Astro Bot's HIDDEN SECRETS That Could CHANGE the Industry

[@CanadianGuyEh]

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[@el_chaveezy]

A few other ways Astro Bot hit it out of the park: -Taking full advantage of the PS5's graphics power and haptic feedback capabilities, and using those capabilities to enhance gameplay. It's not just eye candy for eye candy's sake, but is fully integrated into the game mechanics. -Rewarding curiosity, thus making players want to explore every facet of the environment. -Treating beloved IPs and gaming history with respect.

[@JAYDOG1337A]

This is one of those rare games where, I don't want to wait for it to go on discount, I want to pay full price because Team Asobi knocked it out of the fucking park, they made an amazing, incredible game and the price I'm willing to pay is the reflection of that good work. Everyone should be willing to buy this thing at full price to show our support for these types of projects.

[@joshuasebsebe1047]

Man Astro Bot is the true playstation mascot

[@FoxMcCloud-64]

R.i.p sackboy

[@SimeJoja]

Rip Crash and spyro

[@Darth_Spyro]

​@@SimeJoja Those 2 haven't been exclusive to PlayStation in over a decade and they were never official PS mascots

[@niv6921]

He was officially announced as ps' mascot

[@mr.lowkey5518]

I havent fallen in love with a (full) game this way since Odyssey. (I was in love with playroom) Its exactly what i want and I’m glad so many people feel the same as me. He is right when he says that it makes me fall back in love with gaming. I am a huge fan of the early ratchet and clank games and astrobot gives me the same joy as those games did and continue to bring me. 10/10

[@MetalMightGames]

Spyro 4, New Banjo, New Jak and Daxter, these are the games I want to see. Not to mention the other developers that will be inspired and create their own projects. I'm excited!

[@mäffbeats]

@@MetalMightGames we need a new jak and Daxter so bad

[@tweetbleat487]

Completely agree!

[@808Slush]

I want sly 5😭

[@MetalMightGames]

@@mäffbeats I agree!!

[@baileypalmer103]

Die-hard Nintendo fan here and I gotta say... Yeah, you're right.

[@darthdean-ii4ed]

Astrobot has so much potential with multplayer. Fun adventure with friends,competitive silly games,racing in vehicles and on foot,time trials,bot creator.

[@ZrKy7]

As Nicholas Doucet said, it is important we openly state how much we love these types of games.

[@Shenenew]

Bro i'm a nintendo fan and i'm so damn happy for Astro Bot. So happy that i'm buying the damn console just for them hehe

[@VersatileElement]

Astro Bot is my GOTY this year

[@Remliv]

100%

[@LsAdventurer]

misread that as "GOTY of the year" 💀

[@VersatileElement]

​@@LsAdventurerIt's the Game Of The Year of all Game Of The Years 😎😎

[@dpactestaccount]

I think what makes Astrobot special is the nostalgic joy you genuinely feel when you see your beloved bots as cameos of games you used to play as a kid. No game in recent history made me feel this joy. Rebirth and remake is one but that is a different level it was supposed to make you feel that way.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Hardcore nintendo fan here. There are plenty of little gems, but you're always having to go hunt for them. When is the last time before astro bot that one of these was an unqualified gem, and it actually got promoted on a big stage? and Mario does not count. I pray this gets spyro 4 the time it needs to be just right, and maybe finally get Rayman 4 done

[@aeolussvichi7680]

Maybe revive that Crash/Spyro crossover game that ABK cancelled a while back.

[@vaati9364]

The new ratchet and clank rift apart was a gem imo

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

@@vaati9364 granted! Bought my ps5 for that game, on a bet that more fun exclusives would come

[@davem12dim17]

Well one of the other highest rated games of the year is Prince of Persia the lost crown. Who did that? The Rayman devs

[@ED-gw9rg]

@@davem12dim17 The rayman devs are the one team in there that hasn't gone downhill?! That's great news! I gotta see how they're doing.

[@snowy10r]

Finally a space themed game that offers more than a handful of planets. The amount of main levels on offer here with different mechanics and themes is awesome. Setting the bar high for the next Mario..

