Yea, the more games I play, the more I feel Eastern and indie devs are the ones making gaming worthwhile these days for the most part I wish Sony hadn't downscaled Japan Studio
Alot of people might call me crazy but..... it feels like I need to live in a dark cave like batman so I can find a way to deal with these people destroying our games.
Astro Bot gets it, right down to gaming’s roots, just a very fun and imaginative game. Nothing more, nothing less and we need more games like that nowadays!
Bro fr. How are you gonna attack a game that you play as a robot yet still complain about the lack of diversity and inclusivity? Like bruh ITS A FUCKING ROBOT.
Didn’t Astro Bot get a 94 on Metacritic? For them to give it this high praise then turn around and shit on it is very suspect and any rational person should see that this should be example #1 that these people should NOT be trusted and that no one should listen to anything they have to say about anything, ever.
People judging family safe innocent fun seems like these women have deep haltered towards gaming in general. Even I tend to play more serious games myself, I feel like especially children need safe and happy environments. Outside of toxic depressing feelings to feel safe and happy. Besides children are too young to explore the message you want to convey.
You are not here to have *Fun* in your video-'games'. You are here for re-education, now get with the program, by purchasing our propaganda materiel. Propaganda should be free - make it so?
Funny how anti-wokers/cry-wokers follow a similar structure. "It has black characters, lgbt representation, less than attractive women, mild political correctness and it/they as a selectable pronoun for your character, therefor, it's woke."
It’s because they are becoming less relevant so they need to keep saying controversial and stupid things to get attention trust me. They are on life support. Astrobot is so fun. I wish they would make more creative and innovative games like it.
They've become talentless morons that aren't worth buying from or listening too. Just keep voting with your wallet and eventually things will be right again.
These companies change their agendas. No longer did they hire real game journalists, they pushed them out of the industry and hired activists. First it was the film industry and now you see they invaded the videogames industry.
I still love the fact that Kotaku and IGN called Astro Bot, and it's references "soulless." It must be true since they are the front runners on all things soulless. They must have a pretty strong understanding of what it's like to not put soul into anything ever.
Well, anyone who says or thinks that is bad to focus a game on fun, doesn't know anything about video games and should leave the industry for their own good, even a journalist, because it shows that they don't know the subject.
I mean it’s not completely wrong tho, how much cooler would have been this type of game but set in the Spyro, Crash or Mario universes? Instead of seeing thousands of bot characters with the same face we could have had way cooler designs. Still a great game, I just don’t think Astrobot is a great mascot.
If its not fun, why bother, this dumb push to always preach to players as if they were total losers, get back to your activism in other places and leave games lone.
While I can't say how much I like Astro Bot, compared to BM(w), the game looks pretty harmless, and I like that. That being said, I almost don't blame journalists for their anger towards cry-wokers when literally anything with African Americans, LGBT characters, less than attractive women, etcetera, is automatically "woke" and only exists to spread a message, and it really maks me anxious about one day releasing a book I'm writing about sumo-wrestling animal hybrids because the characters are "fat and ugly" even though the book isn't trying to spread a "woke" message, is respectful towards all of its characters and includes a strong female character who respects her male partners and gladly leans on them for support when she needs to.
Astro Bot was so great. Made me remember all great experiences I've had with playstation for soooo sooo many years now; The Puppeteer, Little Big Planet, Jac n Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Monkey Escape(don't remember the name) from back in the day, to recent greats as God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghost of Tsushima,.. so many great memories. And to top it of Astro Bot itself, one of the greatest games ever!!
Gaming journalists?! That's a job?!? I only look in the Playstation store, watch the trailer and if I like the trailer, I buy. Simply as that. Not reading no articles on someone else's view.
6:26 “… unprofessional work culture.” The hypocrisy & irony in that statement! The game “journalist” should be reviewing the game, not the game studio, not a developer, not the director, but the game! Graphics, story, gameplay etc. That’s what you’re supposed to be reviewing, nothing else! What the developer does outside of the game is none of your business. It should have no bearing whatsoever on your review, even if you found dreadful true things about a developer or the writers; because you are reviewing the game!
