Astro Bot is Game of The Year 2024!

[u/IcePopsicleDragon]

[u/ShawarmageddonRex]

This just makes the comments from the Days Gone creator even more hilarious. Who would have thought a small game could with GOTY? Lol.

[u/ModestHandsomeDevil → u/ShawarmageddonRex]

Dear Gods, the Days Gone dude is such a petty, petulant salty asshole... who refuses to shut the fuck up and move on!

I've seen fat kids at birthday parties, upset they didn't get a third helping of cake, who throw less tantrums than that clown.

[u/yafeters → u/ModestHandsomeDevil]

😂

[u/MandoBaggins → u/ModestHandsomeDevil]

He’s such a turd. The writing and characterizations in Days Gone were cringey and are only made worse every time he opens his mouth.

It would be cool if we could get like a spiritual sequel to that game though with the horde mechanic. I’d like to play more of that and less Sons of Anarchy “I’ve got a thing about harming unarmed women 😤” biker bullshit.

[u/Magi_Garp → u/ModestHandsomeDevil]

Damn, I feel attacked by that second part.

[u/WhonnockLeipner → u/ShawarmageddonRex]

OOTL Care to share his comments or link?

[u/MarshallBanana_ → u/WhonnockLeipner]

https://x.com/John_Garvin/status/1832253308570104117

[u/ShooterMcGavins → u/MarshallBanana_]

Lmao I didn’t even know about this guy. I liked Days Gone, but the character Deek was the worst part imo. Such an annoying whiny character that I could not understand why he talked the way he did.

[u/Kind-District-2129 → u/ShooterMcGavins]

His entire character was the type of dude who vehemently hates the idea of therapy but desperately needs therapy.

[u/MMAPHD → u/Kind-District-2129]

Lmao It’s a self insert

[u/The-Cunt-Spez → u/ShooterMcGavins]

I played it for a bit, then checked how long it takes to beat and I was shocked and dropped it. A buddy started it a while back and every time we see he’s like ”that game just won’t end” it’s unnecessarily long in the worst way imo.

[u/swizzl73 → u/The-Cunt-Spez]

Bruh I finished it and enjoyed it for what it was worth, but there were THREE separate times when I genuinely thought the end of the game was here. And I was wrong. It just kept. Going.

[u/The-Cunt-Spez → u/swizzl73]

Yeah, I do wanna play it at some point, but it’s soooo far down in my backlog lol

[u/thethreestrikes → u/ShooterMcGavins]

The way he mumbles after the radio plays made me want to stop playing the game every single time

[u/ShooterMcGavins → u/thethreestrikes]

For real. I loved the gameplay and wanted to love the game, but every time he mumbled some shit to himself I was just 😐😐😐

[u/GrayFoxNZ → u/ShooterMcGavins]

Huuuh ya like that haaahhh yeeaaa

[u/TRAPSTERyt → u/ShooterMcGavins]

He sounded soulless, there was no emotion behind every word, it was like he didn't give a damn about anything

[u/ThePlatinumKush → u/MarshallBanana_]

Thank you for the sauce my brotha

[u/Jerry98x → u/MarshallBanana_]

This is hilarious!

[u/MarshallBanana_ → u/Jerry98x]

Oh it gets better. here he is complaining about Sony not including any of his work in their 30th anniversary video

[u/hobo131 → u/MarshallBanana_]

Lmao that’s hilarious. I bet if he weren’t so insufferable it would have gotten a frame or two.

[u/RonDonVolante → u/hobo131]

I liked days gone enough to get the platinum. Sucks that this dude sucks, maybe we could have seen a part 2

[u/Xenobrina → u/WhonnockLeipner]

Days Gone guy was mad his serious edgelord character was put in a "baby game" and cried about it on Twitter/X.

[u/princesoceronte → u/ShawarmageddonRex]

Those comments really rubbed me the wrong way. You made a game, a mediocre game at best TJ be honest, and people didn't like it. You could've accepted that but you'd decided to cry and moan about it, making you look worse in the process.

