SGB Play: Astro Bot - Part 1 | You 'Member?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- It's that boy, or should we say, Bot! It's Astro Bot, here to save the day!
On a journey through space, an evil alien blocks Astro's way, steals their CPU, and breaks their PS5 Ship. And all the bots are scattered all over space, from different planets, and different galaxies. It's up to Astro to save the bots, rebuild the ship, and stop the alien from doing any more damage!
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17:50 That's exactly right, John. Team Asobi didn't have to pay any licensing fees to get the cameos. A lot of the companies (especially Capcom as we'll see later) were more than happy to lend their characters. It's implied that the "noticeable" cameos that didn't make the cut were from companies that actually were asking way too much for licensing fees. You can probably guess one of them.
You're also right that the director of Days Gone (1st party game btw so its not like they had to ask) was annoyed that his character Deacon was a bot. He's been pretty asshurt about that game underperforming for years now.
Which is a shame because from what I've heard from people who do play it, it's actually solid.
@@HappyPotat. It’s not bad and the concept of the game is cool. The story sucks though and it feels half baked but I think it’s because the development process had some issues, but I don’t remember so well.
I imagine you’re talking about square and final fantasy? It sucks how square is so restrictive with their licenses, remember when smash only had 2 songs?
Never saw much of Astro Bot, but I'm gonna guess that you're hinting at Sora since they gotta go through both Square Enix and Disney for him to be a cameo.
funny enough there were 2 bots that were introduced in the official picture showing off all the bots and the 2 were fat princess and sweet tooth sadly they were not in the game
"We don't have any memorable IPs to use" - The CEO of Playstation, 2024
Isn't this the same energy of Eric Andre shooting Hannibal & going "Who could've done this?"
Translation: we don't know if we can turn the other IPs we have into cinematic movies
“Fine… *I’ll do it myself* “
-Team Asobi
@@MegaMaster1021 You say that, but they randomly have a Gravity Rush movie in the works despite those two (brilliant) games never seeing much success.
@@MegaMaster1021 And TV shows (like the Twisted Metal one, can’t wait for Season 2).
This is SGB history ladies and gentlemen. This is the second time the group has done a let’s play on a Game of the Year winner (the other being God of War PS4)
Damn bringing back Wonkydick, this is not just a history of Playstation but a history on SGB as well.
Honestly I'd be impressed if they made numerous references to their own Let's Plays over the years xD
I’m very excited when they get to God of War and the Uncharted stages. Seriously, I’m DYING to see these guys tackle those games
@@cloudshines812SGB has done nearly all of the God of War games
They just need to do Ragnarók
I'm one of thoese 8 comments the Rivet conversation drove me crazy as a life long R&C fan
Thank you for your service
Same honestly I LOVE Ratchet & Clank, it’s one of my favorite series OF ALL TIME! I’ve played every game in the series multiple times, and even watched the 2016 movie on release. It was driving me crazy that they didn’t know Rivet from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart!
I love the trend of a new censor noise Elliot uses for the first few minutes of the LP
Gotta keep people guessing what sounds we'll use
Greg brought up ARMS again. Restart the counter
@@GhostPrototype900
Just wait till they find the Wild Arms cameo
YEEEEEEEEEEES
@@TheKpa11You think they'd recognize where it's from since I never hear anyone talk about the series?
@@darkmaster022003
I’m curious myself
Finally the SGB play a new modern 3D platformer with a quirky funny little orb protagonist with many powers and a goal of rescuing little guys..
Wait we’re not playing Kirby and the forgotten land? Oh well this will do instead.
It really is Kirby Forgor Land, isn't it?
Heck, the first boss is a gorilla and the final boss is an alien (...well, minus the nightmare fuel associated with Elfilis).
Also you sorta fight a tree except you just let him grow from a seedling and sucks you up like Whispy hey the Trunk of Funk is just the Deku Tree as the inside looks a lot like the one from OoT.
@@smashers6971 You rescue bots to open up new levels, bosses & upgrade hub worlds similar to Waddle Dees.
@@kizunechao279Well a lot of the bosses and enemies are carryovers from Astro Bot Rescue Mission, which released in 2018 on PSVR 4 YEARS before Kirby And The Forgotten Land! A lot of those ideas and mechanics originated from the previous two Astro Bot titles, which both released before forgotten land.