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Astro Bot didn’t just blow the doors off the hinges, he OBLITERATED THE ENTIRE CITY!

[@dragonking3915]

This game was so much fun that i had to Platinum this game! :D Haven't had this much fun in a long time with a game. :)

[@808Slush]

This video NEEDS to blow up. High ups need to hear this if they havekt already realized

[@REDDEVIL9269]

We all love platformers this is why I'm confused about Activision cancelling crash 5

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Because they cared more about live-service (CoD, Overwatch, etc.)

[@SimeJoja]

​@@CarbyGuuGuuYust like the rest of them ,ubisoft ,EA, Xbox,...

[@RegrettableDeed]

Astro Bot *needs* another game. Please. It was the most fun I've had gaming this year!

[@dnissrs5892]

"Astro Bot's been beaten by Elden Ring DLC by one singular point!" **Proceeds to show the score that is tied at 94**

[@CanadianGuyEh]

Yeah I caught that afterwards lol, I swear the Elden Ring DLC was a 95

[@dnissrs5892]

@@CanadianGuyEh Yeah, I was actually surprised too. Apparently IGN Japan gave it a 8/10 review only 4 days ago and score dropped to 94! I just found the edit of the video funny!

[@MrMattSax]

I love your optimism and I hope you’re right. This generation needs to turn things around.

[@A-Nationverse]

Games nowadays are going after the trend of live service games and they want you to have your time to play these games. As someone who hasn’t played that much live service games except Fortnite and Fall Guys, it’s really tiresome when you had to complete a task which it will take a couple of hours to complete and playing different live service games becomes very exhausted and tiresome. I wanted to as much time on other games at the same time, taking a break from game for a little while. I’ve seen 2 games not just Concord that got shut down a few years ago and that is Rumbleverse and Knockout City. As for Astro Bot, is definitely considered a fun platformer and I’m planning to get Astro Bot for PS5. If the gaming industry follows the success of Astro Bot, then we will see new platformer IPs or past IPs make a comeback.

[@j340_official]

The saddest part of Astro bot is that there isn’t a sequel available. I would love another 1000 levels.

[@luizgamerroyal]

Man Astro bot was one of games I enjoy it a lot than the other games. I miss it a lot to get a cante to enjoy and fun . I hope this change the game industry.

[@timsheppard6204]

I would love to see Astro Bot influence go into games like Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper but i highly doubt it would love it though

[@davem12dim17]

@@timsheppard6204 thing is, unless they moved Jak to a new studio that studio have already moved on with last of us, uncharted etc

[@Harper_Onions]

Astrobot gave us more playable Ape Escape content than we've had for 14 YEARS. Not to mention all the references to now obscure games which Sony have just been sitting on the IP for years.

[@MasterRomboidal]

Astro bot it's all Playstation All Stars Battle Royale's wanted in the early 2010's

[@martinaurik2189]

I would love to see 3D platformers coming back (Jak & Daxter,Sly Raccoon”/“Ape escape” & “Puppeteer 2”but also others from other developers “I-Ninja”/“Malice”/“Rayman”/“Beyond Good & Evil 2”/ “Psychonauts 3”/“Mini Ninjas”.

[@chrisrhoades9681]

Astrobot is one of the greatest games of all time already. Easily in my top 10 ever made. Such a great game and I cannot recommend enough

[@slapshotjack9806]

Astro bot is a pretty cool game tbh when I turned on my ps5 and saw the game preinstalled on it I thought it was just going to be a tech demo to showcase the new features of the controller like how the ps4 playroom app did but I was totally wrong I was having so much fun with it and finding all the PlayStation hardware throughout the game keeps me coming back for more and I really love the attention to detail Sony put into it where you can actually interact with the each console and accessory in the museum

[@LegionZero]

I hope Astro Bot is not abandoned and they come up with New Game+ and some DLC, they left the door wide open to having adventures on all the older platform and doing the awesome mini IP remakes

[@Dragomatix]

Man I would love to see a new infamous, Parappa the Rapper, twisted metal and ape escape game in development since I have loved these games for as long as I can remember!!!!