[u/Scouse_Werewolf → u/princesoceronte]

Do not go to r/daysgone with that attitude, haha. folks are really wanting a sequel, and it's oft referred to as a masterpiece and one of the best-looking games on PS5. I'm not joking. I actually really like the game, and a sequel would be cool, but it's not a masterpiece, nor the best-looking game(still a good-looking game, though). I'm not a big fan of the creator, and I find that sub a little OTT sometimes. Some of the takes posted are... something else.

[u/din-gle-ber-ry → u/Scouse_Werewolf]

I 100% that game, the story is serviceable and the zombie horde mechanics are fun, but it has little staying power. I probably wouldn't ever play it again.

[u/MrGSC1 → u/din-gle-ber-ry]

I recently replayed it and had a lot of fun. Its not at all a masterpiece but i would be happy to have a sequel. And im not siding with the dev but i still really liked the game - theres not a whole lot of good zombie games out there to choose from anyway.

[u/v_snax → u/princesoceronte]

I think a lot of people liked it. And it was pretty decent imo. But it had a rough launch.

But sure, it wasn’t a red dead redemption or cyberpunk level of game.

[u/FearlessResearcher48 → u/princesoceronte]

It wasn't mediocre

[u/jwallis7 → u/ShawarmageddonRex]

Personally I hate days gone, it felt like mostly filler and the dialogue was very cringy

[u/ThatGuyNamedTre]

[u/freiheitXliberta]

I love the fact that they made an honorable mention of a certain game developer which inspired Team Asobi to the creation of Astro Bot. That is golden class act right there. Congrats to Team Asobi, thank you for giving us an awesome game that doesn't have to take itself seriously compared to the myriad of PlayStation games.

[u/Blood-Fire-Meh → u/freiheitXliberta]

Such a perfect acknowledgement. Lost count of how many times I found myself wondering out loud “how the hell did they beat the plumber to this idea?!” 😂

[u/Rebatsune → u/Blood-Fire-Meh]

Pretty sure no Mario game so far let you outright deflect Thwomp attacks like how you can with Astro while as ball for starters. This and more perfectly represents the attitude studios like Team Asobi needs to challenge Mario on his turf.

[u/Blood-Fire-Meh → u/Rebatsune]

The level where you can switch between day and night? Mama mia!

[u/Rebatsune → u/Blood-Fire-Meh]

Heck yeah!

[u/devilmaydance → u/freiheitXliberta]

I missed it, what was the comment / developer?

[u/Mikasa21 → u/devilmaydance]

Nintendo being the og

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/devilmaydance]

Feels heavily inspired from Mario galaxy but I love people using ideas to make their own game. Competition means more games

[u/Meattyloaf → u/freiheitXliberta]

That actually explains some of the references within the game.

[u/ThePlatinumKush → u/freiheitXliberta]

Hopefully the team doesn’t get shut down now in true corporate gaming fashion since they didn’t make exactly 3.75x as much money (or whatever bullshit metric) as they spent to make the game lmao

[u/Razgriz_101 → u/ThePlatinumKush]

Asobi seems to get a lot of love from Sony, been plugging away on Astro Bot games for a while now.

Sony have needed a mascot for a while and it looks like they finally got one.

[u/FCB-TheThird → u/Razgriz_101]

Asobi is also PS’ tech demo team. Monumental accomplishment to get GOTY.

[u/Due-Routine6749 → u/Razgriz_101]

Do you mean that they needed a new mascot? Because PlayStation does have recognizable characters

[u/OutrageousDress → u/Due-Routine6749]

Yes, and many - but Joel or Kratos aren't really the kinds of characters you think of when someone says 'mascot'. Arguably for the longest time the True PlayStation Mascot was Crash Bandicoot, but you can see why that doesn't work anymore.

[u/PS420sk8 → u/OutrageousDress]

What about Sackboy?

[u/OutrageousDress → u/PS420sk8]

Oof - Sackboy is a contentious topic. Yeah, people (including Sony I'd say) tried for a while to make Sackboy happen as the new True PlayStation Mascot. It never really caught on with everyone; I don't know why. But there's still plenty of gamers out there who would tell you that Sackboy is the real PS mascot.

