Astro Bot

No thread for this is surprising. Reviews are in and this is, unsurprisingly, a GOTY contender. Anyone who hasn't played the original tech demo on the ps5, why not? You are missing out on a special game.

Praying this is as enjoyable as the original on the PSVR but I have no doubts in my mind it will possibly even surpass it.

Not a platformer person but I liked the demo & I am after ordering this & Warhammer ( Not a Warhammer person either 😂)off smyths there 😅

The review scores look excellent.

I may have to chase the postman down early tomorrow morning.

Feels like Christmas Eve.

Same couriers here.

An Post usually about 2pm. DPD usually about 3pm.

EDIT: have yours moved? Mine havent yet according to tracking.

If it helps (and sorry for banging on about my game shipping last week), tracking stuck at Order Received until 1.20am the day the game was delivered.

I have faith that Team Asobi will get the balance between nostalgia and novelty / innovation just right. Haven't read any reviews. Gave 1 article a read but it was full of glass half empty guff about a graveyard. Thats enough for me. Rescue Mission and Playroom are all I need to go on.

reviews

https://www.ign.com/articles/astro-bot-review?utm_source=threads,twitter

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/astro-bot-review-fly-me-to-the-moon/1900-6418277/

https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-astro-bot-2024/

https://www.eurogamer.net/astro-bot-review

While I'm sure there's a conversation to be had around why it took 4 years from demo to full game, but I care not right now. I just need it to he 7.30pm tomorrow and people won't see me for the weekend. I've the family told to just imagine I'm out of the country for the weekend. I've a hape of the devil's lettuce en route, and I'm looking forward to disappearing into my room for the weekend!

I'll check later myself, but I there anything happening in Playroom for it? Thought I saw something about a countdown party?

I know there was a room with a countdown timer and I got all the special bots.

Absolutely. Even if they have a lot of the design, models, game engine etc from the previous game, it's still going to take a while to figure out what to do with them next. How you change it, how you evolve it, what new things to add, then actual level design, sound design etc. 4 years wait for this is fine imo.

Text received from An Post, due for delivery tomorrow. Hype building...

When did smyths start charging €2 for express delivery not got a physical game in ages ?

This is what I saw a couple days ago:

Once rescued, you will be able to take these bots to the new game and add them to your starting crew. And in the last few hours preceding the release of Astro Bot, we will hold a special celebration countdown inside Astro’s Playroom.

The 4 new bots are now sitting beside the new game countdown (midnight) inside the PS5 labo so assuming its happening there close to midnight.

Edit: Someone in Australia posted an update at 6 minutes before midnight. "a whole bunch of Bots in that room... For now" so looks like the room with the countdown is the place to be at midnight 🤣. I wont post any more details about it here.