[@pse2020]

Ps5 is a ps4 remaster machine. When ps6 comes out they might not have any more ps4 games and ps6 can become the ps2 and 1 remaster machine yay

[@emporcs5546]

Great video, CG!! This is very transparent and clear and I love it! I hope people/companies listen to this and take notes on what you're saying and what the success of Astro Bot means/is saying here! I didn't even realize how successful that game was actually! 😊 And I totally agree, games like Fortnite or even Minecraft (I'd say) were popular at the time cause they kind of "broke the mold", if you will, AT THAT TIME, but when you keep making online-based games like those that aren't matching the same level of enjoyment from fans as what came before, then you need to stop, think, and change course to make more titles that focus on what the players want to see and make things that are fun to play. Instead, what we are seeing in front of us is a bunch of cancelled/canned/sub-par games get churned out like butter at extremely high prices with microtransactions that I'm (and many others are) not even that interested in. Fun should always be first; it's like what you said, you can't lose what makes games fun in the first place. Yep, that's my opinion as well, at least.

[@liambuckingham3337]

Will be interesting to see what Team Asobi do next. I'd personally love for them to do their take on Mario Kart/CTR with the Astro Bot IP. With their vibrant levels, fun powerups, and PlayStation theming I think they could build something amazing (even by just reusing a lot of the stuff they've already got in place). After playing that Ape Escape themed level, that's also got right to the top of my list of old games I'd like to get a new title!

[@taptoplayde]

I just want a new LocoRoco 🥹

[@raidthanfl]

A great part that i dont see anyone talking about is how this game is also creating new gamers in the 4-9 yr old demo. I grew up playing NES Mario games. Then sega and snes etc etc. i get to introduce my son to gaming and be able to enjoy it together

[@808Slush]

Idk how anyone could possibly think that crash 4 wouldn't be full price regardles of the trilogy. They brought a gaming legend back to life.

[@KidEDarus]

I am so happy to see another 3D platformer found a huge success both in fans and gaming reviewers. I would love to see game on STEAM.

[@mäffbeats]

I'm so ready for a new high classed platformer era, it stays my favorite genre

[@ThePotatoeGuru]

Best closing credits implementation I've ever seen!!!

[@PlayMilesPlay]

Shorter production cycles with smaller teams would finally end the complaint "This console generation has no games!" AND they'll only be THREE years behind a trend instead of EIGHT. Or MORE!

[@joelbarraclough6689]

What about a video of why Cinematic Blockbuster games have also become a issue in the gaming industry especially with the Horizon remaster?

[@freechannel1112]

really hard to believe that in the past sonic had potential to surpass mario at one point in the past

[@andyespinozam]

Man, what a ride, I took me a little more time than usual, but got the platinum. Amazing game, my kids love it, and they laughed every time those little bots were bending waiting for the punch 😂😂😂

[@tweetbleat487]

In the level "DJinny of the lamp" on the plateau near the biplane, if you stand behind the panel the lemurs will do a coordinated dance.

[@bobafett4265]

It isn't just Astrobot that found success on a lower and more controlled budget, it's this thing called AA Budgeted games, which back in the PS2 days and to an extent the HD era of gaming were very much present on top of ones with bigger budgets and the like. One of the best examples I can think of is those devs at Nacon who made Terminator Resistance and Robocop Rogue City a couple of banger titles based on legendary 80's IP with a controlled budget. The two of them got some success but nowhere near as Spectacular as Astrobot it was a matter of time before someone made a AA title so righteous that it took the world by storm, the industry including Sony themselves are definitely going to be taking notes, Sony just has to clean out the stench of Jim Ryan first then showtime.