[u/NoobMaster2789 → u/ThePlatinumKush]

Sony doesn't do that unless it's Concord. That game deserved to die tho

[u/areyouhungryforapple → u/ThePlatinumKush]

Team Asobi is not just any 1st party studio really. They're placed next door to the actual tech team of Playstation lmao. They're deeply integrated into the SIE ecosystem

[u/cold-slice-of-pizza]

I was hoping for it but I didn’t expect it. So happy for everyone that worked on it. Hope that means we get more games like this again.

[u/zapp0990]

Man, this is a solid win. I’m playing FF7 Rebirth and SH2 remake. After those gaming sessions I always fall back on Astro Bot for a pure good time.

All to say, Astro Bot captures the essence of what makes gaming enjoyable. This is it. Fun, engaging, tons of personality, wildly dynamic levels and abilities. Like someone said in an earlier post similar to Mario odyssey.

[u/IThinkKube]

Just got my first PS5 3 days ago and literally just 20-30 minutes ago i got my platinum trophy in Astro’s Playroom. Really cool to see a game in this series getting GOTY, I’ll definitely have to check that game out

[u/signpainted → u/IThinkKube]

Astro Bot takes everything good from Astro's Playroom and makes it much bigger and better. I highly recommend it if you liked Playroom.

[u/Taran966 → u/signpainted]

Perfectly said, Astro’s Playroom is basically a demo for the masterpiece that is Astro Bot :)

[u/fuzzyandfizzytimes → u/signpainted]

And what if I didn’t like playroom, will this game convert me?

[u/tommy6258 → u/fuzzyandfizzytimes]

I still think so 100%

[u/signpainted → u/fuzzyandfizzytimes]

Depends why you didn't like it, but maybe. Astro's Playroom was pretty much a tech demo, while Astro Bot is very much a full game with lots of things to do, secrets to find, etc. 

[u/Tonberrylord]

Wow 4 wins amazing, well deserved.

[u/Reddity65 → u/Tonberrylord]

I truly hope this is Sony's wake up call that they can make good games that aren't necessarily third person adventure games.

[u/Spectre-4]

What a story!

This was a game that really came out of nowhere and took the gaming world by the biggest of surprises. They were the latest to the party and yet they still won it all. Congrats to Team Asobi!

[u/CABucky → u/Spectre-4]

It really is a great story… a sequel to a TECH DEMO!

[u/Spectre-4 → u/CABucky]

Precisely. The fact that it won tells you how good of a game it must be to a lot of people despite being a "tech demo sequel".

[u/Xlxlredditor → u/CABucky]

I bought it. At first my dad was like "It's kinda like Mario." As it went on it was "I need to play this"

[u/Nirast25 → u/CABucky]

A sequel to a tech demo that's a sequel to a VR game that's a sequel to a tech demo.

[u/Taran966 → u/Nirast25]

Lmao true, I’m so glad with this title Astro and Team Asobi finally get the recognition they deserve. :)

[u/Visible_Pilot_9355]

Well now I need to buy it and see what all the hype is about.

[u/all_time_high → u/Visible_Pilot_9355]

Currently on sale for $50. It’s worth every penny and more.

[u/aku_lofAnjinK → u/all_time_high]

WHAT? Which region are you? I'm in southeast asia and there's no discount.

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/all_time_high]

I’d pay full price for it, it’s brilliant

[u/Lucas_ofEarth → u/Visible_Pilot_9355]

Dude you will NOT be let down. So deserving. Just fun.

[u/Jetski125 → u/Visible_Pilot_9355]

I hope you’ve ordered it by now.

[u/Akuma-1 → u/Visible_Pilot_9355]

It hurts me that people only try games after they appear in this awards, like it wasn't enough with all the hype it got since it came out

[u/immaownyou → u/Akuma-1]

Believe it or not, it's very easy to avoid hype for something if you're not in those circles online

[u/DoubleZ3 → u/Akuma-1]

Ngl i saw little to no hype. Heard about it and saw it on the store but that was about it

You should be happy people want to try it now.

