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[Darkness_Arises]

Lol, fuck God of War give me this game instead on PC.
Looks way more fun.

Why? The entire game is a love letter to PS fans and heavily relies on call backs to the Dualsense/PS5. I highly doubt it would be as much fun/make as much sense on the archaic controller (XS) that most PC folks stick with.
I will get this game if I ever buy a PS5, otherwise I am fine for it to exist on the relevant hardware with no ports.

 

[Moses85]

I want the cameo of this beautiful flower.

 

[Dafegamer]

HB2 GOTY 10/10 masterpiece folks

Did they really say that???

 

[PeteBull]

Looking crazy good and very innovative, another ps5 title that gives me huge itch and musthave vibes ^^

 

[nial]

Kat, Dusty and Raven. Heimdall_Xtreme

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I found Kutaro! Danjin44

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Knack.

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Specter from Ape Escape.

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Dart Feld from The Legend of Dragoon.

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Sam Bridges from Death Stranding.

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Jaster Rogue from Rogue Galaxy.

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Rossi from Devil Dice.

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Toro and Kuro from Doko Demo Issyo.

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Robbit from Jumping Flash.

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Alundra.

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[Danjin44]

Kat, Dusty and Raven. Heimdall_Xtreme

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I found Kutaro! Danjin44

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Knack.

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Specter from Ape Escape.

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Dart Feld from The Legend of Dragoon.

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Sam Bridges from Death Stranding.

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Jaster Rogue from Rogue Galaxy.

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Rossi from Devil Dice.

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Toro and Kuro from Doko Demo Issyo.

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Robbit from Jumping Flash.

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Alundra.

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[demonstr8]

Looks like Beta footage
The world map looked different at China Joy didn't it?

 

[TVexperto]

Honestly doesnt look that good..might cancel preorder and wait for reviews

 

[BlackTron]

Not sure what people were expecting who think this looks bad.

It looks like a 3D adventure game where you collect things (in this case, astro-bot characters that happen to come in the form of PS game references) to unlock more areas. Instead of stars or puzzle pieces.

These videos only show the hub area confirm this, and one level where instead of going anywhere the player preferred to spin around, stay in place, and pause.

Random every day footage of a game will never represent it like a trailer will. Imagine if BOTW were represented with random gameplay footage taken from real life instead of a trailer, LOL.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I'm 100% going to play this at some point. I'm sure it'll be very fun.

But that's some drab art design in the videos man. Just sayin'. And I dont need to see Horizon longnecks walking around. But I get it. That's the whole theme. Fan callbacks. Also the hover jump and general moveset looks slow, but I thought that in the first game. Its not unlike the hover in Mario Sunshine, but he also had the slide, forward jump, dash, triple jump and more. Anyway, its just a small out of context clip so whatever.

Exactly i hate to say it but the first game on ps5 was never that good it was very basic and easy i was still interested in this but they didnt seem to improve it enough imo

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Honestly doesnt look that good..might cancel preorder and wait for reviews

???

What exactly doesn't look good. If you have played the Playroom you know what to expect.

 

[Lambogenie]

The Astrobot other characters are basically exactly how they did LBP. Shouldn't be surprised I guess. It's cool. Not OMG exciting mind you.

 

[CherryFalls]

don't watch it, the devs deserve you going in blind.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

don't watch it, the devs deserve you going in blind.

 

[The artful mincer]

You jump on floating platforms that are PlayStation colored and fight bosses that telegraph expanding fire circles you have to jump over. The controller feels funny when it's raining. 85/100.

I just broke embargo. Send me to jail.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Kat, Dusty and Raven. Heimdall_Xtreme

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I found Kutaro! Danjin44

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Knack.

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Specter from Ape Escape.

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Dart Feld from The Legend of Dragoon.

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Sam Bridges from Death Stranding.

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Jaster Rogue from Rogue Galaxy.

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Rossi from Devil Dice.

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Toro and Kuro from Doko Demo Issyo.

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Robbit from Jumping Flash.

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Alundra.

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Awww my biggest love

 

[thatJohann]

We know it’s gonna be great and we know we’re all gonna buy it so there’s that.

 

[Little Mac]

Judging from the videos, the game lacks diversity and inclusivity. I just preordered it.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Its not a cinematic, gritty third person movie game. 0/10.

