Astro Bot is kinda Super Mario Galaxy 3, Actually 

The irony of them launching this game the same day they killed concord will never not be funny.

Astro knows he’s in a video game and he loves that.

It's the only game released in 2024 to have Knack in it, game of the year

Nah, I don’t think you’re overhyping it. I really do think this is one of the best 3D platformers of all time. This is a new level of fidelity, creativity, and charm I haven’t seen in ages. Feels like we’ve finally seen a platformer (aside from Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart & Astro’s Playroom) that fully takes advantage of 9th gen hardware to its fullest artistic capabilities.

Astro is like Emit from the Lego Movie, he's a blank slate, but that's what we all love about him

Astro Bot made me want to play my old Ps2 games. Simplicity is under appreciated nowadays.

Honestly, this game is more like an mixed between Mario Galaxy and Kirby & Forgotten Land. You go from small planetoid, an rolling ball gimmick level, an power-up that's kinda similar to the Cloud Flower and have an Spin Attack just like the ones in Galaxy games. But you have basic movements, power-ups/transformation for accessibility like with Copy Ability & Mouthful Mode, rescueing the bots for more things to unlock like with Waddle Dees, an World Map with extra levels works similar to what Forgotten Land does and they even have an gutcha machine similar to Kirby's. Also the first & second boss has an tree & gorilla. Honestly, this game felt like an love letters to not just Sony, but other 3D platforming games it took inspirations from and it was very nice.

I think the cameos are mostly Team Asobi expressing their love and appreciation but I do find it weird there's a few games represented in it that aren't on the PS stores, though we did just get Mister Mosquito so maybe they'll get to it.

I got the platinum trophy for Astro Bot. It has quickly become one of my favorite games of all time. Also, Gravity Rush 2 is very underrated. More people need to play it and the first.

I wanted to point out that they didn’t just copy the Cloud Suit from Super Mario Galaxy. They iterated on it. It can now absorb different types of materials to create different kinds of platforms with unique shapes and properties. And by giving it both an absorb and an expel function, it now also has a way to fight to certain kinds of enemies as well.

I actually feel like this is Ape Escape 4. This has Ape Escape / Japan Studio written all over it. Change the bots to apes and it's the perfect sequel.

Hoenstly, I think it’s more like Kirby and the Forgotten Land than Mario Galaxy. There’s a limited basic movement set, so you can’t get super creative with jumps or anything, but the gameplay relies on specific power-ups/transformations. Plus the more difficult levels hidden in the overworld map. And the giant tree with a face. And the first boss being a gorilla in a city

I mean two of my favorite 3D platformers and games period, Kirby Forgotten Land and Mario Galaxy, are constantly being compared to this. Definitely wears its Mario Galaxy inspiration on its sleeve and I’m here for it

I would argue half is Galaxy and the other half is unapologetically Forgotten Land, I mean, first boss is a gorilla in a big city, the bots you rescue open the boss fights like Waddle Dees, you got extra levels outside of the main map with really hard challenges, you have recurring transformations for different gimmicks, THERE IS A GACHA FOR EXTRAS.

I've never played a 3D platformer that didn't have a single dud level. I never felt the need to 100% Mario Galaxy or Odyssey the way I did with Astro Bot.

When I first got my PS5 I got it alongside Last of Us Remastered and Jedi Survivor, and I was flabbergasted that the free pack-in console demo was the game I loved the most of the three. So when this game got announced I was hyped as all hell. Then the game came out and I got the platinum in under a week. This game is just so much fun and it's so adorable. I don't think it's worth getting a PS5 for, but if you have a PS5 this game is absolutely worth picking up

this game is the PS5s tearaway / gravity rush. i wish there was a vita 2.

They have been slowly re-releasing old playstation games like Ape Escape on Psn. Heck, they are re-releasing Mister Mosquito next week, and he made a cameo in Astro Bot!

13:43 Bro do yourself a Favour and play Gravity Rush 2 it’s one of my favorite games of all time it’s so so so GOOD!! I’d love a video from you on it seriously GR2 is freaking amazing!

