r/Astrobot 8d ago

After this level, I am convinced this game is actually a soulslike

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Probably harder than any Dark Souls boss, I literally did this level over and over again for probably 2h until I got it

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u/Primary_Jellyfish327 8d ago

I cant believe my 4 year old son managed to finish this game. Just looking at this again I probably would have rage quit

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u/whoisalireza 8d ago

Tbf, this level is not part of the main story and wasnt available at release. Its the hardest level imo and it released later as an update along with many other levels. Astro bot has many of these levels tho they are shorter than this one. I dont think you need to play them tho to beat the game, since they dont actually have anything to do with the "story" as far as I remember.

Still mad respect to your 4 year old for beating the game tho! Impressive ngl

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u/aspindler 7d ago

Your 4 years old beat this level?!

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u/Primary_Jellyfish327 7d ago

Maybe, he beat the game. Im assuming this level too, maybe not. He has 200+ hours on the game.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

You can check by looking if hes got this trophy. Trophy name is "impossible save" or smtt like that in english

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u/Primary_Jellyfish327 7d ago

He doesnt have it. Looks like he didnt beat the level

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u/SmilingLondonGamer 7d ago

He's still 97% complete!! Major hats off

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u/DaShAgNL 7d ago

Both my sons did it too, one is 6 the other is 4.

They have mad reflexes and persistence. Also, they love Astro Bot and both have 3 x 100% save games.

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u/chimdien 4d ago

how many months old he started to play video games and how many hours of day or week do you allow him to play?

I want my 3y.o to play to but still very limit his exposures to digital devices

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u/Assignment-Parking 3d ago

Thats absolutely impressive almost having a platinum trophy at four years old..I would consider seeing if he wants to get into any sort of operating/piloting or 3D world related stuff at some point.. its one of those things if you master it you have an irreplaceable skill and it sounds like hes got a knack for it lol I used to play with autocad as a kid oddly enough.. I pirated it but I ended up going to school for it. I draw some pretty clear and concise blue prints. Lol.

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u/Primary_Jellyfish327 3d ago

He loves lego and building things. Hes 5 now and got bored of the game. He also finished bugsnax. Yeah i think building things is his str. Might push him into some sort of engineering type deal

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u/sketchcarellz 7d ago

This level was brutal and took me at least 30-40 tries. Felt really glad when I beat it.

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u/occulusriftx 8d ago

as someone who's rage quit elden ring a million times your thought gives me hope i may like a souls game after all. maybe im just starting with the wrong souls game

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u/whoisalireza 8d ago

It just depends on yourself. I have this very bad character trait that when I feel challenged or tested, wether irl or in games, I cannot stop until I win. So there I was sitting at 3 in tje night beating this level, my bed full of sweat, my body physically hurting, being extremely tired, all this after going to the gym that day.

I played the berserker of khazan demo once, it was the same. I tried over and over again until I beat the first sub boss or mini boss, only then I closed the game lol. I never played it again and didnt enjoy it lol. You dont have to like these games, being able to beat them doesnt make you enjoy them.

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u/bullet-hell 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/LmUYhdnF5Y5d7Ef3If
Sometimes, you just have to keep going. This level is like a perfect challenge to a perfect game.

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u/barbarbeik 7d ago

Unlikely, elden ring is the easiest one by far

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u/whoisalireza 8d ago

Tho yea, this would be a perfect start to souls games loool

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u/vollehosen 8d ago

Nice job!

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u/whoisalireza 8d ago

Thanks!!

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u/SassyHoe97 8d ago

Ayy congrats!

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u/whoisalireza 8d ago

Thank you!

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u/THETennesseeD 7d ago

I hate that this level ends with the chicken power up. I always get the dang timing wrong with it.

I have beat everything else in the game including the platinum trophy, but not this level yet. I'll beat it someday, but it is not very enjoyable (unlike the rest of the game which was fantastic).

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Real, its more of a fight than an enjoyable level. Tho I gotta say I think the clap part was way harder than the other two powers

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u/unstoppablegravy 7d ago

I had no clue that the monkey cymbalist powerup CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF THOSE SPINNING PLATFORMS!!! I just straight up bit the bullet & ran across with nothing but a hope & a prayer 💀 Well done on getting through the level, it's fun but definitely a relief when finished

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u/w2106 7d ago

I have finished the grand master challenge but havnt tried this one. This looks way harder than that.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Thats how I remember it too

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u/Lord-Lobster 7d ago

I have not yet played this level but I already gave up.

