Astro Bot trailer gets 99% likes on YouTube, Concord gets 18%

The games have received vastly different fan reactions following their reveals…

[Goodguy01]

Games still want to be like overwatch when overwatch is dead smh. I just want a regular military shooter boots on the ground without abilities and powers, just regular non superhuman soldiers using modern real life weapons for a pvp shooter.

[gold_drake]

i honestly didnt know anything about concord, it looksd fantastic, but then boom, multiplayer lol i was definitely disappointed.

people dont want that shit anymore.

Astrobot is also really good haha

[shinoff2183]

Exactly. Could've been an awesome single player sci fi game.

And yet again no rpgs from sony

[Cacabunga]

People want solid SP games and sony got it wrong once more by going all in with gaas.
Astro day one 👍🏽 Concord never 👎

[VenomUK]

When the story trailer began I could tell it was a well envisioned world and characters and lore - but that seems to be wasted on a hero shooter. Why not make the whole package like classic Halo, where there is a single player campaign that is enjoyable and immerses you in the world AND have the multiplayer aspect?

I don't really play much online but the mechanics looked fun. Perhaps this game, like Helldivers II that had no pre-release hype, will find an audience.

[Noskypeno]

@venom I know right, these games like Overwatch, Apex, Concord and many other hero shooters put a lot of effort into the characters, lore and universe, but don't do stuff with it. Just spend an extra year to work on level design and I won't mind paying full price. I just don't know how devs forgot how to make a complete package like the old days.

[jznrpg]

I disagree people don’t want it. I don’t want it , you don’t want it, but unfortunately there is a crowd who loves live service type of pvp games

[Profchaos]

Wonder if the team are sitting back like man we messed up we should of just made it a story game

@shinoff I can't recall any Sony published RPG games they have all been built via partnerships like the FF games from memory.aybe I'm wrong but seems like something Sony has always avoided directly

[DOMination-]

"people dont want that shit anymore."

Couldn't be more wrong with that statement imo.

The current top 10 games on Steam as I'm typing is: Counter-Strike 2, DOTA2, PUBG, Apex Legends, Naraka Bladepoint, GTA V, Wallpaper Engine, Rust, Team Fortress 2 and CoD.

There's a huge demand for this type of game and that's why Sony is chasing it. But to compete with the best, Sony will need to make Concord F2P otherwise it's dead within 12 months.

I think the reason for the dislikes is more down to the lack of comms from PlayStation around those single player projects. If Concord was in addition to those experiences, people would probably be fine with it.

I also think the way it was announced was a bit strange. The main demographic of people watching those State of Plays aren't looking for this type of experience so when the guy smugly comes on announcing Concord as top billing as if it's a ND game and then they do a graphics bait and switch from cinematic trailer to goofy team fortress clone, it did feel a bit tone deaf.

[Tacoboto]

And I just wanted Concord to be a solid sci-if arena shooter in the vein of Halo or Unreal Tournament/Championship. Alas it ain't that either.

Astro Bot on the other hand - heck yes that trailer is serving out exactly what it needs to, I'm Day One on that and it was easily my favorite announcement yesterday.

[RaiderNation]

Agreed. I don't mind Sci fi themed shooters, but I am SO over this cheeky MCU flavored humor and bright, colorful, comic book graphic design. I want darker, gritty Sci fi. I want Killzone or Resistance style graphics with weight to it! This is such a letdown!

[-Foxtrot]

Even though it’s not military, I think the last good old school multiplayer game for me was Uncharted 2.

You literally had two boosters which really didn’t feel like they did much after level 20 or something when you were more experienced

No killstreaks, no load outs, no weapon mods, no nothing. It was glorious.

[Inverno]

The irony in that is that U2 MP was heavily influenced by Halo, Bungie even helped out on the technical stuff. Now Bungie is at the forefront of bad MP practices. U2 was my drug dood.

[RedDevils]

UC2 is my fav online shooter, as well as Warhawk and CS.

[gold_drake]

uncharted 2 mp was fantastic. the amount of hours i spent on there is ridiculous ha.

[Philaroni]

Uncharted 2 was the best MP for me since Halo 2/3. I did very much like UC4 as well. Mostly played the classic mode.

