wave as if he is walking through a field of lilies and not jumping from a very fragile platform hovering over lava. He should be Sony's mascot FOREVER. He is everything good that exists.
2) The level design is ingenious and feels so immersive that you just feel in this world. Looking around corners to spy out your captive friends or just gazing in wonder at the plane flying over head before you realize OH MAN I CAN SHOOT THAT! Seeing a chameleon and then thinking - Wait? What is that? Squinting at it and him revealing his sneaky self ----- EVERY MOMENT and gameplay element in this game draws you in. Every single moment is filled with spectacle and wonder. Its the most cohesive tightly put together game I've played perhaps ever.
It feels like something Nintendo should have made. It makes you realize that the whole time Nintendo has been trying to capture the magic of Mario 64 with the many amazing refinements of game after game this should have been the next logical step from them but its not. Who knows how far away Nintendo actually is from that next moment which makes me feel like we are so lucky Astro Bot is here.
ASOBI! Team is poised to be Sony's EAD. I hope they are cutting those brilliant bastards a blank check for whatever comes next.
If you have the ability to play this game somehow please do. It is one of those rare games you just want everyone to experience. I seriously think it could bring about world peace...Maybe
Ill write much more after the chocolate chip cookies + shots of gin wear off.
They haven't even talked about a sequel. :(
This game is one of the many games that made me a vr believer.
This game is one of the many games that made me a vr believer.
A bonafide killer app. It convinced me to purchase a PSVR and I'm glad I did to get the opportunity to experience it. A delightful and endlessly charming romp from beginning to end.
One thing that doesn't really get mentioned about this game and deserves more props is the capsule machine, I love getting those suckers and inspecting them up-close... still not done with the game, I play one level a day because I don't want it to end.
It's the reason to own a PSVR. Game is a masterpiece.
Sony has put out a lot of bangers over the last decade, but Astro Bot might be the best of them.
Sony has put out a lot of bangers over the last decade, but Astro Bot might be the best of them.
The first game was announced only four months before release, so hopefully they're just being secretive again.