Astro's Playroom 2020

Is it still worth playing?

Installed on every PS5 to show off its DualSense controller, this 2020 3D platformer has Astro Bot exploring the inside of the console itself. From CPU Plaza, a hub built like the console's insides, he reaches four worlds named after its parts, each with four levels. Two levels in each world are plain platforming, where Astro jumps, hovers and punches. The other two put him in a suit driven by the controller, such as a frog on a spring that you steer by tilting the pad and compress with the trigger. The haptics let you feel sand, rain and wind. The worlds are full of robots acting out scenes from PlayStation games, and more than a hundred collectibles, many of them consoles and accessories from PlayStation history, fill a gallery in the hub. It takes three to six hours. Played now, every level is still built around a new way to use the controller.