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[Tsaki]

Wow it keeps climbing. A moment ago was #69 best of all time

 

[Robb]

Sitting alongside the greats.

 

[Cakeboxer]

See Sony? No need for 400m dollar 8h walk/talk/cutscene borefests with depressive/woke stories or Ubisoft formula bullshit to make a great and FUN game.
Hope we'll see more of those games.

 

[Astray]

Any word on hour length? Are levels replayable? Lots of collectibles to go back and find?

10-15 hours.

Worlds are replayable and there are secret worlds and collectibles to find. Easy Allies review should have most of the info you seek.

 

[ithilion]

Dammit. Hope playstation dont go full nintendo and decide this kid shit is better than god of war and last of us.

 

[Strategize]

Never in a million years would I have guessed that Sony's next GOTY winner would be a 3D platformer.

 

[Caio]

GOTY

It's 94%, after 85 Reviews. WOW !

 

[TheRaidenPT]

Absolutely amazing! Let’s go!

Now give me path tracing on the Pro just for giggles

 

[Rudius]

90-94

Hoping above 92

Spot on!

 

[ithilion]

See Sony? No need for 400m dollar 8h walk/talk/cutscene borefests with depressive/woke stories or Ubisoft formula bullshit to make a great and FUN game.
Hope we'll see more of those games.

Right all they need is stupid kid games with nothing to add to the industry other than jumping around like a idiot

 

[TrebleShot]

We back baby.
PLAYSTATION MASTER RACE RISE UP

 

[Tommi84]

Right all they need is stupid kid games with nothing to add to the industry other than jumping around like a idiot

Correct.

 

[Senua]

It's 94%, after 85 Reviews. WOW !

Killjoy-NL not bad for a "glorified tech demo" eh?

 

[balls of snow]

Thats a goty game. Stick to what you know eh Sony.

 

[ViciousAgenda]

Killjoy-NL not bad for a "glorified tech demo" eh?

HIs takes are LOL

 

[N30RYU]

93

Spoiler

not inclusive enough to score a 95 since THIS robot lack pronouns

Told you...

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Breaking news, video game that’s actually fun and not a soulless propaganda piece and/or live service grift gets good reviews. Maybe they should do more of that.

 

[Markio128]

Woah, I was hoping for the best, but I didn’t expect these scores. Well happy for the devs.

 

[jm89]

Dammit. Hope playstation dont go full nintendo and decide this kid shit is better than god of war and last of us.

whynotboth.jpg

 

[Physiognomonics]

Dammit. Hope playstation dont go full nintendo and decide this kid shit is better than god of war and last of us.

They should do both. Astrobot fun stuff for kid and families and mature stuff with "serious stories". With all the money they have just burned on failed projects those last years? they could have created an armada of Astrobot games (kart, smash, animal crossing) for the family customers. Sigh.

 

[Tomi]

Sony you see this?
You waisted 100 mil on stupid ass gaas game, and look at this, this is what studios need to develop, not concord crap

 

[Interfectum]

Team Asobi trading blows with the Nintendo at the highest levels. Sony has a gem of a developer here, they better not fuck it up.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

What a week for Sony, question is do they learn from this?

 

[NeoLed]

Cmon, just one more point...

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Dammit. Hope playstation dont go full nintendo and decide this kid shit is better than god of war and last of us.

God forbid somebody besides nintendo makes a game for kids.

Another banger. I had no doubt.

 

[analog_future]

94!?

Holy shit. Going to be one of the best 3D platformers of all time

 

[Senua]

Dammit. Hope playstation dont go full nintendo and decide this kid shit is better than god of war and last of us.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Instant GOTY banger. I knew it!


“ B…bu…bu…but Sony is doomed, they released Concord!”

 

[Mownoc]

This is currently Sony's 6th highest rated game of all time. Behind Gran Turismo, The Last of Us, Uncharted 2, God of War (2018) & LittleBigPlanet.

A score this high for Sony is almost a once-in-a-generation event.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Hopefully a wake up call for Sony

 

[Drunkensamurai]

What a week for Sony, question is do they learn from this?

Depends on the sales. All 60m + PS5 owmer should know who Astro is.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

A lot of slack-jawed fools about to eat a lot of crow, I said this would be a GOTY contender 3 months ago after that first gameplay trailer, praise the Bot!

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Fuck. Yes. Pure fun and pure game is what I want right now.

I just finished Mario Odyssey so this is perfect timing.

 

[Certinty]

Gaming has been saved. That is all.

 

[AV]

Still very excited to play, although I can't imagine they're gonna have much nostalgia material left to draw on for a 2nd full game.

Give the team the Ape Escape licence and let's fuckin' go.

 

[RCX]

And just like that, Concord is buried and forgotten!

Fantastic timing for Sony. Hard not to think their confidence in Astrobot didnt play into the decision on when to kill their live service albatross.

 

[Physiognomonics]

What a week for Sony, question is do they learn from this?

Very likely no as they cleverly just erased Concord from existence. Like that specific Hulst failure (that should have revolutionized gaming according to him or something) never happened.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Will grab this next pay day. Just bought Age of Mythology Retold and Space Marine 2. Have no time at the moment for a third game but it's very high on my list. My kids are going to love this.

 

[CityHunter1981]

Wow. I had high hopes for this one, but I didn’t expect that it gets such high scores. Sony still got it and it was really needed after the dumpster fire Conchord was.

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

PlayStation saved.
Sony saved.
Concord saved.
Gaming saved.
World saved.

All hail the return of Astro Bot.

 

[Sintoid]

No excuses, no port begging, no post patches excuses
Go buy Astro fucking Bot, those 65 developers deserve your respect

 

[Topher]

All because I sold my PS5

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Depends on the sales. All 60m + PS5 owmer should know who Astro is.

It would be interesting to know what percentage actually played Astro's Playroom, what percent finished.

One thing that made Mario so big in the 80s is that he was always getting bundled with hardware.

Bundling is an easy way to promote IP, but Astro Bot was never really spotlighted as a tie in game, which was a marketing mistake potentially.

If promoted we probably could have been looking at a 10-15 million seller, but as is and without a price cut, I doubt we see it hit those kinds of numbers.

Wouldn't be surprised if Sony announces a Sony Pictures Animation movie based on this within the next year. That might give it legs.

 

[Mownoc]

Still 94 after 95 reviews. Sony's biggest flop followed two weeks later by their highest rated game in 6 years.

 

[PeteBull]

All because I sold my PS5

ps5pr0 gonna get revealed soon, bro, stay strong, u will play astrobot in its full glory soon enough on the pr0

 

[Luipadre]

What a week for Sony, question is do they learn from this?

 

[Tg89]

Glad they didn't waste this one on VR.

Glad Sony finally decided to make a video game ass video game.

 

[ByWatterson]

Holy shit GOTY

 

[engstra]

Not surprised by the high scores it's getting. Bought and can't wait to play

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Killjoy-NL not bad for a "glorified tech demo" eh?

Yes, color me surprised.

Guess it's an exceptional glorified tech-demo.