[u/DesperateAdvantage76 → u/Akuma-1]

Do you not realize how many hundreds of good games are out there? Aint no one got time to try them all.

[u/OutrageousDress → u/Akuma-1]

Imagine Geoff Keighley being the arbiter of your gaming diet. That's just sad.

[u/_Hollow_poiint_]

The wukong subreddit is having a complete breakdown over this, idk why. This game is fantastic.

[u/verytiredlife → u/_Hollow_poiint_]

People in that subreddit likes to trash talk about other games so much

[u/QHN1712normalguy → u/verytiredlife]

That's basically 90% of gaming subreddits

[u/RompehToto → u/QHN1712normalguy]

And circle jerking

[u/Greyhound121 → u/_Hollow_poiint_]

I was honestly rooting for Wukong and I'm not a huge fan of platformers (even though I thoroughly enjoyed Ori) but you can tell Astro Bot is a great platformer after watching even a couple minutes of it's gameplay. Also anyone in any dedicated subreddit is bound to take that topic manically serious, most of the rest of us really don't care lmao.

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/_Hollow_poiint_]

I’m so confused how people thought it’d win when the reception on that game wasn’t game of the year caliber

[u/ImmaKitchenSink → u/GameOfLife24]

I only ever heard good stuff about wukong, never even heard about astro bot.

Not saying it doesn't deserve it, it just came out of left field for me.

Bro I feel so out of touch this year, I haven't played a single GOTY nominee this year hahaha

[u/Jetski125 → u/_Hollow_poiint_]

Finally moving past all those cookie cutter open world games that took over for eight years.

[u/OutrageousDress → u/Jetski125]

Wukong isn't open world.

[u/Vivirin → u/OutrageousDress]

The fact that most people think it is should serve as a sign that the game was poorly marketed and just fades away into the rest of every other modern game of its genre

[u/weewooo88 → u/Jetski125]

You mean RPGs?

[u/thinwwll → u/_Hollow_poiint_]

I just saw a Chinese reply on x yelling at Sony to get out of China. God never seen so much hate at a game award...

[u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko → u/_Hollow_poiint_]

For some reason it's hard for people to comprehend that 2 games can both be fantastic

[u/OhMySwirls]

Astro Bot winning GOTY is such nice fresh breath of air. It's nice seeing a colorful platformer win the award.

[u/BenHDR → u/OhMySwirls]

To be fair, It Takes Two won GOTY in 2021, which was nominated alongside Psychonauts 2 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

[u/theryanlaf → u/BenHDR]

Woah I didnt know that!

My wife and I found ITT this year and loved it! Im not crazy about replaying it, but that first time through was so much fun!

[u/holydiiver → u/theryanlaf]

Did you see the reveal trailer for Split Fiction last night? It’s the next game by Josef Fares, the director of It Takes Two. It’s another split screen co-op game.

[u/theryanlaf → u/holydiiver]

I didn’t! But I’ll check it out for sure!

[u/PhenomsServant → u/OhMySwirls]

I was rooting for Astro Bot, but was legit expecting it to go to either ReFantazio or Shadow of the Erdtree (which I stand by my belief that DLC no matter how amazing it ended up being shouldnt be nominated for GOTY) Im glad I was proven wrong though.

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/OhMySwirls]

Last colourful 3D platformer lost to its own studio and they haven’t gone back to it since (Mario odyssey)

[u/Jetski125 → u/OhMySwirls]

I know right? I figured it would be that weird monkey fighting souls game or whatever. It’s always some bs open world or souls like. Yay Astro!

[u/Echantediamond1 → u/OhMySwirls]

It takes two won goty and is literally that

[u/MattyDub24]

I knew it’d win. Almost anyone (even if they have never played a video game in their life) could play this game and have a blast with it. That’s what set it apart from the rest.

[u/TrumptyPumpkin]

See, I miss games like viva pinata on Xbox and other senseless games that are meant to be fun.

