I cried on the finish of Astro Bot. I acknowledge this isn’t indicative of a lot past my sentimentality, however I assumed it was a vital tidbit to underscore one thing else, one thing vital about PlayStation’s wonderful new platformer. It actually is, greater than anything, a celebration of the consoles and video games that formed me, and sure lots of you, too. It’s so fully possessed with pleasure and teeming with the lifetime of the whole lot that PlayStation has meant to individuals over time. It’s also an excellent platformer in its personal proper, stuffed stuffed with concepts that make it appear to be Asobi Group is simply getting began on this totally endearing franchise. For all its charms and wonders, nonetheless, there’s additionally a barely melancholy feeling that Astro Bot, which secondarily serves as a type of museum of PlayStation’s historical past, is placing that legacy and the spirit of innovation that outlined it underneath glass to be gazed upon and appreciated as a relic of yesterday, slightly than to infuse and electrify the video games of in the present day and tomorrow. — Moises Taveras
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