Astro Bot's End would originally become much more outrageous

Summary

Astro Bot's Director has revealed Team Asobi's original plan for the end of the game.
The already quite upsetting end of the game's story would originally become even more outrageous.
The team decided that it was not a good idea so relieved heart damage for the last cut.

Astro Bot's director Nicolas Doucet told everyone about Team Asobis 2024 winner at GDC, including what the rest of the industry might be able to get from making less, more focused games. Doucet also revealed that the end of the game would originally be significantly more upsetting than the one that Asobi joined.

Spoilers forward for the end of Astro Bot, but come on, you should have finished it now. What do you play on? It's amazing!If you have moved past the spoiler warning, you have either played through the emotional mountain and the roller coaster that is the Astro Bot ending, or you do not care that it is spoiled. Players are led to believing that Astro has sacrificed himself for the rest of his cure friends, everyone who grieves, together with me, when the credits roll.

Ezio from Assassin's Creed in Astro Bot.

Family

Ezio from Assassin's Creed has finally joined Astro Bot

Requiescat in Pace, Astro.

Thankfully, Astro is not dead, and the bottom falls back to his friends who then continue to rebuild him. Astro is worse for wear when returning, but nothing the hundreds of bots he spent the last ten to 15 hours to save cannot fix. Reported by Eurogamer, the Doucet Astro revealed would be in a much worse state when he sank down to earth, or what planet Astro calls home, but it was only too outrageous.

Astro Bot's Ending is short quite upsetting

Turns out that the original idea was even worse

“The first version of this prototype included a fully downed Astro, so you get the upper body without your head,” Doucet said to GDC participants. Yes, there was a version of Astro Bot that ends with the hero's headless torso fell from heaven. “It meant that some people were really upset in the team – and for good reasons.”

If the adults who develop the game find something about a colorful platform player that will largely be played by children who are too outrageous, it is probably certain to assume that you may have gone a little too far. Doucet and the rest of the team on Asobi realized it and watered down the end a bit so it was not as upsetting. No beheaded Astro falling from the sky, just a slightly rough cure that needs his arm screwed back and his heart was replaced.

It is unclear how good Astro Bot has performed for Playstation at this stage. The only sales figures we have set the game on 1.5 million sold copies, but that figure is now four months old. Although its sales number does not sound impressive, it won 2024 this year's game, has continued to receive support via 11 DLC levels and now has its own PS5 package which will hopefully give it a sales increase.