Sacred Symbols+, #407 | Astro Bot Review Discussion and Spoilercast
🕑 Added 2024-09-21 16:00:10 +0000 UTCIt's me, Colin! Please welcome my loyal co-host Chris Ray Gun back to Sacred+, alongside Summon Sign host Brad Ellis and Punching Up co-host Gene Park. I've assembled this crew together for a lengthy chat all about Astro Bot, the recently-released and outrageously-delightful 3D platformer from Sony-owned Team Asobi. All four of us have Platinum'd the game -- so we've seen it about as well as you can imagine -- and we're eager to gush about our respective experiences. From rock-solid gameplay to a wonderful presentation that relentlessly celebrates PlayStation's storied past, we highly recommend Astro Bot to just about everyone with a PS5. But if you're looking to get into the nitty-gritty of the experience (rife with plenty of unapologetic spoilers), well then... feel free to join us on the other side of the play button.
(Thumbnail art courtesy of Radec)
Comments
Bailey Callis
Reminder that Mario Odyssey is a Masterpiece
Eric Smith
Time stamp?
Jakob Podstawek
Yes, it would be nice if the time mechanic was in its own game, like Crash 4 and Blinx 😏
Ryan
Chris ‘enamored’ at 53:59
Cormac
I feel like ye could do another episode on Astro Bot, think there are lots of things other guests could talk about in a bit more detail - music, special levels, different mechanics, kinda feel like ye missed quite a bit!
Keith Huntington
2:19:00 i liberated your mom's starfish last night.
Cormac
Who the fuck did the Bentley impression? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Devmeister
SWADDLE 😂 😆 😝 🍆 💦
DaxterDays
Hell yeah dude! I love Tyler. I have all of his albums (and all variations lol) on vinyl, cd and cassette. Been following him since 2012ish and seen him 5 times now. Glad to find another fan in the wild
Gooch Gobbler
Cherry Bomb PFP? hell ye I've got the album/instrumentals on vinyl. Also have a Cherry Bomb mask. And an Igor wig. And all his other stuff on vinyl. Bit of a Tyler superfan lol
Johnny Lamotte
Such a great episode. Great cast, a ton of funny moments, and it’s just a great game that deserves some praise. Thanks for all the hard work as always 👌
Simon Freeman
Chris, Soichi Terada created the sound track for Ape Escape. He has his own solo stuff that’s really good! Give it a listen if you really liked the music.
Special Needs Cannon
Astro’s Kart,Astro’s Olympics, AstroSports, AstroParty, Astro smash, Astro’s Fury, Astro May Cry, Astro Link to the Past, Astro and Clank, Astro and Daxter, Astro Crashers,AstroCity, Astro Calibur, Astro’s Revenge, Lies of Astro, Astro Dragoon, Astrofield, Astrogeddon, Astro Rush 2, Astrostorm, Astrofall, AstroBlade ok I’m done.
Derrek Beeck
Speaking of the museum piece they do have a part in the main hub where you see all the characters you've collected but they don't say exactly what game they're from.
Bartevious
Colin - “I don’t know how people have so many controller problems they must just not take care of them” Also Colin - “I gronk spike my controller on my hardwood floor for fun more times than can be counted” Forgive my paraphrased quotations
Otacon_Ocelot
Agreed Sony needs to break off More ~80+ devs to make more games like Astrobot or more on the same extremely focused level. I am in Chris’s camp with this WE NEED A KART RACER W/ SAME QUALITY
Otacon_Ocelot
My son fucking loves Astrobot and put 100hrs himself into Astros Playroom (he's 5). Since we've been playing Astrobot him and I have gone back to PS Prem + and played every PS-OG I played in my youth and more I missed!
Simon
Give us a sequel, make it like Kid Chameleon so you can switch between characters
Gene Park
I’m talking about getting 100%. I dunno about you but i don’t want to platinum something and still see “97%”
Austin Eller
This game has also made me want to go back to older Playstation games. I actually hooked my PS3 up again to play through the Jak and Daxter Remastered Trilogy. I also want to play the Resistance trilogy for the first time. BTW - surprised to see no mention whatsoever of Resistance in astrobot. Maybe that will be one of the ones they add in the upcoming free updates?