This game is a platformer gem! No amount of praises will ever feel like overhype. I thought Wukong was going to be my GOTY but I have to give it to AstroBot. The amount of detail that went into this game is absurd. I just watched a video on 50 amazing details about it and wow! Team Asobi had no reason to make it this good but I am so glad they did.

Im a PC gamer that didnt have playstation growing up and i didnt recognise like 80% of the cameos, much less played all the games they come from and i thought it was truly fantastic. I dont think theres even a slight question that this would be a great platformer without the cameos but i also dont think theres nothing wrong with them

I just wish if playstation all-stars sequel gets made it would have this many references like astrobot.

If it wasn't for Grand Fest in Splatoon 3 happening right now, I probably would have beaten this game because its just so damn fun! I play it and I smile because of the dumb one-liners describing the cameo bots ("he'll make you a star" and "not to be confused with a naughty dog" are probably two of my favorites so far), the levels are super fun, or just discovering small things that have literally no impact like if you flick your controller up when its "open" showing all your little found robot friends in that level, they jump! Far and away probably one of my favorite games this year so far

Animal Well is my game of the year but anyone who picks Astro Bot is completely justified.

Astro Bot and Stellar Blade are making me seriously want a PS5, but idk if two games are really worth it since I already have a Steam Deck and a Switch and there are countless other games in those respective genres that are miles better.

What if instead of Vib-Ribbon getting a remake it was Knack and in every level he Knacked all over the place and made witty remarks after eliminating every enemy while saying things like “That is Ohio” to engage with the child audience.

the fact u can feel when u step on wood, metall, ice and glass is another level of imersion. And the music is really good

For the first time since Modnation Racers, i feel the need for a Playstation. Coming from a die hard Xbox and Nintendo dude.

"This game is very easy" Someone didn't play the Splashing Sprint level...

Currently making my way through Astro Bot, in the 3rd galaxy at the moment. And this game is a nonstop joyride so far! Tricky in a few spots, but I love every bit of this game, especially the PlayStation fanservice! Which, quite frankly, doesn't get much love elsewhere from PlayStation. Aside from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart's R.Y.N.O. cameos, but other than that. Yeah, this game delivers on all fronts & takes me back to why I started gaming on my PS2 in the 1st place! Also, you haven't played Gravity Rush 2!? Man, that is a MUST play! Finished it for the 1st time back at the start of the year, and it's amazing! Still feel a bit sad that a 3rd game doesn't seem likely to happen, despite the Gravity Rush Movie being confirmed to happen. Once again proving that Sony has SUCH an AMAZING library of IP that they just don't use whatsoever, at least on the game front. Anyway, Team Asobi is a top 3 PlayStation Studio! And I look forward to their future endeavors!

TBH I'm kind of tired of the discussion of this game's use of other PlayStation IP because I feel like some of it has been used as a point against the game or Asobi when it's not their fault in the slightest. THEY are the ones that had enough respect for these franchises that they felt the need to tribute them here. They don't deserve to get dragged down because Sony is negligent. Not to say Ant is doing that here, to be clear. Just describing a general problem I have with discussion surrounding this otherwise very VERY popular game.

Really hope Astro Fella wins GOTY, he deserves it.

This game made me realize what an amazing controller the Dualsense is. It, to a much lesser extent, reminds me of the Wii U gamepad, in that it has a lot of potential to be used in really cool ways, but 99% of developers won't take advantage of the features whatsoever. All the features it has are also probably the reason it has like 3-4 hours of battery life, when I have to change out batteries in my Xbox controller maybe once a month.. it's a trade off for sure.

11:23 is very similar to a Mario Party minigame 11:35 is a lot like Sonic Adventure 11:47 is like the beach kingdom in Mario Odyssey The references just keep coming holy shit

The Ape Escape level in Astro Bot made me emotional. I grew up with those games - some of my earliest memories period were of playing Ape Escape on PS1. I thought I'd never play another, and even a single level of something that felt like it in 2024 was enough to move me. If Sony isn't confident a new Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter, Patapon, Killzone, Twisted Metal, Modnation, etc. will sell, maybe leaning even harder into mixing franchises and genres in future Astro games can be a way to give us nostalgic flavors of old games without committing to a fully-fleshed out project? Like a compilation of older titles?

