Astro Bot will probably be getting free post-launch DLC and a few of that will probably be velocity run levels which might be acquainted to gamers of Astro Bot Rescue Mission. The degrees would have been included in the primary recreation had they been accomplished by the launch deadline, so Group Asobi determined it was going to launch them free of charge at a later date.
Astro Bot DLC additionally consists of “playful” levels
Group Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet instructed Famitsu that “we plan to launch DLC that features playful levels and thrilling velocity run levels like within the earlier recreation”. Pace Run levels had been generally known 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 acknowledged that the main focus of the DLC “will probably be on challenges or extra advanced play.” Nevertheless, he stated, “we’re additionally entertaining the thought of getting one thing that might be extra of a toy (extra manageable ranges) in order that we are able to all the time, you already know, deal with, you already know, each audiences.” These are more likely to be the “playful levels” that had been talked about within the interview with Famitsu, which was translated by Genki on X (previously Twitter).
Rescue Mission had three sorts 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 sort 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 probably be launched subsequent week on September 6. The free post-launch DLC is anticipated to be launched earlier than the tip of the yr, though it’s unclear whether or not it is going to arrive in a single replace or in a number of levels.