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[Hookshot]

Kotaku link - If you aren't happy clicking them

Astro Bot is one of the most entertaining and depressing games I've played in ages. It's a loud, unrestrained explosion of creative energy, it's an antiseptic corporate product drowning in brand fellatio.
A shining example of what current-gen first-party games can be, a dreary reminder of everything they're not. PlayStation is dead; long live PlayStation.

It's definitely something that some noticed. It's stand out levels were based off of God of War and Ape Escape after all, but that was the point of it, it was a shameless celebration of Sony with some cribbing of Nintendo.

A sterile robot was never going to have the charm of something exciting and well designed like Kirby but I'm not sure it needed a hit piece written about how it's little more than an advert of a glorious past that has long since vanished

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

Gtfo.

 

[jm89]

 

[Bernardougf]

Some will call a absurd product placement

 

[marcincz]

Kirby? Ok.

 

[ManaByte]

Remember when Kotaku was crying that Nintendo wouldn't let them review Tears of the Kingdom because they helped people pirate Metroid Dread?

Yea, they're fuckheads.

 

[killatopak]

 

[kaizenkko]

You guys are trying so hard to find some problems in a beautiful game. lol

 

[MisterXDTV]

This thread is the real problem....

 

[Radical Dreamer]

>exciting
>Kirby

Pick one lmao xDDD

 

[GHG]

At least the OP is so incompetent that their link doesn't even work and they didn't even bother quote the article.

 

[RoboFu]

Is this a joke ??

 

[Elios83]

Ahahah Kotaku please get fucked

 

[Jack Videogames]

As one of the most Nintendophile guys here I tell you this: it seems tooting their own horn is only OK when Nintendo does it.

I could call Astrobot many things (Safe, childish, easy) but I could never call it soulless.

 

[Skifi28]

Oh no, the horror.

 

[kikii]

Kotaku link - if you aren't happy clicking them

It's definitely something that some noticed. It's stand out levels were based off of God of War and Ape Escape after all, but that was the point of it, it was a shameless celebration of Sony with some cribbing of Nintendo.

A sterile robot was never going to have the charm of something exciting and well designed like Kirby but I'm not sure it needed a hit piece written about how it's little more than an advert of a glorious past that has long since vanished.

Astro Bot's Soulless Devotion To The Sony Brand Is A Real Problem

Team Asobi's made a wonderful PS5 platformer, but its corporate core does it no favors

kotaku.com

 

[Portugeezer]

But the game is good.

 

[grvg]

Super smash Bros sounds devotion to Nintendo is a real issue and it will never achieve mainstream success

May Kotaku die soon.

 

[MikeM]

See kids… this is why we can't have good games anymore.

 

[Cornbread78]

Dafuq?

 

[midnightAI]

 

[Imtjnotu]

 

[Cornbread78]

 

[Matt_Fox]

 

[azertydu91]

Remember when Kotaku was crying that Nintendo wouldn't let them review Tears of the Kingdom because they helped people pirate Metroid Dread?

Yea, they're fuckheads.

Wait what? I missed this story you wouldn't happen to have a link?Goolgle isonly showing bullshit links to download metroid roms.

 

[Cornbread78]

Alex from Digital Foundry was the contributor for that article wasn't he?

 

[Hookshot]

Wait what? I missed this story you wouldn't happen to have a link?Goolgle isonly showing bullshit links to download metroid roms.

 

[DryvBy]

Kotaku: "write an article"

Employee:

 

[Reaseru]

Ahahah Kotaku please get fucked

We all know this wasn't the Playstation IP Kotaku wanted to see to be praised and having sucess during these past few weeks. The one they wanted sank quicker than Titanic (as much respect I have for that tragedy).

 

[Katatonic]

You guys are taking these memos too far.

 

[HL3.exe]

Wut?

I thought It's more melancholic because it reminded me how creative, experimental and expressive Sony used to be in the PS1/2/3 era. With Sony Europe and Japan being on point.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

A sterile robot was never going to have the charm of something exciting and well designed like Kirby but I'm not sure it needed a hit piece written about how it's little more than an advert of a glorious past that has long since vanished

 

[azertydu91]

 

[Hookshot]

At least the OP is so incompetent that their link doesn't even work and they didn't even bother quote the article.

Much like Sony, I've made some mistakes recently, but my broken link didn't cost $400 million.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Did they miss the whole 30th anniversary celebration that's going on?

I'm all for it, if it encourages young players to seek out games featuring these classic characters then that's great!

 

[Zacfoldor]

Somebody mad Astro won goty instead of Rebirth.

Sorry Sony hater, you lost. Bwahahaha. I think I'll buy TEW PS5 PROS. It's fine.

 

[MALpractice311]

You know what, Kotaku? You're right! But I'm sure if we included an option to give Astrobot top surgery scars and let him pet dogs and cats, that would fix everything!

 

[SmokedMeat]

What's the prerequisite for working at Kotaku? To be a miserable fuck?

 

[Valonquar]

Kotaku's web design has to be one of the worst layouts I have ever seen.

 

[nial]

Wut?

I thought It's more melancholic because it reminded me how creative, experimental and expressive Sony used to be in the PS1/2/3 era. With Sony Europe and Japan being on point.

PS3 was the beginning of the end for SIEJ. PSP is more like it.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Then what is smash bros in comparison? The same thing no? Primarily first party cast members.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Outrageous Clickbait baits clicks and outrage!

 

[Katatonic]

Did Kotaku get a cash injection last week?

 

[jm89]

Thread backfire.

H Hookshot

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I'm not sure it needed a hit piece written

So why the fuck are you amplifying this garbage?

 

[Soodanim]

Valid criticism opinion: I miss a lot of the franchises showcased in Astro Bot

Desperate ragebait article: Astro Bot is at fault for that, but I'm not at the minimum word count so I'll pretend a tribute to 30 years of a brand is actually a problem

 

[Akuji]

Astrobot Design > Kirby Design

 

[dragonyeuw]

'Astrobot is a great game, go play it' wouldn't generate attention.

 

[SJRB]

Imagine working for Kotaku and your livelihood depends on writing obvious rage bait to bring in site visitors.

Pathetic existence.

 

[LordCBH]

Another retarded article by Kotaku. Must be a day that ends in y again.