How Astro Bot's Hardest Levels Cheat the Player

DISCLAIMER: This game rocks. I just didn't like a few levels :)

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[Hazard]

The fact that the duck square level is the ONLY level in the game i didn't like goes to show just how well designed Astro Bot really is

[JokerZ]

0:41 nope that's a Definite Skill Issue

[eleno]

You just throw the duck at the frog, you can kill it even before it fires, i found it eazier running up the middle

[utuber]

as someone that 100% the game, that one square level fucking killed me mentally

[AdamLane-hi]

1:25 or you could just throw it before the missiles spawn.

[Ambient_Scenes]

The trick is to _not jump_ at all when you use the duck. Just have it spray in front of you and walk over the path it creates. This worked very consistently for me.

[GagePlays]

This video made me realize that I'm actually pretty good at this game.

[gmakerc]

Pro tip for the water ducky: STOP JUMPING

[videogameguy]

You have to throw the duck at the frog as soon as your past the fire spinners….the black tar just keep jumping and avoid getting stuck…..

[kingjO]

The duck one I agree but every other level is fair but challenging

[noamskplaying]

if a level has no reason for you to rush it you can't blame it because you rushed

[handsomeDRAC]

Skill issue for sure. The trick to beating the challenge bonus levels is not get frustrated and learn from every mistake you make. You will beat it eventually. I beat all the hardest challenges, found every bot, and 100% platinum the game in only 3 to 4 days. It was fun. Really enjoyed this game from start to finish. Never got bored once.

[cablecar]

Dude. You’re spot on. I was so blindingly frustrated as to why the stupid thing was never consistent. So many counter intuitive pieces of information that are unreasonable in some ways.

The hit boxes felt a bit inconsistent as well. I adore this game. But man. I was fuming pretty heavily when I was doing the challenge levels.

[qwerttzizzi]

Sometimes fascinating how levels you didnt had big issues were total nightmares for others

[jadenpokemon]

Holding back the urge to say skill issue

[ezrato]

The duck level was probably the only one in the game that I felt had some serious flaws. Felt almost impossible to find a repeatable tactic to make it through that lava section because of the amount of tiny variables that can throw you off

[corymiller]

Yup, sometimes games are hard, and don't hold your hand.

[sayastra]

All the challenge levels are challenging . . . Go figure.

The level you're having issues with, throw the duck at the frog. Avoid the tar, it'll slow you down.

[brunomendesccb]

1:36 : you can throw the duck at the frog when jumping out of the lava

[natas]

Mario, Crash, Sackboy, Rayman, Sonic, name one iconic platformer that doesn't have a kind of enemy that shoots missiles then you just need to run past it to make it explode in the ground.