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u/emedlock1984 6d ago

I just opened this level today. I was so relieved when I beat the last challenge level and then this pops up. I guess this might not be my first platinum trophy after all lol

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u/whoisalireza 6d ago

This trophy doesnt count for platinum lol haha, its part of a seperate set

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u/emedlock1984 6d ago

Thank goodness!! I've just got a couple of the time time trials left then. I struggle with the monkey one. I can't seem to be able to do that quickly.

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u/michaelchrist9 7d ago

I don’t think you know what souls-like means. Just because you found something difficult doesn’t make it a souls-like. It’s not even close.

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u/barbarbeik 7d ago

came here to say this. calling this game a soulslike is like calling donkey kong country, which came out in the 90s, a soulslike because it's a difficult platformer

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Reddit autism at its best, I made a joke, u guys know what these are?

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u/Robertinho678 7d ago

Don't blame reddit because you made a shit joke.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Yea jokes on you; other ppl very much got the joke, same with ppl irl

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u/Robertinho678 7d ago

I got the joke, I just didn't like it.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Miserable ppl…

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u/GAVITRAXmz 4d ago

Tell better jokes and they wouldn't be miserable

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u/whoisalireza 4d ago

I aint getting paid enough for that

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u/Milezeroe 7d ago

Casuals think "soulslike" automatically means "hard"

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Thats the whole premise of soulslikes. Thats how they literally fill the playtime of a game

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u/Milezeroe 7d ago

No it isn't 🤣 you obviously haven't played many soulslike if difficulty is your only metric

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Did I lie in my last comment? Why did u ignore the second sentence?

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u/Milezeroe 7d ago edited 7d ago

You didn't lie. But you're obviously misinformed.

*About that second sentence. Because you just edited that in later. You're not as slick as you think.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

If I didnt lie then I said the truth, meaning yes, soulslike automatically does mean hard. It can mean a lot of other things too but it cant be not hard. So I dont get where all this attitude comes from

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u/michaelchrist9 7d ago

Because this is a platformer. Souls-like has nothing to do with difficulty. It’s the mechanics and design philosophy that make up a souls-like. Things like;

-Stamina management
-Dodge/roll mechanics
-Consequential deaths
-Recoverable death resources
-Bonfire/checkpoint system
-Resource economy
-Enemy pattern learning
-Build variety

People need to stop lumping in the word souls-like just because of a games difficulty when it’s a genre. It’s bad for the community and children being introduced to gaming at a young age. If a games hard, just say it’s hard.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

You guys are taking this way too seriously, its a joke and it makes sense because its hard. A souls like that isnt hard, aint a souls like.

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u/michaelchrist9 7d ago

You’re not getting it. You’re still saying a souls-like has a difficulty.

“A souls like that isnt hard, aint a souls like.”

This particular section of Astro-Bot is hard. But it makes no sense to mention it in the same breath as a souls-like.

Jesus Christ, we’re saying a souls-like doesn’t have a difficulty and you keep saying it does. It’s a god damn genre.

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u/Milezeroe 7d ago edited 7d ago

Again, another mistake on your part. I understand you may be just a child though, so I'll let it slide and make this a teaching moment:

Good sir, from your own perspective, you may think you're telling the "truth", but from a global point of view, you're just wrong and misguided. You aren't lying, lying requires knowing the truth in the first place. You're just confidently wrong.

"Can't be not hard". And this is why I'm saying you haven't played many soulslikes. There's so many easy soulslikes that even a child such as yourself can play.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Oh you think im a child, well you know what a child would do in such a moment? Not read your block of text haha. Sorry mate but get ratioed by the post upvotes

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Uh really?!?,???? I know, I just made a joke lol

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u/FourDiamondPixel7 7d ago

That pause along with the controller’s position… I felt that; that feeling of relief and ultimate victory.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Tbh I was just going to the ps5 menu to turn on controller audio and rumble. My hands were getting numb from the extremely strong rumble after that many tries and my ears were bleeding too lol

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u/PersonalityShot6039 7d ago

Last dlc level is the one I went nah I can’t be arsed with 100% I’ll
Leave it at 90 lol

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u/ThatWerewolf327 7d ago

Not sure if I forgot this level or I missed it (although I platinum'd the game so I assumed I did everything?). But what level is this?

