Nag Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 Looks good for my Fantasy Critic...😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 5, 2024 Author Share Posted September 5, 2024 This game is looking on par with Mario Galaxy games for this sort of boundless creativity, shifting gameplay and floating levels I’ve liked a lot of previous PlayStation platformers. Crash, Spyro, Little Big Planet, Ratchet and Clank and that first Jak and Daxter. But they’ve always been B level platformers. PlayStation has never made a really great one. I think that’s about to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 In their defense, they never really tried to mimic Nintendo's type of platformer before. J&K had adventure elements, R&C is 50% shooting, Sly is stealth platforming etc. This is really the first time where you can clearly see that they're going for the whole Mario Galaxy thing of throwing a new idea at the player every 10 minutes. As for the bittersweet thing of it representing a bunch of IPs that are dormant, I kind of get the point, because that's pretty much exactly how I felt when I played Sonic Racing Transformed. But if the game can stand on its own, which I presume it does after seeing some videos and seeing that score, I think people would rather veer towards praising the accomplishments of the developer in favour of pointing at the failures of the publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 5, 2024 Author Share Posted September 5, 2024 I’m not comparing to Nintendo, I mean full stop I don’t think they’ve ever made a platformer that was out & out amazing. That’s not a diss either, I like most of their’s. They’ve just never had that something that makes them the top. I think they all hover around this mild 7/weak8 category. But Astrobot I really think is going to be the first to change that. This game looked like a 10 from the word go and it seems to be living up to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 Jak II is kino There's an hour long video essay on youtube calling it a 'Misunderstood Masterpiece'. I don't want to watch it but I agree with everything the person says in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 Jak & Daxter fucking ruled. I loved that game. Genuinely enjoyed it more than most 3D Mario’s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 5, 2024 Author Share Posted September 5, 2024 Jak and Daxter was one collectathon one generation too late. It was “eh, I guess” on release EDITED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 Loved Jak games and ratchet titles also, everything 3D Mario wishes it could be. 😝🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 The reviews for this are just incredible. It makes me very glad that there's still a PS5 in my household. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 3rd game I’ve bought this year, Sony cooking again 🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 5, 2024 Author Share Posted September 5, 2024 NO WAY (Cameo spoiler) Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 6, 2024 Share Posted September 6, 2024 This is cute: Edit: Will you look at that, a good-looking game running at 4K 60fps on a base PS5. A good example of why having a realistic visual target and optimisation process completely bypasses the concept and need for upgraded hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 6, 2024 Share Posted September 6, 2024 It's so weird to me now that it needs to be pointed out that a game has no ghosting or reconstruction artifacts when praising its visuals. It really sort of feels like modern photoreal visuals are becoming this Faustian deal on current hardware, even PC to a point, cause when the image is so inconsistent and unstable it hardly seems to matter that it's accurately simulating the properties of lighting and the way shading works, when stuff dissolves into a smoky mist of ghosty nonsense during motion. Or the whole thing is an eyeball straining out of focus blurry mess like FFVII and XVI. That said I'm glad they are doing that anyway cause overtime we can just not use the reconstruction stuff, at least on PC. But it's so annoying not being able to see clearly when playing on console so at least Astro Bot has that going for it. I do think the target for consoles probably needs to be adjusted but I don't think it's probably way more difficult than we are making it sound, especially as this game is basically a cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 7, 2024 Author Share Posted September 7, 2024 Well done, team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metroid66 Posted September 7, 2024 Share Posted September 7, 2024 I might reload the first one. I think I just deleted it when I got my PS5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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