It would be a real shame if a video game company sold games I want to buy. I guess? I don't want every game to be like Astrobot, but I'm enjoying it as a delightful change of pace. I buy a lot of games, I get to support what I enjoy. I haven't seen a single dev from concord, sw outlaw, or dustborn show up and say "Uh... Hey? This didn't go the way we thought it would, so we're here to listen.". Only attacks against the customers, really spiteful and hateful comments. That's not new, that is how they felt all along and now it's just on display. I don't have to get mad or be mean like them, all I have to do is support what I like.
I think these idiots have forgotten the quote from the great Reggie Fils Aime “The game is fun. The game is a battle. If it's not fun, why bother? If it's not a battle, where's the fun?”
Game journalist when they see a game that is made with heart: DISGUSTING! Also game journalists when they see game with just good graphics and little to no gameplay: *Constant drooling*
You know what is a much bigger problem? TH-camrs and Social Media blowing stuff out of proportion, bending what was said to their on agenda. And consumers/followers of these outlets eating up this bs like soulless sheep. I could care less about IGN‘s and Kotaku‘s opinions. I just wanna play a fun game. But to their defense: Both gave Astro raving reviews for being a fantastic platformer! What you’re referencing here is a subjective commentary on the praise regarding a corporate identity ingrained in Astro Bots setting. Neither it is criticism of the game itself and its fun gameplay, nor is about „being angry at people having fun with Astro Bot“. You made this up, slapped a nice provocative title on that video to gather clicks (mine included) and most of these zombies in the comments seem to eat it up without using a single brain cell. What I learned from it is blocking your channel because it spews çräp.
I agree with you wholeheartedly about people, they are like sheep or just jumping on the band wagon of others because they haven't got a mind of their own and or just go along with other sheep people, to start trouble for games and their companies for whatever reason they come up with. 😢😮 Why can't we enjoy games for what they are and what fun we get out of them. 😊 It's your choice what games you play nobody else's. If they think of a game as rubbish and say don't play it and you think it's good then it's up to you and your choice to play it not theirs. There are too many people complaining about anything they want to nowadays and wanting them to mindlessly follow them, I say have a mind of your own for once have your own options on the topic at hand and don't be a sheep or jump on the same band wagon as everyone else.😮😊😅
Did you miss the memo where that batshit insane Activist from Sweet Baby Inc blatantly said they'd like to burn the whole video game industry to the ground?
Astro Bot, UFO 50, Black Myth Wukong, The Plucky Squire, and Squirrel With a Gun this is a nice corner for actual Gamers to be in atm away from the AAA disease
Astro Bot does not have THE MESSAGE, so it has to get the boot. if there is a sequel, i'm truly worried for it. i don't know how you would wokify the little robot but woke, uh, finds a way.
GAME DEVELOPERS WON'T BE FOOLED AS EASILY AS EVERY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC... I ASSURE YOU. THEY'VE ALREADY GROWN WISE OF YOUR ACTS OF VANDALISM IN THE NAME OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION... EVEN THOUGH YOU CLEARLY DENIGRATE CERTAIN PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND DON'T INCLUDE ALL.
I though the whole point of video games is to have fun? Oh wait it is but most video game developers and journalists this days have lost sight of that and try to cram as much diversity and inclusion in to them as possible, the fact they think having “FUN” in games is “BAD” I think they lost the bloody plot. Also I lost all respect for game journalists many years ago.
It's the other way around, diversity and inclusivity should NOT replace fun, especially if it's harmless fun. Diversity isn't a negative per se, but forced and cheap diversity does as much good as a Nutrition Bar!
What makes a game diverse? People with diffrent backgrounds willing comming and engageing and forming a community. Not people selected because of thier diffrences to make a community
Our wallet, our rules.
our TIME our CHOICE!
