ASTRO BOT - Let It Slide - Time Trial
0Astro Bot is a 3D platformer where the player controls the title character, a small robot named Astro, through the use of the DualSense controller. Astro's move set is identical to his previous incarnations from Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro's Playroom, maintaining his ability to jump, hover, punch, and spin-attack (the ability to swim underwater also makes a return from Astro Bot Rescue Mission, having previously been absent in Astro's Playroom).
The base game has 90 levels, split across six galaxies and 60 planets. Each level falls under three different difficulty settings: Easy, Normal, and Hard. The main story levels (dubbed "playful stages") primarily fall under the easy & normal difficulties, whereas the optional challenge stages (dubbed "complex stages") fall mainly under the hard difficulty. Each level also contains a difficulty indicator, which is highlighted before entering the level. Both playful and complex stages are said to arrive following the game's release in the form of post-launch downloadable content (DLC). Traversal between the galaxies and levels is achieved through the "Dual Speeder"; a spaceship shaped like a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. The Dual Speeder is controlled by holding down the analog triggers and physically tilting the DualSense. It can also move around freely on the level selection screen, where it can collide with incoming asteroids and unlock some of the game's optional stages and collect some of the game's puzzle pieces.
Similar to Astro Bot Rescue Mission, every level contains a set number of Bots that Astro has to rescue, ranging from seven Bots in the main platformer levels to only one or two Bots in the boss fights and challenge levels. Each world also requires the player to collect a certain number of bots before progressing onward. 327 Bots can be rescued and recruited in total: 301 in the base game, 22 via free DLC, and 4 obtainable through missions in the free-to-play predecessor Astro's Playroom. Unlike in Rescue Mission, "V.I.P. Bots" (collectible Bots which reference various PlayStation characters in their visual appearance and behavior) can also be rescued and recruited. There are over 150 unique V.I.P. Bots, with more expected to be included alongside free DLC levels. Many of the "deep cut" Bot characters from PlayStation's history are rescuable in the game's challenge levels. The likeness of each of the V.I.P. Bots originate from both Sony Interactive Entertainment franchises and franchises owned by third-parties by the likes of Capcom, Konami, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Activision, Arc System Works, Crystal Dynamics, Sega, Atlus, Argonaut Software, Koei Tecmo, Mediatonic, Team17, Ubisoft, Young Horses, Polyarc, Oddworld Inhabitants, SHIFT UP Corporation, THA LTD, Ember Lab, and BlueTwelve Studio.
Five of the game's levels are based heavily on classic PlayStation franchises, which in turn, each represent previous PlayStation consoles – namely Ape Escape (PlayStation), God of War (PlayStation 2),[b] Uncharted (PlayStation 3), LocoRoco (PlayStation Portable), and Horizon (PlayStation 4). These levels allow the player to utilize the abilities of the heroes of these PlayStation franchises, such as Spike's Monkey Net being the forefront of the Ape Escape-themed level and or Kratos's Leviathan Axe in the God of War-themed level.
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