astro bot's purpose seems to be "brand ambassador", but i hope playstation realizes astro's real potential and doesn't keep the series stunted. he could be the modern sackboy (rip)

"smoking weed with the Weekend at Bernie's corpse of PaRappa the Rapper" is a great sentence

Hold up... let 'em cook.

We need Crash and Spyro to return as Playstation icons.

i wonder if they'll actually address this in the final game. would be pretty nice, as im kinda tired of calling the spiky guys... well, the spiky guys. the enemies need names to be any more than just moving obstacles.

i hope astro finds his own identity 🙏

This is why Asobi needs to make an Ape Escape. Not that I'm suggesting they stop making Astro, just don't let them be a one trick studio.

Some of the shown bosses are from Rescue Mission, I think it will take some time until they become something like bowser ect. The alien is the final boss from rescue mission so it's probably also the endboss of the new one! If we look at Mario Odyssey, there are also many new enemies, most of them I don't know the name. I think it will just take time :D Most of the well know characters are from the first few games. And I actually love the Playstation theme because it's like searching eastereggs! :D

A fully realized universe outside of being an advertisement for PlayStation would be nice.

Rescue Mission is the definitive experience for Astro, not Playroom. VR for Astro or bust for me.

Bro is cooking with this one

I mean Ratchet & Clank didn't get their series main antagonist Dr Nefarious until Ratchet & Clank 3, and while Sackboy has had a main antagonist in all the LittleBigPlanet games, I believe Vex from Sackboy A Big Adventure is the series best antagonist. My point is that we should give AstroBot another game or two before worrying too much about it having an iconic main antagonist OR an even better idea; considering AstroBot leans heavily on utilizing AstroBotified PlayStation Characters, why not also utilize AstroBotified PlayStation Villains? Like Clockwork from Sly Cooper, Kor from Jak 2, Kessler from Infamous, Zeus or Thor from God of War, Zarok from MediEvil, Chairman Drek from Ratchet & Clank, The Cleric Beast from Bloodborne, and maybe have one original villain whose sending these other villains to defeat AstroBot, that way we get the nostalgia of facing old villains from other PlayStation Games, but we also get an original Villain for AstroBot whose intimidating and powerful enough to pull villains from other universes to do his bidding. Plus it gives the AstroBotified PlayStation Heroes a reason to lend them their gear like what AstroBotified Kratos does in the trailer with the Leviathan Axe, I mean imagine imagine Astro using Sly Cooper's Cane, or one of Ratchet & Clank's many weapons, Rivet's Hammer? Or The Hunter's many weapons or Jin Sakai's blade, or Aloy's Bow & Arrows, or Nathan Drake's AK-47.

Totally agree, I want them to stray away from the brand in the astro games.

This is absolutely amazing keep up the great work can’t wait to see more 🔥!

The PlayStation references is it’s identity. If it’s crazy successful the references it’s probably why.

Amazing work luv

I think the bowser for this series will be the green alien in the ufo from the trailer because he was in rescue mission. But I don’t have access to the game right now. I agree with you tho. I feel like there should be a name for him. Like “Goop” or something. And he is also holding the chip we see in astros playroom in the CPU plaza

youre cooking

Putting Big the Cat in S tier is one of the few things we can agree on. Personally I don't think Astro is trying to do anything other than be a Sony/Playstation themed platform adventure and that's fine for them and understandable of you to want or wish for more with expectations for the genre from other franchises

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Look at this guy, out here makin videos and stuff

3:35 - Blaze, Mephiles, Silver and Metal Sonic should definitely be higher than B tier lol

You are making good points, but despite the lack of naming and personality of the villains, they exist. Astro's main antagonist is the green alien. Astro Bot Rescue Mission also had way less PlayStation iconography and it worked out very well. I'm confident they can give it more of its own identity (back) in the future.

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I think that's the point of Astro Bot now, to sell people on the other IPs they have. Unlike Nintendo, Sony's more into realistic third person shooters and deep narratives, and Astro Bot could be that the one that introduces them to those IPs.

Meh who cares about personality astro's playroom was a memorable and fun platformer so why would astro bot not be?

Hop off Astro’s Playroom

astro bot can stand on its own, astro bot rescue mission avoids the ps and is probably one of the best 3d platformers ever made

The Goat

Sony has been in desperate need of a mascot for over 20 years, Astro’s identity NEEDS to be PlayStation’s identity

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i needed to hear somebody say this so badly, the game feels so "'brandy" the enemy and even the main character looks so generic, as if they are meant to be generic, as filler assests for a tech demo game, which i found wierd seeing them promoting it as a new mascot

There is another side of this argument. That reusing Bowser for instance is lazy and lacks creativity. How many people fondly remember SMB2 not having Bowser. (A lot?) I know you’re digging into the weeds a bit on this because obviously you’re excited for it. But I dont think this is an issue. If you played Rescue mission there are a lot of returning characters and some new ones. Leaning into the PS brand I think I’ll agree with you on. It feels like something that was pushed onto the game after playroom. Though if it leads to interesting mechanics, Im for it.

I think you're overthinking this way too fucking hard, to say that Astro Bot "is just an ad" is selling this game short. By that logic, any kind of crossover game is "just an ad". The devs feel passionate for PlayStation enough that it shows all over, hell, not just PlayStation, Rescue Mission had homages to other games, like the minecart level or literally starting a level by falling to a hole. If this were just a corporate dick suck, then I don't think having an island with a giant enemy crab or not being restricted to the characters only the higher ups want represented would get past the drawing board. I'm confident that we might get a game that is separate from PlayStation next time (even though Rescue Mission is that), but I'm fine with Astro Bot being a solo protagonist, Atoi/Iota were on the same boat and so was Sackboy before 3. A better alternative is to build his world and I think they're doing a decent enough job with that like establishing level tropes or basic rules when designing enemies or characters. Astro Bot is not seeking to compete with Mario or Sonic, nor are he and his world as layered as... many other PlayStation characters, but the simplicity is what drove people in. Point is, you're overthinking, Astro Bot could use recurring characters, I know, but what they're doing now isn't just corporate sticking their dirty ahh hands where they shouldn't, the devs are experimenting with this series and I'm confident that Astro Bot will find his middle ground, do remember that Astro Bot himself first originated from a Playroom VR minigame, they're figuring out this series as they go. (Amy Rose in A tier? Respect)

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