Why Astro's Playroom (PS5) Is So Special
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Astro's Playroom is a joyously sincere celebration of all things PlayStation, with an oddly melancholic but comforting heart.
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Astro's Playroom may not look like much on the surface-it's a fairly standard 3D platformer designed as a tech demo for the PlayStation 5's new DualSense controller. That said, despite enjoying my time with other next gen titles like Demon's Souls and Spider-Man Miles Morales, I've been utterly blown away by the joy, excitement and, oddly, melancholic nostalgia of this incredibly charming experience-fully convincing me of the power of the PS5's new features, as well as allowing me to reflect on the games of my youth and the people I played them with in a way I did not expect.
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#astrobot
Astrobot deserves to be Sony's Mario, with its own fully fledged series
Nah, Astro Bot is a Dead chilidish rip off of Eve!!!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Kill the enemies and make the Astro Playroom fans cry on Prom night.
Why game sucks
1. It's Nonsensical
2. Ripoff's Splatoon
3. Level designs are futuristic
4. Too much freedom
Reedming Qualities
1. Basics of Platformer
Every single once of those points are wrong lol
@@monsterdonster9981
Who?, if it's me I'll just laugh.
2 games per generation MAXIMUM
1 minimum
@@bigmiki2620 wat
Playing it made me feel like a kid again. It has a very 'It's a small world' feel to it.
In 10 years, 18 year olds will remember the PS5 release fondly as that time when a bunch of old people bought up all the consoles and the kids couldn't afford any.
It felt like a place of familiarity to it. Warmth, of a time forged with coming home from school to play Rayman or Ridge racer or FF7. Times felt simple and straight forward. Like nothing else mattered and all you felt when that PS1 booted was. I'm in the world I wanted to be in and that's a good thing.
Same like legit enjoyed it, this is why Japan Studios is still one of my favorite developers and they are greatly under appreciated. I mean this studio has developed some of my favorite PlayStation titles, Ape Escape , Patapon, Puppeteer, Gravity Rush, Legend of Dragoon, Parappa the Rapper, White Knight Chronicles and now Astro’s Playroom. If we get BC for it when the PS5 VR finally hits I’d like to play through the Astro’s VR game.
The 3D model of the PS2 memory card at 7:17 probably took up more space than the actual card
8 MB seemed like so much back in those days.
@@Tenchigumi haha it really did
8 MB may as well have been a ♾ MB to elementary school me. My has time gone by
@@BDL3035 Its funny, considering that the contemporary Dreamcast VMU had 128 KB in comparison (with 28 KB reserved for system use), it may as well been witchcraft for that little card to have so much memory back then.
@@Tenchigumi still didint fill it up today
I don't own a PS5 but honestly, this game looks super fun. I think it should be talked about more.
I am disappointed that Everybody's Golf wasn't a PS5 launch title
If you have a PSVR, there's a game called Astrobot: Rescue Mission. It's a full game and it's fantastic, one of the best VR games even.
i know right
The great references and almost palpable level of care that went into everything about this game truly are commendable. It's a glorious nostalgia trip that never stops giving.
Astro's Playroom goes through a history of my childhood and playing the game made me tear up a bunch of times. The love Team Asobi has poured into this "tech demo" is on a completely other level. I was smiling ear to ear thoughout the game and it made me so happy. I hope we get to see more Astro games in the future.
Seems weird that, whenever I end up getting a PS5 (usually go a year or so after launch), one of the games I'll be really looking forward to playing is a tech demo for a new controller..
I’ve never smiled so much playing a game. At first I thought I’d play it for maybe 5-10 minutes and move on to the other games I have, but I’m finding myself coming back to Astro and completing everything.
Ok now:
1) By now, I actually can't help but admit that Astrobots are absolutely adorable. When they first appeared in the Playroom, I didn't think much of them cause I thought that it would be a one-time thing, but now I actually want more Astrobots games.
2) ASOBI Team did an amazing job. I now wonder who was a game designer behind Astro's Playroom and I would've loved it if they did more games.
3) There is something surreal about not just a AAA game to feel genuine and sincere, but for a damn tech demo. Seriously, I can't remember the last AAA game that felt like there were real passionate people behind it, but when you showed that PS1 console with a signed memory card - I felt that...
4) What game is referenced at 5:14?
4) The Order 1866
@@dysectorza Thanks!
I don’t know if it’s intended but playing it just makes you feel good I can think of reasons why but this game is basically a fun therapy session
I could not agree more. The ps1 was the first console I played, and was what got me into gaming. Also my favorite artifact was the ps1 memory card. "So long overnight pausing." Man we did not get our first memory card until we got a ps2 a few years later, and it was for the ps2.