 

[yet_another_alt]

I like Little Big Planet but Astrobot is just a much more adorable mascot than Sackboy, no contest.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Can’t wait for this game but not watching

 

[Robb]

Judging from the videos, the game lacks diversity and inclusivity. I just preordered it.

 

[Ceadeus]

I wish they would do like Capcom and also make their game playable on the PSVR2. Here was an opportunity. But anyway the game is gonna be great.

 

[VitoNotVito]

Looks like a game for a 5 year olds.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Nothing I said was inaccurate. You will literally be doing just that the whole time.

Looks like a game for a 5 year olds.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Looks like any other platformer, nothing special.

 

[Little Mac]

Looks like any other platformer, nothing special.

 

[sainraja]

I'm 100% going to play this at some point. I'm sure it'll be very fun.

But that's some drab art design in the videos man. Just sayin'. And I dont need to see Horizon longnecks walking around. But I get it. That's the whole theme. Fan callbacks. Also the hover jump and general moveset looks slow, but I thought that in the first game. Its not unlike the hover in Mario Sunshine, but he also had the slide, forward jump, dash, triple jump and more. Anyway, its just a small out of context clip so whatever.

I have no words lol... I guess it's on the wrong box for you.

Jesus my man, its like Starfield and now HB2 have brain raped you. Let it go fella. Let other people like whatever they like, even if they are dead wrong.

This isn't that, and I think you know this. When you have to invent a whole new genre to like the type of game you used to hate because those types of games existed elsewhere, there is something wrong/off, especially when your opinion is swayed based on the platform the game is on.

I think he's just low-key trolling at this point so I suppose your point of "let it go" is still valid, I suppose.

 

[The artful mincer]

Nothing I said was inaccurate. You will literally be doing just that the whole time.

No you constructed a silly strawman that can apply to any game.

Helldivers 2 is just shooting bugs from starship troopers and robots from terminator.

Fortnite is just running round the same map from Disney land shooting other players and constructing bridges.

Darks souls is just swinging swords at enemies from dungeons and dragons

Etc etc

 

[Ceadeus]

Looks like a game for a 5 year olds.

Yeah, a good game for everyone. Not every game need to be Elden Ring and Call of Duty lol

 

[Bernoulli]

Not watching it

 

[Imtjnotu]

Looks like any other platformer, nothing special.

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

No you constructed a silly strawman that can apply to any game.

Helldivers 2 is just shooting bugs from starship troopers and robots from terminator.

Fortnite is just running round the same map from Disney land shooting other players and constructing bridges.

Darks souls is just swinging swords at enemies from dungeons and dragons

Etc etc

True, but only one of those descriptions got stale in 1998. Gaming has evolved considerably since the era of the platformer.

The purpose of the 3D platformer was for the industry (and players) to figure out how to create basic 3D movement + camera. It was never meant to be a true genre.

 

[Imtjnotu]

 

[The artful mincer]

True, but only one of those descriptions got stale in 1998. Gaming has evolved considerably since the era of the platformer.

The purpose of the 3D platformer was for the industry (and players) to figure out how to create basic 3D movement + camera. It was never meant to be a true genre.

Well for whatever reason the genre started there's still an audience today.

Mario is still the biggest franchise in gaming history. Considering that I think more than one publisher should develop them.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Well for whatever reason the genre started there's still an audience today.

Mario is still the biggest franchise in gaming history. Considering that I think more than one publisher should develop them.

Mario is great for children and families who are relatively inexperienced with videogames.

The 3D platformer is Bluey or Dora the Explorer. Games have built huge systems off the 3D platformer to create new, more compelling genres with considerably more depth. Astro Bot is as basic as gaming gets.

 

[havoc00]

Looks like any other platformer, nothing special.

 

[64gigabyteram]

Mario is great for children and families who are relatively inexperienced with videogames.

