If you thought the Astro's Playroom experience on PlayStation 5 would be over within an hour, you might want to think again. As part of an interview with Famitsu, Nicolas Doucet has revealed that the free title pre-installed onto every single PS5 console will take about "four to five hours to play". Four different and varied worlds are the reason for that impressive playtime, with PlayStation homages, collectibles, and a Time Attack mode built to extend it even further.
We've already seen references to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 during brief gameplay sequences, but Doucet has now teased a nice surprise for fans of the brand. "Also, I can't say in detail, but if you clear everything, there is a surprise that PlayStation fans will be pleased with." But even if you don't achieve 100% completion, there will be online rankings for the Time Attack mode, meaning you can compete with your friends every step of the way.
Astro's Playroom really is shaping up to be a fantastic way to immediately start playing the PS5 whilst the bigger titles are downloading in the background. Will you be doing exactly that? Let us know in the comments below.
[source famitsu.com, via twitter.com]
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Great that this comes bundled!
I heard that if you 100% the game, you can change Spiderman's face back to the old one.
That's.... Really really decent. Very good news. The last decent pack-in game I played was Wii Sports over a decade ago. Something modern consoles have forgotten over the years. Mario World, Altered Beast all bring me fond memories.
This looks a very fun little platformer.
This will be the first game I play, Astro Bot in VR was fantastic and this looks to have similarly excellent gameplay
Can you delete it straight off your SSD? Absolutely no interest in playing this.
I'm kind of looking forward to this. Also will keep me busy whilst Demon's Souls, or Miles Morales downloads. Now I just need to decide on which one to purchase for the launch...
Yes, sure i will play it while Sackboy is downloading! Impressive playtime indeed!
This looks like a fun happy little platformer to kill time while my Demon’s Soul bakes in the SSD. Appreciate that Sony has included this for free - feels like the good ol’ days of new consoles packed with a game in-box. Woop!
Definitely would have purchased this game on day one, so I'm happy I won't have to pay extra for it.
Any news on if there's co-op or PSVR compatibility?
@Fenbops no, apparently it's not possible to delete it but there is an option to remove all fun from human existence for people such as yourself.
This is awesome! Really can't wait to dig in.
Astrobot VR was awesome and still my favourite VR game to date, although Ace Combat runs it close (not played SW Squadrons yet). Do we know if there is a platinum trophy for this??!? My first PS5 plat could be this if not then MM it is
Do we know whether there are trophies?
I’m guessing the surprise will be a theme. Or, if it was me, I’d include a code for a month of PS + or PS Now, but I doubt Sony would do that.
Super unlikely dream: unlocking VR mode, lol. Astro Bot for PSVR was the best game of the last several gens.
@thefourfoldroot
I can guarantee you there will be trophies for this game.
@Medic_Alert you'll hurt Astro's feelings describing him as "Bloatware". I hope we get a full proper sequel to the VR game as it was fantastic!
Very special at robot vr is a very special game so i have high hopes for this one.
This will be the first game I'll play on ps5, I like platformer and can't wait to try all the dualsense features
@LieutenantFatman
One would hope do. Sony have shown little love for the trophy system unfortunately, but as long as this doesn’t count in their system as a demo it should have trophies, even if it doesn’t have a full roster with platinum.
I loved Astro Bot Rescue Mission but have never fired up either The Playroom or The Playroom VR on my PS4. Are either of them any good? Just tech demos?
😄- I'm looking forward to playing this as well!
😕- But after I play the heck out of it and get every Trophy, can we delete it like any other game, so we can gain as much space as possible on this limited capacity SSD?
This is much longer than I expected and can't wait to get stuck in as soon as my PS5 is delivered
Just a reminder for everyone to keep their expectations in check about what the "surprise" will be at the end of the game. It could literally just be a small easter egg.
@God_of_Nowt
No reason to doubt you, but how do you actually know? I haven’t heard anything.
@BionicDodo
Playroom VR Is a fun party game. I’d recommended giving it a go.
Wow, so a proper decent platformer! I can't recall how long it took me to finish Mario Bros. on the original NES, but it would have to have been within this time frame considering there were no saves and the family wouldn't let us spend that much time gaming. By the time we learned its secrets, we could easily finish in 30 minutes.
@phil_j you will buy both
@RicksReflection I don´t think you can delete it. On PS4 there is Playroom preinstalled which cannot be deleted so....
A bit off topic, but do we all think Sony will finally go into overdrive on marketing on the 12th of this month? One month out from release sounds like a good time to start dropping all the details, right? RIGHT?
(On topic, this looks like a really fun showcase for the dualsense's stuff)
@God_of_Nowt
Great, thanks.
@God_of_Nowt
Let’s hope for a trophy tracker too!
@God_of_Nowt
Yep, that’s normal. Getting the core infrastructure right (so 2nd player in local coop saves and earns trophies properly for example) is more important than trackers or social features for me. Unfortunately I get the impression new creation features is where the effort might go.
@hi_drnick pretty harsh man. We don’t all like the same games.
oh, i'm definitely going to "100%" this!
About what I expected. Should be a nice little launch day appetizer
I want to play the PSVR game so badly.
Just waiting for my PS5 to start playing VR games on consoles. I know this will just make me want it even more.
Another thing you miss out on Xbox.
Definitely more substantial than I was expecting for pack-in game. Will play through this while waiting for Demon's Souls to download on launch day.
Tech demos are not determined by length, Ryse was a 6 hour tech demo and Astro Playroom is by every definition a tech demo as it's entire purpose is to show off the tech of the Dualsense and PS5. We get it, the launch lineup is weak as hell. These articles attempting to imply otherwise are getting embarrassing.
@Fenbops oh STFU! It takes up around 2 GB of space. Go cry in the corner!
@Mafia_Man19 sorry my question offended you so much. Peace.
I'm surprised by how good it actually looks. Hope it has a platinum
This game is gonna be fun to play and see how the new dualsense is being used. From what I have gathered it can be uninstalled. Hopefully it gets tied to your account tho so it can be installed later. Or maybe it will just be free on the store.
@Kidfried I always wanted a Tobey Maquire face.
@Flaming_Kaiser Yea, me too. He's still the one for me.
Great to hear, looking forward to platinuming this game if it does come with trophies like @God_of_Nowt says.
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