With the messy Concord situation out of the way. Our focus is on the wonderful Astro Bot that’s coming out in a few days time. This game looks absolutely awesome and it seems to be a game that’s a throwback to some of the platforming wonders of yesteryear. It also, and I say this as an absolute compliment looks like Nintendo would have made it. Just because this is normally their remit. So it’s great to see Astro Bot getting the attention it deserves and what better way than dismissing all live-service games than by supporting it in just two days time.
We’ve been starved of platformer magic from Sony for some time. Nintendo have always had that covered so it’s absolutely awesome to see PlayStation get back to that. You know, if Astro Bot is successful ‘it will be’ then it really tells Sony that we will always support high quality single-player games and they don’t necessary have to be in the same expenditure bracket as say a God of War.
Creatively, this is what Sony needs to do more of. Bringing back Killzone and Infamous would just be another way to win back the fans. But ultimately, more platformers like this offer the nostalgia needed to really engage fans.
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