Team ASOBI Studio Head: Astro Bot is a 'Really, Really Big Game' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 September 2024 / 4,961 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Team ASOBI recently announced Astro Bot for the PlayStation 5.
Team ASOBI studio head Nicolas Doucet in an interview with Entertainment Weekly said Astro Bot is a new start for the franchise and it is a "really, really big game."
"We wanted to make a big game," said Doucet. "This is really about going up one notch — really several notches — and having Astro's big story. We call it Astro Bot because we treat this as a new beginning. That's a really, really big game. I think for us, that's the biggest game we've ever made."
Doucet says there are six galaxies containing over 80 levels. One planet he says features an island that is in the form of a giant crab. The game will also feature a variety of bots of classic PlayStation characters.
We really wanted to make sure that the player had a renewed experience every 10 minutes or so," he said.
Astro Bot will launch for the PlayStation 5 on September 6.
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That was what the trailer looked like. This was a mario oddessey type looking trailer.... thats how I imagine it to be, atleast. Like a proper full released platformer. Quality of it looked really high too, mario levels of high.
I cant even remember when the last time a platformer, of this quality was released that wasn't a mario game.
I would hope so for 70 bucks. It looks great though.
It goes on pre-order this Friday, so at least for now, there is no official price tag.
6 Galaxies spanning over 80 levels.
I dig the music
Giant Crab island definitely was a surprise, lol.
This game really does feel like will be a lot of fun.
Hopefully Sony turn it into a long lasting platforming series to go along with Ratchet and Clank.
Should definitely add Toro and Kuro as oldschool PS mascots that can help Astro Bot in those games.
The free tech demo was fantastic and i platinumed it repeating myself lol coz it's actually that good,
Hopefully it doesn't get stale and overstay it's welcome or adds multiple gameplay mechanics per planet to keep the player going!
I am kinda expecting 20-30h maybe.
if you rush through it maybe... I'm expecting somewhere near double that, if your the type that goes off path to find extra moons ect. For normal or avg. players, not speed runners.
Beside Mario Odyssey, I can’t think of a single platformer longer than 50hr…I feel like expectations may need to stay a little bit in check. Mario Galaxy’s only like 15hr, and same with 3D World (100%), according to my most recent playthroughs.
If you beeline Odyssey I'm pretty sure that's shorter than Galaxy even. All platformers I can think of are at best 15 - 20h, maybe half again as long with side content.
I doubt this game will be longer than that, there's simply not enough time and money to create that much (quality) content for the genre in a normal dev cycle.
After watchign the trailer i loved the ps5 like refrence with the ship!
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