I couldn't be happier with Astro Bot. I've played Astro's Playroom, and if you have aswell you'll know how good the graphics are and how amazing it feels. Well I have news: Astro Bot is 10 times better.
The unlimited creativity brings the charactars to life. There is no diologue, but you know exactly what each individual charactar is thinking. The relationship between Astro and the CPU is both hilarious and sweet, and his strong relationships with the other bots, as you will see at the end of the game.
Astro bot is a masterpeice, up there in the top 5. It is clear that the developers had the playere best interest at heart, as you will see throughout the game. For example, when you collect the ship parts, the GPU, Memory, Cooling fan and SSD all sing together. There's a little place for astro to stand where it focuses the camera on the adorable proformance and even after you cover them over with the white coverings they fold away when nearby so you can still listen.
The bots have super cute animation and personalities, finding them all is no simple task. Some puzzles are very difficult to solve, but NEVER difficult in an annoying way. I was engaged during every step of Astro's journy.
Boss fights were INCREDIBLE. 2 had MIND BLOWING ends, which often involves some overwhealmingly huge obsticle or just really good animation that will make you go, 'WOW!' The bosses often take afew attempts but they're really creative and learning how to expose the boss's weak points are an engaging way to spend replays.
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The alien boss at the end was probably the best. Spinning the wheel to pick your chosen abilities was an absoloutley amazing idea, this means the boss can be played in more than one way. It's so emotional at the end (TURN BACK, MAJOR SPOILER! IT'S RIGHT AHEAD! BE CAREFUL!)
When the alien grabs astro and tries to drag him down... Masterful. I appreciated the fact that a normal bot grabbed his hand and that showed how brave and amazing the 'common bots' are. Astro seeing them all struggling to help him... Then letting go of them and allowing himself to be taken away and killed... I have never felt so much for a fictional robot. It was also so adorable how the CPU was giggling at astro as he set her free, and at the end when he needed a heart. The bots turning to her, cheering at her to give him the heart, was just so funny.
Thanks for reading, hope this was helpful. Look, I know the game is expensive, but just trust me on this one and give it a try.