I don't have a ps5, but this is on my shopping list for if I eventually get one. I'm waiting for all 3 ffvii remake titles to be outbefore I invest

Nintendo-platformer fan here. Only learned about this game a couple days ago, when I saw footage of it in a TopicArlo video. I was immediately enthralled by how dynamic, tight, and lively the gameplay looked. I was thinking "Super Mario Galaxy" in the back of my mind, then I saw this video that confirmed my instinct. This makes me want to buy a PS5, SOLELY so I can play this game! Never played any Playstation games, so the fan-service in this game would do nothing for me, and I probably would not buy another game for the console due to lack of interest. But, I've reeeeally got my eyes on this game now... 👀 "One of the best platformers of all time" sounds very tantalizing to me!

This is the first PS5 game to feel like a “game”. This generation has no standout titles from ps or xbox but astro bot has changed that for me. I’m hoping Sony gets their head out of their asses and sees the potential of reviving or just making new ips that have the same soul and fun that previous ones had.

I was honestly looking really forward to your thoughts of the game. As the quintessential 3d platformer guy on youtube, I feel like there is no other person better than you that can accuretaly distinguish what Astro Bot borrows from other and what Astro Bot actually brings to the table. I feel like a lot of the reviewers have almost zero experience with 3d platformers and they are not really reviewing it as a 3d platformers and its merits as one.

I guess my only gripe is it’s a lot harder for me to give a game its credit when it’s so obviously emulating a previous critically acclaimed game. More so Mario Odyssey than Galaxy IMO but this has the space themes and damn near identical level selection. But I’m fine still placing it in the top 3d platformers of all time

Only thing i missed in this game was a reference to a game called "god hand"

I’ve been olaying this too and it’s amazing but every level I see a bit of Mario galaxy in it and can’t stop thinking it’s just a spiritual Mario galaxy 3

You should watch the rapid-fire interview with the lead developer. He compared the highest difficulty to “grandmaster galaxy” - it’s obviously inspired from galaxy a lot.

I just beat it, it was really good!

Tired of live-service, nickel-and-diming, buggy slop? Then... *BUY. THIS. GAME. PEOPLE.* Astro Bot is polished to a shine. Controls like a dream. Fun as all get out. So vote with your wallet. Send a message to the industry. A message that says, "We want polished, fun, single-player experiences... like Astro Bot." Show up and vote, gamers. Or be lost to corporate live-service hell forever.

I’m sick of people saying that every good platformer is inspired by Mario. I’ve never played Mario platformers, but if I would make one and if it would turn out to be 97/100 game people would probably say that it is the clone of Mario. Like imagine if the new type of art is created and I use it to create many thing often not that hard to think about like for example beach, underwater or something. Now the question is: if someone will make something similar or with the same theme does it means he was making inspiration or copying me?

Suoer Mario Galaxy is one of my favourite games of all time as well, and Astro Bot is up there with it. Absolutely loved it

Not the “better come to Dunkey’s castle” instrumental

Rescue Mission is so peak, and considering how cheap a PSVR1 is now I recommend it for that game alone

The title of this video basically sums up my opinion. The fanservice is just gravy on top of the achievement of giving us the Galaxy 3 that I've been waiting for since I realized they weren't making more when they announced 3D World.

I love this game like when I played Banjo Kazooie for the first time in 1998.

This game is truly a love letter to the PlayStation. I'm loving it 😊😊😊

this game got me feeling like kid me coming back home from school and playing mario galaxy, i will 100% the game again soon

Yes, yes it is basically Super Mario Galaxy 3. And I’m here for it!

I am 12 hours in, just beat the game. I’m unbelievably excited for the platinum. Only 3 other games have made me want to platinum the: Spider-Man 2, Astros playroom and rdr2. Any body hating on it hasn’t played it. For me it’s easily game of the year.

This game looks super fun, and yet it's still not enough to get me to buy a PS5. It doesn't matter how good it is, I can't justify spending 500 dollars for a single game when my PC already plays everything else I wanna play that's on PS5. Knowing Sony's strategy lately though, this game might actually get a PC port.

