Games of the Generation: Astro Bot Rescue Mission does for VR what Mario 64 did for 3D

PlayStation VR’s killer app is the most inventive platformer of this generation

[SullysCigar]

Any Gamer that slept on this is doing themselves a massive disservice. If you don't have a PSVR, this is one of the top 5 reasons to get one.

If you can't, play it on someone else's, just don't miss out!

[NecrumOddBoy]

This game was absolutely amazing. This is what VR is truly for.

[giveyerheadawobble]

Even though you'll get VR elitists saying that it isn't really a true VR game (technically it isn't) in that it doesn't place you directly into an environment where you have hands and can interact with the world, but that doesn't matter. The brilliance of this title is that they've represented you in VR in a robot body that has a dualshock that controls the little fella. He acknowledges your existence when you make him face you, you look down at him and he waves up at you. It's a small thing, but it can't be translated with a flat TV. It's things like this that confirm that VR isn't just for 1st person, but it has the potential to make any genre of gaming more personal, interactive, immersive, and better.

[VenomUK]

@giveyerheadawobble "it can't be translated with a flat TV. It's things like this that confirm that VR isn't just for 1st person, but it has the potential to make any genre of gaming more personal, interactive, immersive, and better."

That's a great way to explain the VR experience.

[Babadook7]

I was recalling the feeling of playing this game (and Robot Rescue in Playroom VR) for the first time, and was comparing it to playing Mario 64 day one. A magical experience thanks to compelling hardware and software.

[yeahokwhatever]

@giveyourheadawobble "VR elitists saying that it isn't really a true VR game" <--- huh? of course its a VR game. you play as the guy with the controller. you can look down and see the controller. not having hands doesnt make a game not a vr game. thats oddly specific and not true for a TON of vr games.

[Smitty2020]

Great game, loved it

[GamingSinceForever]

Agreed. It also doesn’t make you feel nauseated so it can be played for hours at a time.

[SullysCigar]

Good job really, because it's so moreish!

[ApocalypseShadow]

If more headsets were out there, more gamers would have found out how awesome this game is in leading platforming into the VR world. Others started the movement but it was Japan Studios that did a fine job with quality and execution with innovative ideas.

Sad part is that it'll be Nintendo creating a real Mario VR platformer beyond Labo VR for anyone to notice. And the media will shower undo accolades on them for being "innovators" and "originators" of VR platforming.

[MeteorPanda]

omg nintendo will never touch vr. they can barely sort out a online ui and code. can you imagine these illiterate fucks making a vr game. it'd be so tech demo.

[Sitdown]

Guess someone is too young to remember Virtual Boy.

[jukins]

That was not in anyway vr lol

[roadkillers]

They are working with AR..

[IRetrouk]

Really, really, really great game, cant stress that enough, me, the wife and kids all enjoyed it.

[SCW1982]

Pure magic first time I put on my headset and entered this world. One of the best platformers ever!

[potatoseal]

I couldn't stop smiiing when I was playing this in VR. It's like a dream come true

[S2Killinit]

If you didnt play this, you missed out bigly

[yeahokwhatever]

its an amazing experience of a game. its not just a showcase for sony's hardware, its a legitimately great game. magical.

[Einhander1971]

Yes I can't state enough how amazing this game is. Even Sony haven't pushed it the way they should. The doubters should beg steal or borrow a PSVR and try it. Personally one of, if not the best platformer ever, it really is.

[Lionsguard]

It's criminal that Sony hasn't used the Astro Bots to a far greater degree than they have.

[roadkillers]

Too expensive with VR