Have you found all four Special Bots in Astro’s Playroom yet? They’re all available now, and if you’re stuck, we reveal all Special Bots locations in our guide. There’s not just Trophies and some fun gameplay up for grabs here either: your progress will actually transition to the upcoming Astro Bot game on PS5.
Nicolas Doucet, the head of Team Asobi, explained on the PS Blog: “Once rescued, you will be able to take these bots to the new game and add them to your starting crew. And in the last few hours preceding the release of Astro Bot, we will hold a special celebration countdown inside Astro’s Playroom. Please come and check it out.”
There are a total of 300 bots to find in the new game, around half of which are cameos from various PlayStation games. What’s cool is that, as confirmed in the launch trailer, these characters will have a larger role in the full release than just being references. “These little guys can combine to perform group actions that let you explore more of the hub planet,” Doucet said. “In the video, you can see a few of the PlayStation characters working together to make a running wall for Astro to get to higher places.”
Get those Special Bots collected now, then, so you’ve got a headstart once the game officially launches next week.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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I know I finished the main game storyline on PS5 when we bought it, but I can't recall how much of anything else I did, not a big fan of time trials, challenges and the sort. Plus I bought the system w/ R & C so wanted to get to that as well.
Will make use of the guide and go check my save out, thanks.
Is it just the 4 bots that carry over and none of the other collectables?
@Mortal That's correct!
@get2sammyb good!
My daughter wiped my platinum'd save to start from scratch, and she isn't doing any of the collectables!
Can you Download playroom to your ps5? Ignore me senior moment
Getting my last two bots today, wonder what obscure objectives I'll need to do. Anyone notice the Team Asobi updated logo on the splash screen?
Playroom has effectively become a short prequel to Astro Bot now.
Using a game that every single PS5 user owns to build hype for the next game has been a genius move. Could be an interesting area for other developers to look into.
Sucks getting old, my brain is thinking "what bots?" Even though I played the hell out of that game.
Proud to be in the club of 0.1 percenters. I love anything Astro Bot.
Thanks for the pre warning and guide, ill jump back in a collect them tomorrow!
@tselliot
They have been added at some point after launch - i played it through twice in the early PS5 days and the messages about the bots werent there then.
Better get to it then!
Gah! I'd been meaning to get around to these but it's been nuts lately and I forgot... Best crack on, huh? At least I downloaded it again when they announced them!
@tselliot They announced the special bots with the new game, to be made available one at a time in the lead up to it's launch. I was waiting for all 4 to be unlocked, but may have forgot. At least there's a week to get 'em done!
@Mikey856 yes it came on all PS5s I believe but if you've deleted it you can download it from the store for free.
@dschons I think it’s the club of 4.5 percenters.
@Mortal same here
@Stevemalkpus Still says 0.1 for me for the final trophy.
@dschons You are correct. I was looking at the Platinum percentage.
I usually avoid guides and walkthroughs. If you do too, I’ll save you the time; go straight to the guide for these. It’s impossible without it.
@koverby Haha yeah, they’re very difficult.
Ahhh man. I deleted all my progress after i got the plat so i could go through it all again. Im still near the beginning.
@tselliot I'm actually thinking the exact same thing. I played it all the way through, I got all the things out of the grab machine.
I don't ever remember collecting bots.
@Sequel yeah I noticed that. It's brilliant.
The Ape Escape bot was really fun to collect. Playing Simon Says at the end was cute and made me audibly go 'awwww'
Motivation to clear the backlog.
Jumped back in last night. The bots are SO hard to find, has to use the guide, but dang is Playroom such a fun game. And FREE! Best pack-in with a system since the good ol’ NES days!
@Kidfunkadelic83 It's only a few hours long (and great fun). You could definitely get it done before next week.
Remember, only the Special Bots transfer so you wouldn't necessarily need to do everything else.
This game looks like its really going to be something special. Hopefully it does well so that Sony takes note.
I booted it up yesterday and started with the last level in the jungle where I thought I read a special bot was but I forgot how to climb by moving the controller. L2 & R2 I knew but titling, why is that even a thing?
Next time I boot it up I’ll bring the guide with me, no more guessing or misremembering.
This is great. Really love how much they're pushing this. I think it's going to be a terrific (and big!) game for Playstation.
@get2sammyb done it. Astro's rescue mission complete!
I never knew there was a connection, that's really awesome.
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