PS5's Astro Bot: A Free Gem Worth Celebrating
- Astro's Playroom updated for a midnight launch party.
- Team Asobi brings festive vibes to the new game.
- Astro Bot is a strong frontrunner for GOTY.
- Uses DualSense controller features for immersive gameplay.
- Astro's Playroom offers a taste of the new game.
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ASTRO BOT COUNTDOWN CELEBRATION IS A REMINDER THAT THE PS5 COMES WITH AN AMAZING FREE GAME
A new update to the four-year-old Astro's Playroom turned it into a midnight launch party.
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By Ethan Gach
Published Friday 10:15 AM
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Astro Bots celebrate the new game's launch
Screenshot Team Asobi / Sony
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Long gone are the days of standing outside a GameStop at midnight, waiting for the official release of a new Halo or Final Fantasy.
But Team Asobi brought the festive vibes back with a launch party for its newest game inside of an older one.
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Astro Bot is out now on PlayStation 5.
I'm not alone in thinking it's a strong frontrunner for GOTY and also one of the best 3D platformers ever.
It's full of whimsical little touches and dazzling set pieces with levels that revolve around clever mechanics and make full use of the DualSense controller from the haptic triggers to the speaker.
It all gives playing the game the same tactile satisfaction of playing with toys in real life.
But the seeds of many of those ideas, including blowing onto the touch pad to create wind gusts in the game, were there in Astro's Playroom, a short game not enough people played despite it being free with each of the over 60 million PS5s that have been sold so far.
It only takes three hours to beat and will give you a nice taste of what to expect in Astro Bot.
Plus, it will give you a point of reference to see how far the franchise has come in just four years and a new appreciation for all of the novel ways the new game iterates on what Team Asobi experimented with before.