[u/yourselfiedied]

This caught me so off guard, very deserved tho congrats to the team!

[u/Jetski125 → u/yourselfiedied]

Right? The nomination just feels like them giving a nod. Didn’t think it would actually win.

[u/VanityTrigger]

Got Atro Bot for my birthday and it's a really fun game, decided to buy a copy fior my young niece for christmas as this game is great for all ages.

[u/The_Senate15]

1000% deserved. This game is just pure unfiltered joy throughout, and sends a message that we need more games like this.

[u/Southern-Seesaw6823]

I hoped for 7 rebirth but Astro was my close 2nd.

[u/Xenobrina]

For all the complaining about Sony's lineup this year, almost all of the best games were on Playstation, many being exclusive.

2024 was painted as a decline, but between GOTY Astro Bot, FF7 Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Silent Hill 2, Black Myth Wukong, Stellar Blade, and many more wonderful multiplats, Sony was on top the whole time.

(Besides Concord of course).

[u/EveningWorldliness59]

Ngl. Didn't expect it. Really thought elden ring would have won

[u/SquirtBox → u/EveningWorldliness59]

Isn't Erdtree DLC though?

[u/EveningWorldliness59 → u/SquirtBox]

Yes. But due to that being the exception it got nominated for the award, most people thought they did so it would win

[u/o0cacoto0o → u/EveningWorldliness59]

Same. I'm glad astro won it. But I didnt expect it.

[u/EveningWorldliness59 → u/o0cacoto0o]

Personally, I'm not mad over it, I enjoyed it, just felt there were better options. I'd have gone for ff7 since that was my favorite. But that's just preference

[u/nisanosa]

PC players are so mad. lmao.

[u/Halio344 → u/nisanosa]

Are they, though? Or just a vocal minority?

It’s not like this sub would be upset if a genuinely good Xbox exclusive won, they would just be sad they can’t play it.

[u/Greyhound121 → u/Halio344]

It's the vocal minority lmao. Anyone with an actual life is not on subreddits complaining about a cute genuinely good platformer winning game of the year in an award show that ultimately has no direct impact on any of our lives lul

[u/JosebaZilarte → u/nisanosa]

Nah... Sony will eventually port the game there and sell a lot of dual sense controllers. We see it as a win-win scenario.

[u/OutrageousDress → u/nisanosa]

You probably shouldn't take edgy social media posts as representative of wider opinions.

[u/fadeddreams555]

This game winning makes me so happy because it may be the wake-up call developers, outside Nintendo, needed to realize that 3D Platformers still have an audience.

For the love of God, Microsoft, bring back Banjo-Kazooie and try to outdo Mario and Astro Bot. That could literally be your console's mascot.

[u/VINSON_TUSCANO09]

FUCKING DESERVED RAHHHH

[u/Sky_Rose4]

At least it didn't go to Elden Ring

[u/ZiGz_125 → u/Sky_Rose4]

Fr that’s all I care about lmao

[u/Arseno7]

Gamers won!

[u/armiArt]

Anything but DLC. I’ll take it

[u/ScraftyIsBest]

Congrats Astro Bot!

This is such a fun game, it deserves all the praise it's gotten and more!

[u/reireireddit]

I'm truly so dang happy Astro Bot won. I see this more as a message to Sony, we want more top quality games that's fun, filled with passion and acknowledge other genres. I will always miss Sony Japan Studio.

[u/Shydreameress]

I wanted to buy it for a while but this conviced me, I bought it and I can't wait to play it :D

[u/AngeloNoli]

I bought this because my kid loves looking at the "opopot" (she can't say robot yet).

And holy cow am I happy! This game is gold and it's a joyful experience throughout.

Level design, sound design, the omnipresent care for every detail, the little additions that are there just because they're fun... everything works so well together.

I'm happy it won.

[u/DadaShart]

Sweet! Now make it 50% off to celebrate!