[@NilCaelum]

God AstroBot REALLY made me want a new ape escape game, or a remastered trilogy

[@willem2232]

I adored the PS VR version and I hope this one will get a VR2 version. Huge bosses are so much more impressive in VR. But I'm happy playing the normal version until it happens :)

[@grcigar9911]

Yes, Astro Bot Rescue Mission set to shake things up about 6 years ago. Unfortunately, I think the latest Astro Bot entry despite being good and very well polished, was as step backwards in terms of what was ultimately possible it terms of actual creativity and memorability in this space. I get it that the PSVR2’s adoption rate may not justify a budget as to what Astro Bot was able to get, but personally, I would rather see the absolute best of what is possible with this IP. Just as Mario IP is ever present across multiple media fronts, genres, etc…I just hold out hope that Sony doesn’t completely abandon what I believe is the best creative space for Astro and its fans.

[@dukemahomes7390]

Sackboys Big Adventure is underrated

[@Keikyu-2100]

This time we see the nintendo like level design, on a sony's game. Not only nintendo-like level design, also the hardware functions used in game. Creative, funny, and also as simple as everyone can enjoy, without decrease the diffculty, just by good level design.

[@Finch460]

This game is simply exquisite. Astrobot is the new Mario!

[@propane1777]

Great chanel, my friend. subscription complete. Love the analytical nature of your reviews. Love from UK 🇬🇧

[@cecilmicko6828]

Astro Bot is the first game I have earned the platinum trophy! So fun!

[@AbdulTheArabicGuy]

With the success of Astro Bot, can you imagine Sony doing a Bloodborne platformer lmao. That would be a bit weird but completely hilarious to see the IP shift genre and actually working in a fun way.

[@bobafett4265]

Considering Elden Ring has a jump button which Elden Ring is developed by From Software the minds behind Dark Souls and Bloodborne, a Bloodborne Platformer doesn't sound completely out of possibility.

[@AltCutTV]

Well, for now one can at least cosplay the good hunter on the ghost levels in Astro. 👻

[@zacharyking7149]

RIP sacboy

[@videogameobsession]

Team Asobi was able to pull off the new Astro Bot due to their extensive years of work on Astro's Playroom as a PS5 launch title system pack in. Five years IIRC. The new Astro Bot is relying heavily upon the graphical/game engine built for that. I'd love to see Sony dig back into their classic library of classics.. PaRappa the Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy, Ape Escape, Jumping Flash, Puppeteer, Twisted Metal WipEout, Warhawk, Sly Cooper, Uncharted, Jak & Daxter, Hot Shots Golf, but Sony seems to be content with just giving us a nod to them with Astro Bot, which is sad.

[@justimagine2403]

Ratchet and Clank - exists you know.

[@davem12dim17]

Not a platform game really. It's an action shooter

[@yb554]

My only regret is not pre ordering this game. They really should try to do Sega Nights again.

[@Waffletigercat]

More like the same mustache as Jim Carrey playing Dr Robotnik does.

[@joshuasinferno9443]

Need a new Ape Escape after playing that first bonus stage.

[@TomBrunsdon]

If they make anything else it should be ape escape. Astro bot is very similar in structure.

[@Miguel_Macias1]

the best part is that astrobot is literally all of nintendo all at the same time 😆go watch gamexplain's video its so good!

[@taptoplayde]

Regarding Mario: I see the goal of perfection there, but not love. Many of Nintendo’s games feel polished but sterile.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

Here's the real question: Could the success of Astro Bot... lead to the resurrection of Crash 5?

[@davem12dim17]

No, because one of the things about astro is it is challenging, but not impossible so it appeals to a wide range of people. Crash became much a brutally difficult game aimed at platforming hardcore's. They would really need to dumb it down

[@DanRex85]

I would be all for seeing ape escape coming back or even an HD remake or etc.

[@MichaelSAMyatt]

I love all the hype for this game but when is PS going to release total sales numbers??? Because as amazing as this game is, and the critical acclaim that accompanies it, the biggest factor in green lighting more is how many people spoke with their wallets? So, if you're reading this and you want to play it, buy it now.(if you can afford it. I dont advocate debt) Because money talks and will be the ultimate deciding factor on the longevity of this becoming a franchise.

[@ahmadomega1478]

No more crash news ! 😢

[@Bloodrain11111]

You took the words right out of my mouth 😮

[@TheRTDZ]

Sony execs: Did Astro Bot make Fortnite money? No? Guess it failed!

