Astro Bot will likely be getting free post-launch DLC and a few of that will likely be velocity run levels which might be acquainted to gamers of Astro Bot Rescue Mission. The degrees would have been included in the principle recreation had they been accomplished by the launch deadline, so Staff Asobi determined it was going to launch them free of charge at a later date.
Astro Bot DLC additionally contains “playful” levels
Staff Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet informed Famitsu that “we plan to launch DLC that features playful levels and thrilling velocity run levels like within the earlier recreation”. Pace Run levels have been referred to as Time Trial ranges in Rescue Mission and tasked gamers with finishing brief ranges in lower than 60 seconds.
In a earlier interview with Console Creatures, Doucet said that the main target of the DLC “will likely be on challenges or extra complicated play.” Nevertheless, he mentioned, “we’re additionally entertaining the thought of getting one thing that might be extra of a toy (extra manageable ranges) in order that we will at all times, you understand, handle, you understand, each audiences.” These are prone to be the “playful levels” that have been talked about within the interview with Famitsu, which was translated by Genki on X (previously Twitter).
Rescue Mission had three forms of problem ranges. Alongside the Time Trial ranges, there have been Rating Assaults and Boss Challenges. The previous requested gamers to defeat enemies with a sure kind of gadget to rack up factors, whereas the latter meant defeating a boss with out taking injury. It’s unclear whether or not the opposite two varieties will make it into the brand new Astro Bot recreation.
Astro Bot will likely be launched subsequent week on September 6. The free post-launch DLC is anticipated to be launched earlier than the tip of the 12 months, though it’s unclear whether or not it would arrive in a single replace or in a number of levels.