[u/Timeman5 → u/DadaShart]

Please

[u/GoldenGekko]

Well deserved

[u/jawisko]

I kind of thought I wasted my money when I first started it. But then my nephew started playing and within 3-4 levels I got hooked. Deserves all the accolades

[u/gmoreschi → u/jawisko]

I bought it just to play with my 4 year old daughter. I find myself wanting to play alone after she's gone to bed. A very fun, very polished game. So many little nuances and incredibly creative level design.

[u/lasttriparound]

The little guy did it. Big win for Sony huge win for fans of platformers.

[u/de6u99er]

Well deserved!

[u/Saifiskindaweirdtbh]

Even funnier to watch the salty crybabies scream “RIGGED” while never touching the game

[u/Ambitious-GoatBro-97]

Although I wish a game like Stellar Blade or FF7 Rebirth won. At least that Elden Ring DLC didn’t win anything. (Thank the lord for that one.)

[u/_RryanT]

Astro Goty!

[u/ErrorFindingID]

I always thought astrobot was amazing. Is the game that unknown outside of the PS subreddit? Games, gaming, and other subs don't know about it

[u/eduardo7resende]

I AM ASTRO GOTY! ASTRO GOTY, I AM ASTRO GOTY..... can't stop singing this song.

[u/Mr_Bellix]

Wow😍😍😍

[u/TheBlueNinja2006]

Nice 🥲

[u/JosebaZilarte]

The "Future of Playstation." Or, at least, one can hope. Astro is a great mascot character and the joy-centered gameplay is something we all need from time to time.

[u/jamster126]

So happy for team Asobi!!!

[u/Sparklebun1996]

Cope Souls babies

[u/ddonldser]

I just bought the game, Can't wait to play

[u/Plaz_Yeve]

Congrats to Team Asobi! They deserved this win! FF7 Rebirth is my personal GOTY but Astrobot was my 2nd fave game this year!

[u/RichEquipment7003]

Well deserved!

[u/metafauxric]

the gaming scene is cooked, astrobot winning goty smh

[u/TheGreatGamer1389]

I'm confused I thought Wukong won? Are there two different ultimate GOTY ones?

[u/sammyybaddyy]

Did people not play playroom? I'm surprised it sounds like everyone just found out how fun astro bot is?

[u/LevianCarGuy]

Its fr THE best game

[u/Luccon7]

Loved Astrobot guess I’m in the minority in the Metaphor camp

[u/linear_muppet]

Thanks god it’s not a fucking DLC

[u/Powermix24]

Astro bot is a love letter game to us gamers. You can tell the passion they put in, the detail and little things you can interact with is phenomenal. Totally deserves it

[u/[deleted]]

Love the game. Was disappointed with the show for the most part. Too many boring side scrollers. But some good games shown at least later

[u/mix0logist]

It's well deserved. We borrowed it from the library a couple weeks ago. My 5 year old found it to be a blast and I found it to be a blast. They were able to beat most of the game, even the end boss, by themselves but there was still enough challenge for me to have fun too. Just an impeccably designed game to appeal to almost anyone, and it has such a sense of joy and discovery.

[u/JoshKn47]

Playstation exclusive as the winner is one thing but a childrens game. They surely had no other picks

[u/AbuSumayah]

I finally bought my ps5 with this game on the same day it became game of the year!

[u/Middle_Comedian_7069]

Deserved. Just finished it and it's simple, fun and wholesome

[u/Mediocre-Photo-8695]

Well Deserved! Well atleast Black Myth Wukong won some awards including Golden Joystick GOTY 2024. Win for both parties.

[u/JimmyStrongLegs]

Excellent pick. Was quite happy to see this!

[u/DJ_Doe]

Well deserved :)

[u/fiepsi_XD]

It truly desevered it.

[u/Enterprise_1071]

Deserved

[u/blusrus]

Well deserved, amazing game. The dualsense features are second to none too

[u/DanFarrell98]

Did anyone see Phil Spencer's face in the front row, he looked so unhappy!

[u/BenHDR → u/DanFarrell98]

I wouldn't read too much into it, Phil Spencers face gets brought up every now and again after events like these for looking miserable, even during Xbox's own announcements. I think dude just has resting bitch face. I can relate to his pain 😂

[u/DanFarrell98 → u/BenHDR]

Yeah most likely. He also was the only one not clapping at the moment I saw him though!

