{"id":1078820,"date":"2026-01-23T06:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games-of-2024-astro-bot-made-the-best-play-for-nostalgia-this-year-and-i-dont-care-if-you-think-its-a-big-advert"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:14:10","slug":"astro-bot-made-the-best-play-for-nostalgia-this-year-and-i-dont-care-if-you-think-its-a-big-advert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/astro-bot-made-the-best-play-for-nostalgia-this-year-and-i-dont-care-if-you-think-its-a-big-advert\/","title":{"rendered":"Astro Bot made the best play for nostalgia this year, and I don&#8217;t care if you think it&#8217;s a big advert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/astro-bot-made-the-best-play-for-nostalgia-this-year-and-i-dont-care-if-you-think-its-a-big-advert.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;re talking about games from 2024 that did something really well, for me, one game stood high above the rest (and is also a game I remember playing this year that actually released this year &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vgtomo.bsky.social\/post\/3lcuirvlrts2q\">sorry, Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/a>, my brain forgot you released in 2023!). <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/astro-bot\">Astro Bot<\/a> got me right in the feels this year. Other games undoubtedly had more affecting storylines and characters, but as someone who obviously loves video games a great deal, Sony&#8217;s PS5 nostalgia-fest drilled right into whichever part of my brain processes joy. And let&#8217;s be honest, that part has been used less and less in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games-of-2024-astro-bot-made-the-best-play-for-nostalgia-this-year-and-i-dont-care-if-you-think-its-a-big-advert\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games-of-2024-astro-bot-made-the-best-play-for-nostalgia-this-year-and-i-dont-care-if-you-think-its-a-big-advert\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;re talking about games from 2024 that did something really well, for me, one game stood high above the rest (and is also a game I remember playing this year that actually released this year &#8211; sorry, Resident Evil 4 Remake, my brain forgot you released in 2023!). Astro Bot got me right in the feels this year. Other games undoubtedly had more affecting storylines and characters, but as someone who obviously loves video games a great deal, Sony&#8217;s PS5 nostalgia-fest drilled right into whichever part of my brain processes joy. And let&#8217;s be honest, that part has been used less and less in recent years. 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