Summary
Aside from its dedication to pure 3D platforming fun, it’s clear thatAstro Botis obsessed with making references and leaving hidden details for you to discover. There isnot one level or areainAstro Botthat is not hiding a little something extra for you to keep an eye out for.
That is why narrowing down all of the hidden details and Easter eggs to just a handful is quite an undertaking, but with how many there are to choose from, it’s easy to get a strong selection. So, out of all the hidden details in Astro Bot, which are the most fun to find, and which could you easily have missed?
7All The Cameos
Of Course
One which goes without saying since it barely counts as hidden areall the cameo botsyou can discover throughout each of the game’s levels, but what constitutes these references as hidden is how unlikely you are to find all of them in a single play through.
Nothing matches the rush of finding a hidden bot in a level, only for it to be one of your favourite characters from PlayStation history, and then you’ll get the joy of finding them again at the Crash Site hanging around with unique animations (some hidden in the gacha machine) and helping out to unlock new areas.
6Hidden Photo Shoot
Opportunity For Extra Coins
There are a plethora of collectibles scattered throughout each of the levels in Astro Bot, and most of these are signposted at the beginning of a level with a clear symbol showing which ones you have and which ones are still missing.
However, a hidden collectible that is easy to miss if you don’t know where to look are the photo cutouts. These cute photo ops are fully interactive and will feature different elements of the level coming together to pose with you, and if you’ve unlocked the safari, you can snap a pic for some bonus coins too!
5Jackpot!
Take Advantage Of Your Temporal Manipulation
Slo-Mo Casino is one of the best levels in Astro Bot, mainly because of its strong theming, and intuitive introduction of the slo-mo watch power up. The watch can slow down time to make platforming possible in certain areas, but there are some hidden ways you’re able to take advantage of it.
For example, in one part of the level there are four slot machines to choose from, and if you manage to slow down time and hit the jackpot on all of these, you’ll be given an achievement, as well as even more coins for spending!
4Literal Easter Eggs
Crash Site Exploration
Collecting bots is one of the easier activitiesto do when playing through Astro Bot, but another rarer and slightly more obscure collectible are the literal Easter eggs you’ll find scattered around the Crash Site.
These are usually out of reach, and will require a certain number of bots to discover, and each of them houses another reference to PlayStation history. For example, most of these are quadrupedal animals which would look strange plastered over Astro’s costume.
3Tripcaster Attack
Aloy Action
At the end of each world in Astro Bot, we’re treated to a bonus level, which will house the missing part of the giant PlayStation 5 ship that we’re trying to repair. These levels are all themed around a particularly iconic PlayStation franchise, and one of the most open-ended let’s you play as Aloy-bot in theHorizonthemed level.
Here you’ll have complete control over Aloy’s bow weapon, and this means you can aim with much greater accuracy at enemies that would otherwise be out of range. However, one of the smartest references to Horizon is in the use of tripcasters about halfway through the level. While you can’t manually place these parts of Aloy’s usual arsenal yourself, you can try and lure enemies into walking into them.
2Post-Game Performance
They’re Clearly Grateful
The main plot device of Astro Bot, is that the Space Bully Nebulax has destroyed and stolen the vital parts of Astro’s giant PlayStation 5 spaceship, and Astro needs to hunt down each of the missing pieces in the different worlds to finally get it working again and get revenge on Nebulax.
As you reconstruct the ship at the Crash Site intermittently throughout the game, you may check on each of the pieces you’ve rescued and restored, but what you might not have noticed is that after finishing the game, you can check on all of the pieces finally reunited, and they’ll serenade you with music matching the theme at the Crash Site.
1Gold Statue With Power Ups
Encrusted With Details
One of the trickiest hidden details to uncover is so obscure because it requires you to collect all of the hidden jigsaw pieces to see it. While the first four puzzle piece unlocks are fun cosmetic bonuses, the final unlock is more of a completion reward, giving you a giant gold statue of Astro with its own area at the crash site.
While there is a way to interact with this statue if you’ve been thorough enough to collect all of the hidden bots throughout each level, if you closely inspect the statue, you’ll notice each of Astro’s powers encrusting the base of the statue.
