- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment , PlayStation Studios
- Release Date: Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 6, 2020Astro's Playroom is way more than a tech demo: it's fun and brilliant, definitely worth playing.
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Edge MagazineDec 3, 2020For a freebie, this isn't just a generous welcome to PS5 (particularly with most launch titles costing 70 a pop) but a promising glimpse of things to come and a fine, if occasionally gimmicky, platformer in its own right. [Issue#353, p.110]
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Nov 6, 2020Everybody will play Astro's Playroom and everybody will forget about it a few hours later.
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Nov 6, 2020On its own, Astro’s Playroom would be a fun platforming distraction fit for younger gamers or families. Its world is vibrant and wonderfully detailed, and it looks exceptional on the PS5. But in all honesty, this isn’t so much a game as it is a showpiece for what the DualSense controller can do. And as a result, this isn’t so much a review, as it is an opportunity to highlight how well the features on the PS5 controller work.
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Nov 6, 2020Astro's Playroom is maybe not a game that can fill the shoes of a full title, but as a pack-in game it delivers on more than we expected.
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Nov 6, 2020A highly enjoyable introduction to the PlayStation 5 but also a charming celebration of the entire history of PlayStation, even if it’s something you’ll only ever play once.
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Nov 6, 2020Astro Bot has replaced Knack as the cute Sony mascot and I’m okay with it.
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Nov 6, 2020While promising a glimpse of the future, Astro's Playroom is a gloriously old-fashioned thing at heart, a characterful, character-driven platformer that has been built to showcase a particular piece of hardware. So often that's where magic in video games happens, and that's most certainly the case here. On its own, this is a beautifully crafted, exquisitely paced and absolutely gorgeous 3D platformer. Combined with the hardware it's bundled on, it's something very special indeed - and one of the best launch titles I can remember in an age.
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Nov 6, 2020The closest parallel to Astro’s Playroom that I can think of is Wii Sports. Both are games that were explicitly designed to showcase a new controller. But both also transcend that goal, shifting from tech demo to straight-up fun game. It takes only a few moments for Astro’s Playroom to show why you’ll want to play with a DualSense, and over the course of its run time it keeps giving you new reasons.
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Nov 6, 2020Satisfying. It feels good to look at, it feels good to play, and it functions as a justification for Sony's experiments with DualSense. Whether those experiments pan out is somewhat out of Sony's hands, but Astro's Playroom offers a roadmap for how other developers could take advantage of it. If no one else does—well, at least we'll have Astro's Playroom. And Astro's Playroom is pretty damn good.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 1,378 out of 1515
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Mixed: 75 out of 1515
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Negative: 62 out of 1515
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Nov 13, 2020As a tech demo to demonstrate the dual sense controller. The greatest tech demo ever created so easily a 10 nothing tops it
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Nov 13, 2020Simple review: it's just a nice game to try the features of the new console. Nice platform game. (Nice Easters eggs)
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May 17, 2021