[DarXyde]

I mentioned this in another article, but games taking so long to release nowadays really risks developers missing the zeitgeist. This game may have began pre production when Overwatch was peak and while the game was being made, people kinda just moved on.

More incentive for developers to go their own way, I guess. Hopefully that inspires more creativity.

[Hotpot]

Redfall and Helldivers 2 are the exact study cases these publishers and developers need. One is an experienced single player game studio forced to go againts what they do best and follow the current trend. One makes improvements to what they previously done good.

Like you said, with how long it takes to make games nowaday it’s better to just do what you’re good at instead of forcefully following the trend anyway.

[outsider1624]

Killzone or Socom would have fill that void.

[lelo2play]

Path of Exile 2 pc, God of War pc and Astro PS5 were the best... rest of the show was meh

[Abear21]

Yup, bring on SOCOM or Killzone without bullshit killstreaks or dozens of maps I already bought years ago. Is it really that hard to make this happen? Also weird I’d rather pay $70 for a well made game than a pay to win free to play. What has happened to this industry we love? Sigh.

[Jingsing]

I think there is a market for hyper realistic military games that isn't being served. But it has to be done in a way like Bodycam and Unrecord. Hyper realistic graphics. I think that is your next COD. But Sony of all people seem to be sleeping on that potential.

[RaiderNation]

Exactly. I would've much preferred a new Killzone or SOCOM over Guardians of Overwatch.

[JEECE]

Yeah, it's unfortunate that every shooter now seems to have magic powers. It would be really nice to have a military shooter with actual smooth gameplay/controls and no magic powers, perks, kill streaks, death streaks, progression systems, etc. I know there are milsims but those tend to have much clunkier controls. I know that's what those people want, and I'm fine with that existing, but it would be great to have a shooter with fluid controls/movement but none of the nonsense. Probably won't happen ever again though.

[cloganart]

So you want Call of Duty?

[abstractel]

There are so many of those games as well. Escape from Tarkov, Insurgency, Six Days in Fallujah, Squad and others. It's not like the industry lacks the type of games you are referring to. I play the COD games with my friends and it would be fun if there was another game that felt as polished, and crucially for me and my friends, a hardcore mode so it doesn't feel bullet spongey but still has the speed that the other titles I mentioned don't have. Don't have the patience for those games :P. Concord didn't impress but I'm a wait and see type of guy.

[Profchaos]

Strange how 15 to 20 years back boots on the ground was a oversaturated market and now no one not even cod with its Cheech and Chong snoop dog DLC is making those style games

[Rangerman1208]

When I first saw the trailer, at first I thought it would have been like Borderlands meets No Mans Sky. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case...

[CobraKai]

Yeah. As soon as i saw it, i got Kill the Justice League vibes

[Lionsguard]

I don't understand why they think this game deserves an unnecessarily long CGI story trailer if it's just team based shooter game.. It reminds me of those mobile city building games where they show commercials of ancient knights and warriors fighting each other in epic battles but the game is just you clicking "Build" and then waiting 8 hours for something to finish unless you spend $10 to finish it right away.

[jambola]

i feel like it's just going to be the same gameplay loop with an occasional character intro style cutscene to give lore

[jambola]

yeah I was on the fence early on, then the pvp info dropped and it was dead to me

[-Foxtrot]

Just shows you what people want

If Concord doesn't do well and doesn't grab players attention then I don’t think the game will last long

Also it will heavily impact upcoming GaaS titles like Haven studios Fairgame$

Sony bought Firewalk Studios and Haven right off the bat so a lot is riding on this game.

[kayoss]

Dont forget Bungie upcoming game, Marathon.

[Magatsuhi]

I don't think concord is make or break for gaas for Sony. They already have a multi-player gaas success and that's helldivers.

[Levii_92]

AstroBot was the best thing at the State of Play.. i was like heyy look a video game.

[shinoff2183]

My thoughts as well. I liked astro bot and silent hill 2. The rest I didn't feel alot of interest in.

[jznrpg]

Silent Hill 2 looks pretty good to me but many seem to disagree. The graphics look good enough to me I don’t care if it’s cutting edge graphics it looks good enough. Combat looks a little old school but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing to me if don’t right.