Adam Barnes
Maybe he was talking about Miles Morales
Jeece
DaxterDays
PSN took a clip of mine for game help and it wasn’t useful at all. It was for finding a secret area but the video started in the secret area
Queef Wellington
"I can tell that Herman Hulst gets a lot of pussy." Gene, never change 😂😂
Diddy’s Dong Quest
Assassins Creed is Taco Bell and Horizon is Chipotle. Like yeah, it’s better- but it’s still not great 🤣.
Diddy’s Dong Quest
Something is definitely weird over at Square. There’s the FF9 remake, FF9 anime, and FFT remake we’ve known about for years now and they haven’t spoken. They ported Chrono Cross but no Trigger?
Tom Gentry
You guys need to know that there is a setting that defaults the mic on your controller to being muted. I haven’t had to worry about my mic being on in years
Jared R
I’m in the middle of finishing the plat for H:ZD, and it’s very easy to see why most people drop off.
Chris Adams
I think they missed out for not having a gran turismo cart racing level
Matt The Outlaw 🤠
I've played a lot of amazing games that have released for year. Astro is probably my GOTY (but it could be Penny's Big Breakaway). That being said it doesn't quite hit the highs of 3d mario because of the limited movement set. Astro is fun and tight to control but all those extra options with mario make it an absolute dream. It ain't far off though. The game is pure joy
Bobby C
Fun listen but surprised no mention at the “ending”. Had me shook lol
Henry Velasco
😂
Jimmy G
Square Enix not wanting their IP in Astro makes sense. There’s definitely something wrong with that relationship — they’ve been aggressively pro anything not Sony ever since they made their full shift to multiplatform. My conspiracy theory is that Sony led them on for years about an acquisition, then didn’t follow through once the bottom of their strategy fell out with Xbox going 3rd party and Bungie blowing up in their faces. Remember when Square Enix shed all their Western devs and dumped like 15 games into the market over just a few months? They were prepping for an acquisition.
Jacob Lesperance
Every skull bot you find is a reference to Resistance. Your welcome.
Michael Cline Jr.
C’mon, guys. Pretend to yawn or something when he gives you shit. Fuck with him back! lol.
Trevor Myers
The God of War level was my favorite. Seeing the World Serpent included as a bot was so cool!
Powerman
I agree that the game should have at least named where the characters came from. The Astros and the way thier costumes are designed I was struggling to recognize some of these characters despite 100% knowing who they were if you showed me their original art.
Bryan Lozano
I hope the Bentley voice becomes a thing and an impression they come back to. It’s so fucking funny for some reason lmao.
Jimmy G
Horizon games will outsell Astro like 5:1, even though few people actually care about them. Only 60% of players made it through the tutorial in Forbidden West. People like the idea of Horizon, but don’t actually play the games.
Caleb Peacock
I just think they did collectibles better than anyone, ever? It’s not just the bots, but the little gatchas that transform them too. It was really fun going up to hundreds of them after and seeing what their item did. Bloodborne guy parrying you was probably my fav
Diddy’s Dong Quest
I think Colin is pretty wrong about “These aren’t the types of games people want from PlayStation”. I have never seen the cesspool known as Twitter be SO positive about a game like they have Astro Bot. On the flipside, I barely see anyone praise Horizon. Hopefully the sales back this up.
Diddy’s Dong Quest
Yes.
A Hind D
Just be finished the ending this morning - AMZING finale
Jared R
Pushing back a little on Nintendo not using the tech, wasn’t Mario 128 the origin of Pikmin?
Adam Razak
Yes! I was hoping Gene would be here. Loved his Astro Bot review/interview.
Craig Carter
Glad to have Brad "The Emporor" Ellis on the show
StewDog
GOTY for sure
ByWatterson
First? First.