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basically this!!

it's cute that playstation is finally making a full length astro bot with no asterisks BUT

but

they do not shy away from reminding you that astro bot the franchise is literally a sony "metaverse" creation meant to bolster the playstation brand. it's the internals of every device they've ever made come to life alongside franchises that will never really see their like again because, like most of the AAA games industry, everything is being consolidated to the point that all these peripherals & brands only exist in a single game now much like the "everyone is here" pattern across the whole industry.

and it feels a little weird seeing the general reaction from people being "finally, the goty is here"

and i'm sure it'll be a fun game!! but you can't forget what it is


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in reply to @MOOMANiBE's post:

I hope something after Dreams mostly failed. I can say Astrobot Rescue Mission is a masterpiece, so I have very very high hopes for this one. It's gonna catch shit for also being this sort of Sony branding mascot game, but Team Asobi puts so much love and detail and polish and fun into these games.

I can't say I don't wish it had a bit more freshness to the visuals the Media Molecule games do. Astrobot has some of my favorite rendering in gaming, but the world feels a bit lifeless with how repetitive and insubstantial the visual motif of robot animals and Playstation assets everywhere can get. It's amazing for what it is, but they've done it 3 times now without much evolution.

in reply to @kuraine's post:

The first (PSVR) Astro Bot game didn't have these extensive references in it so it's sad that as its progressed its identity has just become more and more about "Remember Playstation?" It deserves to stand on its own merits.

"This is the absolute most amount of effort we're willing to put into porting old IP to the PS5 please buy one already and buy PSN+ and maybe we'll throw you another scrap of meat between TLOU remakes."

Oh definitely! I'm not saying the things I listed are bad. They just have that corporate synergy vibe that all crossover media has. Nintebdoland is so unique and innovative that I would give it 2 out of 10 on that weird vibe scale. A 10/10 would be that YouTube Rewind that had Will Smith in it.

Maybe I should make a tier list haha