My favourite was the PSP
I was born in 2002 so I came a bit too late to the party but I grew up with PS2, PSP and the PS4
I was pretty young and didn't even know about memory cards, so there were times where I left my ps2 on for a whole week 😂
Watching a video on a game and not being able to experience what you're talking about throught the video or audio is a first.
It's the same for VR. You just can't imagine it until you feel it for yourself.
The way they integrate the menu themes for all the different consoles is incredible
Pre installed game? Amazing, the thing that excites me the most about a new console is something that was common 30 years ago
This video had me wistful from your editing and narration alone. Crazy how far we’ve come in just this small time of 25 years or so. Can’t believe this little free game managed to muster up so many emotional ties through references alone. Love it so much and makes me excited when I get a PS5.... maybe 2 years from now haha
The origami bird is a reference to Heavy Rain.
ya we got that
I just got my PS5 yesterday and played this since i remembered everyone mentioning how good it was at launch. It's crazy how much feels different as just a viewer listening to this video again, simply from having played the game.
So true
At first before trying it out
I thought the dualsense was a gimmick
Man how wrong I was
The way you can actually feel
Skating on ice
Each rain drop
On a controller is definitely nextgen
This was a gut punch of nostalgia. A good one. I turned 25 a week ago, and my first system was a Ps1. I remember struggling with crash bandicoot, crashing through gran turismo, and being absolutely mind boggled by the multi-disc set up of FF7. Such good memories. I think I'll boot up the ole ps1 and play twisted metal 4 with my kids. For old times sake.
You know I am 24 and my first one was the PSP
Same here, also grew up with ps1 and the games you mentioned, also felt like a kid again (31 years old now)
Same homie! I started off playing the OG PLAYSTATION first. I’m 27.
Not only this game shows off the controler's capabilities but also shows up the history of the brand in such a unique way, with the bots doing cosplay of the characters they represent and the weird periferals as collectables. Everything seems so right with this game.
For me, the title got cut off at, "Why Astro's Playroom (PS5) Is More Special Than You..."
This is Astro's way of saying "you are worthless, fuck you"
Joke.
still true
Playing this game is like experiencing nostalgia of things I didn’t have but appreciated in the last few years
Had the same thing happen to me! I was nostalgic about experiences I never had.
I kinda wish we got a reference for Nier Automata, with cute Bot versions of 2B welding her Virtuous Contract Katana.
Considering how Ending E was designed to make you feel, that would've been very appropriate!
@@herofromthedark I really meant Bot 2B holding the Katana, but I understand what you mean!
@Anansi Ogum I am happy we got a reference to Gravity Rush via a Bot Kat
I'm glad more and more people are recognizing how brilliant Astro's Playroom is.
It wish it was a full game you could get a physical copy of
@@unicorntomboy9736 It is a full game.
@@dragondelsur5156 Yea, but also I meant about having a physical version
@@unicorntomboy9736 I know but it's not neccesary since it comes installed in the console once you boot it up, is like purchasing Fortnite on physical.
@@dragondelsur5156 I think Astrobot Playroom is better launch title than Knack
Can't wait for devs to not Take advantage of the controler in the future
They got the gyro in the ps3 and you still can't use it to aim.
I think there is potential for advanced rumble/feedback features to be a real bonus for accessibility in games.
Definitely. Haptic feedback could help blind players know what they’re doing and its awesome.
Started playing Astro’s Playroom today and it’s a great game and trip down memory lane. I’d really like to see them create a full game like this. It gave me the feeling of Mario 64 back when I first got my N64 back in 1996. Excellent!
I almost cried when it all was over... 😔
I was about to ask what the reference at 6:10 was, but then I got it. For anyone else, it's Heavy Rain.
And though it might be a really minor spoiler, you get a trophy called "Jason!" by waiting under that shelter for a few seconds.
@@gyrospiral That's hilarious. My friends and I still sometimes callout "Jason!" to each other. Reminds me of the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3 referencing the meme about Wrex, Grunt, and Shepard greeting each other.
Ooh that's what the pitter patter of precipitation means. Thanks!
I'm still not sold on the PS5, especially with the price increase for software, but if I ever get it, I'm sure I'll play the heck outta this
When I got my ps5 I did not exoect my favorite games to be Bugsnax and Astro's Playroom. Ive been with sony from psx all the way to ps5 over 20 years, it made me cry to see they care so much. Id totally ve willing to oay for those games now, unforgettable experience.
