True to latest leaks, on the latest State of Play occasion, Sony and Workforce Asobi introduced Astro Bot, the fan-favourite IP’s first full-fledged platformer for a console. Since its reveal, extra particulars have been shared, with Workforce Asobi revealing that the sport goes to characteristic greater than 80 ranges, over 70 new enemy sorts, and extra. With that in thoughts, then, it’s no shock to listen to Workforce Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet describe Astro Bot as “a very, actually massive recreation”.
Talking in a latest interview with Leisure Weekly, Doucet described the upcoming platformer as “the most important recreation we’ve ever made”, saying that the rationale it’s titled merely Astro Bot is as a result of the builders have a look at it as “a brand new starting.”
“We wished to make an enormous recreation,” Doucet stated. “That is actually about going up one notch — actually a number of notches — and having Astro’s massive story. We name it Astro Bot as a result of we deal with this as a brand new starting. That’s a very, actually massive recreation. I believe for us, that’s the most important recreation we’ve ever made.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Doucet promised huge variety throughout the sport’s assortment of ranges and environments, saying, “We actually wished to be sure that the participant had a renewed expertise each 10 minutes or so.”
In the meantime, he additionally describes the sport as a “PlayStation fiesta”, saying that there can be a number of cameos for bot variations of beloved PlayStation characters and icons- a number of of whom we noticed within the recreation’s reveal trailer, together with the likes of Kratos, Nathan Drake, Ratchet, PaRappa the Rapper, and extra.
“It’s a type of eye sweet,” Doucet stated. “There’s going to be extra. We’re going to be speaking over time about what they imply to the sport, however, sure, there’s going to be an enormous reunion. There’s plenty of characters from the PlayStation universe crossing over with Astro’s path. It’s an Astro Bot story, in fact, with Astro being the primary character, however there’s plenty of PlayStation characters that play a component.”
Astro Bot launches completely for PS5 on September 6.
