
The nods to classic PlayStation games and characters were already outstanding in Astro's Playroom — the packed-in PS5 game — but fully-fledged successor Astro Bot is taking everything to the next level. In an interview with Eurogamer, creative director Nicolas Doucet reveals that there are over 150 PlayStation-related cameos in the game. We're already dead set on finding every single one of them.
"Instead of the hardware we put our attention towards the characters, and that's why we push these cameos. Before they were quite primitive, but now they feel much richer looking. It's over 150 [cameos], so it's going to go really deep and everybody should have their favourite ones," Doucet explains.
And no, before you say anything, the Bloodborne cameo that was present in Astro Bot's announcement trailer is not hinting at the action RPG's imminent return. As we all know, fans have been practically begging for Sony to revive Bloodborne in a remastered or remade form for years now, but its presence in Team Asobi's platformer doesn't have any deeper meaning.
"There's no secret meaning, it's just a celebration of the whole PlayStation history," says Doucet.
Anyway, 150 cameos! Everything we hear about Astro Bot just gets us more and more hyped, so here's hoping that the adventure lives up to expectations when it launches in September.
Are there any particular cameos that you'd love to see? Come up with some seriously deep cuts in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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I hope we could see an Atoi bot flying on a paper plane in one of the Dual Speedster parts in the game, that would be a good nod to Tearaway Unfolded.
Can people please shut up about Bloodborne lol, if it happens it happens.
Well at least everything I'm hearing about Astro Bot sounds great so I'll definitely be there day one.
Give me a BB remake dammit!!
Give me a BB remake
Give me a BB remake
Give me a BB remake 😁
Looking for to my Astro Bot platform adventure.
About time we had a great main platform game on PS5.
My most anticipated game in the fall window… preordered!!!
@Mikey856 @MrMagic The duality of man.
Let's get an Ellen and Keats from Folklore reference in there! That would be a fun deep cut. I miss Folklore.
But good lord I really can't wait to play this. It's going to be so so good!
I'm hoping for some Playstation deep-cut cameos, this is the same developer that used the Pocket Station battery cover as platforms in Playroom after all lol.
@Korgon Now that's what I'm talking about, maybe even the Scarecrow too.
And the Bloodborne PC portbegging got tired 5 minutes after it was originally announced.
Could care less for Bloodborne but I haven’t preordered a game in years.. looks like I’ll be doing that this weekend.. I’ll be trying for my 4th ever Platinum with this beauty
Can’t wait
Wonder if it's just first party or like playroom characters from third party as well.
I’d love to see some of the less popular characters make an appearance. How cool would it be to get Trico or The Boy, or Ash, Conner, Kat, and Sir Galahad!
I wonder if these will be limited to Sony first and second party or if they will get permission to put in third party characters like the did with Big Daddy in PlayStation All-Stars.
We’re sure to get Nathan Drake, Ellie, Kratos, Aloy, Spider-Man, etc.
@Korgon Dang, Folklore - that is a really deep cut. 😄 I really liked that game.
@Americansamurai1 Simultaneously posted the same thought! 😄
@Mustoe as a fellow grammar nazi, I have no excuse for this.. I have been shamed.. thank you
150 PlayStation cameos so does that mean we have Alundra Wild Arms Dark Cloud legend of dragoon and Arc the lad characters in there somewhere.
@Areus It means all of those games are getting remakes!
That's a lot of cameos
@ShogunRok Considering how long Sony has been silent on what they are doing it would be pretty funny if that was true 😂
@ShogunRok 😁😁😁😁😁
Cant wait for this gem.
Also:
Wheres my
Playstation all stars battle royale 2?
PaRappa-Bot was in that trailer too.
"PaRappa return CONFIRMED"
Seeing all of the cameos and references in Playroom put a big ol' smile on my face.
Can't wait to see how the devs do the cameos this time around.
You know how in GT7 there's that page that lists all the cars you have and gives you their real life history when you click on them?
I hope Astro has the PlayStation version of that for these cameos.
That's a lot of cameos.
But I wonder if they will be strictly PS 1st party characters or also from 3rd party who has deep connection with PS because their games either started or became popular with PS. Like Crash Bandicoot-Crash, Tekken-Kazuya / Heihachi, DMC-Dante, RE-Chris / Jill, Onimusha-Samanosuke, FF 7-Cloud, MGS-Solid Snake, Tenchu-Rikimaru, Kingdom Hearts-Sora, etc.
Removed - trolling/baiting
It's going to be a looooong few months until this game comes out! I can't wait, but it's going to be a looooong wait
Hey PushSquare, I'm looking for an astrobot trailer but none of your articles have it! Do I have to research everything myself?? 😤😤
@Mustoe As a fellow grammar nazi I thank you. Every time I see could care less a small tremor ripples through my veins.
@Hi569 What a weird thing to say
A bit off topic:
Astro Bot beats Doom as the No.1 wishlisted game of the summer games showcases
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/astro-bot-beats-doom-as-the-no1-wishlisted-game-of-the-summer-games-showcases
Hail Astro Bot 🙇♂️
I need a jumping flash one where you've gotta go skyscraper high for a carrot lol
Its mostly bloodborne pc port begging, but in general Sony doesn't really release games on pc now until they get a ps5 version.
@PuppetMaster Astro's Playroom had cameos from third-party IP that started/heavily associated with PlayStation, so there is precedent for these types of cameos.
@meistergeister I normally say not to preorder but with this one it looks like a safe bet. I’ve done the same. Love the look of this game, looks like a proper PlayStation Mario level quality platformer.
I would personally love to see a cameo of Dart from The Legend of Dragoon! The chances might be slim, but I think it would be awesome to see The Legend of Dragoon acknowledged by Team Asobi as a part of PlayStation history.
Other than The Legend of Dragoon, I would also love to see cameos from Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XVI, Kingdom Hearts, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro. (Those last two are anyone’s guess since Microsoft owns Spyro and Crash now, but I don’t think the chances are impossible.)
@GamingFan4Lyf That's cool. I guess we gonna see 3rd party cameos like Cloud or Solid Snake.
The more I see of Astrobot the more I worry for the likes of Media Molecule. Y'all done goofed.
I really wish it would just be its own thing. This makes it feel even more like a promo.
Legend of Dragoon is the one of the biggest dreams for me.
@Ulysses
How about the first article they wrote when the game was announced?
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/05/astro-bot-looks-absolutely-glorious-lands-on-ps5-this-september
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