When I got my PS5 in the summer of '21, my daughter was obsessed with the game. She was only 4 though, so was not able to play. I could not play *anything* else when she was around, which was a battle since I wanted to, you know, play Demon's Souls and Returnal. One could only play the same levels so many times before insanity kicks in! I had to Dad Fib (TM) that "the robot game" was gone and could not play it anymore.
Now my daughter is almost 7 and my son is almost 4, so nature is healing. My daughter can play it - somewhat - and my little guy cheers her on. I showed them the trailer for Astro Bot and they went crazy with excitement. So glad it's coming quickly rather than being a billion years out like GTA6 is gonna be, I cannot wait for all of us to dig into the game when it comes out. It's gonna be Peak Dad for me.
When we received our PS5 on launch day, I took a photo of my then three year old next to the box. Astro's Playroom is STILL her go-to when she gets a turn on the PS5. It's a super fun toybox that she still isn't tired of. She actually accidentally erased all of my progress and started a new game about two years ago, and I wasn't even that upset about it, she's now almost made up for all that progress almost completely on her own (occasionally asking for help for the monkey part) - We are SO stoked for this game to come out. Will be interesting to see how much she can do on her own picking it up at age 7!
My 7yo has gotten big into Astro's Playroom a couple times, including replaying the whole game at least once and getting all the puzzle pieces. Sometimes she demands to listen to the soundtrack even.
Excited for the follow up. Just maybe not any more parts where you have to use the touchpad to roll Astro in ball form.
When I got my PS5 in the summer of '21, my daughter was obsessed with the game. She was only 4 though, so was not able to play. I could not play *anything* else when she was around, which was a battle since I wanted to, you know, play Demon's Souls and Returnal. One could only play the same levels so many times before insanity kicks in! I had to Dad Fib (TM) that "the robot game" was gone and could not play it anymore.
Now my daughter is almost 7 and my son is almost 4, so nature is healing. My daughter can play it - somewhat - and my little guy cheers her on. I showed them the trailer for Astro Bot and they went crazy with excitement. So glad it's coming quickly rather than being a billion years out like GTA6 is gonna be, I cannot wait for all of us to dig into the game when it comes out. It's gonna be Peak Dad for me.
When we received our PS5 on launch day, I took a photo of my then three year old next to the box. Astro's Playroom is STILL her go-to when she gets a turn on the PS5. It's a super fun toybox that she still isn't tired of. She actually accidentally erased all of my progress and started a new game about two years ago, and I wasn't even that upset about it, she's now almost made up for all that progress almost completely on her own (occasionally asking for help for the monkey part) - We are SO stoked for this game to come out. Will be interesting to see how much she can do on her own picking it up at age 7!
Yeah, please report back! Like I said above, I think it's time to boot up Astro's Playroom and see how my seven-year-old takes to it.
My 7yo has gotten big into Astro's Playroom a couple times, including replaying the whole game at least once and getting all the puzzle pieces. Sometimes she demands to listen to the soundtrack even.
Excited for the follow up. Just maybe not any more parts where you have to use the touchpad to roll Astro in ball form.
Damn, that's really impressive!
Both my 6- and 10-year-old loved Astro's Playroom. Looking forward to this one!