[@Waffletigercat]

New Sly Cooper would be nice. SINCE THE LAST ONE ENDED ON A CLIFFHANGER!!!

[@danframpt0n]

great video dude. subbed. astro bot rules

[@Geperd1]

If Kotaku and IGN hate the game then that means it is a great game. I 100% the game and had fun playing.

[@TheGamingPez]

I love astro bot and have always prefered sony's legacy games like Sly, ratchet and Jak among bunch of other titles over Nintendo but in this day and age Nintendo is the king and I hope you are right that Astro Bot is going to be a change in the industry because I am just so tired of Sony's buisness model and I want them to go back to how they were in the PS1 and 2 era. here is hoping that a change it about to happen!

[@Lanis_Oasis]

I love this game

[@AZZOMY2010]

Game of the year and Generation 💙

[@GeoAldama]

He forgot the playroom and the playroom vr

[@janerikandersen7603]

dose toys for bob have any sweet babby inc and dei hires or are they gone afther microsoft layoff?

[@xDeath35]

I have been having fun playing astro bot i just have been taking a break to play yugioh master duel

[@paulsikorski9109]

needed to be longer

[@davem12dim17]

Took me 25 hours to plat, most people are over 20 hours. That's more than enough for a platformer

[@bod1231]

i lov astro bot

[@scarrantsandreviews]

I'm far from wealthy. I couldn't afford to buy every game that comes out at launch. I couldn't even afford to buy all of the ones I actually want. But gamers are obnoxious as fuck about the price of games. Crash 4 shouldn't cost what all other games cost? I didn't even realize people were saying that back in 2020 until this video. They're inherently devaluing the game by saying that. Which, that's fine. But don't then bemoan an industry that's squimish about making games like that. You're telling them they shouldn't. You're litwrally telling them you won't pay for it and that its not worth what other games are worth. So Activision is now just bringing you $70 Call of Duty games every year and nothing else. You'll pay for that without complaint, so no whining about it now

[@pse2020]

Nah... More live service games and remasters are upon us :)

[@SuperSpyroFan2010]

This is what I like about the old Spyro games, short, simple and sweet, although they're short games, they're memorable. And as an example, I've only completed Red Dead 2 twice, the first time, I really enjoyed it, the second time, not so much, I felt it was a bit of a drag second time round. And the best mission is the one where Arthur gets drunk in a bar, randomly going around shouting "Lenny!" lol i love my horsey and my horsey love me

[@jaybee4288]

Astro bot isn’t changing gaming or the industry, that’s kinda the point. It’s a throwback nostalgia trip.

[@michaelfortesque1331]

Expectations: Ape Escape, MediEvil, Sly Cooper, Gravity Rush, Bloodborne, Parappa The Rapper Reality: Concord

[@Pinkyorangegirl]

My boy Parappa didn't die for this😭

[@hypershadix1]

Oh

[@aceofspades001]

Nintendo games are simply way overrated and gets an easy pass on lotts of things

[@MikalEdmunds]

9:57 Game Freak has no excuse now lmao

[@gmanz5]

Mario > gaming industry crash of 1983 Astro Bot > Live service bubble burst of 2024

[@Pinkyorangegirl]

I love the history repetition here😅

[@JadenFox9]

I'm gonna be blunt, I doubt it's gonna do much but let the studio survive another day especially after Sony's latest disaster, we'll still see Mario and Sonic because their Mascots for their respective companies, for others, we'll have to see, I mean Croc and Epic Mickey getting another chance at life, so anything possible, if anything, companies will likely get the wrong ideas like they always do, good on Astrobot, but like Ready Player One, I'll rather play the games it references than it itself personally, especially since I'm not spending S'ton money on a Console just for this, at least Nintendo usually has stuff I'm interested in

[@SimeJoja]

8:50 yeah cant wait for Crash 5/CTR 2 in 2028-2030 ,also cant wait what BS is Microsoft going to pull of (console exclusive,exclusivety and gamepass)

[@SimeJoja]

14:00 ah yes ,a game that xbox killed,thanks Microsoft Xbox