When I look at Eastern game developers it got excited about the games from there. The West has abandoned that fun factor in videogames.
Yea, the more games I play, the more I feel Eastern and indie devs are the ones making gaming worthwhile these days for the most part
I wish Sony hadn't downscaled Japan Studio
I didn't realize, it looks like astrobot has mechanics from nearly every single platformer to date.
Reminds me of Guardian Tales and Evoland 2
"Don't blame others if their trash games don't attract gamers because that's not what gamers want"
Alot of people might call me crazy but..... it feels like I need to live in a dark cave like batman so I can find a way to deal with these people destroying our games.
Astro Bot gets it, right down to gaming’s roots, just a very fun and imaginative game. Nothing more, nothing less and we need more games like that nowadays!
This reminds me of a scene in the original Rugrats Cartoon.
Kotaku & IGN: *STOP HAVING FUN!!! IT'S JUST A STUPID ROBOT!!!!*
Bro fr. How are you gonna attack a game that you play as a robot yet still complain about the lack of diversity and inclusivity? Like bruh ITS A FUCKING ROBOT.
Didn’t Astro Bot get a 94 on Metacritic? For them to give it this high praise then turn around and shit on it is very suspect and any rational person should see that this should be example #1 that these people should NOT be trusted and that no one should listen to anything they have to say about anything, ever.
People judging family safe innocent fun seems like these women have deep haltered towards gaming in general. Even I tend to play more serious games myself, I feel like especially children need safe and happy environments. Outside of toxic depressing feelings to feel safe and happy. Besides children are too young to explore the message you want to convey.
You are not here to have *Fun* in your video-'games'.
You are here for re-education, now get with the program,
by purchasing our propaganda materiel.
Propaganda should be free - make it so?
This is out already. I'm going to buy asap, thanks ign and Kotaku.
Kotaku can't go out of business fast enough
It doesn't worship them and their "virtuous" world views, therefore it is automatically bad.
Kotaku calling anything soulless is pure irony.
Funny how anti-wokers/cry-wokers follow a similar structure. "It has black characters, lgbt representation, less than attractive women, mild political correctness and it/they as a selectable pronoun for your character, therefor, it's woke."
These type of ppl dislike fun. Misery loves company
IGN review on Astro Bot: Not diverse enough.
Should ask them what happened to the games that made diversity their only trait. 🤔
this shows a lot who these political activists larping as video games journalists really are
It’s because they are becoming less relevant so they need to keep saying controversial and stupid things to get attention trust me. They are on life support. Astrobot is so fun. I wish they would make more creative and innovative games like it.
Truth
They can become relevant by following the wave, yet they decide to just burn the bridge.
I miss japan studios. And Sony became to the 4kids Entertainment of the gaming industry. Buying japanese stuff, assimilate it, ruin it.
Since 2018
It's not sony, it's california itself that is ruining playstation games and other games in general
"QUIT HAVING FUN!!!!"
Fun > anything else > diversity and inclusivity
Remember. Concord is why the PS5 Pro is $700 dollars
What is happening in the gaming industry especially the game reviewers???
They've become talentless morons that aren't worth buying from or listening too. Just keep voting with your wallet and eventually things will be right again.
Corrupted by money and power.
These companies change their agendas. No longer did they hire real game journalists, they pushed them out of the industry and hired activists. First it was the film industry and now you see they invaded the videogames industry.
If gaming journalist hates that peoples that love Astro bots, why didn't they support Concord? Where were they when Concord was released?
I still love the fact that Kotaku and IGN called Astro Bot, and it's references "soulless." It must be true since they are the front runners on all things soulless. They must have a pretty strong understanding of what it's like to not put soul into anything ever.
This is getting conspiracy theory levels, but it is quite fishy
This is like Mrs. Gristlepuss who banned krabby patty because it was fun & delicious
I just finished this off yesterday morning. Great game. A contender for GotY for me.