The biggest problem with Playstation All Star Battle Royale was the lack of love about everything weird ... it is funny "this game feels like sakurai made it" was something that came to my head while playing Astro's Playroom
At least we got a reference to Gravity Rush in this game
What lack of love? The game was crammed with nods to Sony's past. Heck the final boss was an obscure reference in itself.
Sakurai loves all his games specially older smash games, melee is the one he loves the most. :)
@@unicorntomboy9736 So did PSAS. Kat was a playable character in that game.
I don't have a PS5 yet but Astro's Playroom is honestly the game I'm most excited to play. I just wish the higher ups at Sony could see the value in making previous PS gens be BC.
This game was absolutely incredible for a number of reasons. As a kid I never really stuck with one console type, so I have had various different consoles and handheld made by all the different companies. Ds, 360, Ps1, ps2, ps3, Xbox one, etc. But no matter what it was, it seems like playstations were always the ones that kept me entertained the longest. Astrobot is also the very first example of a game I actually wanted to 100% complete. I've never actually gotten every trophy in a video game simply because it never seemed worth it and I wanted to get on with another game once I had finished a story. Astrobot is the only game I have ever gotten a platinum trophy on simply because it was so encouraging through gameplay alone to want to do and experience absolutely everything. The game was a magical experience and brought me right back to my happiest of memories. I'm looking forward to everything that sony has planned for this console in the future! Here's hoping.
So I only just played this game this week and I can't BELIEVE how much I loved this. I knew it'd be solid, but holy shit I did not know how much joy it'd bring me. Wholesome AF.
Playing it the first time I cried when I went to the Playstation Labo after I finished it and seeing all that PS stuff, some of which I had when I was growing up. What's even more amazing is the fact you can hit each one of them to interact with them (like hitting the consoles and the bootup sounds of each console will play).
I was expecting a minor tech demo from the game when I played it as I wait for my other games to download, but I was fully surprised and engaged with the game until the very end.
Well done, Team Asobi!
Seriously, I loved every second I spent playing this game.
Born in 88 and growing up with PlayStation this game feels so wholesale to me. Really makes me feel nostalgic for childhood again. Wonderful game.
Legit made me tear up and I wasn't even a playstation kid. I was a wii kid so I'm hoping nintendo will do something like this
When I was playing this gaming my words were "This is a celebration of everything PlayStation" and it was made with so much love and passion that you cannot help but love it.
It was such a nostalgia trip playing this game, I almost cried when I saw the fully detailed PS1, I must've spent 5 minutes just flipping it up and down, analysing every bit of it, just incredible, and was the same for the other consoles.
THE BOY IS BACK!!!
This game was made by a Japanese developer, the PocketStation was popular over there. It wasn’t even released outside of Japan. Your probably thinking about the VMU, the memory card for the Dreamcast.
I'm not.
PS5 is my first Playstation and still this game somehow made me feel nostalgic. Such a fun tribute to the history of this console series.
Astro Bot is so dope and spirited, it's almost unreal this is on a sony console. this game feels like a 4th generation game by spirit, it captures the essence of those era's games from the snes & genesis.
i've been gaming since late nes era and i miss those vibes. as much as i love sony even more than nintendo & sega but their games don't feel as spirited and goodfeel as ninty's & sega's earlier games do cuz sony takes a more serious mature approach to their games since they want to seperate themselves from others and be different.
only games of their's that felt like that snes, n64, genesis, dc era vibes are the crash original trilogy, spyro original trilogy, ape escape 1, jak n daxter and littlebigplanet, those games had that same energy those console's games had. but it's been a long time since sony had another one of those type of games so it's nice that astro bot brought it back.
can't wait for the sequel especially since it's gonna be a full blown out game this time around and not just a demo, im expecting it to be even greater than the first.
P.S. i also loved the rich lore and history of playstation consoles, videogame series n characters too, nice throwback to all of that 👌.
I feel like some people might eventually try to beat Astro's playroom blindfolded with the different rumbles for different ground types helping a lot.
Just got a PS5 and what an incredible game this is. I wish Nintendo would do something similar, imagine all the consoles and accessories you could collect in a Mario version of this, it would be incredible
Astros playroom is amazing and such a nostalgia trip, it constantly blew me away from walking on different surfaces to feeling raindrops but the one thing that absolutely blew me away was finding the ps2 and opening and closing the disk tray sounds and feels exactly the same I can remember as a kid.
Also I was extremely disappointed the murals that you unlock in game aren’t available in poster form from the ps store. They are amazing and I would definitely love to frame them and put it up somewhere.
