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ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission

JapanStudio · Oct 2, 2018

PS4

Everyone10+

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ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission is a brand new platformer, developed exclusively for use with PS VR. Take control of ASTRO the captain BOT and go on an epic VR rescue mission to save your fellow Bots who are dispersed all over space.

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PlayStation 4

Critic 8.8 (35 critics) · Gamer 8.4

8.6

Critic reviews

  • 3rd-strike.com

    Theotakutem · Jan 30, 2019

    9.0
    ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission is an incredibly fun game; it has the nice quirkiness of a platformer mixed with the good use of VR that takes the game to another level. JAPAN Studio did a good job making you actually feel part of the game. For people that like platformers and have a PS VR; ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission is definitely a must-have. If you find the price a bit too expensive and would want to try it out first, THE PLAYROOM VR comes with the PS VR for free and is also made by JAPAN Studio. In THE PLAYROOM VR, there is one mini-game that is similar to ASTRO BOT, called ROBOT RESCUE.
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  • Way Too Many Games

    Leo Faria · Nov 03, 2018

    9.5
    I’m lost for words how Astro Bot: Rescue Mission has managed to impress me. This is purely and simply an equal work of technological innovation and passion for the medium. My only gripe with Astro Bot is the fact that not enough people will get to experience it due to the cost-prohibitive nature of the PSVR add-on. If you have a PSVR and still don’t own this game, you should. If you have a PS4, but you don’t have a PSVR to play this game, you should. You’ll most certainly thank me later.
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  • Bluemoongame

    Brandon Rhuhm Wolfe · Oct 05, 2018

    8.6
    One thing is guaranteed: If players of those first original platformers could somehow see Astro Bot: Rescue Mission in all its vibrant, gaudy, and hectic glory, they would undoubtedly feel the same awe and reverence as a humble tribe of apes before the perfection and mystery of the black monolith.
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  • COGconnected

    Lou Sytsma · Oct 05, 2018

    9.0
    Visually the game looks fantastic with bright popping colors and no jaggies present anywhere. Sound is equally impressive with great 3D imaging all underlaid with catchy tunes for each world that never become tiring. Though they never attain the same level of attachment of music from a Mario game. Astro Bot Robot Rescue is more than an extension of flat screen platforming, it is the next evolutionary step that all family members will enjoy.
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  • Game Informer

    Kyle Hilliard · Oct 05, 2018

    9.0
    Astro Bot Rescue Mission feels like it came out of nowhere to quietly prove that familiar genres can feel like new experiences with the aid of virtual reality. While the medium is capable of creating entirely new interactive experiences, Rescue Mission serves as a great reminder that the styles of games we already like can be translated to VR, and when it is done as well as it has been here, you get a chance to experience something that feels genuinely new and exciting.
  • IGN

    Dan Crowd · Oct 04, 2018

    9.0
    It’s hard to overstate how incredibly different and exciting Astro Bot Rescue Mission’s new perspective is for the platform genre. The depth of the PSVR’s 3D leads to some truly incredible moments, like when Captain Astro leaps from eye level down to a trampoline metres below, only to bounce up and over your head.
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Gamer reviews

  • Craig Desmond

    Nov 18, 2020 · PS4

    8.0

    Charming is the word that best describes astro bot. When I saw the design for the first time it looked extremely generic but they managed to convey a lovability personality through this design. The game is a linear 3d platformer in vr and it nails what all 3d platformers must nail control. Astrobot handles like a dream as he jumps hovers and punches enemies. At times your controller is given abilities like spraying water and ninja stars, which reminds me a bit of nintendo land and other early wiiu games. These give the game the variation it needs to keep from going stale. The levels are fun and varied with level themes changing level making no level look or feel the samw as the last. The soundtrack while not having many tracks is realy enjoyable listen to adn you don't get sick of any of the tracks even if you hear them every couple levels. The game also has fun bosses that while being quite easy are a lot of fun to take down. For the completionists there are 8 bots and a chameleon to find in each level. The chameleons unlock challenge levels that will moderately test you but platformer veterans will have no issue. The use of VR in a 3D platformer is inspired and the developers ring most of the potential out of the concept with having you look around corners and from a birds eye view. It's the game I have played VR and is a must play for PSVR owners.

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