Couldn't they sue for defamation? (Black Myth Devs)
Man forget this Kotaku and IGN. They have lost credibility. where DUSTBORN, Concord they gave 7 out of 10.
the only soulless and empty thing here is their wallets
Well, anyone who says or thinks that is bad to focus a game on fun, doesn't know anything about video games and should leave the industry for their own good, even a journalist, because it shows that they don't know the subject.
I mean it’s not completely wrong tho, how much cooler would have been this type of game but set in the Spyro, Crash or Mario universes? Instead of seeing thousands of bot characters with the same face we could have had way cooler designs.
Still a great game, I just don’t think Astrobot is a great mascot.
Can’t spell ignorant without IGN. Kotaku? They just suck…..period.
Kotaku? More like SOYtaku.😂
8:02 what she writes here is so completely, 100%, absolutely ridiculously ironic.
STOP HAVING FUN
what's wrong with fun?
If its not fun, why bother, this dumb push to always preach to players as if they were total losers, get back to your activism in other places and leave games lone.
😂
To quote The Critical Drinker: "It's all about spreading THE MESSAGE."
While I can't say how much I like Astro Bot, compared to BM(w), the game looks pretty harmless, and I like that.
That being said, I almost don't blame journalists for their anger towards cry-wokers when literally anything with African Americans, LGBT characters, less than attractive women, etcetera, is automatically "woke" and only exists to spread a message, and it really maks me anxious about one day releasing a book I'm writing about sumo-wrestling animal hybrids because the characters are "fat and ugly" even though the book isn't trying to spread a "woke" message, is respectful towards all of its characters and includes a strong female character who respects her male partners and gladly leans on them for support when she needs to.
no cuteness, no sexy, no manly allowed in video games! specially no fun for gamers, just politic!
It means garbage in video games
They like other 'cute games' Maybe they are just stuck being contrarian??
Just ugly identity politics and activism.
clown politics, whatever their cult tells them is acceptable.
Pretty much garbage.
"No Fun Allowed" is getting more realistic
Good lord that's accurate the more I think about it.
It's already been like that since 2011. People are just now starting to realize SJWs were being serious about it.
We gamers deserve FUN AND COOL GAMES Let girls be girls. LET BOYS BE BOYS!!!!
Something tells me Kotaku is salty over Concord being shut down.
Astro Bot was so great. Made me remember all great experiences I've had with playstation for soooo sooo many years now; The Puppeteer, Little Big Planet, Jac n Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Monkey Escape(don't remember the name) from back in the day, to recent greats as God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghost of Tsushima,.. so many great memories. And to top it of Astro Bot itself, one of the greatest games ever!!
Gaming journalists?! That's a job?!? I only look in the Playstation store, watch the trailer and if I like the trailer, I buy. Simply as that. Not reading no articles on someone else's view.
My son and I both love Astro Bot. I love showing him the boxes for the IPs he sees represented in the bots
Gamer play games for fun not fot cheap politics and masage. Go make some boring documentary for you masage or agenda. Nobody cares.
i made a video its called real games is better than woke swine games
6:26 “… unprofessional work culture.” The hypocrisy & irony in that statement! The game “journalist” should be reviewing the game, not the game studio, not a developer, not the director, but the game! Graphics, story, gameplay etc. That’s what you’re supposed to be reviewing, nothing else! What the developer does outside of the game is none of your business. It should have no bearing whatsoever on your review, even if you found dreadful true things about a developer or the writers; because you are reviewing the game!
It would be a real shame if a video game company sold games I want to buy. I guess? I don't want every game to be like Astrobot, but I'm enjoying it as a delightful change of pace. I buy a lot of games, I get to support what I enjoy.
I haven't seen a single dev from concord, sw outlaw, or dustborn show up and say "Uh... Hey? This didn't go the way we thought it would, so we're here to listen.". Only attacks against the customers, really spiteful and hateful comments. That's not new, that is how they felt all along and now it's just on display. I don't have to get mad or be mean like them, all I have to do is support what I like.
