Astro Bot Rescue Mission

It’s hard to overstate how incredibly different and exciting Astro Bot Rescue Mission’s new perspective is for the platform genre. The depth of the PSVR’s 3D leads to some truly incredible moments, like when Captain Astro leaps from eye level down to a trampoline metres below, only to bounce up and over your head. In almost every level I audibly gasped or smiled with delight, like when I needed to duck my head underwater to watch the little robot swim through some pipes or simply when Captain Astro would stand close enough to touch. The challenging platforming and natural implementation of VR make it one of the most interesting and genuinely new-feeling games in recent memory. Astro Bot Rescue Mission delivers on the potential of PSVR and is a must-buy for owners of the device.

-- As reviewed by IGN
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Product details

  • Take control of ASTRO the captain BOT and go on an epic VR rescue mission to save your fellow crew who are dispersed all over space
  • Twenty levels and six huge bosses. Play through 20 unique levels, each One populated by deadly traps and enemies
  • Five gadgets in One Controller. Your dualshock 4 Controller becomes the host of a bunch of fun gadgets ranging from a hook Shot used to cross ravines, a water cannon and even deadly Ninja stars!
  • Twenty six extra challenges. In addition to the main story, you can unlock a further 26 challenge stages that will put your platforming skills to the test

PROS

+ Impressive and inventive platforming
+ VR brings you right into the action
+ Great use of the player’s gaze and Dual Shock gadgets
+ Superb level design

CONS

- A relatively short, linear adventure
- 3D perspective has its challenges

Expert reviews and ratings

By IGN on October 05, 2018
It’s hard to overstate how incredibly different and exciting Astro Bot Rescue Mission’s new perspective is for the platform genre. The depth of the PSVR’s 3D leads to some truly incredible moments, like when Captain Astro leaps from eye level down to a trampoline metres below, only to bounce up and over your head. In almost every level I audibly gasped or smiled with delight, like when I needed to duck my head underwater to watch the little robot swim through some pipes or simply when Captain Astro would stand close enough to touch. The challenging platforming and natural implementation of VR make it one of the most interesting and genuinely new-feeling games in recent memory. Astro Bot Rescue Mission delivers on the potential of PSVR and is a must-buy for owners of the device.
90
By TrustedReviews on October 05, 2018
It’s not the first cutesy VR platformer – Lucky’s Tale was good and solid while Moss was a fantastic game – but Astro Bot Rescue Mission goes one step further by mixing solid platforming mechanics with VR spectacle and great ideas that make the headset feel integral. While the name suggests something desperately generic, the game is anything but.
90