"It's a 3D platformer and I never get tired of those" DK64 and Super Mario Sunshine 100% would like a word
I enjoy the various themed sound effects when censoring a swear word it brings me so much joy
This is the “PS5 has no games” killer, it has at least one game, this can’t be ignored.
Absolutely incredible platformer and celebration of gaming. Adored it.
(Also it’s funny how much it’s like if PlayStation made Mario Galaxy 3 😂)
It has one game that’s GOTY vs Nintendo’s multiple where they fluked BOTW
What's crazy is that the PS5 is actually on pace to outsell the PS4. Apparently people are buying it even without a ton of exclusives.
"I love going Commando" - Johnny 2025
SGB outta context
Now from that intro I could've sworn we were playing Kirby: Return to Dreamland...
Must be my imagination...
I would love to see SGB do a Kirby: Return to Dreamland playthrough. Wonder if they'll play it on the original Wii version or the Deluxe version on Switch.
I thought Johnny was kidding about DOOM on a pregnacy test, but no it's real.
what
Oh yea, it's very real. Doom can be played on almost anything
@@bruvlodski317 just look up somecalllmejonny doom review, and you see it also need to add doom on Google search bar now
AVGN was right
To be fair, it's not running on a pregnancy test. It's running on a PC and using the Pregnancy test as a monitor.
'Member when SONY/PS had franchises that weren't relegated to cheap, nostalgic references?
I 'member... I 'member ALOT...
With this winning GOTY, I hope this can inspire Sony and Microsoft to make more neat little family friendly games like this, because Nintendo definitely needs competition in that market
We hope this game also shows Sony to actually use some of their ips more. Like seriously, Sly Cooper, Twisted Metal, Medievil, ect. But no let's released The Last of Us 2 again
And less live service games
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Oh, given recent news, we think Sony knows live service games aren't the way to go. Like they canceled 11 live service games they were making
@@thevenomspino Well shortly after this game and I think partly in due to the great reception of the first one, Sony has re-released the Sly trilogy all available for the PS4 and PS5
It's 50/50 with Sony, but Microsoft will just buy someone else's IP and then stuff it in a drawer somewhere and let it collect dust.
To go back even further, Astro Bot made his debut in 2013 on the PS4 called The Playroom which showcased a variety of augmented reality mini games.
We think they talked about thay, but thought it was a PS3 game instead of a PS4 game
The best thing about watching SGB play this game is they'll be able to correctly guess the majority of character bots.
Eagerly awaiting Greg to see some of the RPG characters that show, there was one in particular near the end that had me amazed that it'd be referenced at all!
16:05 "I love going Commando"-SomecallmeJohnny 2025
Just before, "I'll do Up Your Arsenal"- Matt
To those who say that Astro Bot is an "advertisement" to buy Playstation products, that's basically like saying that Super Smash Bros. is an "ad," when clearly both of those respective games were made from tender love and compassion for all of their respective franchises that they were referencing.
This is true... but they could also double as ads.
@@gameman250 Well I don't see them as ads; they are celebrations of gaming history, regardless of whether or not they are considered ads or not.
I’d favor your interpretation more, because 90% of the games referenced haven’t had a new installment in 10 years. There’s so many series that should come back but just aren’t.
@@clintwaki6936 I suppose that's why they're bringing them back now. What better way to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Playstation is Astro Bot isn't there?
Figured Astro Bot would be a LP for John to do but it's nice that Elliot is doing it
I would describe the power ups in this game like Animal buddies in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy, because they can all do different things. Glad to see you guys playing this
18:53
"WARP ZOOOOOONE!"
*Flashbacks of MEAT*
Astro Bot wasn’t my favorite game from last year, but it does a lot of things right. It’s clearly a labor of love and deserves the praise it’s gotten.
the ps2 game working start up being the bleep might be my favorite swear censor so far. :3
I am SO GLAD I am playing this game for a future LP. But more importantly, I can enjoy watching this LP without being spoiled
I assumed Johnny was playing and didn't realize he wasn't till 18 minutes in
11:40 - 11:58 SGB Play: ToeJam & Earl? 😎 The most 90s wacky Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game ever made. lol
I freakin LOVE this game. Still listen to the soundtrack from time to time.
Astro bot showing Nintendo is not the only one in Platformer business.
