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  • Reviewed in Canada on September 13, 2024
    I genuinely haven't felt this way since I first played Mario 64 in 1996 or the original Jak&Daxter when it launched on PS2. A creative, technically impressive, great looking, extremely charming and fun game with an insane anount of care, details and love for the medium.
    Everything about it feels polished, controls are responsive, animations are Pixar quality during gameplay, always a fresh new mechanic on every level. Plenty of boss fights, all more inventive than anything Mario has faced during the last 30 years.
    A visual showcase and a way to demonstrate the great features of the Dual Sense controller.
    Quite a lot better than Astro's Playroom (and obviously a much, much longer game).
    Takes everything that was great from Astro's Playroom and Rescue Missions, mixes it with the best bits of Mario Odyssey, Mario Galaxy 1-2, throws in some Ape Escape DNA plus every great things from the history of the genre... It is truly exceptional. It's worth buying it as well to support original ideas, especially when PlayStation is stuck trying to pull out the most successful Live Service title, investing billions in Bungie (ouch!) and releasing mediocre titles like Concord.
    PS is at its best when it is capable of offering adult oriented games like The Last of Us or God of War, action like Horizon or Uncharted, sim racing like GT7, BUT also fun gamey games like Astro Bot.
    Hopefully, great sales might help them diversify their future catalog.
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4.8 out of 5 stars
305 global ratings