2025 sure has been a year, huh? If you need to carve yourself out a little oasis of joy to escape to every now and then, I strongly recommend booting up Astro Bot. Not only is it easily one of the best PS5 games, it's also one of the warmest, brightest, and most welcoming on any system out there. It's the sort of game that makes you feel like you're being given a digital hug and tickle.
Simply put, Astro Bot is fun. There's a playfulness to the character designs and animations, the music, the level design, the tasks you're given, the secrets you can find; everything. I like to refer to it as the best Nintendo game Nintendo never made, but if you feel like that's disrespectful to Team Asobi (or overly generous to Nintendo), I'm happy to express that sentiment in a different, and significantly more detailed, way.
