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 necessary about PlayStation’s wonderful new platformer. It truly is, greater than the rest, a celebration of the consoles and video games that formed me, and certain a lot of you, too. It’s so fully possessed with pleasure and teeming with the lifetime of every part that PlayStation has meant to individuals over time. It’s also an excellent platformer in its personal proper, stuffed filled with concepts that make it appear to be Asobi Staff is simply getting began on this completely endearing franchise. For all its charms and wonders, nonetheless, there’s additionally a barely melancholy feeling that Astro Bot, which secondarily serves as a form of museum of PlayStation’s historical past, is placing that legacy and the spirit of innovation that outlined it beneath glass to be gazed upon and appreciated as a relic of yesterday, reasonably than to infuse and electrify the video games of immediately and tomorrow. — Moises Taveras
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