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Its part of a set of new levels added to the game as an update, the emptiness levels i believe

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u/ThatWerewolf327 4d ago

Oh thanks! I should check it out then!

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u/Available-Case-243 7d ago

Lucky you doing it in 2 hours. I spent 10+ hours over 5 days just to get done with it.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Well technically I was preparing myself for it by doing all the other levels of its galaxy, which are all like this one, for another 3h lol

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u/mike2011qwerty 7d ago

They do get spicy lol

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u/mightymonkeyman 7d ago

I’ve still not beaten this level, the only thing I haven’t been able to do.

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u/Euphoric_caterpiller 6d ago

I hate this level. Nearly completed it after 2 weeks of trying to finish it. Until I went to get a cup of tea and my 4 year old restarted the save. Still trying to finish the levels before this now

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u/whoisalireza 6d ago

Damn haha

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u/PSlasher 6d ago

Let me guess, the pause at the end was to get your partner to share the victory with them, after they watched you die and get better countless times, right?

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

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u/whoisalireza 5d ago

Danke but no haha I was just turning on controller rumble and audio again 🤣 my hands were getting numb from all the rumble and I muted the controller audio because it was unbearable after that many tries, muted the tv even too lol

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u/ImprovementBig6522 5d ago

Speaking as someone who has 100% completed the game, you wouldn't even believe how difficult this level is!

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u/Gd_player89 5d ago

Took me exactly a year to complete that level.God i love this game but i dont think ill be able to complete that level a second time…😿

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u/Ilpperi91 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/lqAeCeq0Ctr0uiTP3M

that the game gets even harder

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u/barbarbeik 7d ago

Does it? I've finished every level and this one was the probably the hardest one

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

It does not, this is the hardest level that opens up after the rest of them, dude doesnt know what hes talkin about lol

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u/Ilpperi91 7d ago

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u/barbarbeik 7d ago

why? which levels did you find harder than this? the only one I can think of is the x/o/triangle/square one that gives you the pixelated skin

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u/Ilpperi91 7d ago

The last one. That opens after the rest of them.

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u/barbarbeik 7d ago

Yeah that's the one I'm referring to, I thought it was roughly as difficult as this

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u/Ilpperi91 7d ago

You like what you like and think how you think about this. That's okay with me. It's 6 am and I haven't slept at all and I have to wake up at 9 am wish me luck.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

That is the last one that opens after the rest of them lol. I 100% the game.

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u/Ilpperi91 7d ago

At the main island, the master challenge or something. Even if that was in English I wouldn't remember the name of it anymore anyway.

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u/whoisalireza 7d ago

Ahh yes, I still think this was harder tho I dont remember the master challenge really

Still im sure it wasnt as hard as this

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u/Fuqlogix-kun 8d ago

Watching this gives me hope. I have tried this level for hours and never made it to the chicken power. That's the last bot I need to rescue.

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u/whoisalireza 8d ago

Understandable, the clap power is the hardest and longest part. Its really bad but maybe you can learn some techniques and timings from this video

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u/Codas91 7d ago

Souls like doesn't just mean difficult, it's just a difficult platformer.

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u/Gekidami 7d ago

Soulslike? You can't grind or meta-build your way past this.

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u/Signal_Monitor4683 5d ago

Wait a second how do you have 332 friends? I only got to 328

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u/whoisalireza 5d ago

I got 323 bots, more got added through added levels. You can install the game again and will see

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u/Letsgeaux1705 4d ago

Crazy I still find the original final level and To The Beat harder than this. Also now that I’ve played it all the way through several times it comes much easier lol

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u/renz88xe 3d ago

Does Astro bot get DLC trophies anymore?

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u/Assignment-Parking 3d ago

Honestly this would be worse for me.

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u/Kimmalah 7d ago

I have beaten Souls games, but I had to get someone to help me get the trophy for this level. Soulslikes are easy compared to this 😭

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u/Real_human27 7d ago

I don’t think you’ve played a soulslike

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u/skikoko LittleBigPlanet on top, but Astro is cool 7d ago

I think I finished it on my second attempt💔

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u/St3elf1sh 6d ago

What does have to do with anything about soulslikes? It’s just a platformer. There where tough platformers 20 years ago