Ever since Astro Bot‘s launch final month, one of many sport’s highlights is rescuing, among the many AR Bots, quite a few VIP Bots dressed up as PlayStation characters. Not like within the free tech demo sport, Astro’s Playroom, the place the bots dressed up as PlayStation characters served as cameos, Staff Asobi went a step additional within the sequel and received Astro Bot to borrow their weapons and rework into these VIP Bots.
Astro Bot sees a complete of 5 VIP Bot ranges that comply with after defeating a particular boss in every galaxy. Astro rescues these VIP Bots and it’s then the place gamers have Astro change into these particular bots and play a devoted degree recreating the model of every VIP Bot’s sport. From the area of interest and considerably obscure PS gems to newer icons, right here is my rating of the 5 VIP Bot ranges. Fast disclaimer: Every degree is superb in their very own proper, so the decrease rank a degree has doesn’t imply it’s worse than the following one.
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5. Apes On The Unfastened
That is the primary of the 5 VIP Bot ranges in Astro Bot. Apes On The Unfastened is a recreation of the 1999 Japan Studio sport Ape Escape. The general gist of the sport is a human named Spike is tasked with utilizing a high-tech web to catch runaway apes that had their intelligence insanely enhanced. Whereas Spike’s sword from the unique sport is absent, Astro remains to be ready to make use of his Ape detector to find all of the unfastened apes. Ape Escape’s iconic sequence the place the digicam spins round you in the intervening time every Ape is caught additionally will get recreated right here.
Regardless of a private lack of expertise taking part in any of the Ape Escape video games, the music sounds very energetic and hectic, and one thing that you could be hear within the traditional video games. Additionally regardless of sure Ape characters being tougher to catch than others on account of their various speeds, this degree is a good begin that units the bar for the next VIP Bot ranges in addition to for the remainder of the sport.
4. Machine Studying
This degree is a recreation of the Guerrilla Video games title Horizon: Zero Daybreak… though Aloy’s outfit and particularly the general metropolis ruins seemingly level to the sequel Forbidden West. The Horizon franchise has been one other sport(s) efficiently recreated. Astro’s enemies take inspiration from the chariot machines the Horizon video games are recognized for, Aloy’s sluggish movement targeted aiming will get handed on to Astro, and even the enduring Longneck cameos (albeit not almost as tall). The cherry on prime is the remix of the unmistakable Horizon theme — The Power to Stand Alone.
Similar to an upcoming entry on this record, listening to the Horizon theme’s vocals beginning at Aloy’s look following the Falcon McFly boss combat introduced the goosebumps out. A few additional good touches are to see hologram AR Bots and to have Lance Reddick’s Sylens be among the many bots rescued on this degree. Proceed to relaxation in peace, Mr. Reddick. Horizon followers gained’t neglect you, and neither will Staff Asobi. Followers will even see if subsequent month’s Lego Horizon Adventures will debut Sylense in minifigure type.
3. Going Loco
Going Loco would possibly as nicely be the visible personification of “butterflies and rainbows,” judging the world design alone. LocoRoco could also be a really surprising title to create a devoted degree with… however after discovering out about this considerably obscure/forgotten PSP sport via Astro’s Playroom, why not have a degree recreating LocoRoco? It’s undoubtedly a singular sport in comparison with Horizon and others, with the DualSense Controller’s movement controls recreating LocoRoco’s digicam tilting sport mechanic. Additionally, how concerning the earworm that’s the degree music? For those who look intently in the course of the cutscenes, you could even spot a frog-looking creature conducting the music.
Those that grew up taking part in LocoRoco since 2006 ought to discover themselves greater than delighted to listen to the sport’s theme make a return because the 2017 PS4 remaster. Sadly, this theme is amongst few songs to curiously not be included within the official Astro Bot Soundtrack, whether or not by way of the Digital Deluxe improve or Spotify/Amazon Music. Regardless, contemplating this degree might be many avid gamers’ first introduction to LocoRoco hopefully this gained’t be the final to see these colourful, cheerful blobs.
2. Bot Of Warfare
Admittedly, the remaining ranges on this record may have been a tie. But, the God of Warfare recreation — Bot Of Warfare — takes this spot. The core identification of (significantly) the GOW 2018 reboot are faithfully recreated right here, going from tossing and freezing enemies with Kratos’s Leviathan Axe, an Astro Bot enemy standing in because the useless corpse of a frost big impaled by his personal chisel, and even Astro immediately rising his personal Kratos beard. To not point out, the “Bot Of Warfare: Ragnabot” easter egg oddly being performed on a PlayStation 2 (maybe the one reference to the franchise’s traditional trilogy). And to not neglect, the World Serpent makes its return as nicely, although comparable in measurement to Horizon’s Longneck.
Whereas not being that a lot acquainted with the GOW theme track, a stroke of genius composer Kenny Younger had in remixing the theme is playfully implementing the “BOY” meme on the beat drops. Discuss fan service being completed in a easy manner. Possibly with this degree, Staff Asobi is making ready GOW followers forward of the franchise’s 20-year anniversary subsequent yr.
1. Dude Raiding
The Naughty Canine franchise stays with the highest spot among the many VIP Bot ranges, barely edging out Bot Of Warfare. The extent’s title is a playful reference to the 2006 reveal of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune when the sport obtained comparisons to Tomb Raider. Uncharted, particularly the sequel Amongst Thieves, has been a private favourite PS franchise since shopping for the primary sequel round 2012 and downloading the demo the yr prior. Talking of Amongst Thieves, do you know that Sunday October 13 marked the sequel’s 15-year anniversary?
Whereas it could’ve been a pleasant additional contact to recreate Uncharted’s cowl system on this degree, a minimum of the Nathan Drake Bot demonstrates taking pictures and hiding behind cowl in the course of the degree’s opening cutscene. Capturing your manner via the jungle paying homage to Drake’s Fortune was made much more giddy with listening to the remix of Greg Edmondson’s Uncharted Theme, bringing goosebumps identical to in Machine Studying. Hopefully someday Naughty Canine can take a breather from The Final of Us and revisit their fashionable Indiana Jones-esc icon for a minimum of yet one more sport. Till then, Dude Raiding could fill in for now as a mini-Uncharted 5 or one other spin-off after The Misplaced Legacy.
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