I wanted this game to success solely to send a message to the industry
@@MegaMaster1021 Sony in particular.
i see more astro show Nintendo the "good" stuff in their games, if you just take those pieces and put it into a game like this they have a banger too then do the same song with Mario or Zelda
They have before they just need to use them
@@timsheppard6204 yea but also they sometimes forget as reminder Nintendo will shut them down if there is no money in that market and then re-release something to make it back or even feel "threaten" see it done better
Johnny, if you think the Oddworld Abe's duology is strange, I recommend the side-game, Oddworld Stranger's Wrath.
Set in Western Mudos, you play as a bounty hunter looking for Moolah (The ACTUAL name for the game's currency, BTW) for an operation to save his life. I'll leave that as the plot summary to avoid spoilers.
Astro Bot is the greatest Mario Game Ever,
"YEAH, it alright."
That is not mario
Definitely better than that Pretender Super Mario Sunshine 😁
So it's definitely a contender with them, but best Mario is maybe stretching it a little.
"Whaddya _MEAN,_ it alright?!"
This entire LP will be the Leonardo DiCaprio meme pointing at the TV.
So, who is ready for NOSTALGIA?!
Speaking of that, at the time this Video is out, Capcom has announced that Onimusha 2 is getting a remastered version, and I assume John is like "Oh, God dang it", like it is growing, man, we are all waiting for a review series
8:44 Rivet, uncle got it right, and to answer matt, NO, Not Angela, there is no other lombax other than Rivet [i joke because she disappear after the second game]
To add on Elliot getting the bots, the bot list can tell you where they are in terms of stage length
Now, when you guys do deadlocked, i will say, that is my favorite mainly because my favorite parts of 2 and 3, The arena are my favorites
"This plot is Toe Jam and Earl!"🤣I love how blunt Matt was with that❤😂
Ah, Astro Bot. The game that remind of you of all these IPs we ain’t getting games on. Kind of like Smash Bros in a way…or you know, PS All Stars to be more appropriate. Also a decent looking platformer to go with it.
I say it’s more than “decent” considering it won game of the year! Astro Bot was my favorite game of 2024, It’s such a great, solid, fun platformer. All of the power-ups are fun and enjoyable to use, and make for some fun level design, every level feels different and distinct from one another constantly introducing new ideas and mechanics. And it’s an EXTREMELY gorgeous and charming game, there’s sooo much attention to detail and little funny easter eggs in nearly every corner of every level. And the sheer amount of physics objects and fluid simulation is impressive, without almost any frame rate drops!
Astro Bot is just a great game in its own right even without the nostalgia and callbacks to old franchises. All the cameo bots are nice and welcomed, but for me those are just the sprinklers on top of an already delicious cake! I feel like it’s reductive to reduce this game down to; “cameos with a decent game on top.” That’s doing the game a MASSIVE disservice, because it’s actually an amazing game in its own right!
@@lenarmangum8630 Yeah, that's fair.
This game is like a mixed between Super Mario Galaxy and Kirby & The Forgotten Land. Your exploring space like worlds, limited yet tightly controls, have some sort of spin attack & traversing into the next galaxy like Mario Galaxy. But you also have stuff similar to Kirby & Forgotten Land like a world map for main & secret levels, robots to rescue to open up new levels & upgrade hub worlds similar to Waddle Dees, power-ups that sorta behaves like Mouthful Mode, a gotcha machine and even the first & second boss is a tree & a ape. This game pays alot of homage to not just Sony's history, but 3D platformering games in general.
Also the bots breaking down the lock/Door like the Dees before a Boss.
@@UDPlaythroughs1990 Yep. That too.
Homage, not montage.
@@OwenMiller-q2g Right. My mistake.
"I love going commando"
-johnny 2025
It’s really saying something that me who isn’t big on most PlayStation things loved this game and all the references
Man I got so excited when I first found this. Here's for a great 2025 for SGB.
19:37
Another series that comes to mind like this is the Ys series.
It's a very standard JRPG series that changes it's formula with subsequent games but doesn't add gimmicks to make it a bloated kind of unique.
16:01 PRETTY PLEASE WITH GOLD BOLTS ON TOP
Likin this LP guys. The censor noises are the best part of your videos
Oh, those Playstation coins in Astro's Playroom and Bot are mostly Gotcha Machines for rare chance of a puzzle peace, a character itself or the items for the character, or a useless item on a empty soda can.
When I worked my last job, I ran into a Rivet cosplayer the day before Halloween 2022, and it was the coolest thing ever
YEEEEES SGB Is playing Astro Bot I'M SO EXCITED ^__^. I was hoping you'd get to this soon this made my day ^__^
I would pay full price for a traditional/3D fighting game with all of these great PlayStation IPs
Heck yeah, I just finished Astro Bot recently! Looking forward to this!