The 3D platformer is Bluey or Dora the Explorer. Games have built huge systems off the 3D platformer to create new, more compelling genres with considerably more depth. Astro Bot is as basic as gaming gets.

not every game genre's meant to be complex. Not to mention that most of these modern GaaS game devs never needed Mario 64 specifically to figure out 3D- most GaaS are shooters, and Doom came out 3 years before Mario 64. So why did they make all the platformers when FPS game were right there?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

not every game genre's meant to be complex. Not to mention that most of these modern GaaS game devs never needed Mario 64 specifically to figure out 3D- most GaaS are shooters, and Doom came out 3 years before Mario 64. So why did they make all the platformers when FPS game were right there?

Mario 64 was integral in shaping what 3rd person games have become. Everyone at these studios played that game and were inspired by it in some way. Platformers had to walk so that 3rd person shooters could run.

 

[64gigabyteram]

Also just coming in to say that I can agree with Punished Miku on the art design- everything's too damn flat! Mario Odyssey came out 7 years before on weaker hardware and it has more textures and detail in the environments.

I seriously hope this is just for that one exclusive area and the rest of the game has more detail, it still looks good but visually it's not as much of a standout as i'd expect from a first party PS5 AAA game... we had Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart a couple years previous

 

[ManaByte]

You jump on floating platforms that are PlayStation colored and fight bosses that telegraph expanding fire circles you have to jump over. The controller feels funny when it's raining. 85/100.

I just broke embargo. Send me to jail.

 

[nial]

A lot of people have noticed that this is indeed a dev build and not an actual copy out there.
Since the text is in English instead of Japanese, it cannot be from Team Asobi, but rather from the international production departments at PS Studios America or Europe. Maybe someone will get fired over it.

 

[feynoob]

That is unexpected turn of events.

 

[The artful mincer]

Mario is great for children and families who are relatively inexperienced with videogames.

Millions of experienced adults play them as well.

The 3D platformer is Bluey or Dora the Explorer. Games have built huge systems off the 3D platformer to create new, more compelling genres with considerably more depth. Astro Bot is as basic as gaming gets.

Simplicity doesn't mean bad and simple games can still have high skills ceiling.

I would argue souls and sekiro combat is alot more simple than Devil may cry, Ninja gaiden and Monster Hunter

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and God of War!

but elden ring has managed to capture a bigger audience than any of those games.

Platformers focus on traversal can result in more complex and varied level design compared to other genres

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Millions of experienced adults play them as well.

I would need to see some receipts on that before I believed it. These games don't sell particularly well and I bet the vast majority of them are played by kids. There's just no meat on the bones.

Simplicity doesn't mean bad and simple games can still have high skills ceiling.

Chess is better than Checkers. Checkers is way too simple to hold an adults attention span for long. Checkers is a great way to get children to think about playing a certain type of game though. I view Astro Bot in the same way. It's not objectively bad for a certain demo.

 

[The artful mincer]

I would need to see some receipts on that before I believed it. These games don't sell particularly well and I bet the vast majority of them are played by kids. There's just no meat on the bones.

Well there's this

Nintendo discloses Switch age demographic data for first time

For the first time since the console's launch, Nintendo has revealed the age demographics of Switch players.

www.shacknews.com

Chess is better than Checkers. Checkers is way too simple to hold an adults attention span for long. Checkers is a great way to get children to think about playing a certain type of game though. I view Astro Bot in the same way. It's not objectively bad for a certain demo.

That's fair enough. Platformers can require a lot of prescion and mechanical skill which some gamers seem happy to spend hours on.

Many other genres don't require lots of thought but high precision and skill e.g. racing games. Are not interested in them either?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Well there's this

Nintendo discloses Switch age demographic data for first time

For the first time since the console's launch, Nintendo has revealed the age demographics of Switch players.

www.shacknews.com

I have never pressed F to doubt harder in my life.

That's fair enough. Platformers can require a lot of prescion and mechanical skill which some gamers seem happy to spend hours on.

Many other genres don't require lots of thought but high precision and skill e.g. racing games. Are not interested in them either?

I am certain that the demographic that plays Astro Bot skews dramatically younger than the demographic that plays Gran Turismo.

Astro Bot does not encourage high mechanical skill mastery to nearly same degree as Gran Turismo. The Astro Bot games reward you with bright colors and cute animations for sneezing on your controller.

 

[tTHANOSs]

That is unexpected turn of events.

There is a lot of non Sony owned ip cameos in the game.

 

[mckmas8808]

Not watching, but the small things said sound good.