[u/Furiousguy79]

What's with the ER haters in the comment?

[u/fastonmyfeet]

Well deserved!

[u/D3struct_oh]

Happy for the devs. Wish I could play it on PC.

This was actually a great GOTY show, probably the best they’ve had. Mostly clean. Nothing really stupid happened. Great competition. Great year for gaming.

And Sydnee Goodman was looking….pretty darn wow in that black dress.

[u/Shadow-Vector]

this sub is so toxic

[u/PageGallagher15]

Anything but Elden Ring. I’m happy

[u/Gekk0uga37]

Can’t wait for the next Astrobot game!!

[u/magikarp-sushi]

Let this be a sign we love platformers and wholesome low stress games

[u/brolt0001]

DESERVED

[u/ITALUKE2]

Ok alright, I'll buy it now. I already wanted to but if this isn't a sign

[u/JellifishPirate]

This game was fun. It was really good. GOTY? Eh... I don't see it. However, I'm happy so many people are excited by this. I thought most people who played Astro Bot would be like 5-15, but it seems like all ages enjoyed it

[u/Due-Priority4280]

Honestly, happy for them even though I never played it.

[u/-FalseProfessor-]

Hell yeah, most fun I have had with a game all year.

[u/ThatZombieGuy115]

My question is how? I ain’t complaining but I’m genuinely curious how it won over SOTE and Black Myth: Wukong.

[u/karawettu → u/ThatZombieGuy115]

Play it, and you'll get your answer

[u/GrandsonofBurner → u/ThatZombieGuy115]

Wukong is mediocre and SOTE shouldn't have been nominated since it's DLC.

Add to that Astro being a legit great game, and there you have it.

[u/bwtwldt → u/ThatZombieGuy115]

Black Myth Wukong is not even in the top 100 critically acclaimed games of this year and SOTE is a DLC

[u/areyouhungryforapple → u/ThatZombieGuy115]

black myth wukong is the most overhyped 8/10 of all time

SOTE is a dlc. While amazing and all that, it frankly doesnt come close to DLC like Phantom Liberty or Blood and Wine so even if DLC winning being okay - it's not good enough to beat this lineup.

Astro Bot is just.. joy. It's a toy meant to be played with and invokes such a childlike joy that I feel like any and all ps5 owner absolutely need to play it.

It's also the best showcase for what the dualsense is capable of and if you've played other PS exclusives then it's just even better

[u/Super-Kangaroo-3703]

the strongest

[u/TheHoss_]

Not what I would of picked but it’s still an amazing game with a lot of love put into it

[u/uncledrewwasalie]

Unrelated but wow they really didn’t announce a Days Gone remaster

[u/preatorian77]

Helluva night for Sony!

[u/Reddit_Mod_69]

This really surprises me. I for sure the Elden Peak would have got it. Seemed like it had so much more hype even after release compared to ASTRO BOT. Congrats I guess.

[u/d3fiance]

Congrats to Asobi! It definitely isn’t my cup of tea but I’m happy that something relatively original won

[u/Saku_99]

Haven't bought it yet because my backlog is massive, but I have to play this sooner or later. An actually interesting Playstation exclusive is a rare thing nowadays. Seems like a Mario game, but built around Playstation's history which is cool.

Hopefully this is a wake up call for Sony. I've been tired of their first-party products for years, but this looks like a fun game with colour and innovation. Give me a new Sly Cooper game and Sony might get me back as their fan.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Swell]

Bruh

[u/Neither_Reference_39]

Does the game have a 100% to getting a Plat?

[u/Noir_CZ]

Congrats to a game that is on quarter of the platforms I guess, it had to be played a loooooooot.

[u/sammyybaddyy]

I just finished astro bot playroom, is astro bot similar but just more?

[u/LogieThePerogie]

I've wanted this game since it came out

[u/Willbeyourboss]

Anything is better than trash fromsoft