My one nitpick is that I miss everything being made of technology like in Astro’s Playroom

Rescue Mission was revolutionary to the genre while Astro Bot was just evolutionary. I put Rescue Mission as the definitive experience of the 3 main titles to date (and that includes noting Rescue Mission had less than half the team size, development time, and financial resources as what Astro Bot got). Hope to see Rescue Mission 2 one day!!

I had more fun in this game than odyssey to be honest I loved it so much

I haven't tried Astro Bot yet. So many games came out in the last year I'm still catching up. I also didn't get a Ps5 until FF16 was released. and I got the GoW Ragnarok game bundle from costco lol Awesome games btw.

Thank you for explaining the camera thing because I am 5 worlds in (I'm skipping 1 level in every world so I can savor it) and I haven't gotten the trophy for taking a photo but I couldn't understand why

Give this game a proper Antdude video

I absolutely love Astrobot

Easily my game of the year so far. It’ll be interesting to see if Zelda can top it for me

It’s a great platformer and I wish more gamers would buy it so we could get more

Slight disagree: Before this, the best exclusive on PS5 was Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, not Astro’s Playroom. Don’t get me wrong, Playroom is good. But Rift Apart is dope.

It is totally Mario Galaxy 3 ! Down to the stars and transitions around the planets and the spinning and punching. I mean, I love it. And sure, why not? Mushrooms and tons of power ups. Bosses. It is totally a Mario Galaxy vibe. So what?

This game is brilliant, next gem gaming finally with the controller making you feel absorbed in the game

This game feels like a celebration of what PlayStation could be instead of how it’s developed. This game is absurdly good but that melancholic feeling hits me as well realizing that PlayStation hasn’t given these franchises the love they deserve

It was weird seeing this pop up in my subscriptions cause I literally just finished getting the platinum trophy for this.

Im legit holding Astro Bot over Black Myth as Game of the Year. And i never expected to say such a thing, but astro bot really is a flawless experience.

Sony has put out a bunch of banger games this gen imo.

I hope the dlc has games like Dino Crisis, Rayman, a few reps like Crash and Spyro

*THIS GAME IS SO FUCKING CUTE!*

I just finished Astro Bot today. I am with you that it's one of the greatest platformers ever made, so I don't think you're overhyping it! And as a huge Gravity Rush fan, I highly recommend you get to that game and its sequel. Watch the OVA called Gravity Rush Overture while at it (but after you finish the 1st game).

I fear Sony may learn the wrong thing from all of this. I'm convinced they might announce an Astro Bot live service game if they could find a way to make it happen.

This is the playstation I loved, astro is videogame magic

Okay, you really need to play Gravity Rush 2. Once you get used to the controls, it's just so damn fun to just exist in that would.

For the first time in a long while, I was genuinely heartbroken when I completed the game and got the platinum. I really didn't want it to end. This is a game that's damn near a platforming masterpiece. I honestly had a blast from start to finish.

They could do a game series like the lego games.. astro doing diffrent I.p's his way.. everything about this game is awesome!

Lol Astro bot made me go back and finish Gravity rush 2 too, It came out in a bad time in my life where i was working 14 hour shifts and botw came out like a month later so i rushed through the game skipped like all the side content and I absolutely did that game a disservice that game is amazing God i miss japan studio

Sony's MO nowadays seems to be wanting to release games that make the player feel something, like actually FEEL an emotion. The God of War soft-reboot duology wants you to feel nostalgic for what the series once was and also wants you to reflect on the past while embracing the future. The Last of Us wants you to understand that while emotions like sadness and anger are important, you can't let them rule your life. Spider-Man wants you to feel like embracing what makes you different isn't a bad thing and in fact should be celebrated, and so on and so forth. What sets Astro apart, even aside from the nostalgia-bombing, aside from the fanservice, aside from all of that, is it's the only one that wants you to feel wide-grinned, glowing-faced, heart-leaping, unbridled *joy* in video games. This little dude's trademark is looking up and waving at you with the happiest look on his face, he is thrilled you're here with him, watching him run around his little world. In the end of Rescue Mission, he's visibly sad that he initially has to leave you behind, because he had so much fun being with you on the adventure, and that's the other matter, Astro's games make you feel like YOU are integral to the experience, that you and what you feel while you play is the most important part of it, there's nothing profound to be said, no greater statement to be made, Astro just wants to have fun, and wants you to have fun with him.