13:40 I see Johnny has now officially taken a part in the agenda after that one hilariously cursed 06 100% stream.
I just hope the alpha male taint tanning didnt come with that
I swear everyone misses that first bot in the pool.
part 1 and i'm already gonna love this playthrough
Oh boy, now I wanna see Johnny play Kirby Mass Attack cuz it's basically Kirby Lemmings, but I don't want him to go through the pain of flicking the stylus for several hours straight.
Or 100% each level with all Coins and three starring which is a bit much.
I totally need that mindset for Oddworld lol
Never seen this game until now with you guys and wow I didn’t realize how good it was just off of first impressions 😅
Eyyyyyy my favorite game from last year!
There are four 'secret' bots. The game detects your save file from Astro's Playroom, and if you've rescued the four special update bots (an Ape Escape ape, Lady Maria from Bloodborne, a racing game driver, and an astronaut with heterochromia) from that game that were added for the run-up to this game coming out, it adds them to this game.
Finally, _proof the PS5 has games._
The return, of 17:21!!!
That Harriet Tubman line was so out of pocket, I died XD
This game really does bring out some deep cuts though.
Like, Kutaro from Puppeteer?
I figured he was locked in a closet to be forgotten forever.
Me when I saw AIBO or the MC of Mad Maestro.
How in the flying funk do you even remember those ones.
Days Gone director: "“Haha. I see my character reduced to a cartoon schill promoting some small game and I’m being harsh?”
That didn't age well.
They want you to get all bots in the game as the climb to the final trial needs all of them or you can miss three.
Jigsaw pieces again you need to collect them all to open the way to said final trial.
So the game's way of saying go for 100% completion.
0:40 its at 301/305 because of the bots from astro's playroom, it has nothing to do with stellar speedway or winter wonder
The bots resembles Xenoblade 2 common Blades.
God thos game feels so good to play
21:53 good way to start off Black History Month Matt!
John, I went through the same thing price wise, but I was not thinking of getting the PS5 during the pandemic. I worked at GameStop during that time and my coworkers practically bullied me to get one. We sold some with bundles reaching the $900 mark. 3 games, 2 controllers, $50 GameStop gift card and PlayStation plus before the revamp.
The 21st night of September?
Oh no! Not again! The stream! Damn you Gigi!!!!!!
@@anthonypasmay6586 So you also watch the Fister.
We need another drunk Mario party!
one of two of my favorite games of 2024, the second being Balatro.
The Scrape Astro Bot does on the wall puzzles is ripped out of God of War 2018 with Kratos stabbing a certain part of the wall.
Astrobot started with The Playroom which was a glorified tech demo for the PlayStation4 camera then Astro VR For the PlayStation4 VR headset then in 2020 Astro Playroom hit the scene it was a PlayStation5 tech demo to show off the power of the DualSense controller then in 2024 was Astrobot which was an anniversary game
Kicking Off the New Year with Last year's Game of the Year, and it was a well deserved Game of the Year award. After I played Astro's Playroom, I was hooked on Minute 1 when they announced this game. It controls well, the Gimmick Power Ups are fun and unintrusive, the Level design is stellar, the Boss Fights are fantastic, The Easter Eggs are all amazing. The only real complaints I would have with this game outside of certain franchises not being represented would probably boil down to some of those bonus levels being a little too challenging for my liking (even if that's the whole point of them) and that I feel the game could've used more Flashback levels (the Ape Escape, God of War, Uncharted, Loco Roco, & Horizon levels). Those Levels were the best ones in the game and I wish there were more than 5 of them, imagine a Metal Gear Solid themed Level, or Sly Cooper Flashback Stage.
Also, I'm unfortunately gonna have to fight Matt on Days Gone. I won't sit here and say it was the best game ever made but it did not suck at all, I fell in love with that a lot more than I thought I would and got the Platinum Trophy on my 1st Playthrough. But yeah to Answer John's question, John Garvin, The Director of Days Gone was the guy complaining about Deacon St. John being turned into a Bot. That Dude has had a Stick up his Ass about Days Gone underperforming and he was blaming everyone else instead of himself. He blamed Sony for cancelling the Sequel, Critics who gave the game poor reviews saying they were "Woke Critics who couldn't handle a Gruff White Guy staring at his wife's ass.", and Gamers for the game's poor sales numbers, saying "If you love a game, then buy it at full fucking price. Don't complain about your game not getting a sequel if you didn't."