I think these idiots have forgotten the quote from the great Reggie Fils Aime “The game is fun. The game is a battle. If it's not fun, why bother? If it's not a battle, where's the fun?”
Definitely playing Astro bot now
Game journalist when they see a game that is made with heart: DISGUSTING!
Also game journalists when they see game with just good graphics and little to no gameplay: *Constant drooling*
Why is only Sony not allowed a brand image?
If they don't remember their audience they won't have one.
You know what is a much bigger problem?
TH-camrs and Social Media blowing stuff out of proportion, bending what was said to their on agenda.
And consumers/followers of these outlets eating up this bs like soulless sheep.
I could care less about IGN‘s and Kotaku‘s opinions. I just wanna play a fun game. But to their defense: Both gave Astro raving reviews for being a fantastic platformer!
What you’re referencing here is a subjective commentary on the praise regarding a corporate identity ingrained in Astro Bots setting. Neither it is criticism of the game itself and its fun gameplay, nor is about „being angry at people having fun with Astro Bot“.
You made this up, slapped a nice provocative title on that video to gather clicks (mine included) and most of these zombies in the comments seem to eat it up without using a single brain cell.
What I learned from it is blocking your channel because it spews çräp.
I agree with you wholeheartedly about people, they are like sheep or just jumping on the band wagon of others because they haven't got a mind of their own and or just go along with other sheep people, to start trouble for games and their companies for whatever reason they come up with. 😢😮 Why can't we enjoy games for what they are and what fun we get out of them. 😊 It's your choice what games you play nobody else's. If they think of a game as rubbish and say don't play it and you think it's good then it's up to you and your choice to play it not theirs. There are too many people complaining about anything they want to nowadays and wanting them to mindlessly follow them, I say have a mind of your own for once have your own options on the topic at hand and don't be a sheep or jump on the same band wagon as everyone else.😮😊😅
Did you miss the memo where that batshit insane Activist from Sweet Baby Inc blatantly said they'd like to burn the whole video game industry to the ground?
Astro Bot, UFO 50, Black Myth Wukong, The Plucky Squire, and Squirrel With a Gun
this is a nice corner for actual Gamers to be in atm away from the AAA disease
Astro Bot does not have THE MESSAGE, so it has to get the boot. if there is a sequel, i'm truly worried for it. i don't know how you would wokify the little robot but woke, uh, finds a way.
GAME DEVELOPERS WON'T BE FOOLED AS EASILY AS EVERY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC... I ASSURE YOU.
THEY'VE ALREADY GROWN WISE OF YOUR ACTS OF VANDALISM IN THE NAME OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION...
EVEN THOUGH YOU CLEARLY DENIGRATE CERTAIN PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND DON'T INCLUDE ALL.
Western game developers make it easy to to take my money and keep it in my wallet. Seriously... "F" them.
I though the whole point of video games is to have fun? Oh wait it is but most video game developers and journalists this days have lost sight of that and try to cram as much diversity and inclusion in to them as possible, the fact they think having “FUN” in games is “BAD” I think they lost the bloody plot. Also I lost all respect for game journalists many years ago.
We just need to keeo ignoring these people and the media they put out and they'll eventually go away.
It's the other way around, diversity and inclusivity should NOT replace fun, especially if it's harmless fun. Diversity isn't a negative per se, but forced and cheap diversity does as much good as a Nutrition Bar!
Why Sony so gay? escape Clifornyanya! Sony! while you still not a Ubisofted
My 5 yr old daughter and I platinumed this game together. This is what gaming should be all about.
Advertisement? Yes
Soulless? Hell no.
this game looks like a love letter to long time playstation players.
Those guys are just woke journalist disguised as gaming journalist😂
*Activists
Remake “Manhunt” just to really piss them off ool
What makes a game diverse? People with diffrent backgrounds willing comming and engageing and forming a community. Not people selected because of thier diffrences to make a community
I miss the time diverse means a big cast of characters, now it means "I have minorities in my game".
Harris Woke DEI campaign funding 😂 that why gaming industry is getting into politics