It is because of videos like this that I absolutely love this channel and my man Hamish. The things that other people are so quick to write off as silly and pointless, this man instead takes a completely different look on it and shares his experience with us in such an eloquently manner that you can't help but relate to him and totally get why it made him feel that way.
*Please Never Change this thing about you bro. This is easily one of my favourite videos that you have ever done.* 👍
Lovely vid.
After 3 years. . . I just got my first PS5.
It is great to see a love letter to gamers like this.
Cheers from Mexico City
Can you image that in a few years this game will be seen as nostalgia
Oh whell I guess it only took me 8 months :)
Honestly one of my favourite games, I love completing it for friends of mine that arent bothered to play it :)
i haven't had this much fun with a pack in since Wii Sports. What was just a simple tech demo turned into such a loving tribute to the large legacy and history of PlayStation! It almost makes me wish Nintendo would do something like this p
Seriously the whole time I played this, I kept thinking "why am I having so much fun playing a frigging 'here's how to use your console' game".
It's honestly so joyful, cute and a great "relax" game!
I played the game when I got the ps5 not expecting it to be anything special. But it was surprisingly fun. I played it with my brother but it was really well made. The design, the levels, the new controller features, and the soundtrack. It was a good game and I’d recommend it. It’s simple and genially a great game
Yet another great video, I really enjoy how you are able to turn your emotions and deep self-reflection into words that help to make me feel those same emotions albeit to maybe a lesser extent but still a genuine feeling of connection to what you are saying. You have a gift thank you for sharing it with the world.
It has a good soundtrack, too. Memory Meadow 1, based on Follow Me from Astro Bot Rescue Mission, is such a sweet tune.
I won't get a PS5 until a few months, but damn just watching this video made me smile. I grew up with all of this stuff. Can't wait to play it too.
What made astro bot different is that it landed in to the cartoony side wich I liked alot. I feel like too much company's focus on realistic to the point they look the same thing. Although u could argue about nintendo they weren't fully using it.
this brought me just as much joy as little big planet back in the day, wish it was a full long game
I hope this becomes like the PlayStations version of Mario maybe it can have online multiplayers but mainly single player stuff I remember playing for the first time and just saw the potential and beauty of it seeing the character years ago didn’t think much of it but now I was amazed
Amazing writing as always bossman
Can't believe you guys got this and we got 1,2 switch
50$ for a shitty tech demo versus a free, packed-in celebration of playstation history and showcase of incredible tech.
I wish more developers would utilize all the cool features of the dualsense controllers like this game does such as using the motion control and touch pad
This actually looks great. Can't wait to play it when the PS5 come out in 2021
Astro is the best commercial i've played
Playing this brought a smile to my face that I haven’t had in a long time. It’s so fricking good and it’s free. That says a lot.
I can't Believe you would accuse me of lying about owning my beloved PocketStation, which I played constantly! There were so many PocketMotion classics, like
Anyway, loved this video! I had a strong nostalgic reaction to this and had to go make sure I wasn't alone. My first reaction was this "oh wow, what a corporate piece of garbage," thinking all the intensely realistic models of PlayStation history were trying to sell me more stuff after I'd already mortgaged my house to pay for a PS5. But seeing the backdrop to the PS4 (and then the PS2 and the classic PS1 startup noise) quickly changed my mind. Astro's such a genuinely good game and celebration of nostalgia that it's hard for me not to include its value as a game in the purchase, this is something that could easily have been greedily shilled to PlayStation loyalists for $40 or more or a demo with the rest locked behind a paywall, but whoever made the call must still have a soul and a desire to share their enthusiasm for this console and its forebears with players.
Wow, I haven't even noticed all those references in Astro Playroom! Demon Souls, Death Stranding and I guess there's much more too see if you pay attention. I guess I'll need to go back to this game and give it a second chance :) Thanks for the video!
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Everyone this character is not new this is the sequel to Astro bot rescue mission for the PlayStation VR and you can only use the PlayStation controller no motion controls
It’s a small game, but it’s packed in there with reverence for the many different PS games over the years. Absolutely wonderful.
Literally one of the best I've ever played. Great JOB WHOEVER MADE IT!!
Team Asobi dev team:)
@@jamesvancam nice
Best game currently for the ps5
Also, the game is just... freakin' adorable. XD
Or at least the VR version that Dan played on PlayFrame was.
Playing this was a fun trip down memory lane. But all it did was remind me how many of Sony's IPs are dormant and unused, sometimes for decades.
this game is phenominal. im glad i got a ps5
Already beat the game, but hearing you talk about it makes me want to give ti a second run. You're right, the way it feels is like nothing else so far.
If you (gently) tap one side of the PS5 controller on something while holding the other you can feel the suspended rumble packs move.