If Hard Drive hasn't thought of the headline yet, they should create a headline called, "Nintendo sues Sony over 'Super Mario Galaxy 3' rom-hack called 'Astro Bot'" 😂🤣

Got an Echoes of Wisdom ad directly after this video ended.

I appreciate you embracing the game despite being more of a Nintendo fan overall. I’ve been seeing so many Mario fans dogging on Astro Bot, and it’s disappointing. Maybe they don’t like someone else stepping on Mario’s toes, but in the end this is a great thing. We get this awesome new game from somewhere we weren’t expecting it (PlayStation), and it gives Nintendo even more reason to put their all into future Mario titles. Healthy competition will keep everyone striving to do their best, and for consumers that will always be a good thing.

This is the best game I've played all year, no stop. I haven't touched my PS5 in far too long, but I HAD to get this, and had to get the platinum too. The only problem I have with this game is one specific challenge level being far too difficult, but otherwise nonstop joy from beginning to end

100% agree that it’s Sony’s Mario Galaxy. The 2 Mario Galaxy games are one of the best Mario games of all time. And this tops them. It’s Sony’s Mario moment. I wish they release Astro Bot Kart later. Haha!

Sadly Astro is not enough to get a new Console... but I would love to play it😅

Fantastic game, I do think they could have more extreme challenge levels for the hardcore completionist. That would have been the cherry on top for me to really have a big challenge set of levels, but great game and definitely borrows a lot from the king SMG

Finally, a PS5 game

Excited to wait a whole console generation for the next Sony platformer.

The PS5 finally got 1 game, and moments after they announced a 1000 € console they sell for parts

This might be a really hot take but I genuinely enjoy Astro Bot a LOT more than Galaxy 1 or 2 as a game, as an experience maybe galaxy 1 still wins but the gameplay in Astro Bot is so incredibly refined and polished pretty far beyond what was done in Galaxy 1 or 2 imo. I like Mario’s world, soundtrack and characters more, as well as the art style, but I think the level design in Astro is pretty far beyond the consistency and fun of Galaxy 1 or 2. My fav 3d platformer of all time is probably odyssey still but it’s structured super differently from galaxy or Astro.

PlayStation platformers always have had a different vibe to Nintendo games. I think of classics like Ape escape, Crash and Spyro. And this just looks like the culmination of that, so cool!! 🥰

this games feels like a platformer playstation version of super smash bros

I just got the platinum trophy, loved this game

There's actually two mods for Super Mario Galaxy one called Zero and Super Mario Gravity. The latter that's a demo with four new galaxy

I don’t know if I’d compare this to Mario galaxy. To me, feels a bit more like Kirby forgotten lands, which isn’t a bad thing.

The IP comment from the sony head was probably more directed on sony pictures, that side of sony does not have many ip of value not named spider-man. When it comes to all of the IP PlayStation does not use. 1) studios and developers want to make new things, are we really going to tell them to be a one game factotory (I know that some are with gran tuorismo and mbl, but still) 2) where are you going to find the teams to develop those games? Plus there no guarantee that A: the games will be good, see jak and daxter the lost frontier, B: that the fans that say they want those games like and buy them, see sly cooper thieves in time. 3) Most of the those games did not sell well, we can laugh at concord and say that most Japan studios game sold better, but how many of those people that say that have brougth a Japan studio game? I get the sense that most, not all (and not you Antdude) like the idea of sony doing smaller and weird games, but do not buy those games. I brougth Puppeteer, Gravity rush and heck brougth Knack 2, the medievil remake and a psvr to play Astro bot before it was cool, I have a vita and bourght Tearaway, but most people did not buy those games, so I can not fault the current playstation for not doing those weird games that i like but no one buy

Sony should really just replace all their head honchos with Team Aosobi; the thing that makes Nintendo work is the love & kinda understanding for their IPs (unless you're Chibi Robo) & Astro Bot clearly understands that also they know most players don't have the time nor money to play 20 Live Services where 15 of them aren't guaranteed to last more than a week (or in the case of Concord get cancelled at launch) so they give you a game that just ends