Astro Bot PS5 Review: Is It Worth Playing?

After years of waiting, PlayStation may finally have its answer to Super Mario.

Astro Botis finally here for the franchise’s full-fledgedPlayStation 5 (PS5)debut.

The premise ofAstro Botis a simple one.

Astro Bot, PS5 wallpaper

Each one of these colorful worlds is crafted with meticulous detail and creativity.

Those are only just two examples in what feels like an endless barrel of level design ingenuity.

This near-genius level of design also makes its way over to the game’s many bosses and mini-bosses.

Astro flying on a PlayStation controller in Astro Bot

All of this would be for nothing though ifAstro Bot’s controls were a mess.

Thankfully though, our hero is a joy to control.

This game is gorgeous to look at.

Astro fighting a giant octopus in Astro Bot

Everything glistens with the technology-based gleam that has come to be expected of theAstroworld.

Astro himself sports the kind of big-budget graphical sheen expected of a first-party PlayStation character.

Just likeAstro’s Playroombefore it,Astro Botuses every ounce of the PlayStation 5 and its Dualsense controller.

Astro wearing a Kratos from god of War costume in Astro Bot

Astro Botis a love letter to not just the history of PlayStation but gaming as a whole.

Scattered across its intergalactic world are literally hundreds of hidden bots for Astro to find.

A good chunk of these are PlayStation/gaming-themed, making them more than just a simple collectible to discover.

Astro in Astro Bot with a bulldog on his back

Collecting these bots is just scratching the surface ofAstro’scommitment to honoring what came before it.

There are even more surprises to be found, but players will have to discover those for themselves.

Astro Botcomes to PlayStation 5 on Friday, September 6.