General gaming discussion

Will probably pick up Star Wars as well at some point.

He kind of was early on, but then went multiplat and the games were fairly bad so he faded away for a while. Astro is obviously a lot newer and wouldn't have near the recognition Crash does, but Astro's star is certainly on the rise, the last few games have been used as showcases for what the PS tech can do, and now with a full-blown game of his own he's essentially laid claim to the mascot title.

In fact I saw earlier that it's rumoured Sony struck a deal with MS for Crash and Spyro to make an appearance in AstroBot.

I certainly think of Crash as being a PS character, but really that ship sailed a long time ago. Most who only came into gaming from the PS2 onwards wouldn't link the two in the same way, and the fact MS literally owns the character now is the nail in that coffin.

Just have to look at the lineup for PlayStation Allstars to see who they thought of as mascots at the time. Though with Astro being the pack in game with the PS5 could mean he's seen as a mascot.

Though I'm sure most would see the likes of Nathan Drake or Aloy as mascots.

When Astro Bot reviews well and sells 10 million+ Sony will have a real chance to cement Astro as a proper rival to other platform mascots. Im all for it. More importantly for me there'll be more chance of a Rescue Mission sequel. Please let it happen!

Finally hit the wall in Bloodborne, and that wall's name is Orphan of Kos. Unlike the rest of the game, I don't have the luxury of having fought him in my first playthrough, so taking a while to learn him.

The worst part is, he's unlike the final boss of the Elden Ring DLC, which means I can't complain that he's just unfair or uses bullsh*t moves or only a few builds can properly take him on. OoK is completely fair and balanced, just tough as hell. Got him down to about 3-5% twice but got greedy and stupid.

It's more losing lock-on or even just track of where he is that's getting me. Well that and the way he moves when doing even normal attacks in phase 1 can mean when you're dodging to his left, you end up on his right or just getting caught right in front of him just because of the way he arcs around. Not saying it's unfair, just get caught with it a lot.