[jznrpg]

Ballad of Antara and Where Winds Meet look good to me as well. I like action rpg adventure type games. Ballad especially had some cool looking boss fights and I like the aesthetic of both.

[Einhander1971]

Totally agree, exactly that a videogame!! Fun addictive gameplay.

[monkey602]

Pretty much sums up my take too.
Gimme Astro
Keep Concord far away from me

[kayoss]

Not sure if its too late to change Concord to a game similar to Helldiver 2/No Man Sky combination game.

[GamingSinceForever]

Not surprising in the least bit. There has yet been a mediocre Astro Bot experience.

[jimb0j0nes]

Given the talent at Firewalk (loads of ex-Bungie/ Respawn/ Treyarch devs) I was surprised at how unoriginal Concord looked... It's going to play well, it's going to be slick, but it just looks like games we've seen before?

[jznrpg]

Concord is for casuals. I couldn’t care less about it but I understand why they are having it made. It looks well made and all that but it’s not my type of game. Astro Bot looks great. I also want to play the Ballad of whatever the The Wind whatever game. I forget the titles as I was busy during the show but those looked good and my type of games. Silent Hill 2 looked pretty good but won’t know until I play it.

[ravens52]

Ballad of Antara and Where Winds Meet. I agree

[anast]

This State of Play had a good variety. Winds and Ballad look fun. Astro Bot will be really good. All the VR stuff ,and for those that are into Infinite Nikki. Plus Silent Hill 2 and Monster Hunter.

[Abear21]

There only one game like Astro Bot, there’s a handful of games just like Concord out right now. Hopefully the market speaks with its wallet and this game fails hard so we stop getting these PG13 shooter clones.

[GamingSinceForever]

Grow up. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. It costs you nothing to pay it no mind.

If others enjoy it then so be it, let them enjoy it.

[shinoff2183]

Concord could've turned out to be a really dope game if single player was the focus. But nope they went pvp. Shame the only Sci fi thing Sony got going on and it looks whack

[Jingsing]

AstroBot just looks like more of the first game with potentially even less nostalgia kicks. I don't think it has addressed the linear gameplay much and it definitely hasn't expanded in a way to take on a Mario game.

[MrNinosan]

You're wrong...

[Walalon]

For me the idea of Concord would have been more than an Ow2 style of game... Maybe be like an extraction shooter where you have missions meanwhile fighting another team having their missions and the last one it's the same for both teams and they have to fight and epic battle to finally win the match... Idk something more spicy than 5vs5 because lol.

And let's be honest, Astro Bot trailer was a masterpiece in a sense of rhythm, showing of the game and just F-U-N(SpongeBob music), and oh wow.. that what people want from a videogame(suits exploding their heads with that revelation).

[JEECE]

Lol so instead of chasing the hero shooter fad they should have chased the extraction shooter fad? As boring as Concord looks, at least it isn't another extraction shooter.

[Walalon]

To be honest mix some of those things, I'm not saying a 100% copy... But showing that "we are not overwatch of the Galaxy" doesn't give so much hope looking at the same modes that Ow gives... Or make something, even interactive stages that pressing a button and a giant ad comes down hitting everything, idk.. more spice.

[Elda]

It's a PvP game that most PS5 owners have no interest in. Astro Bot is a campaign action platform game that has most PS5 owners interests because of the first game. I think if Concord would have been a campaign game with multi-player PvE co-op like Remnant more folks would have had some interest.

[RiseNShine]

VR games looked good too tbh.

[anast]

Astro Bot is a really good game. The other is a 5v5 PvP GaaS, it's not going to last.

[MrBaskerville]

The first screenshot of Concord looked enticing, but the games nasty Marvel aesthetic is a huge turnoff. And no spaceships? Why did they tease it with a spaceship?

But I could imagine it being popular, looks like something that could be popular. Looks obnoxious.

[purple101]

Yeh I wanted killzone in space,
Got overwatch, but 5 years late

Lets see, if it really is made by bungee and call of duty ex developers it will at least have good gun mechanics/ aiming etc

[MrBaskerville]

I'm sure that it will have solid tech and gameplay. It's bound to with that team.