It hit me hard with the artifacts and the posters in the lab room :) I kinda have some doubt other developers will take full advantage of the console capabilities like Astro Playroom did though
anyone else cought the Vib-Ribbon reference at 1:51?
Me.
The HD Rumble of Okami on Switch really sold me on haptics as part of how you play, and although I still hold that split controllers (be it joycon or any of the VR controllers) is a more natural way to feel it it's still pretty nice on a console basis (you should play Okami in handheld mode for that touch screen, and honestly you should play Okami on Switch for it) or just a controller like in Astro. I understand the motors are slightly better on PS5, but honestly I haven't felt a distinct difference yet, they're both such a step up from old rumble it's hard to feel the much more minor different between the two... just gotta hope that now 2 controller have it more developers actually make use of the feature.
Also, man the PSP Go had such an incredible form factor, if the PS Vita was that shape I'd have played it way more... Christ if the PSP was that shape I'd've probably played it way more, but coming out right at the end of the console's life when second hand copies was the most cost effective way to buy games was such a bad move, if the machine wasn't bargain binned so quick I doubt I'd've even bought the PSP Go, but being so cheap I could afford to pay a bit extra for the games I wanted... and just what a lovely little machine it was to hold.
I cannot help but think 8:15 was an Umbrella Academy reference
Nope!
Thanks for this, I felt all the same nostalgic beats you just laid out, such beautiful memories growing up through each generation and the games and friends that came with it. I can’t wait to play when I get a PS5. BUT CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY I PLAYED A MANTA RAY FOR MANY HOURS IN 1998!?
This game HAS to be every PS 5 owner's first game!
The fact you went in thinking this would just be some run-of-the-mill tech demo really shows you did not play Astrobot Rescue Mission.
I mean... sure? I didn't!
@@WritingOnGames do yourself a favor and get a psvr man. You'll have to run it through a ps4 till you get the camera adapter, but Astrobot is an incredible platformer and VR experience. Watch the nitrorad video if you haven't to get a primer
Man I can’t wait to play this… PS1 was the 1st 🥇console I played!
It's cool how much Playstation memorabilia there is in this game! To bad you, you know, can't actually play any of those old Playstation games on ps5...
Actually it's possible but only digitally to buy them as I searched to see what classics are available, there is some handful of them that got a remastered graphics or stayed the same. So some games are lucky to get ported into the PS5.
1:52 HOLY SHIT A VIB RIBBOM REFERENCE!!!!! THEY HAVE TO MAKE A NEW ONE NOW
1:56 *Remarkably well-thought out mean of selling you already impressive tech, as the 2010 textures pops into existence*
The haptic feedback in the Dual Sense is the same, if not slightly worse, than in the Joy-Cons and the Switch Pro Controller. Sure, Astro's Playroom makes pretty good use of it, but that doesn't make the tech any more novel.
That shot of the PSPGo made me a little sad. For all its failures as a commercial product, it was actually a very neat and capable system and remains my preferred way to play PSP games... though I must admit that's largely because it was so easy to hack and mod. Still, it was ahead of its time, allowing you to save your gaming states indefinitely (I remember picking it up after it had completely drained of battery and reset, but it still had me right where I left off in Disgaea four years prior), and had an awesome formfactor that made it supremely pocketable, something that no other portable console could match to this day (not even the original DS was this damn portable). Its screen was also better than standard PSPs due to its higher pixel density and superior contrast. I seriously loved that little beast... too bad it was doomed to fail due to bad business decisions, something the Vita would also suffer from.
This whole game is a paradox of existence. Sony wants to celebrate its history, but won't let us actually play those classic games on our new Playstation.
I do hope this game gets a full-length sequel. Full levels based on Playstation history, not just these collectibles.
Nice video, i sense no cap. I love astro's playroom, im considering buying the extended version.
am I a weirdo that I turned all vibrate options off since day 1 lol
They did the same for VR with Astro Bot VR game.
Even though Astro bot is Sony's mascot they haven't really made any games for him except for Astro's rescue mission and a bunch of tech demos
Dude, we’re getting a brand new game next week.
looks amazing. but no doubt, still chasing super mario. he will always be king
I didn't care at all for this game at first but the references won me over
Any autistic people in the comments find the haptic feedback and triggers amazing but also rather overwhelming? I found myself having to take a break sooner than i usually would as i was getting headaches quicker from sensory overload. Good thing the intensity and controller volume can be turned down.
The VR Astro game is the best platformer of the generation and I'm including Mario Odyssey in that. It's an utterly sublime experience
I Platinumed this