PlayStation Nation |OT| Playing Astro Bot on the Horizon Until Dawn

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Otter said:

Kyuu said:

AstroBot (the character) needs to leave his own game and be utilised in a new series where he's a distinct character among a diverse cast of different species.

It's not good that Astro has less personality than the little cosplaying bots he saves. He's cute and all, but he doesn't stand out in his own game. All bots are each other's copies. It's like Sackboy but worse (never played LBP, but I watched some videos).

If they don't want to abandon the IP، then maybe have the main character entering a new dimension where he meets and works with new characters/species that look, behave, and function differently, in a more organic world.

I don't think Astro himself needs personality beyond being cute and fun to play but I agree, they need to start some sort of world building, memorable enemies, characters and carve an identity beyond paying homage to other games.

Astro as an IP is intrinsically tied to PS as hardware, and now as software, too. I don't believe that dissappears from it's DNA, but I also don't think that Astro Bot is indicative of what the IP will always be. 

The world of Astro began with just Playroom, and it expanded with Playroom VR and Rescue mission. All of these expanded the world, enemy and boss types. The stronger homages are really only recent from the free title and Astro Bot itself. 

I think the best way for Astro to grow is to explore other genre types while still keeping it's mainline 3D platformer going. But that would involve having other teams being able to play with the IP. But I'm not so worried about it: the game seems in safe hands.