[VariantAEC]

We had Killzone in space 11 years ago.

[Chocoburger]

Astro Bot deserves that 99% like ratio. The previous two games were brilliant.

Concord is not for me, I'm not big into competitive multi-player and having to spend months learning every trick and tactic to keep up with the daily playing community. I personally prefer online co-op (such as a horde mode) over competitive play.

[CobraKai]

Astro Bot is actually one of my favorite PS5 games. I replay it often. Im excited for this sequel

[Flewid638]

Meanwhile, Ballad of Antara is the real goat.

[RhinoGamer88]

When AstroBot is the hot ticket from a State of Play... Sony's game leadership needs a hard look in the mirror.

[VariantAEC]

Kind of ironic that Astro Bots is the only PS 1st party title and PS5 exclusive... no?
I mean it seems like Astro Bots is a lot of fun, but that is something you think PS needs to reevaluate.

[Relientk77]

Astro Bot looks fantastic and Concord doesn't.

[cell989]

Feel bad for the devs who are passionate about their project but damn 5v5 multiplayer game it's just not it for me 👎🏽👎
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[Nacho_Z]

I suspect almost everyone was disappointed when it turned out Concord wasn't a big budget SP shooter. It's odd how the suits don't seem to understand that. Their premium SP games sell great but they've gone all out on multiplayer tripe.

Hopefully there will be an abrupt change in direction following certain flops. By all means attempt a couple of major GaaS a year but keep them as a side project.

[BillyCrystals]

It's things like this that renew my faith in humanity.

Having said that, If Sony is going to make an online shooter then I'd rather they try competing with Battlefield/Hell Let Loose/Battlebit Remastered. I have zero interest in Overwatch. Tried it and it just wasn't my cup of tea.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Astro >>> concord imo. Sony see the writing on the wall and do of these with everything else guys.

[Demetrius]

I'm starting to think sony tryna give Microsoft some type of headstart on a new sales season with the live service failures they been too focused on lol but Microsoft like nope 🙅🏾‍♂️ lemme still try ruining xbox even more🤣

[OhReginald]

Concord devs have nothing too worry about. The game will probably suprise.

And the dislikes is actually a good thing, people lower their expectations, then when the game releases and is good, you will see a lot of people and youtubers saying its great.

[P_Bomb]

Have they said if Concord is F2P? Overprice this and it’s dead on arrival.

[DivineHand125]

Concord would have been much better as a single-player game. Imagine if that cinematic was from the campaign.

[TheColbertinator]

Another heap in the trash fire from Sony

[46player]

There’s a simple answer to this.

[AsunaYuukiTheFlash]

I like Sony but Concord is not it. i hope it flops so we can stop all these GAAS shenanigans and go back to single player games.

[PassNextquestion]

Concord looks like a f2p game. Why would you buy this game when can play the same thing but free and probably better...

If it's not going to be ftp they better be bringing something better then what's already out there.

[lellkay]

Astro Day one, Concord never

[isarai]

I hope PlayStation starts getting the message. We don't want all these GAAS games, and now this games probably gonna flop, and they'll dissolve the studio. This cycle needs to end, it's killing talent

[Redemption-64]

Some gamers can be very pathetic and insufferable. I recall when some people claimed Helldivers 2, would be dead in a few weeks, that nobody wanted it, that it looked boring, yet we see how that turned out. What is wrong with waiting for a game to come out before making all these claims? And why do some gamers get so triggered/worked up when a game they don't like is made?

[TheEroica]

Concord looked like Sony had been watching everything going on with suicide squad and said.... "gimme some if that!".

[vTuro24]

Overwatch from temu.com with the most generic woke looking characters you can imagine. The dislikes are hardly surprising.

[Einhander1971]

Times are a changing, Astrobot is a real videogame. Maybe the majority of gamers are getting sick of the same old shit !! Sony & devs need to take a look at this statistic & start producing gsmes again!!

[Einhander1971]

And Sony pour money into this shit like concord. Which will flop I guarantee it. But they can't invest money into a VR headset which they ripped consumers off for. Me being one of em, £500 down the drain. They can stick the next one for sure!!

[Ironmike]

I really liked the trailer

[QuePasa87]

Concord should have 0%