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PlayStation Forgot To Be Fun - But Astro Bot Shows There’s Still Hope

Bobby from GL: "Despite a wealth of prestigious and narrative-focused games, PlayStation lost some variety. That is until now, with the reveal of PS5's fully-fledged Astro Bot."

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franwex27d ago

Looking forward to this game, and yes-a less serious tone is welcomed along with a more varied gameplay.

Magatsuhi27d ago

Uhhh so Helldivers 2, Demons Souls, Returnal, these aren't fun games? Says who?

shinoff218327d ago

Returnable was alright but I didn't find Amy of them fun like astrobot looks. Sometimes people just don't care for some games.

Eonjay27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

I found Returnal extremely fun. It was a challenge... but that was part of the fun. I play Helldivers everyday because I enjoy it. It is fun to me. You can't really collapse something as subjective as 'fun' into some cookie cutter one size fits all experience.

The premise of this article is fundamentally flawed. Of course we support diversity in our experiences but it's all fun to someone.

RonsonPL27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

title: ""But Astro Bot Shows There’s Still Hope""

I'd paraphrase this:

"Astro Bot shows there's no hope for PSVR2".

Pretty sure there's much more fun in VR than in one game, no matter how overhyped it would be.
BTW. It's being praised just because this game genre is neglected and there's nothing top-tier since years.
The game's just OK, and obviously made well, by a talented group of people who were not lazy.

Back to Sony.
There's no hope for them. They lost the ball.
What made Playstation 1-5 good, is no longer there, at Sony's management.

This game won't change anything either.
This is just one studio.
One Japaneese studio with better gamer culture, better understanding of the medium, cause more people there actually did play a game in the past and they actually do have decades long experience of what works and what is required to achieve good, quality "fun" from playing.
But those veterans retire eventually, and the "modern" approach to making games and disrespecting the people who buy those games, eventually catches up. Shows up in USA first, then it took years before good European studios lost the "old ways". Then eastern Europe and Japan.

Sony is just a corporation's name at this point. People who hope to get the same as Sony was giving in times of PS2 and PS3, are as naive as the people who think Blizzard or Konami can still make legendary games made with absolutely exceptional levels of quality and creativity.

I'm not even sure if Nintendo still can keep making games which are fun and AAA quality in terms of how fun they are, not in terms of how much money and people it required.
MS and Sony? Nah. Those clueless idiots who make decissions there, don't care about fun and know nothing about making games fun, and no idea about the mindset of gamers who know what good, fun game looks like and expect high quality games from Sony and MS.
We'll get a ton of the same crap, a few most mainstream genres and that's it. Live services in general + whatever's trendy. Hero shooters, Battle Royale shooters. CS/COD-like shooters. Dark Souls-like games, story driven "games", Uncharted clones, zombie games, stealh games - whatever's the current gold rush in the minds of corporate suits.
Sometimes, by a complete coincidence, something really fun gets released.
But the segment of the industry that's focused on fun in gaming, is a mere shadow of what once was a norm.
Who remembers 16bit, PS1 and PS2 years, will know what I mean.

It's almost ironic
Sony abandoned VR, which has the potential to be the platform for the most fun games, creating the richest era of fun games in history.
But their management was too dumb to realize that and we are where we are - In a comment section under an article which takes the symbol of this unfortunate turn of events, the final nail in PSVR2's coffin, and unironically suggests it's a sign that Sony still cares about supplying PS5 with a lot of good fun games.

BTW. You know what's fun? Stereoscopy in platform games. Sony won't even offer 3D mode in this game, for PSVR2.

Sony. For the players.

shinoff218327d ago

Couple things. You mention sonys management. The biggest guy is gone, I have no dealt he's part of the problem right now. Let these 2 new guys have a chance. Also maybe the new astrobot will launch with regular and vr mode

Rynxie27d ago

You have been talking out your arse for so long, you have become a pro. Do you also sh*t from your mouth?

There have been plenty of fun games on the PS4/5.

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Astro’s Playroom second update is now available, hiding a new Special Bot in-game

Plus, a guide on how to find the first Special Bot, Lady Maria.

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Astro Bot is a joy-filled throwback to 2000s 3D platformers | Pocket-lint

With upcoming PS5-exclusive releases pretty sparse, Astro Bot is exactly what the console needs right now.

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GaboonViper10d ago

My most wanted game, it looks phenomenal and takes me back to the good years of gaming.

Relientk7710d ago

Getting this day one. It looks amazing, just like Astro's Playroom but this time longer and better

romulus2310d ago

The hero gaming needs right now.

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Astro Bot Will Be a Large Game Based on Its File Size

The upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive, Astro Bot, file size was revealed through a retail box cover, indicating that it will be a huge game.

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helicoptergirl10d ago

A mighty chunk. Hope this game's a good 12 - 14 hours at least. Might be one of the funnest platinums to get in a while. Day 1 for me and millions of others I bet as well.

Cacabunga10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

As platinum of astro bot is so easy and not fun for a confirmed player.. i went for it because i was missing like 2-3 artifacts and a weird trophy with a rabbit after i finished the game.
I hope the game will be a little more challenging.

Day one nonetheless

Number1TailzFan10d ago

Ya, should start off easy/medium difficulty and slowly ramp up from there to fairly challenging, ideally.

MASTER_RAIDEN10d ago

I couldn’t agree more. I honestly don’t get why everyone is excited for this game. The first one was extremely basic and way too easy. As a glorified presentation of jthw dual sense controller, it was fine I guess. But as a full blown game? It was so forgettable.

DarXyde10d ago

I think the Mario formula is the way to go:

The main game can be pretty chill with some exceptional challenges for those who want to engage with it and go for the platinum.

It's such a great approach.

NotoriousWhiz10d ago

Millions...... and millions.....

just_looken10d ago

" Astro Bot will require approximately 66 GB"

By helicoptergirl logic modern warfare 3 had a 20hr campaign then

This is not on 7th gen consoles file size means nothing this gen

Hypertension14010d ago

Japanese games like resident evil, all soulsborne games, and the evil within, and many others seem to fix large scale games into less than 50gb.

Stanlittle10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

I'm kind of sad this is the ONLY major exclusive coming out this holiday season for PlayStation. So I hope it's S-tier.

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Psychonaut8510d ago

Curious to see what that interprets to in terms of length. Cuz there’s a lot of really cool physics simulations in the game, not sure if those are something that would take up much space or not. Either way I’m stoked. They’re going to release free challenge levels after launch as well.

1nsomniac10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Physics simulations aren’t assets they’re calculations and algorithms therefore they take practically no space whatsoever.

The size content will be the same as any other game mostly raw sound files. The rest, mainly hi res textures.

Psychonaut859d ago

Ok cool. I genuinely wasn’t sure, makes sense though. Thanks. So seems to imply it will be sizable then, that’s good.

rlow110d ago

This game not only looks fantastic but will play fantastic. Worth every gig!

Gaming4Life198110d ago

Looks like good fun, definitely picking this up day one.

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