I may be paraphrasing a little but I am not making this up, he said all of this on Twitter and in a Podcast with David Jaffe. Dude can't seem to accept that Days Gone underperformed because it was in development for a while so people forgot about it, it came out the same year as God of War 2018, Marvel's Spider-Man, Red Dead Redemption 2, & Super Smash Bros. Ultimate so it was overshadowed, It was a Full Priced Open World Zombie Game that didn't look too different from The Last of Us so People weren't super interested, and a lot of people who did play it had to deal with a very slow beginning and quite a few Day 1 Glitches. I only played the game because it was part of the PS+ Collection when the PS5 was first released so I didn't have to pay anything and because the Main Character, Deacon St. John, was played by Sam Witwer, the guy who played Starkiller in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (he was also voicing Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars The Clone Wars, Rebels, and a bunch of other Star Wars Shows and Games). So Yeah, even if I ended up loving Days Gone, The Creative Director didn't do a good job making it stick out amongst the crowd and he needs to take a God Damn Chill Pill.
Ah yes, I Understood that Reference the Game.
People keep bringing up The Playroom, then Astro Bot: Rescue Mission for origin points (the bots themselves and the main character and game plan, respectively).
There was the playroom vr between them, though. That was the origin of Captain Astro (the name of the playable Astro Bot) in a small platforming section. Rescue mission is a full flesh version of that platforming idea, and the rest is history.
Also, fun fact, the alien villain of this game is heavily implied to be the same as a particular villain in the playroom vr in another section of that game, mostly because the developer of that particular section, double fine, noticed the similarities, posted about it, and sony responded in a "so you noticed" kind of way, iirc.
22:44
abe is unique in the games because he is blue and has stitched lips (and in later games tribal tattoos)
the default mudokons are typically green with no stitched lips
Well, if this doesn't get me to experience the game beyond looking up IP cameos, nothing will.
Well, well it’s my favourite game from last year
Oh shit!
Oh boy!!!
I 'member!
OH GOD YES
Spend best times playing Astro Bots and other with cool rescue bots from other best top cross games characters
Oh man, I love Super Mario Galaxy 3.
This game drove me mad with its cameos. To the point of having a detailed spreadsheet of who is in the game, if one could play it on modern hardware, And what game they come from. Among other things.
I can't wait for your guys let's Play of God of War Ragnarok and it's DLC Valhalla.
You're incorrect. The Playroom in fact was the the very first game in the Astro Bot series, that came pre-installed with PS4.
I wonder if this is winning GOTY if Sony will do more with Astro Bot besides tech demos and anniversaries
23:48 The hell kind of a name is Ian?
Yes, I'm aware yall did a LP of R&C1. Still waiting for another playthrough of another R&C game, ty
had it not been for Echoes of Wisdom, this would have been my GOTY. still - #2 is not a bad place!
Everyone remember Johnny doing this game for the Sub Shack?
Thanks TH-cam for not notifying me that these guys uploaded. Oh well.
Edit: Also to add to the early convo about the PS5 console and not enough “interest” so to say is that by the time that PS5s were more available and easier to get, every single company kept releasing games for the PS4 because they were so afraid of not having that pre-existing player base. So the problem became “why should I buy a PS5 when the game is coming out on PS4, the console that I already have”. Add on top of that that the console hasn’t gone down in price at all since launch *and* the current economy and you just found out why this console gen in general is failing in comparison to last gen.
Yes more SGB
Now this is a based pick for a game subject.
Let's goooooooooooooooooo my GOTY 2024.
Man, this games warms my heart so much.......
I’d love to see a playthrough of Hi-Fi rush sometime
I just got a ps5 and seen some good reviews for this game I might have to play it
I'm confussed if it's John or Elliot playing? If it's Elliot I hope there isn't any meteors or palaces with switches in them.
The PS3 didn't have a tech demo for Astro Bot Elliot, you're thinking of The Playroom on PS4 which was the tech demo that featured AR bots that waddled like toddlers because Team Asobi, then known as Asobi Team, wondered how to make the AR bots cute and what they came up with was making them waddle like toddlers which then led to The Playroom VR with mini games like Robot Rescue followed by Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Astro's Playroom, and now Astro Bot